I, Criminal: Channeling a view from the other side

I am a criminal. Nice to meet you. I am 21 years old, right at the peak of my criminal power. I live in a big city. I have been to juvenile placement, county jail, and state prison. Let me tell you what I think about today’s criminal-justice system.

Before we go any further, please disabuse yourself of the notion that I am dumb. I watch, listen, and learn from what happens around me. In some ways, I’m probably smarter than you. I bought three kilograms of cocaine for $93,000 last week. Quick: tell me how many quarter pounds, ounces, and eight-balls I have, and what should I sell each amount for if I need to make $250,000. I did that in my head while you were reaching for a calculator.

In today’s world, I take what I want. If I like the latest pair of Nike sneakers, I walk into a store, pick up the box, and walk out. Same goes for clothes, video games, and electronics. Nobody will stop me. The stores and police know that shoplifting is not prosecuted anymore in my city. The security guards at the store might try to stop somebody from walking out with 50 pairs of shoes, but it’s not worth the hassle of stopping somebody for one pair. When I was younger, boosting stuff took skill and effort. Not now—anybody can do it.

How do I make money? As you probably guessed from the math problem above, I sell drugs. I have a crew of guys that I grew up with. We all live in the same neighborhood. Are we a gang? We aren’t the Sinaloa cartel or the Crips, but the police consider us to be one.

Hogan is a former Republican district attorney from Chester county, near Philadelphia. "Kevin Dykes has worked as a Pennsylvania state trooper, a police chief, and a chief deputy sheriff."

The Democrat party is on the side of criminals. That should cost them.

The criminals are on the side of the Democrat party. That works for them.

2 posted on 07/30/2021 4:02:14 PM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries. )

"Our district attorney doesn’t believe in drug investigations, so nobody bothers us."

Follow the money; dealers to prosecutors to politicians to oligarchs.

3 posted on 07/30/2021 4:05:22 PM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)

“I am a criminal...”

And you are a democrat living in San Francisco.

4 posted on 07/30/2021 4:22:30 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)

>>And you are a democrat living in San Francisco.<<

That is unfair.

He could be a democrat ANYWHERE.

5 posted on 07/30/2021 5:10:32 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (The democrats have just replaced KKK with CRT. /Kevin McCarty 7/6/21)

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