snitch

“I’m like, ‘So what you’re saying is, I’m trustworthy, smart, and I ain’t no snitch?’”

As one young woman who had recently been released from prison wrote in a letter to me, “I can’t even sneak over to New Mexico or Colorado to get help with this snitch on my ankle.”

They portrayed DeLorean as the victim of a manipulative snitch who had lured him with the prospect of legitimate investments in his company, later introducing the notion of a drug transaction.

Juveniles in custody are also often hesitant to report mistreatment or inaccuracies, fearing they will be labeled a snitch or face retaliation from officers, she said.

Much of the prosecution turned on text messages and wiretapped phone calls between the lawmen after a longtime DEA snitch turned on the same agency that launched his lucrative career as the go-to fixer for traffickers, prosecutors and defense attorneys alike.