Omertà, snitches, and the blue wall of silence

Why do we expect cops to do something we teach everyone else not to do? Also: Ellen, Aziz, tech CEO's, Chappelle, Obama, and more.

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Omertà, snitches, and the blue wall of silence

Omertà is how we describe a code of silence, but the literal translation of the Italian word is “manhood.” In Sicily, it implies that a man needs to handle his own problems without relying on the law. There’s even a Sic…