The vast majority of crime is not random, easily punishable, statistically preventable, and if you live in constant low-level fear and vigilance about your poss

The vast majority of crime is not random, easily punishable, statistically preventable, and if you live in constant low-level fear and vigilance about your possessions, it is because you are being fleeced to benefit a constellation of client classes. You may not be able to do anything about it, but your mind can at least rest easy that it's not incompetence, it is hierarchy, and you are at the bottom. I am glad they caught this ring, of course, but this is not meaningful crimefighting. The only message it sends is: the pole to the top is a bit greasy.