There's collateral damage from the drug trade. I'm not arguing one way or another in terms of legality. All I can say is with absolute certainty is that the d

There's collateral damage from the drug trade. I'm not arguing one way or another in terms of legality. All I can say is with absolute certainty is that the drug market has competition for clients and space, and if you look at shootings in NYC and Chicago, you'll find the majority of them gang-related. Gangs compete over territory and profit, just as you'd expect them to. These are not intersectionally-educated feminists in coffeeshops distributing sustainably-sourced organic heroin at cost, here. There's no 'lesson to be learned' from observing a drug transaction or living next to a drug corner, which is impled by your statement of knowing about society's failures.