What gets me is the crack dealers that get popped and are out the next day! Crack is Schedule 1, steroids are 2!! The best part is the crack dealers will have priors or additional charges for robbery, auto theft, burglary, etc. Its all a money making ploy. Crack dealers don't have accounts to seize and they rent cars. AAS guys do. Its all money. Usually the guys that do the dirty work (bust open the doors) are usually just as frustrated by the BS. There's 5 crackhouses on each block here....
I don’t want to generalize by saying "all" or "everyone", so I will just say in my opinion, there are police, DA's, judges etc. that yes want the drugs of the street, but also want the money in. I don’t here of too many of the top guys getting busted for moving crack, it’s the runners, that carry a little on them and then when get popped, they don’t have shit, no car, no home etc. so what will the system get from them?
Example: My coworker got in a small fender bender 2 months ago, when local police came, they said “we smell burnt marijuana" Do you give us permission to search your car, then said we really don’t need it since I have probable cause with the odor. so then my Coworker said, well you just said you don’t need it, so no. Well that got the dogs called and they searched his car. Found 3 pill vials (like what you get from pharmacy) with a little bud in each. Now my coworker is a good guy, hard worker etc. but instead of booze or other things, he relaxes with some weed, and he sure knows this stuff, has all kinds of different names, types etc. So anyhow, he had (what he calls) a large bud of 3 different types in the pill containers. Well they charged him with possession, intent to deliver etc. think 4 charges, i don’t know how weight is done with weed, but the law here is .2 grams under is personal and anything from .3 to 2.5lbs is the same charge here!! he had.27 grams of weed!! They took his car "as evidence" and have had it for 7 weeks. At his arraignment, the cop came to the lawyer and said "we can’t offer this now, but when before we go to trial, we are going to offer to drop all charges to a criminal mischief if HE DONATED his car to the township police. The car is worth about 18k on Kelly blue book.