Watching 60 Minutes? This rapper "Cam'ron" is a low down POS

[CatWoman]

he says if a serial killer lived next door to him, rather than report him to the police, he'd move!!

I think Hip Hop is destroying today's black youth.

Hip Hop's message to them is not to cooperate with the police during murder investigations.

That's fucking stupid. And cowardly.

[BlueJazz]

1. I was watching it and thinking the same thing.

[Mythsaje]

2. Look at how many black youths and young men are in prison

Trusting the authorities and cooperating with them makes NO sense from their perspective.

This is what the past thirty years of urban warfare has wrought. Nothing else.

[CatWoman]

3. I'm sorry

but if my daughter or one of my grandchildren were murdered, and I had knowledge, I'd sing like a fucking canary.

[Mutineer]

4. Not in that culture, no you wouldn't.

you wouldn't think the way you think now. You'd think like that rapper thinks. You don't cooperate with the Police.

[stillcool]

7. think of yourself...

as a Jew...in Nazi Germany.. would you feel the same?

[CatWoman]

10. I happen to be an African American in THIS culture

so what?

The Nazis were murdering the Jews.

Blacks are murdering one another.

[EFerrari]

17. And it's one thing to distrust authority, which black youth

in this country have every right to do; it's another thing to get rich off of that re-enforcing fear. That's disgusting.

[stillcool]

23. well...I guess you don't need me...

telling you about the disparity of justice in this country. I myself, a white woman, who grew up as a foster-child in a family of cops, would think twice before calling the police for 'help'. Edited to add...I am making an assumption as to what the the 60-minutes segment is about..but as far as blacks killing blacks...murder and suicide are to me...two sides of the same coin. They are passionate crimes, that require a perfect storm of energy, anger, and means. For myself, the lack of options, and choices had a large affect on my behaviors. The norms outside of my birds eye view was non-existent.

[Clark2008]

26. I agree with you, but I wonder why people make such

a distinction in the black v. white cultures.

We're all American - at least in this country whether we were born here or are now naturalized. We're all Americans and should find it in our culture to help law enforcement find wrong-doers.

Perhaps that is the flip side as to why so many black men continue to be imprisoned. The distrust runs both ways because there is NO communication between the police and the black community. :shrug: Just a thought. I may be way off base.

[CatWoman]

29. hey -- I didn't start the fire

but I call b.s. on apples and oranges comparisons.

Love your pic in your sig line :)

:loveya:

[Captain Hilts]

20. Black on black crime is really at a scary level. What happened in W. Palm Beach was horrific.

That apartment complex attracts trouble.

And, like Cabrini Green, etc., most of the residents are just terrorized, decent people trying to get by.

[BlooInBloo]

5. Being given no reason to have any confidence in the state leads to this...

... kind of anti-social behavior. Definitely not good.

[jody]

6. :hi: CatWoman, do you see a link to "Almost Half of Murder Victims Black", DU thread below.

Study: Almost Half of Murder Victims Black

And DOJ Black Victims of Violent Crime

:pals:

[CatWoman]

9. Hi Jody

:hi:

I started a thread on that study, however, didn't get many responses :shrug:

[jody]

18. Thanks, I've included the link to your DU thread below in hopes that people might comment.

See CatWoman's thread "This makes me so sad: Justice Dept. Report Finds Blacks Comprise Nearly Half Of U.S. Murder Victims"

[Wilber_Stool]

8. I saw it to.

But compared to Scooter Libby, Gonzo, Susan Taylor, and the Republic party, they're just a bunch of pikers.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

11. It's A Dilemma

I remember when Carmelo Anthony was discovered in a "Don't Snitch" video and he was asked to repudiate the message but couldn't bring himself to...

I suspect it's not as prevelent where the police are part of the community and not "the man"...

[CatWoman]

12. the rappers are afraid they would lose "street cred"

and that it would damage their record sales :puke:

[DemocratSinceBirth]

16. Yeh

But Melo is a star NBA player:


http://www.carmeloanthony.com/

[trumad]

13. Don't be gettin down on my hip hop!

[CatWoman]

14. LOL

Now where the fuck did you find that one????

I'm gonna have to load up on new OJ pics :rofl:

:hi:

[trumad]

19. OJ pics

the gift that keeps on giving.

[undeterred]

15. I've had some recent experiences that make me not trust the police

although overall, I can't imagine agreeing with what he said. Still, if I had grown up in the black community and repeatedly seen injustice, I can imagine looking at things differently.

If martial law were imposed on us now and I were called to testify against another activist... :shrug:

[Colobo]

21. It's hard to feel sympathy for hip-hop culture, and what this "artist" said

is a reason why.

[flashl]

22. There is NO such thing as witness protection

What happens after you tell? Where do you go? and Who will protect you?

[CatWoman]

27. opposed to letting the killing continue?

[flashl]

28. Dead people don't talk

I read an article recently about a Stop the Violence effort and everyone was surprised to learn that part of the black-on-black crime was the removal of snitches.

[CatWoman]

30. and scumbag killers just keep on killing

until they are taken off the streets.

Is that what you're advocating?

Keeping your mouth shut at ALL costs?

[flashl]

34. Sad, but true

I believe an answer is Neighborhood Courts. The link provided doesn't address criminal justice issues, but neighborhoods without effective policing and overcrowded courts have taken back their neighborhoods.

[flashl]

35. I am acknowledging a reality

Remember the burning tire messages in South Africa? Well, it's the same.

[wellst0nev0ter]

24. I Think The More Disgusting Part Of The Interview

is where Anderson Cooper glosses over how the black kids report being victimized by the police for no good reason, which breeds distrust in the authorities. Of course, criminals use that distrust to their advantage, so blacks in those communities are caught between two walls.

[muntrv]

25. No wonder why Tupac's, Biggie's, and Jammaster J's murders have

not been solved, with this stop snitching culture.

[CatWoman]

31. first, there have to be incentive in finding their killers

[loveangelc]

32. he's an idiot.

I liked his song Oh Boy tho. heh.

[CatWoman]

33. what are you talking about? "who" is an idiot?

does being a "idiot" justify being murdered?

[pretzel4gore]

36. why is 60 minutes worried about this?

the cia has been main player in global drug trade since regan's time -the pinstripe set are THE terroristas running loose in the world today. Mass media is proven to be a fukkin liar and junyer bush is not a public servant, he's a mass murdering thief....yet he remains at the controls