That’s a good point. I had a vague understanding that this is a litmus test of some kind.
This isn’t the only “teachable moment” we’ve been provided and it won’t be the last. There are plenty of people closer to home than this website who will slavishly support any action as long as there is a “law” written down somewhere. Get most cops in an unguarded moment and they will say they would load Anne Frank onto a railcar if there is a law and they are ordered to enforce it. Lots of people who aren’t cops who would go along with that, too.