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'Stop Snitching 2' video promoted online
    #7779393 - 12/19/07 08:40 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

December 19, 2007 - Baltimore Sun

'Stop Snitching 2' video promoted online

Original video highlighted culture of witness intimidation in Baltimore

The star, pot-smoking street sage Skinny Suge, is locked up in Western Maryland. The cameo celebrity, NBA all-star Carmelo Anthony, still plays for the Denver Nuggets, having bounced back from the bad publicity. And the two city cops called out by name, William King and Antonio Murray, are in federal prison, probably for the rest of their lives.

Three years after the underground, profanity-laced DVD Stop Snitching became a local political prop and a national emblem of Baltimore's crime problems, the producer, Rodney Bethea, is ready to release a sequel.

Stop Snitching 2 went on sale this week. For $9.99, plus shipping and handling, buyers can "pre-order the DVD they don't want you to see," Bethea's Urly Media Web site says.

In an interview, Bethea said his intent is not to intimidate but to educate.

"What I'm doing is exposing the social conditions," he said. "There's a lack of information, a lack of hope and a lack of jobs. They're closing schools and building juvenile jails. I've documented that mentality. Through awareness, I hope to bring forth change."

Police officials aren't buying it.

"The small portion of the DVD we've seen so far makes it pretty clear that these are not people with the best interests of the community at heart," Sterling Clifford, a spokesman for Mayor Sheila Dixon and the police department, said in an e-mailed statement.

The trailer, which runs one minute and 19 seconds, features a middle-schooler waving a handgun and then taking a drag from a joint, and Skinny Suge (filmed before he pleaded guilty in January to first-degree assault) cussing at the city prosecutor and a congressman.

There's also a man firing a gun into the night sky, seemingly for no reason.

The sequel is an hourlong, unrefined look at Baltimore street culture, Bethea said. (There is a brief and somewhat inexplicable departure to the outskirts of Greensboro, N.C.)

"This is probably more raw, more graphic than the first one," Bethea said. "It's a shockumentary."

On the trailer, viewed more than 1,000 times since it was posted three weeks ago on the video-sharing site youtube.com, a man dressed in black describes Stop Snitching 2 this way:

"What we gonna do on this DVD, we gonna define what snitchin' actually is."

Bethea's intended audience, "the urban hip-hop" set, is familiar with that definition, he said. But it was lost in translation, Bethea said, as the DVD's popularity -- fueled by the brief appearance of Anthony -- mushroomed in the mainstream.

Officials soon took note. The Baltimore Police Department released its response to Stop Snitching in the form of a video called Keep Talking.

Baltimore State's Attorney Patricia C. Jessamy passed out more than 500 copies of Stop Snitching to lawmakers as she urged them to increase penalties for those who intimidate witnesses. (The original was not copyrighted; the sequel is.)

"The same way the criminals are using this DVD to get their message across on the street to witnesses, we as law enforcement should use it to demonstrate the degree of the problem," Jessamy said in December 2004, the peak of the DVD's notoriety.

That year, Baltimore prosecutors dropped about one-quarter of their gun cases, they said, because direct or perceived intimidation created problems with witness testimony.

Changes in state law have helped, but a street culture labeling those who cooperate with police and prosecutors as "rats" and "snitches" remains, Jessamy said in a recent interview.

Bethea said those labels don't apply to "the little old lady on the block" who calls the police about a drug deal. "She is not considered a snitch," he said. "She is a civilian doing what she is supposed to do."

"When we refer to snitches, we are referring to a person engaging and profiting from illegal activities," he said. "And when they get arrested, to save themselves, they tell on everyone else they know. No one likes that."

In a bit of irony, corrupt police officers King and Murray, mentioned in the first DVD, were convicted in federal court of helping Antonio Mosby distribute heroin in part because Mosby testified against them. For his cooperation, Mosby was sentenced to less than 18 months in federal prison. King and Murray each received more than 100 years.

Bethea promises that more corrupt officers will be identified in the sequel. Anthony does not appear in this video, but there is another potential breakout star, Bethea said.

His name in Kenneth Morris, and people called him Tupac for his resemblance to the rap star Tupac Shakur, who attended an arts high school in Baltimore and was shot to death in 1996.

Morris -- the man in black featured in the trailer -- was outspoken, Bethea said. He was shot to death May 2005 under "mysterious circumstances," just after he finished filming his scenes, Bethea said.

Asked about the sequel at a City Hall news conference, Dixon said she had watched the trailer for the first time today and found it "disturbing" and "disheartening." Dixon has largely focused her administration on trying to improve relations between residents and the police.

Jessamy said she is a bit flattered by the mention of her name in the sequel, attached as it is to some salty language. She said it shows she must be doing something right.



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Re: 'Stop Snitching 2' video promoted online [Re: veggie]
    #7779557 - 12/19/07 09:14 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

Of course Baltimore PD hates Stop Snitches 2.


The first video sent two of their finest to prison.


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Invisibledr_gonz

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    #7779614 - 12/19/07 09:25 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

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Re: 'Stop Snitching 2' video promoted online [Re: dr_gonz]
    #7779906 - 12/19/07 10:59 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

Heres a better Idea, how about you dont act like a total fucking dumbass and tell everyone you do drugs

Ode to snitching:
keep on snitching
it weeds out the
idiotic drug users


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Re: 'Stop Snitching 2' video promoted online [Re: PoisonedV]
    #7780258 - 12/20/07 01:55 AM (16 years, 1 month ago)

Quote:

PoisonedV said:
Heres a better Idea, how about you dont act like a total fucking dumbass and tell everyone you do drugs





LOL! You try telling that to a gangster in Baltimore. I dare ya.. I'll toss 20 bucks in for your life insurance policy.


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Re: 'Stop Snitching 2' video promoted online [Re: PoisonedV]
    #7780611 - 12/20/07 07:11 AM (16 years, 1 month ago)

Yeah, because people get ratted out for using drugs...


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Re: 'Stop Snitching 2' video promoted online [Re: fapjack]
    #7780702 - 12/20/07 07:58 AM (16 years, 1 month ago)

That brief clip, is the essence of Baltimore. Captured in a little over a minute.


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...the whole experience is (and is as) a profound piece of knowledge.  It is an indellible experience; it is forever known.  I have known myself in a way I doubt I would have ever occurred except as it did.

Smith, P.  Bull. Menninger Clinic (1959) 23:20-27; p. 27.

...most subjects find the experience valuable, some find it frightening, and many say that is it uniquely lovely.

Osmond, H.  Annals, NY Acad Science (1957) 66:418-434; p.436


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Re: 'Stop Snitching 2' video promoted online [Re: badchad]
    #7780969 - 12/20/07 10:05 AM (16 years, 1 month ago)

Ile be sure to thank those niggas for informing me of this shocking news. My theory is that these guys were all smart young men RIGHT up until the camera light turned on, then there inner nigger jumps up and starts yelling "ma nigga" after every sentence.


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Re: 'Stop Snitching 2' video promoted online [Re: veggie]
    #7780974 - 12/20/07 10:08 AM (16 years, 1 month ago)

Baltimore just looks scary.


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Re: 'Stop Snitching 2' video promoted online [Re: RandalFlagg]
    #7781031 - 12/20/07 10:26 AM (16 years, 1 month ago)

But the rent is cheap as shit :wink:


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Re: 'Stop Snitching 2' video promoted online [Re: Irdamage]
    #7781036 - 12/20/07 10:27 AM (16 years, 1 month ago)

Quote:

Irdamage said:
Ile be sure to thank those niggas for informing me of this shocking news. My theory is that these guys were all smart young men RIGHT up until the camera light turned on, then there inner nigger jumps up and starts yelling "ma nigga" after every sentence.





Naaa those are pretty much real thugs. Gangsters around that city dont fuck around

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Witness intimidation has also been reported as a problem in the city.[58] In an infamous case, community activist Angela Dawson and her family were murdered by firebomb in their Baltimore home on October 16, 2002, in retaliation for Dawson's reporting of criminal activity. In a separate incident in 2005, another public safety activist, Edna McAbier, was also targeted by firebomb. Though she survived, she has fled her neighborhood. Three men were sentenced to life in prison for their involvement in the latter case




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Re: 'Stop Snitching 2' video promoted online [Re: veggie]
    #7781380 - 12/20/07 12:15 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

I like that they're going after corrupt officials.


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Re: 'Stop Snitching 2' video promoted online [Re: Cowgold]
    #7781794 - 12/20/07 02:01 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

I <3 my hometown. FREE SKINNY SUGE. lol


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Re: 'Stop Snitching 2' video promoted online [Re: Cowgold]
    #7781815 - 12/20/07 02:09 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

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Cowgold said:
I like that they're going after corrupt officials.


:popcorn:


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Re: 'Stop Snitching 2' video promoted online [Re: dr_gonz]
    #7783588 - 12/20/07 09:39 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

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dr_gonz said:
does anyone have a torrent?




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Re: 'Stop Snitching 2' video promoted online [Re: ShroomieGirl]
    #7783737 - 12/20/07 10:24 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

doubt its gonna make it online. This movie isnt really promoted. its sold just like weed, on the street corner. i'll see if i can find a torrent of it within the next few days.


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“What is evil? Killing is evil, lying is evil, slandering is evil, abuse is evil, gossip is evil: envy is evil, hatred is evil, to cling to false doctrine is evil; all these things are evil. And what is the root of evil? Desire is the root of evil, illusion is the root of evil.”


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Re: 'Stop Snitching 2' video promoted online [Re: S4mm1ch]
    #7783766 - 12/20/07 10:32 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

I found a torrent for the 1st one on btjunkie, but not the 2nd one... Im still d/ling the 1st one just cuz i havent seen it

Ill letchya know if its worth it when it finishes


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Re: 'Stop Snitching 2' video promoted online [Re: ShroomieGirl]
    #7783795 - 12/20/07 10:40 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

Just slap on a white tshirt that fits down to your knees and take a little walk down north ave :P


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Re: 'Stop Snitching 2' video promoted online [Re: BrAiN]
    #7783815 - 12/20/07 10:45 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

the video isnt really all that good. just abuncha dumbass ghetto muvfukaz runnin their mouth


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“What is evil? Killing is evil, lying is evil, slandering is evil, abuse is evil, gossip is evil: envy is evil, hatred is evil, to cling to false doctrine is evil; all these things are evil. And what is the root of evil? Desire is the root of evil, illusion is the root of evil.”


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Re: 'Stop Snitching 2' video promoted online [Re: BrAiN]
    #7783853 - 12/20/07 10:53 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

lol... basically

dont forget the fitted hat too


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Edited by ShroomieGirl (12/20/07 10:55 PM)


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Re: 'Stop Snitching 2' video promoted online [Re: ShroomieGirl]
    #7784133 - 12/21/07 12:20 AM (16 years, 1 month ago)

ive got to say, maryland cops are the most corrupt i have ever seen. my ex step dad is a narcotics officer for maryland(not stating exactly where for privacy reasons), he grew pot, used fake money, and robbed my mother and i out of everything we owned by forging her signature on a document that stated that he owned everything, getting the rest of the police force to back him up in court. he also ran her so far into debt that shes still paying it off after over 5 years now, and shes living with my grandparents who allow her to live there freely.

i always say its kind of ironic that i turned out to be a drug user after living with a narcotics officer half my life.


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