(intr) to act as an informer. Only one fate awaited a snitch who got caught: death. If you use email, encrypt it. 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. Blog about it. Rats are the second most successful mammals in the world, behind humans. They'll tell you how it will ruin your parents' reputation. Cover There's not much you can do about this person. Just as your first individual move is to keep away from the suspect individual, the best group action may be to simply shut the person out. voles and mice) having bodies longer than about 12 cm, or 5 inches. They also want to stay dry during rainy and cold seasons, which is why they tend to come indoors during fall and winter months. 2- Sleek Swimmers 3- Tail Tales 4- One-fourth a Look a Like 5- Winter Soldiers 6- No stopping the teeth 7- Smart Eater 8- Deep Sleepers 9- American Mouse 10- Disease Distributors If police might target you or your activities, you need to understand how snitches could mess up your life. Then if your lawyer pressures you to accept any agreement that involves snitching, get a new lawyer. If you answer, "Yes, its 3:30," you've shown a willingness to please and to give more information than is asked. Turner used another infamous tactic of snitches; he constantly urged, and even threatened, violence against public officials. A rat is sees and tells on you. Some typical things snitches and/or agents provocateurs do: This ultra-basic piece of advice goes back at least to the agitators of the 1960s. When it tells you you're in danger, BELIEVE IT. People make fun of lawyers, but there's a reason we exist. In a Playboy article, James Bovard wrote: "Up until the early Seventies, defendants often successfully challenged entrapment as a violation of due process. Read this New Yorker article about young, naive and now DEAD snitches. "Nyet" Says the other, "One of us might be KGB!". Back in the late sixties or thereabouts, there was a federal case in which Treasury agents latched on to a printer who was willing to fantasize about doing some counterfeiting. These commonsense OpSec (operational security) tips are for any group or any individual whose activities might draw the attention of the state. By comparison, the common house rat is about 20 inches (50 cm) long and weighs approximately 12 ounces (0.34 kg). This person may be acting under duress (to save his own skin after being arrested, for instance). 8. Do not do anything in that person's presence or within that person's knowledge that you wouldn't do in front of your mother. Myth #1: If you ask if someone is a narc, they have to tell you. Your betrayed associates may kill you and you won't have to worry about any of this. He understands your situation, he's sympathetic, he's your buddy, he doesn't agree with the other LEO's interrogation tactics, either. "What do you think of these new reforms they keep talking about?" Rats are mouse-like rodents with long tails, pointed noses, and whiskers. If you can do so without violating your state's law, quietly begin video or audiotaping all interactions with the suspected person. Just because we talk about them as lesser beings doesn't mean some of them aren't tough as nails fighters and brawlers. It's true that stereotypes become so by generally being true, but it's doubtful that any one individual would embrace them all. Your interrogators will take positions clearly letting you know that they are in total control, that you are in their world, and the only way out of the room is through them. You have a brain: USE IT. On the other hand, things could be resolved very easily. You're evasive. Snitches prey on the naive and unsuspecting and on misplaced friendship. It works something like this: Two (or more) people are arrested but the police don't have enough information to convict either of you. Snitches are effective precisely because they're so hard to detect. Undercover Treasury agents encouraged him to really do it. Rats are skilled swimmers and have been known to travel through sewage systems and enter homes through drains and even toilets. Got a blog, a Twitter account, a Facebook page? Relationships between friends and associates complicate matters, too. They will try to talk over any claim of innocence so that denials are never clear on the recordings. 2)Rats are mainly nocturnaland live underground. Then, after a personal dispute with fellow writer Jim Hogshire and Hogshire's wife (a "he said-she said" encounter whose facts are known only to the three who were present), Black did the unthinkable. You might be sitting there worrying about what your mother would think if you went to jail. The police will remind you that if you go to jail you'd be leaving your newborn baby or disabled spouse without protection. I've adapted this from advice handed out by the helpful, anonymous lawyer whose tips have appeared throughout this booklet. an instant and easy case against virtually anyone they want to target. What follows are only guidelines. They are experts at staying out of sight! The author is MJR, who works in security. About a year later he was spotted in the NY Times holding on to someone arrested by the FBI for something. They'll try to make it somehow socially acceptable, suggesting it was a crime of passion rather than a premeditated event. You're not going to have a chance to find another you. The military calls this OpSec Operational Security. Within the first 30 seconds, LEO knows whether you will be susceptible to questioning and if he'll be able to get you to talk. What to put in the notebook to make it legal. My point is that another potential sign of a plant is somebody who seems to match all the stereotypes of the group you're in. No book is a substitute for common sense and healthy skepticism. Sometimes there are practical reasons: you're guilty as hell, the cops have the evidence to prove it, and your lawyer thinks that cooperating would be the best way for you to avoid a long prison sentence. All Rights Reserved. You might be terrified of losing your job and being unable to pay your bills. This might not sound like much compared with beastly punishments like necklacing. (Same sorts of urgings as in the last bullet point, but this time coming from somebody for whom that wouldn't be characteristic behavior. If not, you may not have a snitch, but you have an untrustworthy person, for sure. We do not recommend any of these methods! They'll even tell you your dog is ugly. These examples are for historical, educational purposes only. However, if you are not about that life and are just a civilian going about your business, calling the authorities when a. If you wish to have a private conversation, leave your home and your office and go outside and take a walk or go somewhere public and notice who is near you. 2. So, if someone calls you a rat, it's not like being called a fox. Anyone in your group starts agitating for violent action. Edit. rat facts snitches. They'll tell you your kids are going to be taken away and raised by the state. It's reported that 6ix9ine is considered vulnerable, since he has severe asthma. His publisher (who was also Hogshire's publisher) destroyed all remaining inventory of Black's books and published an article exposing Black's perfidy. Or perhaps not so briefly; torture may be involved first.". any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a . Spending a few dollars on a consultation can save you a LOT of money and headaches down the road. They may come across as natural leaders ("Trust me, I know how to do this!"). Use professional language and be prepared to substantiate what you record. Again I couldn't help myself and laughed out loud. Do freedom of information requests for your file under the FOIA and pursue the agencies until they give you all the documents filed under your name. A target of shunning isn't welcome into people's homes, can't get served at restaurants, doesn't have his greetings returned, can't get help from any of her former friends, and is generally unable to function within the community. Title Page Then state in the strongest terms why you realized you would not and could not do it. Within your group, talk about them only to people who have a need to know. The difference is, at least a snitch is human, but a rat is a fuckin' rat, period." Tags 21 Savage Front Page News This is the person who simply can't keep her mouth shut about illegal or controversial activities. Y'all need to listen to that sh*t though 'cause that sh*t is facts. What to do if you believe a snitch is personally targeting you A "Rat" is a turncoat. Their broad heads contain strong, muscular jaws that support four incisor teeth that are used for digging. Do not try to explain yourself (also very difficult for some of us). A boy may call his little sister a snitch if she tells his parents he stole a cookie. Repairing the damage snitches do After the initial shock and recovery, look upon it as a chance to learn and teach others. naked mole rat, (Heterocephalus glaber), burrowing member of the rodent family Bathyergidae, named for its wrinkled pinkish skin and hairless bodily appearance. Their nyms appear with their contributions. On "Snitches & Rats," 21 Savage reunites with his cousin and fellow 4L member, Young Nudy. Despite being a printer, he didn't have the special plates required to print money. After you've been busted and are standing around at the police station is NOT a good time to be leafing through the yellow pages. If so, have a plausible excuse if you can. Each and every contributor was a volunteer. Even for someone who has regular, unfavorable contact with LE, even people like me who have been Reided, the hardest thing to do is to shut up. Because Snitches are Weak human beings.they are the type of people u should hate. They may pretend to be your friend. A group of rats is called a 'mischief'! Pressure on a family member, fear of jail time, exposure of a dark secret anybody can be turned. So beware: Another way snitches can be dangerous is to physically hurt you if you get in their way. 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. They may make hyper-strong appeals to your cause then use the leverage they gain to make equally strong appeals for committing crimes. In reality, you don't know how scared you'd be. It wouldn't kill them, but everyone who saw a former activist lurching down the street on destroyed knees knew what he was. Dante himself did not imagine a torture in hell like what you will experience from LE if you get caught lying to them. The longer you continue and/or the more controversial your activities, the more likely you are to attract one or more rats. Third: If you feel you have to answer an incriminating question, qualify your answer. The most innocent remarks can be used against you. Recognize your organizational and personal strengths and weaknesses. Another reason that it's often easy for cops to turn victims into snitches is that there's sometimes a common mindset between people who snitch and people who fall into the traps set by snitches. There are two common categories of snitch you need to look out for: The infiltrator/agent provocateur. This book could help you avoid becoming the victim of a snitch. Some are deliberately inserted into groups to cause exactly that sort of chaos and dissension. They know the date, time, how many people were there, some names, some physical descriptions, the drugs dealt or the damages caused. In reality, if you and your fellow arrestee were allowed to discuss your decisions, you'd probably both opt to clam up; it's part of the goodness of human beings that we'd rather cooperate than betray. The damage a false accusation of snitching can do is horrifying. Category page. A "rat" is a traitor, a conceiver, planner or physical participator 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 ass The difference is, at least a snitch is human, but a rat is a fuckin' rat, period Submit Corrections Call the press if you have hard information about surveillance or harassment. But he does. LE will invariably offer you a chance to "tell your side." SpotemGottem is being accused of snitching on fellow rapper Y&R Mookey. Then on the next line write the weather conditions. Court cases around the nation - a search engine is your friend, here - have affirmed the "right" of government agents to lie to their targets. The agent involved may be smart and subtle enough to provide a nuanced portrayal of a "fellow traveler," or he may be an ignorant jackwagon who believes all the hype put out by his overlords and thinks of his quarry as cartoon characters. They only want you to confess and do their will. (Even then you may still get busted and/or beat up, but you'll be creating a case in your favor that might come in useful later.). Remember, don't lie, but if you can't resist talking, at least DENY EVERYTHING! Snitches, especially professional agents provocateurs, can be master manipulators. Snitch List: Snitches, Rats, and Informants Find out who's a rat by searching our snitch list containing information about known confidential informants, state's witnesses, and other snitches from our database. The advice in this booklet can lessen the chance of that, but nobody can give you any guarantees. He'll talk quietly. Do not try to talk your way out of a situation except where you can state a legal or constitutional principle that demonstrates your innocence. Not every officer is going to be Officer McGruff - the "Officer Friendly" model can achieve amazing results. 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! Have a pic of you and your mom? And rightly so. People who agitate for illegal activities may be snitches; Snitches play on your trust and/or your desire to go along with others. When you make your first entry, write the time an event happened in the left margin. Chances are, if you're a non-violent political activist or small-time dealer of "college type" drugs who got busted and turned, your friends will hate you but won't beat you up or kill you if they learn you snitched on them. ("I know you don't usually deal, but couldn't you just sell me a little from your stash?" Snitch Transcript of a PBS/Frontline documentary on the whole dirty business of snitching. As soon as you're out on bail, tell your associates what happened to you. Later, when it comes out that the entire plot was a fiction created by an agent provocateur who got a few marginal members to go along with a scheme the government itself cooked up, hardly anyone notices. There are vengeance snitches people who turn on friends and associates after having a falling out or not getting their way. Similar to humans, rats often give in to peer pressure. quicklist: 1title: He Was Kicked Out of Witness Protectiontext: After his 1980 arrest on a narcotics-trafficking charge, Hill turned "rat . A judge tossed the case. And you may not reproduce or distribute any part of this work for commercial purposes, period. Some may even be associates in the snitch's plan to bust you (it's not unusual for government agencies to plant multiple agents into one operation and the bitter old joke that, if not for the snitches, some meetings would be empty, isn't that far wrong). 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! Given its touchy subject matter, I figured I'd use only their online nyms, not real names. Make your opposition to certain activities clear and public. That answer is a lie. More on that later. A friend suddenly starts pushing you to do or advise on illegal things. They are renowned for their long life spans, low cancer rates, and colonial habit. You get busted and the next thing you know the cops are either threatening you or sweet-talking you into snitching on somebody else. When rats play, they make sounds similar to laughter. If you are a high-value target, if you know or associate with high value targets, or if your activities rise to the level of interest that police want to question you, LE agencies employ an interrogation method known as the Reid Technique. Use social networks both online and in the real world to notify others that the person is an informant. Do not do either of those things. Many otherwise-smart people have been drawn into their traps because they failed to recognize not only the specific techniques listed in the last section but because they failed to understand the psychology of snitchery and entrapment. Make sure you and the attorney are comfortable with and have some reasonable basis for trusting each other, because if you get in trouble you are going to have to be seriously ready to open up to your attorney if you want a chance of winning. A "snitch" is someone minding other folks' business To find information they can sell for a price or trade for some other form of compensation A "rat" is a traitor, a conceiver, planner or physical participator 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 ass The rapper Tekashi 69 performing at a concert in Berlin in July 2018. These days, it probably works the other way around, too. Describe why and how you refused to become a tool of the police. Don't talk directly to government agents. Explain the kind of pressures that were put on you. THE POLICE OFFICER IS NOT YOUR FRIEND. We were a lot of loosely organized groups with a variety of hangers on. What makes snitches so dangerous? Even an innocent and harmless misstatement can be twisted into a prison sentence for you (search on "Martha Stewart prison" for an example). (The smart people stayed home.) You're a perfect candidate for successful interrogation! By the time you learn one of your former friends is a "stoolie," it's too late. Acts are what they did; Circumstantial is the impressions and anything odd about the situation. If the date changes you should start a new date with the weather. And there are really some people who would do that. What if you agree to do it, then before you actually snitch on anybody, you realize you don't want to, can't, and won't betray other people? But in 1973, the Supreme Court, in an opinion written by Chief Justice William Rehnquist, gutted most defenses against government entrapment by focusing almost solely on the 'subjective disposition' of the entrapped person. When the media reports that members of Group X or Movement Y have been caught running drugs or guns or plotting to dump toxic chemicals in a reservoir, guess what sticks in the public's mind your legitimate goals or the "fact" that you're a bunch of terrorist whackos? Even if you don't think you're admitting anything incriminating, you're opening yourself up to every jailbird who might want to trade information, even false information about you, to the cops. And don't imagine that "mere" innocence will protect you. Today, LE is on your Facebook page learning everything they can about you while developing their interrogation strategy. 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. Once you fall into their clutches, you may simply be in over your head. And secondly (and maybe more importantly), if you continue to deny, dispute, deny for the first 1, 2, 3, or 4 hours of the interrogation, then confess to something in hour 5, a good lawyer will demonstrate coercive interrogation tactics were used and hopefully have your confession thrown out. undoctored inner circle join; chad alvarez wisconsin; digital forensics cases solved 2021 Put it out on social media. What happens to you if you snitch and your friends find out? If you're lucky and the activities of your snitch are particularly egregious, you might even get sympathy, donations, or renewed positive attention once good people realize what evil that person and her handlers tried to do to you. 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." There are a few sorts of lies that are so egregious that if a police officer tells them the case against you may be thrown out of court (attorney Jamie Spencer gives an example here). A 'rat' is a traitor, a conceiver, planner, or physical participator. Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine (his legal name is Daniel Hernandez) was released today because of said measures. He's the one who's trying to get you to bomb something.". 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. Don't gossip on the phone. ), 3. And in nearly every case the courts allow them to get away with it. (And remember again, cops are among the biggest liars on the planet.). He loses his reputation unjustly. You aim to commit violence against innocent people. Although a jury will occasionally decide that some act of entrapment is so outlandish they'll refuse to convict (do an Internet search on "FCPA Africa Sting" for a great example), victims of entrapment have ended up serving decades in prison for going along with plots cooked up entirely by government agents.