I am so amazed, I can't really comment correctly... I'm sittin' in a city park today / drinking a brewski / enjoying the sun.... a guy sits down and begins a conversation / I hand him a brew / which he drinks / he tells me he is about to go across town where he is going to wear a wire :roll: -=-=- I ask him wtf he's talking about... He tells me he is behind on child support payments and the Man said he could forget the back pay if he hung out in "tha Hood", and got them a nights worth of "intell"///// Yeah well---------- :( ---------- I looked at this sorry bitch and shook my head... He goes "nah man, we're cool, it's just something I gotta do once a month for child support/court /shit/ -------- I stood up and walked away.. He called after me... I waved him off and split........ Jeez, what a f#####up thing to screw with my sat morn========= senorsal ,
It seems idiotic to tell anyone that he will be wearing a wire.
Word travels fast and there are not that many degrees of separation.
Truly bizarre.
man...thats fooked...
it says 2 things to me,
1. the guys not really into it but desperate
2. mostly, hes an idiot telling strangers abt it! how does he know senor isnt part of the ppl hes fooking over? that man ill be lucky to live a few more months if he doesnt smart up...
and how easy is it to get into an innocent, yet taboo, coversation with someone, esp if they bring it up and dont seem imediatly sus...
u made a smart move senor
heh.
That`ed be the city for ya.
on the other hand, the guy trusted senor. Perhaps he's got an amazing intuitive sense.
The problem is the mandatory minimum sentencing laws. The only way to get a sentence reduction is by snitching. The prosecuters are horrible in the pressure they place on defendants and even their families to turn into informants. Family members with absolutely no involvment in any criminal enterprise are wired up and sent into the streets fishing, told to go catch some criminals, with no training nor a clue as to what they are doing. If the guy gets shot playing informant, no ones going to support the kids for sure. My guess is the guy approached senor because he wanted someone to tell him he was wrong...which by walking away you did. Hopefully he listened and told the cops to wear their own wire.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline ... sweet.html (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/snitch/procon/sweet.html)
Good point TSTT: I had not thought of the possibility that he was in some way reching out for help, while cringing at his sorrowful situation... Sheesh!! Almost makes me feel somewhat sorry for the guy. On the other hand; back in my hometown haunts we have a saying "snitches deserve ditches" :wink: --------- senorsal
I was thinking along the same lines as brotha ttst. And no matter what motivated the guy into confiding in you senor, I think you did the right thing when you just got up and walked away. That was a nice touch, especially after gifting him a beer.
lw
Quote from: "TooStonedToType"The problem is the mandatory minimum sentencing laws.
While I used to be in favor of manditory sentancing, I gave it about five minutes thought and came to the conclusion that it is neigh-well evil, and that we should strive to allow the human sprit into the justice equations every chance we get. To try to make life more mechanical is exactly the wrong thing to do...
But I don't think this story really has much to do with that. I think it illustrates other societal problems.