if crews have stopped passing round donation buckets then they are probably funding their party via drugs sales as a more guaranteed revenue stream
its all fun and games and makes people feel like the big don – until they get knocked by a rival / ripped off or busted and people start going HMP
OK the régime there may not be as harsh as it once was and there might be some “street kudos” for surviving but try getting a decent job when you’ve got a prison record – lots of employers who still use British labour are in jobs where CRB is required and 50% of employers just won’t even interview an ex-con, irrespective of what the original crime was..
OK passing round a bucket to make “money” on someone elses property might be seen as cheeky by the authorities, but its not gonna be viewed as harsh as class A drugs deals..
