I was thinking more in general . Why not organize protests at the homes of the politicians ? <| sep |> About half , I ' d say . The other half was the kind of people that tried to break open an ATM by connecting the machine and the front bumper of their car with a metal chain , and then flooring the pedal in reverse . I gathered later that what they expected to happen was some sort of hollywood actionmoment where they pulled the front of the machine off and could grab all the money that was surely just behind there . What actually happened was , obviously , that they yanked the front bumper , complete with the goddamn license plate , clean off the car . Then they proceeded to panic and drive off , leaving the license plate to a car registered to their grandfather . They were good friends , and a hell of a lot of fun to hang out with , but they sure as hell were no criminal masterminds DBut yea , from the people I used to run with , about half went to jail multiple times , and the other half were never convicted of anything .