I'm not mad at Alton at all for trying to do the right thing.
But it does seem rushed that he decided to do that in just one episode. Surely he has seen the destruction of crack already after 2 years.
Franklin thinks he can do this shyt forever though and there's no convincing him otherwise.
Franklin in no shape form or fashion believes he can do the shyt forever. He’a said himself several times. He’s simply banking on Reed helping him get out when the time comes.
Remember what he said directly to Reed at the end of season 3
“I’ll make you so much fukking money you’ll be able to fund that war all by yourself. They gone name a wing in the CIA Headquarters after your ass, real American hero shyt. And in return you gonna make sure me and mine is protected and at the END OF ALL THIS the both of us are going walk off into the sunset”.
Then he asked Reed just two episodes ago how long the war was going to last and made Reed promise that when the end was coming Franklin would get the heads up.
Franklin knows there’s an endgame, he ALSO knows that his fate is tied to Reed’s in the short term and making moves against the CIA at this juncture is pure stupidity