People engaging in petty "affront to the authority of the state" types of crimes benefit because in an environment where you have plenty of real crime to go aro

People engaging in petty "affront to the authority of the state" types of crimes benefit because in an environment where you have plenty of real crime to go around there's no need for cops to initiate the kind of police interactions that end up with Eric Garner getting choked out or a bullet in a man who has a bench warrant for failure to pay some BS.