It’s also true, that law enforcement in general exists to protect the criminals. Chew on that for a while.
True, that’s because governments are the biggest organized criminal enterprises known to man. We had over 200 million die in the 20th century because of legal government (law enforcement and military) actions by Germany, Soviet Union and China.
The US is no paragon of virtue either. We have 5% of the world’s population and 25% of the world’s prisoners.
Government exists to protect and further government.