Letters to the Editor
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The "Don't Snitch" mentality/ethos renders this and other solutions futile
I feel where you're coming from with your pictures idea, Keef...
But I just don't think it will work.
As long as so many members of the black community view "snitching" - i.e. daring to give the police tips/info to help stop/capture those who murder these black kids - as something despicable and worthy of death in itself, the slaughter of young black males will continue unabated.
As long as decent people have to fear for their (and their friends'/family's) lives and well-being for "snitching", nothing will change.
The black community ultimately has to decide what is more important - a code of secrecy/"honor" that involves not working with (white?) cops to help solve homicides...or the lives of their youth.
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Publishing the pictures for "all the world to see" may have a psychological effect on outsiders...
But the brutal reality is that the ONLY people who are in a position put a stop to black-on-black crime/homicide is the black community itself.
How powerful would it be if, say, Kanye or Jay-Z spearheaded such an effort? How much influence could Michael Strahan, Kobe Bryant, Shaq et al wield?? Think about it...