One thing that does give me hope is that the left are pretty much cowardly bullies and cowardly bullies are pretty easy to defeat once you push back. <snip>
Except they aren't the ones that normally get pushed back on. It will be their proper tool used improperly, law enforcement, that will be sent to enforce unconstitutional law and get the 1st level of push back. The leaders don't care what happens to their tools so long as they win.
So..even though what you say is correct, the cowardly bullies won't be the ones door kicking and getting the primary negative feedback. If no chickens come to roost for them personally they really couldn't give a rat's ass what the cost in $$$'s or innocent lives is so long as they get their way.
And so, as in the New Orleans example, law enforcement will preserve their paycheck. Much of the pedestal that law enforcement now enjoys was engendered from countering the disrespect they received from hippies and liberals in the 60's through 70's to provide a counter of inspiration (deification) that has persisted to reassure law enforcement. They needed to be uplifted and encouraged and I participated in that too.
Now however it's past time to stop deifying law enforcement to defend them from being derided by liberal hippies of the 60's and 70's. Many in law enforcement need to understand what the words "protect and serve" means in the context of understanding what being a citizen means and that citizens should not be considered criminals just because it fits some model or desire. The "liberal hippies" are now in power and sign law enforcement's checks and the guy who signs the checks.....well, you know the rest of the story.