Walking farther up a side street, Pollard points to well-kept homes with new paint jobs. The owners, who he says are well respected, deal crack from their porches. The police accept bribes to allow the dealing to continue. The problems are so ingrained that Pollard sometimes wonders how long he will be able to keep up his morale in the losing battle. The place is so corrupt, and it will never change.
Freedom has nothing to fear from the truth.