‘Stop Snitching’ Campaign Angers Police Investigating Shooting of Girl, Five
(source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/apr/13/thusha-kamalsewaran-stop-snitching-campaign)
A website has been trying to keep witnesses to the shooting of a five year old girl and thirty five year old man and the murder of another murder from contacting the police. The website that first started operating in 2010, after the murder of Sylvester Akapalara accuses the police of making false promises to people who would inform them. The site also offers a list of informers and a possibility to report a ‘snitch’. The police insists that it does take good care of its informers and is glad that despite the webcampaign people have still been relaying their information to the police.
Response
To try and silence people and stop them from contacting the police is to me a form of terrorism, especially if you dedicate a site to exposing and listing people who do feel like it is their responsibility to inform the police on what they have seen. I also think the police should act against these types of campaigns as they could potentially instill fear in people and create unrest in a community, which could lead to further problems and civil unrest if left to fester long enough.
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BeantwoordenVerwijderenA great article! I, again, agree with you Ike. If people start losing their faith in the police, the police might become less effective in fighting crime. However, I do think from a criminal's perspective, it's rather obvious such a website exists. Then again, just because there's a good reason for a website to exist, doesn't justify it's existence.
With kind regards,
Dylan
Nice article. This site is indeed very freaky. People ratting out each other is not a good thing. But I do believe that people can get mad from the way police handles their business in the U.S. I have witnessed some wrong examples that are relating to the article.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenkeep up blogging nice articles.
kind regards Amir
Nice article!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenIt's shocking that these kinds of lists seems to be necessary to people. I can't exactly see why there are people think that snitches are a problem, other than criminals.
I agree with your opinion, and these kinds of lists should be removed, and people should be encouraged to help the police ensure a safer environment for everyone.