theres so many people on the run in Philly as long as you dont have warrants it is almost hard to get arrested.
Again, its not impossible, you just have to realize how low on the totem pole busting drug addicts is for cops.
Without drugs, thered be less violence. Without large amounts of violence, thered be less need for cops.
Junkies are really just job security for the police if you think about it
and I think a lot of cops genuinely feel some type of compassion towards drug addicts. They know they arent the people who are coming out ahead from the whole drug trade. As long as you arent a problem towards them, they usually arent a problem towards you.
Not to say they wont take your shit and tell you to pound sand, but that is better than being arrested for minor drug possession.
Most people in jail wind up there for probation violations, which is something you cant bail out of or really fight in a court. It kind of is what it is
im telling you dude, dont shave for a month, let your hair get all wild, wear some old clothes. walk around with a slight limp, talk to yourself every now and then, dont whip out a fucking iPhone in front of a cop, act like you spend your entire life down there
and see how often you have to deal with police
when they roll past you or you have to walk past them, dont give them a look like a kid who just got caught with a hand in the cookie jar
you almost have to give them a look of like slight disgust, yet complete indifference. Which is kind of how people in the hood look at everyone tbh. at least black people do. Puerto Ricans are more just indifferent. They may not necessarily enjoy having junkies walk past their house with tunnel vision and needle wrappers everywhere but it also puts food on their table. actually no, food stamps puts food on their table. drug money puts a lowered Honda Civic with subwoofers outside their house. working on a car in the middle of a street is a classic drug lookout move. It gives the person there a legit reason to be in the same spot for long periods of time, and they can still keep an eye on shit. Not that it really matters anyway, standing around is the national sport of the ghetto. its not like they need to get ready for work. their job is standing around.
Its not a crime to walk around Kensington and believe it or not, white people DO live there.
seriously though, growing a beard helps. a lot of people from philly have beards