[lbo-talk] Stanley Williams against Snitching

[The 30 Pound Snail Who Lives on Gar Lipow's Monitor]

On 12/16/05, The 30 Pound Snail Who Lives on Gar Lipow's Monitor
<the.typo.boy at gmail.com> wrote:
> Aside from general principles on this,  I think there is a resolvable
> factual dispute - whether the question of  Tookie Williams innocence
> is a "conspiracy theory" and doubtful.
>
> And I think the answer to both questions is "no". Williams was
> convicted based on the testimony of self-interested informants.  It is

I forgot  to include this link before I pressed send:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/snitch/etc/script.html

By no means  does this explore the limits of the culture of informing,
but at least gives some glimpes around the edges.