"You let a mugger take your wallet? Instead of going after the mugger, we're going to hassle you. I figure, we hurt enough people the mugger already stole from, and the mugger will, I dunno, feel bad about it or something enough to stop mugging people. It's a perfect strategy!"

The strategists in the dark smoke-filled rooms I think must've switched to MJ, because they high as balls thinking this is viable.