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From Ernest Withers to Riley Freeman: How Informants Seeded the Stop Snitching Campaigns

Yvette Carnell | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Yvette Carnell

Today, "stop snitching" campaigns have lead to a form of tribalism whereby African-American communities forfeit their right to police protection in favor of a tenacious defiance to authority.

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C.S. ... I Don't Think So!

Diane Dimond | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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Diane Dimond

The lesson left from this CSI Miami episode was that if you snitch, you're in danger. If you talk to the police about a crime, the bad guy will find out and get you.

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