EPISODE 182 "SNITCHING"

There is a code that goes untold in the streets. This code is something that was instilled in many of us as a child, you know "DONT BE A TATTLE TALE" was something even lil white kids were told. But in the black community, it carries well over into adult age, especially in the HOOD. DON'T SNITCH! It's just that simple ya dig. If you see someone do something that is against the law, you don't tell the police. The rule is simple, yet complicated at the same time ya dig. Because this rule is SUPPOSED to be in effect if you are involved in illegal activity, and it is SUPPOSED to come with a punishment of some sort if it's broken. The PROBLEM with the STOP SNITCHING rule and campaign is this: IT SEEMS TO ONLY BE UPHELD WHEN IT DOESN'T INVOLVE YOU GOING TO JAIL!! You see as much as people want to "keep it real" you never really know whether you are the "SNITCH" type until some REAL PRESSURE is on your back. It's one thing to turn and look the other way when the cops are looking for someone you know for something petty. Thats not the same as when they are looking for someone because they did something to YOU and YOURS, or when YOU are facing PRISON TIME. I know all the wanna be thugs and hood people are gonna have an OPINION about this (see the last episode for OPINIONS) but at the end of the day, I think EVERYONE HAS THE CAPACITY TO BE A SNITCH IF PUT IN A CERTAIN SITUATION! Here are the questions: 1) DO YOU THINK IT'S EVER OKAY TO BE A SNITCH NO MATTER WHAT THE SITUATION IS? 2) HAVE YOU EVER HAD TO SNITCH ON SOMEONE TO SAVE YOURSELF OR PROTECT A LOVE ONE? 3) DO YOU THINK IT'S WRONG TO TELL PEOPLE IN THE HOOD NOT TO REPORT CRIMES, AKA STOP SNITCHING? 4) IF SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY DID SOMETHING WRONG AND THE POLICE WAS LOOKING FOR THEM WOULD YOU HELP? DOES IT MATTER WHAT THEY DID? 5) IS IT RIGHT TO TELL YOUR CHILD NOT TO BE A TATTLE TALE?