— Matt Taibbi and Molly Crabapplethe authorities get mission creep. Convictions are so easy, the police eventually stop waiting for the actual crime to be committed. Instead of waiting to watch a sex act for pay actually take place, the police, even better, will simply arrest a woman for “loitering for the purpose of engaging in a prostitution offense.”
Replicated under Fair Use from The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap by Matt Taibbi and Molly Crabapple. (Pg. 118)