Examples.
1) someone shop lifts every time they go out
2) they are stealing things from work and justify it as making up for crap pay
3) they hit and run 30 years ago and killed a pedestrian
4) they are video recording the neighbor as they use the swimming pool and are sharing it online
5) They sell weed illegally
Depends how much they've pissed me off lately.
shareDepends on the crime.
Murder/rape/child molestation. Absolutely.
Petty theft, drugs. Nah.....
Basically, only report if it's a very serious crime.
--Michael D. Clarke
1. No.
2. No.
3. Yes.
4. I'd tell the neighbour instead.
5. No. It's also legal in my country.
I wouldn't snitch on my friends or family no matter what they have done, even murder (depending on the circumstances).
The only thing that would make me break my loyalty would be if the person was a rapist or is abusing someone. As for murder, if the person is like a serial killer that kills innocent people, I would turn them in. If however they gave me a good reason for murdering someone, and the person had it coming, I would not snitch.
The only other reason I might call the cops on a family member is if they were being violent towards me, and I wouldn't be able to solve the issue by fighting them. For example, if my girlfriend or wife was physically assaulting me and I wouldn't be able to fight back, I might call the cops depending on the circumstances. Sometimes it's also useful to call the cops to get a certain incident on record. This could be very important if you ever have to go to court.
I have personally called the cops on my step father when I was very young (12 years old), because he was being violent. I refused to tolerate abuse from my parents. On the other hand, I had friends who've committed some very serious crimes, and it has never once crossed my mind to snitch on them.
And finally, there is snitching to save yourself. Like for example you do something criminal with your friend, you get arrested, and the cops try to convince you to snitch in order to avoid jail/prison. I was in a situation like that once and neither me or my friend snitched. We held out strong, even though we both were facing a short amount of jail time. However, If it was a situation where I was facing years, like a decade or more, I don't know how strong I would be. I guess it would have to depend on who the friend is. If the friend was like my brother, who would do anything for me, and I for them, I might stay strong. But you can't really know until you're put in that situation.
1. No, but I would never go anywhere with them, and would never have them in my house again.
2. No, but I'd call them an idiot.
3. Maybe. I'd have to look into it and see if I could find any information on it, or if the person had family that may still be alive. That's really a tough one. I may give them the ultimatum of coming clean to the family or turning the information over to them myself. Let them decide where they want to take it. I don't think I could live with myself otherwise.
4. Yes. And I would be tempted to smack the shit out of them first. I hate little creepy weirdos, and that means god knows the fuck else they have been up to.
5. Hell no.
I should note that I don't have any family besides my parents and some very distant cousins, so I'm basing this off what I would do if it were my close friends.