Focus (Forum & Focus)
Aug. 16, 2007
A Snitch in Time: Police Should Offer Protections to Black Crime Witnesses
Forum Column - By Earl Ofari Hutchinson - Rising crime rates in urban areas owe some of the violence to black populations fearful of retribution if they assist law enforcement.
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson
A few days after veteran black reporter and editor Chauncey Bailey was gunned down on the streets of Oakland, Oakland City Council member Desley Brooks made a heartfelt and impassioned plea for anyone who knew anything about a killing in the city to come forth. She wasn't talking about the murder of Bailey. A 19-year-old reportedly confessed to that. She was talking about the more than hal...
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