They swiftly convert their bargains into beer or dope. The 400 block is a symbiotic world where parasites and hosts feed each other. 34th Street N. Drug dealers hang around because that's where their customers are. Outsiders, who regularly peel off 34th Street to do business with the dealers in drugs and sex, feed the system with fresh cash. In this culture, police officers are the enemy, even to the people who do not participate in the criminal cycle.
Police represent the judgmental world outside their circle and are a threat to it.
The 400 block is about to be forced to look at itself and, more significantly, show its face to the public. The suit names the owners of New Plaza Motel, Economy Inn and Villager Lodge as defendants, and charges that they knowingly allow and profit from use of their establishments for prostitution and drug activity. The plaintiffs in the suit are Kelly McGlorthon, who was arrested on drug charges while registered at the New Plaza Motel, the owners of an apartment building across the street from New Plaza, and Rouson, as a resident of Pinellas County. The suit seeks an injunction to shut down the businesses if they don't take steps to cure what it calls a public nuisance and a threat to the health and safety of the community. He has caused stores to remove products from their shelves and pushed the owners of crack houses to relinquish their property.