Also worth remembering—yes, it can happen here. And by “it”, I mean autocracy. The GOP planted the seeds long before Trump came on the scene. Now they’re making it plain that it’s their aim.
As for the cops, notice how many of them are lining up behind Trump, a convicted criminal. It reveals them for what they are and what they value. It’s not the law. It’s not the people. It’s order, the kind that puts people in their place and allows them to evade any sort of accountability.