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[quote=Anonymous]Neither of the prior posters seem to understand the "no snitching" culture that prevails in high poverty urban areas. If you want to understand how urban AA have historically been underserved with respect to justice (while being "over served" with respect to policing), read "Ghettoside". It's about LA but could just as easily be about DC. It does a good, and fairly apolitical, job of identifying the historical patterns that have led to low level criminals and community witnesses being unwilling to testify against the top predators in their communities. When you do not believe that the police will protect you from being murdered, then your appetite for cooperation plummets. But that is a separate issue from overly generous plea deals and insufficient consequences for juvenile violent crime. [/quote]
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