Stop Snitchin' & Hip Hop

[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by Little32

td221,

I know what you are saying, it seems that the media is gearing up for this to be the next big story. After I saw it here, I saw it on Yahoo and somewhere else too. I thought to myself, here they go trying to scapegoat rap for something else.

This "stop snitchin" mentality is not the only reason that cops aren't solving these murders and other crimes. I am sure that there are a lot of other factors at play--what they are, I couldn't say. But it seems as silly to attempt to blame their inability to solve these crimes entirely on this cultural phenomenon. They still go after the mafia, they still get white-collar criminals, maybe they just need to change their tactics.

Also, the stop snitchin mentality is still sublimely stupid.

One factor I can think of that could affect crimes being solved is who is the victim, and where it happens. It has been shown with kidnappings and other crimes (Elizabeth Smart and Jon Benet )that where you live and your background/ethnicity affects what is done to bring you home or find your killer. I would not be surprised if there were disparities in response times and resources depending on the economics or makeup of an area.

Granted I live in a Unviersity/farm town in Idaho, and here the police are actually really cool, but I know that is not the case in the large urban area I grew up in. Since it is a small town they really try and do community outreach work and the students make an interesting dynamic.

[AKA_Monet]

Anderson Cooper made presentations yesterday and today about the "60 minutes' 'Stop Snitchin'" piece.

Further analysis suggests, what I have witnessed in several major urban centers, that these folks who legitimize the lack of notifying the authorities on a heinous crimes feel completely helpless or have given up hope on themselves and their communities. Basically, "what's the point in speaking? Nothing will ever change..."

Call it cynicism or sarcasm, but either way your put it, people have given up hope even on themselves. And unfortunately, it cannot continue to "stay" that way and it has been my experience watching these events unfold that it will get worse before it gets better or rather, folks have to hit rock bottom before they realize there is only one way to go and that's up.

[LegalChef]

This is interesting.
http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur33115.cfm