Wherever the law is, crime can be found. -- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, 1973 Crime is regarded as an economic activity. Strangely enough, it is often said that Crime Doesn't Pay. This is mere nonsense! Crimes are oftentimes committed to benefit their perpetrators, especially financially. The concept of law has taken these monies away from the criminals and given these monies to lawyers, DAs, judges, prison guards, etc. In essence, crime is definitely an economic activity. In a carceral state (a.k.a. a prison state or a police state), there is no Fourth Amendment to protect you from the overreaches, abuses, searches and probing eyes of government overlords. There are numerous governmental agencies that thrive economically on low level crimes, the cash cow of the police, courts and prisons. Police (buildings/maintenance/equipment/support personnel) Judges (support personnel) Courts (buildings/maintenance/guards/support personnel) District Attorneys (buildings/maintenance/support personnel) Prisons (buildings/maintenance/equipment/support personnel) staff, guards Fifty percent of all reporters and newspaper staff Probation officers (support personnel) Parole officers (support personnel) Victim advocates (support personnel) Lawyers (buildings/maintenance/equipment/support personnel) It is claimed by law enforcement officers that crime doesn't pay. Crime may not pay well for the criminal but it pays very well if you are employed as a police officer, by the courts or by the prison industrial complex. You can even kill someone accidentally if you happen to be a police officer. It helps if the person you kill is old and black (expendable) like Eurie Stamps, Sr. See Paul Duncan, killer cop . Framingham is so proud of him that they continue to employ him. He will retire comfortably, unlike Eurie Stamps, Sr who died a violent death at his hands.

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