Did you read my reply to Bob? If you did (or do) I’d like to hear your response to my reasoning. Additionally, many other judicial atrocities have and are happening - lawyers who are representing those unfairly charged with crimes are now being disbarred or falsely charged with crimes themselves.
History teaches us, in general, that they are going to do these things anyway. They can't help themselves. They always fancy themselves 'different' from previous tyrannies but they are driven by the same spirit and always end up just a carbon copy. Those in disagreement also always think that they can pacify and side step the bullies but it always works out the same.
Historians always repeat the same sort of saw, e.g. Neville Chamberlain: had he stood up to Hitler the war might have been avoided. ---> Had a comet not hit the earth we might still be fighting dinosaurs...