This week gangta rapper Cam'ron told us that "Street code bars talking to police " and that he would NEVER help the police, even if a serial killer out there and he know who it was.

What's your thought on that, and the facts that it seems to be a trend in some areas?

My thought is that anyone who has information about a violent crime and doesn't come forward on behalf of justice and on behalf of the victims should be ashamed of himself or herself.

Anyone who refuses to cooperate with the law in these cases is protecting a murderer, and that is a betrayal.

Stupid is as stupid does....but yet it's always the leo's fault when "the killa ain't caught". oh please.

Well Camron if you could can live with yourself by not doing so thats alright. Just remember when something happens to.......

Huh.
Well, a few years ago, a little girl (3 years old) died at the pool in our community. It happened because she was not being closely watched. My daughter was 14 at the time and witnessed it, so did her 12 year old cousin. They were at the deep end of the pool, looked over to where the little girl was and saw her floating face down right next to her uncle who was busy playing with his girlfriend's baby and didn't even notice his niece floating inches from him, until another little girl said, "hey Mister? What's wrong with that girl?"
I told 3 different officers, and my sister (who performed CPR on the child) told them also. Nobody ever questioned our kids, no-one ever followed up. Nothing was done.
You talk about having problems getting people to talk to the police. Around here, we have a problem getting our local officers to act on what they are told.
Pretty messed up, if you ask me.

Her uncle did not just "take his eyes off her for a second". Let me elaborate. My sister was laying out next to the pool. All the kids had been playing a game called "Dead Man's Float" (are you familiar with it?...the kids float face down in the water pretending they are dead...it's stupid) Anyway, if you have ever been to a inground pool (and most of us at some point have) you know that if you are lying down near the side of the pool, there is a blind spot of the edge of the pool. There is a lip on the pool and if you are lying near the edge (like about three feet from the edge itself) there is a little bit of the edge of the water, where the water meets the wall, that you cannot see (hope that made sense) Martin (the little girl's uncle) was busy playing with his girlfriend's little boy and wasn't paying attention to his niece. The kids had all (including her) been playing dead man's float, but then the older ones left to swim in the deeper parts of the pool. Fully TEN MINUTES before a little girl got Martin's attention to ask what was wrong with Ariel, my daughter and my nephew had looked over and saw Ariel floating face down in the pool. It was a brief glance, and they assumed she was still playing dead mans float (after all, she was right next to her uncle,who was standing there IN THE WATER just inches away from her, so they never dreamed she WASN'T playing) My sister was lying on her towel sunbathing and could not see Ariel where she was floating....It was only after... when Ariel was brought to Martin's attention...and the kids looked over again... and my sister sat up, that she could see that baby floating in the water, and that's when our kids realized Ariel was STILL face down in the water, in the same place right next to her uncle, that she was ten minutes before, and they knew something was very, very wrong. Martin told the police he was not in the pool at the time, that he was out of the pool and after he saw her floating, jumped in to try and save her. His girlfriend and HER mom (who had both been drinking) backed him up, but my sister, my daughter, my nephew all said that was bullshit.
You don't know our PD. Sumpter Twp are lazy. They always take the easy way out. There are soooo many other incidents where they have just taken the easy way out. Two years prior to this, my own daughter had been physically assaulted by another kid....the police were only going to go talk to this other kid. The ONLY reason anything was done was I yelled at the officer (please pardon the language, but I am going to quote myself) "The f*cking hell you are going to just let this go! I want to press charges and if you don't get your ass in gear and DO something, I will go to the County or State PD and find someone who WILL!!"
Our local PD is a joke. It's probably alot of the reason why many (and the word"many" is an understatement here) people have moved out and into other areas. Our PD has made a bad rep for itself. There are officers in the dept that are commonly known to have drank and got high on the job, and even slept with underage girls (several of whom are now of age, and I know personally) One of my friends' dad used to be a cop in our local PD and he got fed up with the BS. He now works for a different PD, one he says he doesn't feel ashamed of. What does that tell you?

It was negligence, plain and simple. I am not the only person around here by a long shot who believes that either.But if the police refuse to do their jobs, there isn't anything us regular peons can do about it except be pissed to this day. He lied to the police. Maybe you should put an app to work with our local PD. Sounds like you'd fit right in.

She's Very Touchy!!

Saying "you'd fit right in" sounds a bit touchy to me. Lighten up, sister!

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We are not having that problem so far. Even the "hard core" street people will talk to us. Now, they are less respectful to our road officers, but they at least treat us Narcs with common courtesy...so far.

It's hard getting info from a guy who has "Fuck Da World" on his neck.

SMW4747 wrote:
""This week gangta rapper Cam’ron told us that “Street code bars talking to police ” and that he would NEVER help the police, even if a serial killer out there and he know who it was.""

Well, here's a thought to chew on SMW.....
How about this one....Two officers from the local PD here terrorized my youngest daughter on two separate occasions. She has since told everyone that if someone were to try and snatch her off the street, and only our local officers were around, she would not ask them for help....she would take her chances with the snatcher. Sad, I think, when your local PD can't be trusted. Our county mounties, however, are the bomb. So are our state boys. My daughter feels safe around them, just not with the local boys. And had I known how bad our local PD was, I never would have bought my home here. ( The state has come very VERY close to shutting them down on at least two occasions. )
Don't get me wrong, I am not comdemning all of you. There are some very good officers in this world....(like our county and state boys)....unfortunately very few of the good ones are in our local PD.
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You are missing the point. When the citizens refuse to talk to the Police, then they have only themselves to blame when they are victims of crime. The Police cannot and never have been able to do it alone and this trend is dangerous and helps only the criminal.

I just hope someone good comes along before there are more than 2-3 murders a night.