Since im 92% sure that film is a 6th grade dropout and because how states work i is usually learnt in 8th grade:

Make laws, judge people according to those laws and executing them if they breake those laws is exactly how modern states work according to locke and montesqieu. Most western states, including the unitet states, write the so-called principle of "separation of power".

If somebody commits tax fraud, he would contradict the laws created by the legislativae. A executivae would catch him and give him punishment accoding to judicativae. All powers acting synergetically and independantly is what makes a state not a dictatiorship by definition.

The modern state was invented in the 17 century and worked for over 300 years. But in the late 20. Century a 4th power got popular; the media. Its function is to neurtally inform the population about the doings of the individual powers. But this generates 3 problems: 1. What happens if the media isnt neutral? 2. Who watches over the media, as it doesnt synergyse but controlls the other powers? 3. What happens if the media informa inconsistently?

Now we have a situation where we have lex (dont intermengle with federal law enforcement & dont put threat on others), a juristiction (when police officers are threatened, they are allowed to use force) and a execution (lethal action) all acvording to those principles - ergo a synergwtical case can be made.

But we also have media undermining the synergy of the 3 pillars (but what if the guy wasnt threatened) dircetly contradicting the machination of the pillars and forcing individual state powers (here the legislativae) to conceil their machinations in fear of mob violence.