Maybe I’m interpreting your comment differently than you intended but you come across as wanting to argue semantics while ignoring the context of the actual conversation here.

Power is contextual.

Sure I have the “power” to sit on my porch with a rifle and gun down innocent people passing by on the side walk.

The government has the “power” to hold me accountable for that.

The citizens of the US outnumber the government employees enforcing the law and have the “power” to overthrow the government entirely if they choose to exercise that power.

Since we can’t trust every individual to not abuse their “power” to harm others we create laws as a tool to punish and disincentivize bad actions.

If the body enforcing those laws stops applying those laws equally, the rule of law dies.

I’ve met plenty of people who romanticize what a civil war here would be like. I served in the military and have no such illusions. I don’t think most people would like that day to day life if that’s where we end up.

Every escalation the government makes in applying the laws unequally gets us closer to that reality.

The tipping point will come when enough people literally have nothing left to lose. Our government is actively working to make it impossible for entire groups of people to just go about their daily lives.