Jack-booted thugs feel safe from the law now.
They are the law now.
The movie “V for Vendetta” has a lot of problems but there is an interesting scene that shows how it all starts to blow up for the government. Basically, everyone lives in fear of the cops. There are small acts of civil disobedience by people wearing masks (ironically) and the police crack down. Then the time comes when someone in a mask is spraying graffiti (the V symbol) and a cop shoots them dead. Turns out it’s a young girl wearing the mask. A crowd forms. The policeman holds up his badge, because that is always enough to cow the people. Only, this time it isn’t. And pretty soon there are riots everywhere.
6 of these bastards to attack a mom and a kid.