This is actually a common tactic of communist regimes. Stalin and the heads of the KGB were well known for blaming atrocities and evil on the rank and file members of the KGB.
If you need to put up a sacrificial lamb its easy to do so. It also gives you an easy justification for taking even more power for the party leadership (low-level commanders can't keep their troops in line or don't screen for anti-communists well enough so the top brass should have unlimited power because they can do it right).
Who in their right mind would want to police a state ran by someone with such clear disdain for law enforcement.
This is actually a common tactic of communist regimes. Stalin and the heads of the KGB were well known for blaming atrocities and evil on the rank and file members of the KGB.
If you need to put up a sacrificial lamb its easy to do so. It also gives you an easy justification for taking even more power for the party leadership (low-level commanders can't keep their troops in line or don't screen for anti-communists well enough so the top brass should have unlimited power because they can do it right).