Yeah, ACAB because the “good” ones don’t stand up to the bad ones, but some do do the right thing, at least sometimes. In this case, arresting them would have created a situation where they’re much worse off, and they end up doing more crime. Meanwhile, they didn’t do any harm and just wanted to hang out peacefully by themselves. Our criminal “justice” system creates more criminals than it removes.
Yeah, ACAB because the “good” ones don’t stand up to the bad ones, but some do do the right thing, at least sometimes. In this case, arresting them would have created a situation where they’re much worse off, and they end up doing more crime. Meanwhile, they didn’t do any harm and just wanted to hang out peacefully by themselves. Our criminal “justice” system creates more criminals than it removes.