[Coleus]

This idea started about 5 yrs. ago when inner-city youth and adults in the metropolitan area began to wear full-length, plain white t-shirts. Seems everyone had the same idea and wore the same shirt. The story behind it all was to promote crime by confusing the victims of crime, mainly store owners, and the police when it came to "describe" what the perp. was wearing. A --- person wearing a white t-shirt. And when it came time to look for the suspect on the streets, it became more and more difficult since everyone was wearing the same style and plain white T-shirt.

[Coleus]

'Stop snitching' shirts

THERE are undoubtedly parents in Paterson who refuse to let their teenagers wear "stop snitching" T-shirts.

They know the shirt's message is about looking the other way where drugs and crime are involved. Even if the kids say it's all about fashion, these caring parents know the implicit threat in the message is "Mind your own business - or else."

That's just the attitude that helps to keep gangs and drug dealers in business.

But there are lots of other parents who don't know what the message means, or even if they do, will not stop their kids from wearing the shirts - including the shirt that has a thug holding a rat in one hand and a knife in the other.

That's too bad, but the schools and store owners can step in. The T-shirts should not be allowed in class in any Paterson school, and store owners should find other clothing to sell.

Kids can be hip and fashionable without doing public relations for criminals.

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

There is one shirt that I want desperatety. A Fetty Mac t-shirt.

[Hadean]

Essentially the same thing liberal activists do at "black out" demonstrations.

[Coleus]

A student can wear a T-shirts that supports and fosters crime and it's OK and can be worn in school.  However, when the T-shirt has a pro-life message the student either gets suspended, sent home or told to turn it inside out and must go to court to get permission to wear this shirt...    Something is wrong here.

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[Sonny M]

The story behind it all was to promote crime by confusing the victims of crime, mainly store owners, and the police when it came to "describe" what the perp. was wearing. A --- person wearing a white t-shirt. And when it came time to look for the suspect on the streets, it became more and more difficult since everyone was wearing the same style and plain white T-shirt.

I live in NYC and have never heard that.

That sounds like another conspiracy theory urban legend.

Do you have a source on that?

I find impossible to believe that a gang or some thugs would even dream of pulling of a stunt and being more successful then multi-billion dollar fashion companies so they could go shoplifting.

It would be more plausable if it was leather jackets or something, but white t-shirts?

[nmh]

Clever ... nothing like having kids pimp for criminals - no snitching ... .