The trouble is, many, possibly most, people are prone to be bullies under the wrong circumstances. See the Stanford prison experiment, and Stanley Milgram's tor

The trouble is, many, possibly most, people are prone to be bullies under the wrong circumstances. See the Stanford prison experiment, and Stanley Milgram's torture experiment. When the entire system of incentives for prosecutors rewards bullying, extortion, and intimidation, and punishes leniency or compassion, we shouldn't be surprised by the results.