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rocktivity

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Sun Jun 4, 2017, 11:24 PM Jun 2017

Man Flashes Guns and Cash on Facebook Live, Gets Raided on Facebook Live

Last edited Thu Apr 1, 2021, 08:13 AM - Edit history (11)

Candidate for the Self-Snitching Hall of Disdain:

22-year-old Breon Hollings, a Jacksonville, Fla. resident, was seen flaunting handfuls of cash during a Facebook Live stream ...while speaking to the camera, but becomes distracted when he sees lights outside of his window... (link)





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Man Flashes Guns and Cash on Facebook Live, Gets Raided on Facebook Live (Original Post) rocktivity Jun 2017 OP
Honorable Mention rocktivity Jun 2017 #1
Update rocktivity Jun 2018 #20
They didn't have to bleep it Warpy Jun 2017 #2
Too funny-was the cop using the bathroom? 58Sunliner Jun 2017 #3
I believe Warpy is referring to the ancient tradition of flushing illegal drugs down the toilet rocktivity Jun 2017 #4
More Self-Snitching Coming At You Live rocktivity Jul 2017 #5
At least this guy REALIZED that he was self-snitching rocktivity Jul 2017 #6
Mic drop? rocktivity Jul 2017 #7
Self-Snitching: It's Not Just For Criminals Anymore rocktivity Jul 2017 #8
Another reason not to look to the police if you know the police are looking for you! rocktivity Jul 2017 #9
Self Snitching Goes International rocktivity Aug 2017 #10
International Self-Snitching II rocktivity Jan 2018 #14
Self-Snitching: It's Not Just For Hiphoppers Anymore rocktivity Dec 2017 #11
From the mean streets of Montana rocktivity Jan 2018 #12
Happy Anniversary from Another Florida Man rocktivity Jan 2018 #13
Lawyer Discusses Bribing Witnesses on Jailhouse Phone Line rocktivity Mar 2018 #15
Automotive Self-Snitching rocktivity Mar 2018 #16
Bonnie and Clyde, please pick up the courtesy phone... rocktivity Mar 2018 #17
First tooth, first steps, first high rocktivity Mar 2018 #18
How Ralo Celebrated 4/20 Day rocktivity Apr 2018 #19
From being famous for 15 minutes to being infamous for at least 25 years rocktivity Jun 2018 #21
Ralph Nader and Elizabeth Warren, eat your hearts out rocktivity Jun 2018 #22
Yet another reason to "watch" what you post online... rocktivity Jul 2018 #23
Florida (Police) Man Botches Traffic Stop rocktivity Jul 2018 #24
Traffic Pullover Suspect Loses Coin Flip, Cops Lose Jobs rocktivity Jul 2018 #25
Double Your Culpability, Double Your Hard Time rocktivity Jul 2018 #26
Houston Rap Scene, You Have a Problem rocktivity Dec 2018 #27
How to make self-snitching a virtue rocktivity Jun 2019 #28
"Follow these instructions..." rocktivity Apr 2020 #29
This message was self-deleted by its author rocktivity Jan 2021 #30
This message was self-deleted by its author rocktivity Jan 2021 #32
This just in: Sedition Selfies rocktivity Jan 2021 #31
Maybe she can use her attempt to obtain a gun legally as a mitigating factor Rocknation Feb 2021 #33
Capitol riot suspect wore 'I Was There' shirt when arrested Rocknation Mar 2021 #34
What appears to be a video of a car suddenly developing a mechanical problem Rocknation Sep 2023 #35
Self-snitching Uber style Rocknation Sep 2023 #36
Killer posted pic of himself in outfit he wore during murder Rocknation Sep 2023 #37
Who likes short shorts? Self-Snitching TikTok style Rocknation Oct 2023 #38
This message was self-deleted by its author Rocknation Oct 2023 #39
Maybe he can plead that he was on a Rocky Mountain high Rocknation Jan 2024 #40

rocktivity

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1. Honorable Mention
Mon Jun 5, 2017, 12:40 AM
Jun 2017

Last edited Mon Jun 5, 2017, 09:55 AM - Edit history (2)

What part of "house arrest" did they not understand?




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20. Update
Fri Jun 8, 2018, 05:26 PM
Jun 2018

Last edited Sat Jan 9, 2021, 11:25 AM - Edit history (1)

See that red logo on the lower right?



Zachary "ZackTV" Stoner is the one who filmed and posted the video that got those guys arrested:




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Warpy

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2. They didn't have to bleep it
Mon Jun 5, 2017, 12:59 AM
Jun 2017

I couldn't understand a single word that mushmouthed cretin was saying.

I didn't even hear a flush. Did he learn nothing from his elders?

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4. I believe Warpy is referring to the ancient tradition of flushing illegal drugs down the toilet
Thu Jun 29, 2017, 04:59 PM
Jun 2017

Last edited Sat Jan 9, 2021, 11:31 AM - Edit history (13)

if you have reason to believe that the cops are at the door.

The "no knock" search warrant was invented in response -- which in these modern times is also used when the cops have reason to believe that your domicile contains illegal guns.


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5. More Self-Snitching Coming At You Live
Fri Jul 14, 2017, 02:45 PM
Jul 2017

Last edited Sat Jan 13, 2018, 10:54 AM - Edit history (5)

Newsweek: After assaulting a woman and streaming it live on Facebook, two...teens have been arrested...Police were tipped off about the assault video Tuesday after it had gone viral, receiving around 48,000 views on Facebook.

And at least one of those 48,000 snitched to the cops? Party poopers!


The video had initially been removed, but a copy was posted again...

By the police, I hope, as part of their plan to track down the perps.


According to a(n)...analysis, at least 45 instances of violence were enacted on Facebook Live, including murders, rapes, shooting, child abuse, torture, suicides and attempted suicides... Mark Zuckenberg, Facebook’s creator, announced that the company would be hiring an additional 3,000 employees to improve Facebook’s report reviewing system...

He'll need ten times that many employees to clean up the mess on his latest acquisition Instagram...


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6. At least this guy REALIZED that he was self-snitching
Tue Jul 18, 2017, 12:25 PM
Jul 2017

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TMZ: According to court docs...(r)apper 40 Glocc was among 4 people arrested in a prostitution sting in Minnesota...in February (2017)...

(Glocc)...drove a woman to an unknown location after an undercover cop contacted her through an (online) ad...The woman was arrested...(C)ops noticed a Bluetooth headset around her neck with a live call on the phone...(and that) the car that dropped her off took off.

Cops ultimately located the car and found Glocc with cuts on his hands from allegedly smashing multiple cell phones in his possession to avoid detection...He's out on bail and has a hearing set in October.

It's standard operating procedure for pimps to have multiple cell phones. And you'll be happy to know that 40 Glocc has been making the most of his freedom since he made bail -- by winning $200K in a lawsuit against a rapper who beat him up, and getting shot at while attending a funeral.


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7. Mic drop?
Sun Jul 23, 2017, 06:43 PM
Jul 2017

It may be time to shut down this thread...presenting the self-snitcher du tutti self snitchers...

When a...man’s cocaine disappeared from his car, he made a phone call.

To (the) police.


David Blackmon...report(ed) that someone had stolen...about $50 and a quarter ounce of cocaine...from his car...while it was parked...

(S)ome cocaine still lingering on the center console next to a crack rock...as well as a crack pipe on the car floor near the driver’s seat.

Blackmon was...charged with...possessing drug paraphernalia and possessing cocaine...He was...later released...pending $4,000 bail...


The moral of this story: if there's anything worse than selling OR using illegal drugs, it's selling AND using illegal drugs!!!


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rocktivity

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8. Self-Snitching: It's Not Just For Criminals Anymore
Tue Jul 25, 2017, 03:59 PM
Jul 2017


Vox.com: Officer Richard Pinheiro puts a bag of pills under some trash in an alley. He then walks to the street. He then switches on his camera, walks back to the alley, and acts like he just found the drugs for the first time...apparently (he) didn’t realize that body cameras often save the last 30 seconds of footage before they’re manually activated...

The...prosecutor dropped the charges...Although, in a troubling development, the prosecutor apparently used Pinheiro as an eyewitness in a separate case even after learning of his misconduct in the video...


Once he's fired, maybe Pinheiro can get a job writing for the next Police Academy movie...


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9. Another reason not to look to the police if you know the police are looking for you!
Thu Jul 27, 2017, 11:17 AM
Jul 2017

Last edited Thu Dec 14, 2017, 03:16 PM - Edit history (1)

TMZ: ...(M)ore than 5 years after a warrant was issued for (his)...arrest...former New York Yankees star...Danny Tartabull...has finally been captured...

(He)...owes more than $275k in unpaid child support...and was ordered to...serve 180 days in jail (in 2012) but never turned himself in...(He) has basically been under the radar...until...he called police...to report that his car had been broken into...

Tartabull was the AL's highest paid player in 1992 after signing a 5-year, $27 million deal.

Well, let's be fair: your children can eventually figure out how to look after themselves, your cars can't!


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10. Self Snitching Goes International
Mon Aug 7, 2017, 10:28 AM
Aug 2017

Last edited Tue Jul 10, 2018, 09:56 PM - Edit history (3)

DailyMail.co.uk: A major heroin ring in New York City was busted this week...Each of the (six) men faces a minimum of 10 years to life behind bars...

The crew had connections to a Mexican cartel and would funnel the drugs through Los Angeles, New York and Chicago, according to federal authorities.

(A) fleet of cars seized in the bust included a Lamborghini Hurácan, Rolls Royce Ghost, Bentley, Audi R8 Spyder, Mercedes CLS63, Mercedes S550, Porsche Cayenne, Maserati, Range Rover Sport and BMW M4...Among (the) gifts seized: a $3,000 Versace stroller...a Rolex watch, Chanel handbag and Versace dress...

(T)he dealers flaunted their lavish lives, funded by drug money, on Instagram...




Not a good look when an international drug cartel is your employer -- they consider flying under the radar to be such a sacrament, the Mexican cartel smuggled drugs through tunnels they dug under the U.S. border that weren't detected for years. Now, in addition to unwelcome police scrutiny, the cartel has to worry about being snitched on by a member of the Instagram Six: they may put out the word that there's a big paycheck waiting for anyone who can silence them permanently.


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14. International Self-Snitching II
Fri Jan 19, 2018, 02:43 PM
Jan 2018

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Reuters: In a heist reminiscent of a Hollywood movie, Kenyan robbers spent months tunneling into the bowels of a bank located opposite a police station...(T)wo men and one woman...had been arrested...but...the 50 million Kenyan shillings ($500K US) reported missing...(is) not recovered...

Luise Spot TV (YouTube): After her...friend...flaunt(ed)...17 million shillings...on social media...(T)he post was traced...

What's Nigerian for "With friends like these, who needs self-snitchers?"


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11. Self-Snitching: It's Not Just For Hiphoppers Anymore
Thu Dec 14, 2017, 03:42 PM
Dec 2017

Last edited Thu Dec 27, 2018, 04:51 PM - Edit history (2)

There are millions of intelligent people out there who also happen to be ***** fans, but the guy with the Nazi tattoos who was arrested...after his friend posted their ***** tickets on Facebook is not one of them...

(B)efore you feel too sorry for him and his ruined Saturday night, (he)...was arrested on charges of aggravated kidnapping...(O)ne of his friends posted a picture of his confirmation email for ***** tickets on Facebook, along with a seating chart marked with the exact spot where he and his +1 would be sitting...(S)heriff’s deputies showed up at the concert, and, well -- there they were...

Click here if you must know where this took place and who this genius went to see -- I have decided to withhold that information out of consideration for both the performers and their intelligent DU fans. Suffice it to say that he can look forward to some wasted years because he is now a prisoner, not a free man...


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12. From the mean streets of Montana
Thu Jan 18, 2018, 03:47 PM
Jan 2018

Last edited Fri Dec 28, 2018, 03:01 PM - Edit history (4)

In a bid to generate some urban hiphop streed cred, a rapper based in the state of Rhode Island named himself after the state of Montana. He's put out songs titled Sell Drugz and Feds Watching, and...well, guess what?

The Source.com: Michael Persaud, aka “Montana Millz”...pleaded guilty...to...distribution of fentanyl...possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl, and distribution of heroin...(He) was sentenced...to three years in federal prison...

Police had been watching Persaud for several months...They had not known of his stage name or drug-referencing songs prior to the case...

Persaud’s lawyers cited his music career as evidence of his work ethic...
“(He) has shown an ability and a proclivity to work at legitimate jobs throughout his life and knows the value of hard work and self-sufficiency,” (they) wrote...

Newsflash, lawyers: While it does require "hard work and self-sufficiency," using legally earned income to cover up, transport, and avoid taxes on ILLEGALLY earned income is NOT a "legitimate job!"


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P.S. Only THREE years? For dealing in HEROIN? AND fentanyl? Maximum? FEDERALLY? That suggests that Mr. Millz can "sing" as well as rap -- NOT the best kind of reputation to bring into a cell block...



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13. Happy Anniversary from Another Florida Man
Fri Jan 19, 2018, 02:22 PM
Jan 2018
TMZ: Rapper Kodak Black got busted in Florida...and was booked for...drug possession, child neglect and grand theft of a firearm.

According to police docs...officers responded to Kodak's home after someone observed the (Instagram) Live broadcast...of multiple men in a bathroom rolling joints and playing with a handgun...Kodak's kid was brought into the bathroom, and was just inches away from a lit joint, and the weapon...Kodak did nothing to get the child away from the danger.

The IG Live broadcast was still rolling when police came into the house.

P.S. He was on probation, too. Was what they were smoking THAT bad -- or that GOOD?


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16. Automotive Self-Snitching
Fri Mar 9, 2018, 01:24 PM
Mar 2018

Last edited Thu Apr 9, 2020, 12:30 PM - Edit history (3)

On the ninth day of March, a self-snitcher gave to cops:

1 loaded 9mm magazine
10,400 dollars in cash
1 4-inch knife
1 collapsible baton
pepper spray
1 AR-15
335.5 grams of marijuana
1 jar of hash resin
94.5 grams of cocaine
11.6 grams of amphetamine powder
16.5 Xanax pills
1 Oxycodone pill
1 fruity cannabis edible bar
cannabis gummy edibles
5 handguns (one loaded in the passenger seat)
1 AK-47
ammunition
1 stun gun
1 pair of bolt cutters

...and a partridge in a pear tree!




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17. Bonnie and Clyde, please pick up the courtesy phone...
Sat Mar 10, 2018, 02:52 PM
Mar 2018

Last edited Fri Feb 16, 2024, 11:14 AM - Edit history (1)

Vibe.com: Sierra Tarbutton pleaded guilty to criminal mischief and deadly conduct charges...for firing...a gun out of a car window...

Tarbutton...fired...out of the passenger side window...(as)...Michael Cuellar...drove...(In addition), Cuellar... shot...out of his window while driving...

Good thing the cops pulled over those idiots before a stray bullet struck someone. But wait -- if the cops knew they were pursuing a car from which people were firing bullets, wouldn't they have reacted a little more, shall we say, comprehensively?



So exactly how did "Bonnie and Clyde" get caught?

Tarbutton was recorded by...Cuellar...as she recklessly fired the weapon...(and) Cuellar record(ed) himself shooting...while driving...

Tarbutton...upload(ed) the footage to Snapchat...(where it) went viral...



Tarbutton later explained...“We were drinking at the time and were riding around, shooting in the air...” An attorney for Tarbutton maintained that her target was “abandoned buildings...”


Disgraceful, of course -- but this sort of thing CAN happen when teenagers, liquor, and guns get together. Since there were no human casualties, however, and since I was a mischievous teenager in my own right, I could give them a second chance if they have no prior criminal records: something like probation with community service, counseling, a curfew, a no-contact order, perhaps some drug testing, and definitely no driving or gun ownership privileges. But wait -- since they are mentioned by name in the news stories, that means they AREN'T teenagers...

Click2Houston.com: Tarbutton, 27, pleaded guilty to deadly conduct and criminal mischief charges and was sentenced to five years behind bars...Tarbutton was already serving six years deferred adjudication for harassing a police officer and threatening an officer’s children in 2015...

Vibe: Cuellar, 29...turned himself in to authorities...also on charges of criminal mischief and deadly conduct...

Oh -- I was off by about fifteen years.


Click2Houston.com: "Thanks to some really good police work, we were able to identify a suspect," said (the)...police chief...

Cut the comedy, chief -- thanks to some really good self-snitching, the suspects were able to identify themselves!


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18. First tooth, first steps, first high
Fri Mar 23, 2018, 05:21 PM
Mar 2018

Last edited Sat Jan 9, 2021, 11:30 AM - Edit history (2)

US News.com: Brianna Ashanti Lofton of Raleigh (North Carolina) made a brief court appearance...on charges including child abuse and contributing to the delinquency of a minor...A newly released arrest warrant for the mother says the woman helped... her 1-year-old daughter...inhale the marijuana from a blunt.

Police were alerted to the case after a video of the (child) smoking received millions of views on social media...(T)he video...shows the hand of an adult off-screen holding the cigarillo to the child's lips. The child...appears to inhale before letting out a puff of smoke...The child...has been placed with child protective services.

The baby may have inhaled and exhaled, but her mom is the one who "blew it..."




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19. How Ralo Celebrated 4/20 Day
Mon Apr 23, 2018, 12:15 PM
Apr 2018

Last edited Thu Dec 27, 2018, 10:15 PM - Edit history (1)

DJBooth.net: 21-year-old Terrell Davis, known to the rap game as Ralo...(was)...raised in the infamously dangerous West Atlanta neighborhood The Bluff (an acronym for “Better Leave U Fcking Fool”)...From ages 12 to 19, he was incarcerated 34 times...

It was the drug game, though, and not his success as a rapper...that got Ralo out of The Bluff: “I was never able to produce more money in the rap game than I produced in the drug game. I made $12 million dollars in one year.” But he recently gave up dealing drugs...“because I’d rather be broke and free than rich and in jail.”




An admirable sentiment, surely. But illegally earned income is taxable -- and since he couldn't pay the taxes without admitting that the money was illegally earned, publicly stating that he earned that much wasn't the smartest idea. Nor was it smart of Ralo to complain on Instagram that he'd "lost a million dollars in one day" the day after eight of his associates were busted for transporting several hundred pounds of weed from a private jet back in December.

Despite Ralo’s lengthy criminal history, particularly dealing drugs, he’s never been a user. “I’ve never smoked or drank or done any drugs in my life...Music is my vice...”

That makes the charges that Ralo was found in the company of several hundred pounds of weed on a private jet last week look all the more like a frameup -- and during the week of 4/20 Day, to boot!




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21. From being famous for 15 minutes to being infamous for at least 25 years
Sun Jun 10, 2018, 10:00 AM
Jun 2018

Last edited Tue Jul 3, 2018, 02:23 PM - Edit history (1)

WNEP.com, June 1, 7:39PM: ...(P)olice are investigating after a woman's body was found Thursday evening in a creek...around 5:30 p.m...Neighbors say a driver spotted the body in the water...

Matthew Haverly lives across the street. "...I was driving out earlier 'cause I saw all the state police out there. I was like, 'What's going on?' and now I realize that's what they were actually doing. I had no clue..."

Haverly says he lives in a close-knit community and that for many, this death investigation so close to home is alarming. "It's sad to say that's someone's either daughter, mother, whatever, both, child," he added...

WNEP.com, June 2, 5:10PM: ...Investigators identified the woman found in the creek as Patricia Haverly, 60...and state police arrested her son Matthew Haverly...

...Haverly mentioned it could be someone's mother...during his interview with Newswatch 16 (and) said he thought it was someone from out of town...(Police) found evidence that led to them charging him with homicide...

Next time, try locking up the house, putting a "Mom And I Have Gone Fishing -- For a Month" sign on the door, and THEN "driving out!"


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22. Ralph Nader and Elizabeth Warren, eat your hearts out
Fri Jun 15, 2018, 04:57 PM
Jun 2018

Last edited Fri Jun 29, 2018, 09:53 AM - Edit history (2)

PopCulture.com: “PUBLIC NOTICE: If you believe you were sold bad drugs, we are offering a free service to test them for you,” the Putnam County (Florida) Sheriff’s Office wrote in a Facebook post that has since been shared more than 40,000 times...

Douglas Peter Kelly of Hawthorne...was arrested and charged with possession of methamphetamine after a “violent reaction” to the drug led him requesting police to test it so that he could sue his dealer...

While Mr. Kelly's consumerist spirit is certainly laudable, it only applies to the purchases of LEGAL substances...let the buyer beware!


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23. Yet another reason to "watch" what you post online...
Tue Jul 3, 2018, 02:19 PM
Jul 2018
MTO News: ...AP The Jeweler...claims that Sean (Kingston) ran off on some of his jewelry...(He)...wrote on his (Instagram) page:

"Somebody tell this fat jelly roll eating...pussy ass bitch I’m looking for him...(His) momma more gangsta than him...He ran off...like he always do...(B)ut...I’m not one of them...jewelers who's playing with the(ir) daddy and mommy('s) money...I’m not calling cops or taking you to court. I’m going to the streets somewhere where you scared to be...

"Whoever can drop (the) location of Sean Kingston I will give you a free Rolex!"

Officers in Miami (Florida) swooped in...and arrested AP...lock(ing) him up on unspecified charges related to the threats...

Kingston's mother wrote on her Instagram page, "If I would have told the police, y'all would say 'She a snitch.' But no bro I'm a GGGG." Well, seeing as AP The Jeweler told the police HIMSELF, that's a moot point.

🖥 👮?♀️ 📝
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24. Florida (Police) Man Botches Traffic Stop
Thu Jul 12, 2018, 08:34 PM
Jul 2018
CBS News Miami 5/17/2018: A traffic stop by Miami-Dade Police lead to a stunning discovery this week: a car filled with a half dozen assault rifles and pistols, $20,000 in cash and more than 10 bottles with liquids that you normally need prescriptions for including promethazine with cocaine...

CBS4 obtained a photo exclusively from Miami-Dade police showing the evidence in this case...Police have arrested 33-year-old Ras Cates and 20-year-old Lizmixell Batista...Cates initially got out of his car...(and) said he was armed...had a concealed weapons permit to carry a firearm...(and) had two additional firearms...When they opened the trunk, that’s when they were in for a surprise,” said...Detective Alvaro Zabaleta...

[CENTER][/CENTER]


Just another day at the office, right? Not quite -- let the self-snitching begin!

Wat-If.com: ...Body-camera footage from the incident showed an officer never got Cates’ permission to search his vehicle’s trunk but “instead commanded defendant to pop the trunk,” prosecutors wrote.

...(The) defense attorney said he found it “disturbing” that police “went on TV and engaged in incendiary speculation without knowing the facts or even acknowledging the rampant violations of my clients’ constitutional rights.”

CBS News Miami 6/6/2018: ...Officers ran the firearms and permits – they all came back as legal.

The police...told Cates to pop the trunk in order to secure the guns...officers spotted three more guns and a backpack that they said was emitting a strong odor of marijuana. The officers...searched the bag...and found what appeared to be marijuana oil...a small amount of marijuana and four bottles of what they suspected was liquid codeine...(T)hey also seized $19,934 from Batista’s purse suspecting it was drug money...Batista explained that hers was a cash only job...

A judge later ruled that the money was to be returned because there was no probable cause for the seizure...The state also declined to press charges after determining “(The) search of the trunk was illegal. Officers did not have...authority or consent to search...”

The police are also obliged the pay the couple's legal fees. A little patience on Detective Zabaleta's part would have gone a long way, especially since the evidence so clearly favored the suspects. Here's hoping that the cops responsible will be "surprised" with a transfer to the police canine kennel cleaning unit!


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25. Traffic Pullover Suspect Loses Coin Flip, Cops Lose Jobs
Fri Jul 13, 2018, 06:51 PM
Jul 2018

Last edited Sun Jul 15, 2018, 11:18 AM - Edit history (3)

Remember that movie where the killer determined the fate of his victims by a coin toss?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?&t=2m39s&v=OLCL6OYbSTw

Apparently, these cops remembered it, too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=3m&v=V-gzFxV3Wcg

TMZ: ...Two Georgia cops giggl(e) while using a coin flip app to determine if they should arrest a speeding motorist -- and the recorded incident got both officers suspended.

Roswell PD pulled over Sarah Webb...for driving 80 MPH in a 45 MPH zone on a rainy day. Officers Courtney Brown and Kristee Wilson were trying to decide whether to simply give Webb a ticket for reckless driving or arrest her...and opted for a coin flip.

On the video -- recorded by the officers' own body cams -- you can hear Officer Wilson say, "A (arrest) head, R (release) tail." Brown says "Okay" and laughs. Despite the fact it came up tails...the cops opted to arrest Webb.

Webb had no idea about the coin flip until Atlanta's WXIA (TV station) uncovered the video. As a result, the cops are on administrative leave during an internal affairs investigation -- and Webb's charges were dropped.

WXIA 11Alive.com: (The) traffic stop happened in early April, but Roswell didn't put (the) officers...on administrative leave before 11Alive started asking questions two months later...

Webb said..."(The prosecutor) said, 'I have watched the videos and I absolutely refuse to prosecute this case'...Wow, these people put my freedom in the hands of a coin flip...that's disgusting."



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26. Double Your Culpability, Double Your Hard Time
Sat Jul 21, 2018, 08:37 PM
Jul 2018

Last edited Thu Apr 9, 2020, 11:48 AM - Edit history (2)

Dallas News.com: Nykees Earl Campbell...known as "NaNa" and "Ny-Nizzle"...wanted to rap about what was real. So he posted...videos on YouTube and Facebook Live about his violent war with a rival gang, which played out with deadly consequences on the streets of Dallas.

Campbell, who has no criminal history...(pleaded) guilty...(to) a charge of distributing cocaine...initially facing almost six years in prison. But (the judge) granted (the prosecutor's) request for an enhanced prison term...(of) 12 years...due to Campbell's alleged violent gang activities documented in his own videos that were played during...(his) sentencing hearing...

(P)rosecutors...matched up (Campbell's) words with actual crimes, including an ambush robbery in which he allegedly shot a man eight times while he was asleep in bed. Campbell...hasn't been charged with those crimes...although he remains a suspect...

(The judge) told Campbell that much of the information she relied on "came out of your mouth"...





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27. Houston Rap Scene, You Have a Problem
Thu Dec 27, 2018, 05:41 PM
Dec 2018

Last edited Fri Sep 29, 2023, 01:57 PM - Edit history (4)

Click2Houston.com: In March (2018), two rappers...Maxo Kreme...(and) NFL Cartell Bo... were filming...next to...(an) elementary school... Some students made it into the(ir) video...When police arrived at the park, most of the people ran...

(A)ccording to police...about a dozen loaded guns, some of them stolen...(were) being used as props, and the extras holding the weapons were all documented street gang members...Some of them had open warrants and were arrested on the spot...Drugs were also found...


Rolling Stone: (Houston rappers) Maxo Kream and NFL Cartel Bo’s Hoova music video...opens with footage of police arriving to the park...The clip was released via...YouTube...(in May 2018)...(P)olice used it...to track down...(and) arrest 20 men...who appeared in it...

(NFL Cartel Bo)...was charged with illegally possessing two assault rifles and threatening a cop as he was transported to jail. Police say ...(he) cut off his ankle monitor and ceased communication after being released on bond. Maxo Kream was not arrested...Nine men in total are still on the run.




Obvious question: How and why did the video get made -- why wasn't the footage immediately consigned to the delete button? Could there be a connection between its materializing on the Internet two months later and Maxo coming out the whole mess unblemished? Well, it IS late December -- maybe that's why it's beginning to look a lot like SNITCH-mas...


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28. How to make self-snitching a virtue
Sun Jun 2, 2019, 01:51 PM
Jun 2019
TMZ 2/2018: Teen Mom 2 cast member David Eason's officially been given the boot...(He) came under fire for an anti-LGBTQ rant online...

TMZ 5/2019: MTV booted Jenelle from its Teen Mom franchise after her husband shot and killed her French bulldog...because it nipped at (their 2-year-old daughter).

Jenelle Evans and David Eason are turning over a new leaf...doing everything they can to make sure they regain custody of her children...(S)ince losing custody of all 3 (of them)...the couple has enrolled in marriage counseling, signed up for parenting classes, and David's got an upcoming psych evaluation to find the root of his anger issues: all conditions set by the judge if they hope to get the kids back.

Jenelle has no plans to dump David, even though his brutal killing of the family dog put the wheels in motion for Child Protective Services (CPS) to take the kids out of their home. We're told Jenelle and David are still committed to each other, and they want to emerge from this extremely rough patch as a family.


Before you condemn CPS for being draconian, keep in mind that they had these things to consider (among others):

TMZ 5/13: Jenelle Evans' dangerous spouse...illegally towed a...truck...in June 2018...Cops weren't made aware until Eason uploaded a video of the incident on his YouTube page (in December, with) Jenelle in the background laughing and egging him on...Eason was charged with tampering with a vehicle and injury to personal property...

Since Eason was charged, it isn't as though the courts didn't find out about the incident. But it's not too late to take the video down -- it would show Child Protective Services that Jenelle and David are capable of basic good judgment and possibly even remorse...what, the video STILL hasn't been taken down???




TMZ 5/18: Jenelle and David went to court ...to fight a judge's order that removed three children from their home over the course of a week...The(y) were not returned...On their way out of the courthouse, they got back into their vehicle, which looks like it was housing a pistol on the dash...We pulled screenshots...and heightened the resolution...the black object seen through the windshield seriously looks like a gun.





Here's why that was an extremely bad idea -- and an extremely ill-timed form of self-snitching:

USA Today, July 2018: ...(Evans) grew angry when a driver of a white pickup truck tailgated her vehicle, cut her off and slammed on the brakes in front of her on the highway.

Footage (from Teen Mom 2)...shows Evans and...(her son) Jace fly forward as she brakes quickly to avoid crashing into the other car..."I almost got veered off the side of the road,” an emotional Evans tells the...911...operator...(She) tailed the unidentified driver to his home, while unbuckling her seat belt and reaching for a firearm...

(Evans) backed into the driver’s mailbox...The angry driver then blocked Evans from leaving...allegedly hitting her car in the process...Evans escaped, but the white truck began following her car again....The incident ended with Evans getting pulled over by police...


These two have a LOT to learn about making a good first impression...especially on people who are standing between you and custody of your children...


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29. "Follow these instructions..."
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 12:08 PM
Apr 2020
"I want hands and feet put on (a rival hiphopper). And I'm gonna show you how to tag me in the video once I see the video.

"Just look right here -- I'm gonna put my 'at' name right there. Tag me in the video, and I will DM you a cash app..."

https://www.instagram.com/p/B-kYKGxhoIa/


In all fairness, I must mention that the author of this video has been recently been involved in some online beefing that culminated in a video of him firing a shot from the entrance to his home. But even if he is justified in wanting revenge, advertising for someone to injure someone is a crime. Which might explain why his most recent video portrays him being released after a recent arrest!


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33. Maybe she can use her attempt to obtain a gun legally as a mitigating factor
Fri Feb 26, 2021, 06:43 PM
Feb 2021
MyWabashValley.com: According to court documents, Anna Morgan-Lloyd went to the Greene County Sheriff’s Office Jan. 22 to obtain a firearms permit. While processing the applications, an employee at the office recognized Morgan-Lloyd as someone who posted on Facebook about the Jan. 6 events...

Tries to overthrow an election and tries to obtain a gun legally -- how law-abiding can you get?


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34. Capitol riot suspect wore 'I Was There' shirt when arrested
Mon Mar 29, 2021, 08:50 PM
Mar 2021
Associated Press: Garret Miller didn’t speak to the law enforcement officers who arrested him on charges he stormed the U.S. Capitol in January, but the T-shirt he was wearing at his Dallas home that day sent a clear and possibly incriminating message.

Miller’s shirt had a photograph of former President Donald Trump, and it said “Take America Back” and “I Was There, Washington D.C., January 6, 2021,” federal prosecutors noted in a court filing...(They) are urging a judge to keep Miller jailed while he awaits trial on charges stemming from the Jan. 6 riots in the nation’s capital.


And no doubt he'll be pleading the right not to incriminate himself...


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35. What appears to be a video of a car suddenly developing a mechanical problem
Sat Sep 2, 2023, 01:14 PM
Sep 2023

Last edited Fri Feb 16, 2024, 09:54 AM - Edit history (24)




Turns out to be part of a subculture in Milwaukee:



The "Kia Boys" think it's cool to steal cars (Kias and Hyundais, mostly, because they're easiest) and speed while deliberately swerving with their associates hanging out the windows. The top video was shot by the owner of the black truck that the car ended up hitting. A child on the school bus was seriously injured; the Kia Boy who was hanging out the passenger side window reportedly died.

But there is good news: the Kia Boys thought it would also be cool to allow themselves to be the subject of the second video, which was posted on Youtube and has allowed the police to make arrests. Brings a whole new meaning to the concept of having a death wish -- and no doubt they're blaming the author of the second video for being a snitch...


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36. Self-snitching Uber style
Tue Sep 5, 2023, 02:39 PM
Sep 2023

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It's not that the self-snitcher "overdid" it -- it's that UberEats needed to rack up a million dollars in losses before they realized that something was wrong!




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37. Killer posted pic of himself in outfit he wore during murder
Fri Sep 29, 2023, 02:14 PM
Sep 2023


The Trentonian (August 2021): In the Facebook photo (he) posted...Matthew Tanner...was wearing black pants, a black T-shirt and white reflective shoes with a black tongue.

That was the same outfit (he) wore while gunning down (his victim) the day before...The photo helped cops identify him...according to a probable-cause affidavit...

Snitch not, lest ye be snitched upon BY thyself...


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