Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-33754845-20190919204913/@comment-26018514-20190920215512

Masma93 wrote:

Also it was never said that she was running a protection racket at all and being a bandit is Always about robbing and killing villagers or other people who are too vulnerable to defend themselves. It was quite clear that's exactly what she was doing, every time Qrow or Raven talk about how the Tribe exists or when they are talking about the tribe interacting with a village this is the exact description of a protection racket;

Go to non-combatant->Demand tribute or violence will/could happen->get paid or ensure threat has follow through->move to new target.

Above is the very definition of the racket, it never needed to be called out as such. Raven's also as you noted a coward, constantly fighting if you don't have to is not something she'd do, she'd never have a moments peace nor need a camp as permanent as she had were that the case, she only has this set-up to receive tribute she'd be lacking in if all she did was kill, kill, kill.