I recall a situation in a small town in Missouri where a local bully who had intimidated many locals was found shot to death. This happened about 30 years ago and made the 60 Minutes show. The state police investigated but found that everyone in the town shut up about the killing. There was a sheriff in the county, but he didn’t act against the bully. Ineffective law enforcement, whether rendered so by political correctness, bribery, cowardice, or incompetence, forces people to act outside the law to seek justice or obtain protection.
If you replace “forces” with “tempts” then you would have a correct statement.
How was it however that they could mount an effort to murder a bully and yet not change out their sheriff?