The "No Snitching" Rule.

[agent817]

Do you abide by this rule? Or do you think it's stupid? Okay, I know that tattling is frowned upon, because if someone does that, then the person who told on the person is looked at with disdain and such. However, there are times where you draw the line. For example, if you witness your home getting robbed, someone getting assaulted or worse, something rather harmful, there is a time to say something. If you don't snitch, then you have to allow someone to walk away freely? I mean I don't like people who snitch on others for doing something stupid but not harmful. For example, someone snitching on someone for looking at inappropriate things in some kind of environment, as long as they're not presenting it to others, or even smoking weed on campus.

It's just something I've been thinking about lately. I even watched the Boondocks episode, "Thank You for Not Snitching," which satirizes that whole "rule."

[Muskrat]

It’s all situational really. Like, calling the cops because your neighbour smokes pot in his garage makes you a douche, calling the cops because your neighbour beat the shit out of his wife makes you a good person

[Fade is a CodyCryBaby]

Yeah, context is key. Definitely some situations it’s warranted and others where it might not be.

[hassanchop]

I hate to be that guy, but No Snitching? Isn't that something that only kids care about?

[agent817]

Feb 9, 2019 15:24:07 GMT -5 hassanchop said:

I hate to be that guy, but No Snitching? Isn't that something that only kids care about?

Check this out:

[Dub H]

Places/People that care about "No Snitching" is basically manipulation to make sure people dont give out the guys that put the rule in place.

Otherwise as people said, context, you are still a douche for calling the cops over something trivial.

I guess in the context of the streets it can mean more of "this guy can't be trusted",if you are doing something illegal you dont want somebody that will f*** you over..

[Deleted]

I’m not a huge fan of stitches.

[romanstylesiii]

Feb 9, 2019 15:32:15 GMT -5 Dub H said:

Places/People that care about "No Snitching" is basically manipulation to make sure people dont give out the guys that put the rule in place.

Otherwise as people said, context, you are still a douche for calling the cops over something trivial.

I guess in the context of the streets it can mean more of "this guy can't be trusted",if you are doing something illegal you dont want somebody that will f*** you over..

I dream of being that old lady who calls the cops on children who are merely just playing a sport outside

[Mister Pigwell]

Way I've always seen it...

You and your buddy are stagecoach robbers in the old west.
Only you get caught. Sheriff says tell us where your buddy is and you'll get off on half of your sentence. You go along with it. That's snitching.

You're an old lady who saw someone shot outside your door. Your cooperation helps nab the guy. That's not snitching, that's witnessing


Snitching is when you're dirty too but you don't wanna take responsibility for yourself, you'd rather send others down instead. That's against the outlaw code.
Yes there's those thay equate innocent bystanders to snitches and that's just intimidation which is scuzzy.

[Brandon Walsh is Insane.]

Snitches get stitches.

[Mozenrath]

Feb 9, 2019 16:54:09 GMT -5 Mister Pigwell said:

Way I've always seen it...

You and your buddy are stagecoach robbers in the old west.
Only you get caught. Sheriff says tell us where your buddy is and you'll get off on half of your sentence. You go along with it. That's snitching.

You're an old lady who saw someone shot outside your door. Your cooperation helps nab the guy. That's not snitching, that's witnessing


Snitching is when you're dirty too but you don't wanna take responsibility for yourself, you'd rather send others down instead. That's against the outlaw code.
Yes there's those thay equate innocent bystanders to snitches and that's just intimidation which is scuzzy.

Agreed, with the caveat that there's also attempting "murder by cop" or SWATing, that kind of stuff. That's probably well beyond snitching, though, and its own class of f***ed.

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

I can't believe this is even a point of discussion..

[agent817]

Feb 9, 2019 23:09:22 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

Feb 9, 2019 16:54:09 GMT -5 Mister Pigwell said:

Way I've always seen it...

You and your buddy are stagecoach robbers in the old west.
Only you get caught. Sheriff says tell us where your buddy is and you'll get off on half of your sentence. You go along with it. That's snitching.

You're an old lady who saw someone shot outside your door. Your cooperation helps nab the guy. That's not snitching, that's witnessing


Snitching is when you're dirty too but you don't wanna take responsibility for yourself, you'd rather send others down instead. That's against the outlaw code.
Yes there's those thay equate innocent bystanders to snitches and that's just intimidation which is scuzzy.

Agreed, with the caveat that there's also attempting "murder by cop" or SWATing, that kind of stuff. That's probably well beyond snitching, though, and its own class of f***ed.

Check out this video to really show that there are people who still believe in this stupid rule.

P.S. I am not posting the video because of the language, mainly to be on the safe side.

[Deleted]

I'm a security guard. I'm a professional snitch.

[arrogantmodel]

I forget who it was, but some rapper was on a talk show, actually, I think it was Cam'ron on Bill O'Reilly's show. But anyways, they were talking about snitching, and Bill or whoever asked about it, and the rapper was like, "Nope, never do it."

Then they asked, "Well, what if there was a serial killer in your neighborhood?" And the dipshit was like, "Nope, it's none of my business." Like, that's absurd.

[Brandon Walsh is Insane.]

Feb 9, 2019 23:58:31 GMT -5 arrogantmodel said:

I forget who it was, but some rapper was on a talk show, actually, I think it was Cam'ron on Bill O'Reilly's show. But anyways, they were talking about snitching, and Bill or whoever asked about it, and the rapper was like, "Nope, never do it."

Then they asked, "Well, what if there was a serial killer in your neighborhood?" And the dipshit was like, "Nope, it's none of my business." Like, that's absurd.

None of my business... that’s because if you tell on some gang bangers or drug dealers, most likely they will be coming after you. ‘Hood Law.

[Paul]

Never heard of it. It sounds like something stupid 12 year olds come up with.

[Cyno]

A lot of stuff with "no snitching" has its roots in police departments in cities being racist as hell in regards to how they treated the people who lived in poor black neighborhoods. It created a lot of mistrust towards the police and authority figures in general in these neighborhoods and fostered an attitude of "us vs. them." Snitching was seen as a betrayal of the neighborhood to the man. Does that make sense? Not always, no. But those were the attitudes that were fostered because of complete, often entirely justified lack of trust in the police.

And then you had the rise of gang culture in cities like Los Angeles where there was not only widespread mistrust of the LAPD in the poorer neighborhoods, but already a ton of documented cases of racial profiling and police brutality that were either covered up by the higher-ups in the LAPD or acquitted in court in farcical trials where the prosecution didn't even try to put on much of a case to all-white, unsympathetic juries. So by snitching, you not only had the stigma of betraying your community to a system that didn't give a f*** about your people, but also gangs of sociopaths with lots of guns who wouldn't hesitate to put your ass in a box for doing such.

[Deleted]

I've never understood it. I remember taking flack both in school and uni because I'd apparently dropped people in it by being honest. I mean....tough, if you do something stupid, you face the consequences.

One of the kids (18 year olds) I work with had a moan about something similar a while ago and both myself and another older member of staff were just like "or maybe you don't do deliberately stupid stuff that you can get in trouble for".

EDIT reading the post above I'm realising a significant cultural /institutional side I hadn't considered. Doesn't cover a bunch of middle class white people though. They just need to stop doing stupid stuff.

[arrogantmodel]

Feb 10, 2019 0:43:06 GMT -5 Brandon Walsh is Insane. said:

Feb 9, 2019 23:58:31 GMT -5 arrogantmodel said:

I forget who it was, but some rapper was on a talk show, actually, I think it was Cam'ron on Bill O'Reilly's show. But anyways, they were talking about snitching, and Bill or whoever asked about it, and the rapper was like, "Nope, never do it."

Then they asked, "Well, what if there was a serial killer in your neighborhood?" And the dipshit was like, "Nope, it's none of my business." Like, that's absurd.

None of my business... that’s because if you tell on some gang bangers or drug dealers, most likely they will be coming after you. ‘Hood Law.

I have at least two houses on my street that deal drugs. Do I care? Not really, because: A) I don't do drugs. And B) The cops know, and it's probably low level shit. So I ain't getting involved.

But if I thought a known murderer moved in, yeah...I'm making a phone call.