It would look, and maybe this is sheer coincidence, very much like our present situation
I imagine that people would gesture at stories like this:
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/suspect...
> Police arrested one of two gun-wielding people caught on camera during a double shooting at a crowded holiday celebration this past weekend in south St. Louis, but the 33-year-old woman was released Wednesday afternoon after the prosecutor’s office refused charges against her.
> The suspect’s release drew public ire, but Circuit Attorney Kimberly M. Gardner’s office declined to further explain.
Here's Alvin Bragg, talking about no longer charging certain crimes at all:
https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/06/us/alvin-bragg-manhattan-dist...
Here's George Gascon doing the same in LA:
https://abc7.com/george-gascon-los-angeles-district-attorney...
If you prefer specific cases, here are some lawyers who were facing domestic terrorism charges for firebombing a police car. They had already plead guilty. They were given a new, lesser plea deal:
https://jonathanturley.org/2022/06/05/new-york-attorneys-acc...
I can find a lot more individual cases. For example, the Zimminskis who may only have been prosecuted because Binger was called to account for that during trial. They managed to get arrested for multiple other crimes, including a kidnapping, while on bail.
What? No. This is not remotely a universal American viewpoint -- especially the government being "on the side of the criminals etc." What would that even mean?