The Prisoner's Dilemma With rare and noble exceptions, they are probably not your best resource if you really hope to be represented as you wish. But there are NO guarantees. React to any one of their scenarios or agree to anything they suggest here, and you're not getting away until you sign a confession and give them the names and information they want. It can teach you the importance of good security practices. In game theory, the phenomenon is called The Prisoner's Dilemma. But some people will distrust you; that's just reality. If you haven't asked for a lawyer and haven't been denying, the interrogation moves on to the next steps. Every movement, posture and expression has a meaning to LE. But they're in the minority. "Look, just help me get this money out of the country; it's no big deal." When you make your first entry, write the time an event happened in the left margin. You should also expect to drop some money up front on a consultation with a potential defense attorney. Snitch Culture: How Citizens are Turned into the Eyes and Ears of the State by Jim Redden, Snitch: Informants, Cooperators, and the Corruption of Justice by Ethan Brown, PART ONE: Recognizing and Avoiding Snitches, FIRST RULE: Learn and practice good security consciousness, Dangerous myths about snitches and undercover agents, What to do if you believe a snitch is personally targeting you, If you believe there's a snitch in your group, Beware of accusing someone who might not be a snitch. We used to call them bimpees where I grew up." Be as factual and give as much evidence as possible. Former DAs and former public defenders are a good first choice. We've talked about how to recognize snitches and what you, as an individual, should do to protect yourself. We sometimes face the evil choice of making a false accusation against an innocent person or keeping quiet about our suspicions and ending up with somebody (maybe even us) getting busted. So the only contributors credited anywhere in the book are those who wrote items especially for this project or whose comments on my blog, Living Freedom I reprinted here. But wherever and whenever you meet a cop or any federal agent or investigator, a jailer or a prosecutor who acts like he's "on your side" or wants to "help" you or promises to get the system to "go lighter on you" DON'T YOU BELIEVE IT! Around snitches, and in a "snitch culture" like ours, there is always danger in many forms. Discuss incidents with cohorts, family and your group. The Initial Behavioral Analysis is supposed to weed out innocent suspects, but in reality this is where LE determines your susceptibility to further questioning and picks the strategy they will use against you. They were married on the same day, and raised their families next door to each other in the same apartment building. Today snitches and betrayers often see benefits and face nowhere near enough drawbacks for their dirty work. Meanwhile, in 2018, a book claimed to offer evidence that Anne Frank and her family were betrayed by a Jewish woman who was executed after World War II for collaborating with the Nazis. Have a pic of you and your mom? AT ALL. They often play upon a normal human desire to want to DO something - which is likely why, if you're a political person, you're a member of the group in the first place. And finally let's never forget some snitches play on that most basic instinct of all S.E.X. He'll lay out a bunch of different scenarios that minimize your guilt, all the while looking for the clue you give him that he's hit on a winning theme to follow. Mindset: The common territory between snitches and victims Contrary to what their name suggests, naked . SpotemGottem is being accused of snitching on fellow rapper Y&R Mookey. Junkie, Thief, Pedifile, Snitch Category: Snitches - Informants City: burnsville , Virginia CHICAGO RAT (1 LEG UP) You aim to commit violence against innocent people. The discovery of informants led to some of The Sopranos' best episodes, like in season 2, episode 13, "Funhouse." Yes, we know that snitches destroy trust, so be very careful when choosing one or two others to confide in. Cops love these guys! U Boat Archive This site contains an extract from TM 30-210 Dept. Snitching and witness credibility don't exactly go hand-in-hand. LE calls it "developing a theme," what they're really doing is presenting options for you to pick from to confess to. These days, it probably works the other way around, too. Even though a judge eventually dismissed the charges, Black's accusation made a hellacious mess of Hogshire's life, cost him tens of thousands of dollars, and contributed to the breakup of his marriage. "), An older, "more experienced" person joins your group or circle and soon becomes a counselor of sorts to the youngest, most edgy, most insecure, most angry, or most naive members. Coming from a job interview I was dressed casually, but rather nicely; slacks, button down shirt, decent shoes. When you first interview an attorney, you don't have to lay out in detail what you're up to perhaps just say that you're a free-speech advocate or a drug legalization advocate (or whatever the general truth is) and that you have been advised to have a good criminal defense attorney on tap because these days even innocent people are at peril from snitches and sloppy justice. First you should start with the date. But such games can be fun while they last. On the other hand, things could be resolved very easily. After the military, they started work next to each other in the same factory. A snitch or a rat is an individual who goes against everyone else just to clear their own name and or they can't handle business themselves they call the police and hand over all evidence. Like mice, rats are nocturnal and have very poor eyesight but have very strong senses of smell, taste, and hearing. All we can say is, if you want to go that way, make damned sure the rat has actually reformed first and can prove it through actions, not mere words. Quite often someone will become an informant following their arrest. You will get caught. If you've done your proper work and just said no to interrogation or said you'd only speak with your lawyer present, you may avoid this particular form of manipulation. Personally, I'm in favor of compartmentalizing information. Because opposing what LEO is saying builds self-confidence, something they're working hard to strip from you. Keep groups small. You're cocky and/or confrontational. Spread the word. Now, some countries that knew the horror of snitch culture forbid or limit the use of snitches. The surest way to know the Reid Technique is about to be used is the room they put you in after you're arrested. While still saying it's a bad idea, it did have the effect of discouraging the general populace from working with the enemy. What happens if you snitch? (Note: This item also appears in Appendix 2, where you will find details on how to do this, along with many other commonsense OpSec tips. Your friend will be hit with the full legal penalty. ago. Officer B will then call him off and suggest that "just a little cooperation" on your part will help avert all that. an instant and easy case against virtually anyone they want to target. The advice in this booklet can lessen the chance of that, but nobody can give you any guarantees. The author is MJR, who works in security. The first speaker comes out (Gatewood Galbraith RIP), and soon some naif sparks up a joint and is immediately arrested by the tie-dyed, long-hair, bearded hippie! You're a perfect candidate for successful interrogation! A day or two spent in jail because of a frustrated government agent beats a lifetime spent there because of a verbal misstep. When someone makes a statement or allegation, its human nature to want to refute it. Copyright A group of rats is called a 'mischief'! Naturally I stayed on to enjoy the festivities. Those promises they made to protect your anonymity? Or on constitutional theory you may have learned in school. Unless you've been living in a cave most of your life, you've probably heard of the "bad cop/good cop" technique. The informer/informant. You've cleaned up your act and your surroundings once you knew there was a snitch in your midst, and the only thing you were arrested for is information given by the snitch. Then write down the actions taken by those involved and the names and addresses of any witnesses. 2. He doesn't sell secrets for power or cash, he betrays the trust of his team or his family hoping to save his own cowardly a**. They'll try to know as much about you as your best friend, and use it to try to be your friend. They may well be up to nefarious deeds that their handlers in the police departments or government agencies don't know. Haug is one of the agents provocateurs the FBI planted with the Hutaree Militia a group that basically did not do much while its members spouted unpleasant political rhetoric. Ever. They confiscated perfectly legal items (including dried poppies and a mug warmer they mistook for a drug-weighing scale). But, again, to be blunt - DO NOT DO ANY OF THIS! You imagine yourself thrusting out your chin and saying, "NO!" While this person isn't necessarily a professional agent provocateur, he may nevertheless try to talk friends into committing crimes so he can get more credibility or rewards from his police handlers. Even if you get busted, you'll handle yourself in a way that will make you less vulnerable to manipulation. By the time you learn one of your former friends is a "stoolie," it's too late. Recognize your organizational and personal strengths and weaknesses. This book is for you if As I said, old joke, but an element of truth. An online commentator who goes by the handle Bulucanagria recalls: Some years ago I was returning from a job interview. Don't even talk about the weather around them. You or someone you care about may end up in prison, broke, or otherwise badly hurt. There are two common categories of snitch you need to look out for: The infiltrator/agent provocateur. They've gotten a story from a snitch. Rat noun (informal) A term indiscriminately applied to numerous members of several rodent families (e.g. It may be that your final act has to be turning your files over to some other trusted member of the group and leaving. After each incident write details down: facts are the time, date, occasion, incident, characteristics of the person(s). And once they open that door, the ONLY WAY TO SAVE YOURSELF IS TO ASK FOR A LAWYER! The Capital City ranked No. Uncovering a snitch can help the remaining trustworthy members of a group to pull together. Not every officer is going to be Officer McGruff - the "Officer Friendly" model can achieve amazing results. That's entrapment. Some of this knowledge can help us avoid being busted in the first place. 5. Seriously, I've lost count of the number of defendants I've dealt with who were skaaaaaREWED by talking to the PD and who told me, "But the officer was so NIIIICE." Your guide to protecting yourself against snitches, informers, informants, agents provocateurs, narcs, finks, and similar vermin is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commerical-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. One interesting (thoughdangerous) way to ID snitches. You're far less susceptible to manipulation once you understand how the manipulation works. On the other hand, you may not alter or add to the text in any way. He'll give you two options, you planned what happened or it was just a one-time thing. Y'all need to listen to that sh*t though 'cause that sh*t is facts. Second, your group of associates may break down in chaos. Snitch Transcript of a PBS/Frontline documentary on the whole dirty business of snitching. Discussion makes the dirty work of the snitches overt. On the advice of my lawyer, I cannot talk to you. I intended to acknowledge the dozens of people who contributed to this book. Don't say anything on the phone you don't want to hear in open court. One of us went to each of these meetings and it was only some of the people told about it and a massive police presence at all of them. Every variety of snitch can look you straight in the eye and say, "I'm not a snitch" then turn right around and land you in jail. As one former government agent pointed out after reviewing a draft of this book, ruining activist groups is "at least one of the auxiliary functions of snitches.".
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