Stop snitchin'

If I see I will report.
Period

Should I not Snitch if I see yer Mom get Robbed?
Please let me know

Well according to the streets no.

But according to me. Hell yes! lol if I see your folks, get robbed, I'll report for you too SBF :grouphug:

Stop snitchin is prevalent in Philly. Definitely a problem. And definitely ridiculous.

Anyone who subscribes to that mindset should just be shot. That's bullshit. If I could, I'd not only call in the crime, I'd give the 5-0 the names of all the other people who saw it too.

It's big in Baltimore. In fact, several years ago a couple of ex-cons made a music video about it and had Carmello Anthony (a native baltimoron) in it. He later said he didn't realize what he was doing.

Witness intimidation is a real problem here. Recently two houses have been firebombed b/c the people came forward. Prosecutors are constantly confronted with people refusing to testify b/c they know they won't/can't be protected.

It's easy to say you'd come forward but, in the wrong parts of town, the police can't protect you from the thugs. I know one family that indicated that they would go forward and the next day the family dog was on their doorstop beheaded.

Again, it is mainly in the poorer parts of town where this is going on.

I think snitching and "narcing" is frowned upon in general by poorer communities. It is seen as disrespectful to the honor of the streets, whatever that may be.

But I guess you need to realize most people who follow this no snitching principle, don't put too much value into our laws/legal system. They have their own system set up.

yeah i live in the country, but i used to have many dealings with different criminal elements and can completely understand the mentality...

there was a time when I thought all govt. was the enemy and wouldn't even use the police against people I hated, and i've seen some pretty serious corruption in police departments (even in small towns.) that'll make you think twice about calling the cops in alot of situations...

not because so much of fear of retribution, but big brother was always the ultimate enemy because you felt like you weren't doing anything to them and they wanted to take your life away...

having kids saved my life and I thank God everyday for my second chance at life, and take it seriously... I honestly think I do have a responsibility to help other people given the opportunity and if I die helping someone then so be it... better than what I would've died doing had I stayed on the path I was on before I grew up.

do the people that enforce this sort of thing have Russian accents?

do the people that enforce this sort of thing have Russian accents?

No. They have automatic weapons, a will to kill and an army of addicted eyes that would turn in their own mother for a fix.

The whole thing is drug related. At least in Baltimore.

For all those who said "I would turn'em in" just know this - last year in November 2005 a woman and her five children died after their house was firebombed b/c she had been reporting drug activity in front of her house.

An older article detailing the issues:
Baltimore struggles to battle witness intimidation - The Boston Globe (http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/02/12/baltimore_struggles_to_battle_witness_intimidation/?page=1)

(the legislation discussed in this article failed - I don't remember why)

This one relates to juror intimidation:
Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office (http://www.stattorney.org/article04.html)

Q&A with a writer who did a story on it:
Viewers to a Kill (http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200703u/witness-intimidation)

Don't get me wrong, the only way to break the cycle is to stand up to the criminals. But it is easy for me to say that when I live in a neighborhood that believes that to be true. In the problem areas, you take not only your life into your hands but also those of your kids.

Not sure what I would do if I were to come home to threats - probably move out quickly. For some, however, that is not an option. The only places they have to go are still within reach of the criminals. It's easy to be brave for yourself - not so easy when it involves your kids, parents or other loved ones.

It's pretty prevalent where I live too, just not in my neighborhood. When I was in school last year, a lot of thugs would wear Stop Snitchin t-shirts all the time, and I've talked to a few of my gangster friends about it and they all def. support it. One of them said they'd f up their own mother if she snitched, that's how big of a deal it is. Because they have that kind of mentality I don't f with them, if I see something happen I pretend like I didn't see it happen just because I know they'd be able to find me and that's when the safety of my family comes into play. It's an f'd up way of life but that's the way they handle it.

I haven't heard of this but I think we could use a stop bitching campaign around here.

I haven't heard of this but I think we could use a stop bitching campaign around here.
put summo to work on the t shirts, pronto