User blog comment:DancePowderer/What Are We Thinking?/@comment-3401636-20110221093653/@comment-3401636-20110223094630

@ Ezek, that's what i'm getting at, USUALLY marines help people, even if it is mainly from pirates, as they are usually the stronger ones. The only reason why they don't do bandits and thiefs and that, is because that's what normal police officers are for. For your Arlong park argument, i did state that there a few corrupted marines, the marine officer of Arlong park was a great example.

The issue you raised about the celestial dragons is true though, so i guess they turn a blind eye cause they're descendants of the creators. Sure, it's not a good enough reason, but i guess it's still a reason that they have to respect.

For your arabasta example, it was because they didn't know it was Crocodile who was behind it all. They had even stated that if they had known he was doing it, they would've increased his bounty and not make him a Shichibukai.