When a federal agency kills American citizens, constructs a false narrative contradicted by video evidence, and receives institutional protection from the government rather than accountability, it has not committed a policy error, it has inverted the foundational purpose of the American state. This article examines that betrayal through the lens of constitutional law, American history, and democratic theory, arguing that the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments are not aspirational ideals but binding constraints on every federal agent and every enforcement action without exception. Drawing on documented patterns from Japanese American internment to COINTELPRO to post-9/11 surveillance overreach, it demonstrates that unchecked institutional power follows a consistent and predictable arc: misconduct expands to fit the protection provided. The piece confronts the false patriotism of reflexive agency loyalty, defines “un-American” with constitutional precision rather than political convenience, and lays out the specific remedies; independent investigation, congressional oversight, whistleblower protection, and criminal referral that the rule of law demands. At its core, the argument is simple: if a private citizen did what these agents did on camera, they would be arrested. Equal justice under law is either a binding commitment or it is nothing at all.
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