VA, no doubt you are correct- absolutely correct in your analysis- but- you are discussing the trees, I am talking about the forest.
This country cannot throw out the rule of law for the connected, throw out the rule of law for "designated victims" (GZ, for example) and expect everyone else to dutifully follow along.
When the rule of law is gone, it is gone for all. That is the cumulative damage done by by willful failures to follow the law by the system-eventually EVERYONE realizes it is a suckers game.
The sea change here is the solid middle class who have largely been on the periphery of law enforcement and criminal matters generally, are starting to have the same mindset concerning the "system" that ghetto dwellers have had for decades. They don't trust them, they don't want to have any interaction with them, and they believe their own interests are diametrically opposed to the systems. Ask a cop for help? Are you kidding me? He will search your car, give you a breath test and lock you up for some "offense" you did not even know existed
Sure, the above is an exaggeration-somewhat, maybe, possibly-- the point is it only has to be true enough times that the public confidence is lost.