Many people are naive. They think everyone in power is benign or that you have to be guilty of something to be bothered by them.

You might become guilty. Sometimes you might want to be guilty. Morality and law sometimes disagree. Often IMO.

I might be hitting a ideological belief of mine here, because I honestly can’t think of someone who would honestly state otherwise. Or that couldn’t be brought to agree with some explanation. Am I tripping ?

It's not just naive. TV and movies serve as propaganda for the police state.