It certainly looks that way and it infuriates me as well.
But remember, the cops are doing what the officials that WE ELECT tell them to do. It's not the cops that make the laws. It's the elected officials that have proven that they can't be trusted.
And Redcoats were just enforcing the will of the King. Those elected leaders MAY face the music someday, but if the citizenry gets fed up with the crap, the "enforcers" are the ones the people will stretch. Rulers rarely get their due.
If I were there, though your statement regarding elections is true, I wouldn't want to be the one to tell the mob that they voted their way into this mess. You are welcome to if you like.