Inside the Snitch Culture of the Drug War

[Bible_Belt]

http://www.tampabay.com/news/public...blows-whistle-in-jason-westcott-death/2211596

Confidential informer blows whistle in fatal Tampa SWAT raid

"It's very unusual for the public to get a glimpse of how active informants interact with their police handlers," said Alexandra Natapoff, a professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles who monitors informer use nationwide. "The criminal system is designed to make sure we never hear these stories."

 

[user43770]

Good read.

 

[taiyuu_otoko]

Damn. I don't know why this would seem surprising, though.

Reminds me of some movie I saw based on a true story of some major city in the south.

The cops got Fed money based on number of convictions. And they had this "scam" set up (either they planned it that way or it ended up that way) where they had informants snitch on "drug dealers" who weren't really drug dealers, just poor folks with dependents just one step away from poverty, who were VERY likely to take a plea just to stay out of jail.

They'd know absolutely NOTHING about the law, and the cops would slam them hard and quick until they plead "guilty."

The more of these "convictions" they got, the more fed money they got, and the better reputation the PD had for being "tough on crime."

Sad, sad, sad.

 

[dasein]

Business people should be aware that this is going on all through corporate US as well, particularly with the IRS and DOL and state equivalents. It's a disgusting social institution that govt breeds and feeds on, at some point there is a line with respect to "catching the bad guys" when the law becomes a sword, and we are well past that IMO. Just another aspect of leftism and gynocracy, no honor, no sense of proportion or perspective.