The State is extremely punitive, especially when inconvenienced. So many people are happy about handing power to these institutions, but get in the way of them,

The State is extremely punitive, especially when inconvenienced. So many people are happy about handing power to these institutions, but get in the way of them, inconvenience them, and they'll stomp you out of existence. They have a myriad of legal weapons, which will only grow over time, so even if you think you're complying with the law, there's probably something you missed, or some loophole they can use. > Curtis Crow and Cesar Bonilla Montiel, the men at the top of the organization, received sentences half that length. The sentence length shows how punitive this was. They wanted to make an example out of Alfred because he made their jobs harder.