"as soon as they started to call for regime change the police rushed in and started beating people with canes"
(Syria, 2012)

You have to show a bit of understanding for the poor policemen here. They have learned that they are better people (even dogs at home do the same, if you feed them better than you feed other dogs, the fat dogs think they are superior to the rest of the dogs).

So after they have been learned that they are superior to the usual citizen, the usual citizen comes in and proves without a doubt that he is in fact the superior one. How is this happening? By declaring his dissidence to the regime, in a quite simple antagonistic move, the citizen becomes a free person, while the security guy remains the same slave who is continuing to suck dictator's socks for personal interest only. It is shown to the security guy that he is inferior to the citizens, right in his face.

This is not fidelity, but something dictators bet on, when they choose these low intelligence creatures to defend their interests (which is why they will all finally fall, you can't survive forever with an army of imbeciles under your command). This is cruel, satanic, egoistic desire for revenge. To the security guy, this is personal!