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Concerned Citizen, Witness, Or Snitch?

The media play an integral role in the waycreating the illusion that the crime epidemic
the world perceives America, especially youngis fueled by the black community's reluctance
black men. It's been said, if you sayto  cooperate  with  police  investigations.
something enough times, it will become true.
Therefore, it is important to put the mediaThe majority of black's are no different than
on notice when they start to propagatethe average American. They want to keep their
negative  stereotypes.neighborhoods free of drugs, gangs, violence,
and other criminal activities. I'm not saying
Case in point, Law & Order: CI. I'm a big fanthat incidents of witness intimidation do not
of the show, but I can't let a recent episodeoccur, but honest people are not conspiring
go by without registering my outrage andwith criminals in some imaginary code of
sounding an alarm before mainstream mediasilence.
jumps on the bandwagon of the
"stop-snitching" craze, spinning it toI will admit that average black is a little
portray the black community in a negativeclosed-mouthed when it comes to talking to
light.the police. That can probably be attributed
more to the fear of dishonest police than the
The episode, "Flipped," was about a rapperfear of retaliation. An honest citizen might
who was killed leaving a radio station. Thereoffer information one minute, then find
were several witnesses to the murder. All ofthemselves in custody for the crime the next
the predominantly black characters wereminute. They know that when police officers
afraid of being labeled a snitch and refusedgo to court, whether it's on a traffic
to cooperate with the police. Even the blackviolation or for a murder trial, they say
police officer working for the gang unitwhatever will guarantee the conviction
sanctioned this "don't tell" manifesto. Todisregarding the guilt or innocence of the
add injury to insult, there were severaldefendant.
young children - about 8 or 9-years-old - who
continued to play as if nothing happened,In black and poor communities the police are
despite the fact that the body of annot trusted, and for good reasons. Police
assassinated snitch flew off the roof landinglie, plant evidence, and strong-arm residents
near  their  play  area.more frequently than anyone will admit.
Unless the corruption receives major media
As a lifetime member of the belovedattention like the Rampart debacle in Los
community, I doubt that there is oneAngeles, the Tulia case in Texas, or the
neighborhood in America so desensitized togunning down of 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston
murder that children would continue businessby police in Atlanta, gun-toting fanatics
as usual amid a dead body; certainly not apersist and are rarely held accountable for
black neighborhood. I take offense that Law &their  abuse.
Order would devote an entire episode to
depicting the black community as a bunch ofIn the Rampart case, 30 officers and at least
apathetic hedonists with questionable values,three supervisors were accused of framing
spooked by the thought of assisting thepeople. According to the LA Times, the
police in any way for fear that they would bescandal resulted in the examination of more
labeled  a  snitch  and  assassinated.than 3,000 questionable cases. In Tulia,
Texas, 46 residents were set up by an
It is true that snitches are detested in theunreliable undercover narcotics officer. The
black community. However, a person reportingvictims were later exonerated. In Atlanta,
criminal activity in their neighborhood isFulton County District Attorney Paul Howard
not a snitch. That would be a CONCERNEDis seeking to indict three police officers on
CITIZEN. Someone that gives an accuratemurder charges for the botched drug raid at
account  of  a  crime  is  called  a WITNESS.Johnston's home. The magnitude of police
corruption cases across the country proves
Snitches are the government-made parasitesthat more than a few law enforcement officers
that drop a dime on people for a reduction inare  dishonest.
prison time, a get-out-of-jail credit,
monetary payment, or a hit of crack. WhenSo let's get it correct. Black people are not
necessary, these foot soldiers in thea gang of quasi-criminals determined to
so-called "War on Drugs" embellish the truth.obstruct justice. They are intelligent people
Quite often, they fabricate stories. Snitcheswho have learned from the constant injustices
are responsible for nearly 46% of wrongfulperpetrated on black people, that, regardless
capital convictions from false testimony,of our income level, we are presumed guilty
according to a study by Northwesterneven when proven innocent. Minorities and
University Law School's Center on Wrongfulpoor white people understand that they are
Convictions. They are also the reason thatjeopardizing their freedom talking with the
innocence commissions across the country havepolice. Very much like the wealthy
concluded that snitch testimony is false andwhites-they call it exercising their Fifth
unreliable. Snitches are criminals hustlingAmendment  rights.
the  system.
To the writers at Law & Order, and any of the
Although the media has caught a hold of themainstream media telling our stories, take
"stop-snitching" slogan, the crafty snitchcare not to present a biased picture of the
system has also spawned sayings like "Don'tblack community for the sake of "drama." To
Go To The Pen, Send A Friend," and "If Youtalk about the "stop-snitching" phenomenon
Can't  Do  The  Time,  Drop  A  Dime."without addressing the unreliable
snitch-racket or police corruption is partial
So yes, I'm a card-carrying member of theand misleading. The black community has
"stop-snitching" movement, but I refuse toenough problems; we don't need a media-driven
allow mainstream media to frame the issue,movement added to the list.



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