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Worse, he was a witness — her witness — and the intended victim in an attempted murder case that had brought him, her and the defendants to court that day last fall.

This was Rayco "War" Saunders — ex-con, pro boxer and walking billboard for a street movement that has sparked a coast-to-coast beef involving everyone from professors to rappers.

Pellegrini, thinking "witness intimidation," told Saunders to lose the hat and reverse the shirt. Saunders, crying "First Am

		Rayco Saunders, an ex-drug dealer turned pro boxer, wears a STOP SNITCHING shirt to protest paid police informants.
		By Jason A. Cohn for USA TODAY

endment," refused. He left the courthouse, shirt in place. Case dismissed. "In almost every one of my homicides, this happens: ‘I don’t know nothin’ about nothin’, " the prosecutor says. "There is that attitude, ‘Don’t be a snitch.’ And it’s condoned by the community."

Omerta, the Mafia’s blood oath of silence, has been broken by turncoat after turncoat. But the call to stop snitching — on other folks in the ‘hood — is getting louder.

Is it an attempt by drug dealers and gangsters to intimidate witnesses?

Is it a legitimate protest against law enforcers’ over-reliance on self-serving criminal informers?

Or is it bigger than that?

Take the case of Busta Rhymes.

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http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-03-28-stop-snitching_x.htm?POE=NEWISVA

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By Elaine Marsilio
Scripps Howard News Service

FAIRFAX, Va. — George Mason University junior Dale Mast, wearing a college hat and T-shirt in forest green, viewed the more than 100 people outside the main campus bookstore Monday waiting to buy gear celebrating the basketball team’s trip to the NCAA Final Four.

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"It’s almost like a once in a lifetime thing,'’ said Mast, 23, who studies administrative justice at the university. "It’s almost like a haze. There’s a total buzz around campus.'’

Although he said he was first person in line last week to buy a Sweet 16 T-shirt, he decided to watch a replay of Sunday’s game between Mason and Connecticut on a big screen inside the George W. Johnson Center and said he would buy a shirt at another Mason campus.

The university is 21 miles from downtown Washington where it beat the University of Connecticut in overtime on Sunday to get to the NCAA Final Four on Saturday in Indianapolis.

Fans who did wait in line were limited to five T-shirts each. Many worried about whether they would be able to buy gear. Some students said faculty were dismissing classes early, canceling classes, postponing papers and tests and receiving e-mails from the administration to "go easy on the students.'’

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http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/ncaatourney06/news/story?id=2387265

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03/27/06

The wife of controversial South African golfer Rory Sabbatini drew attention to herself once more on Friday - this time by wearing a T-shirt with "Keep Up" on it.

Sabbatini, the leading money-winner in America this season, was paired with Nick Faldo and Colombian Camilo Villegas again and it was thought his wife was making a statement about slow play.

Two years ago Amy Sabbatini had a T-shirt displaying the words "Stoopid Amerikan" at the World Cup in Spain after Paul Casey’s anti-American comments following the Ryder Cup.

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http://www.sportinglife.com/golf/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=golf/06/03/24/GOLF_Sabbatini.html

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(AP) BRIGHTON, Colo.

"We filed a motion, asserting Mr. Aleem was within his rights of free speech to wear that T-shirt."

An outspoken critic of police in Aurora and Denver was sentenced Wednesday to 45 days in jail for contempt of court after he attended his trial on another charge wearing a T-shirt with Crips founder Stanley "Tookie" Williams on it.

Shareef Aleem’s attorney, Mark Burton, said he will appeal the sentence handed down after Aleem refused to change his shirt during his assault trial March 1.

"He’s serving 45 days for wearing a T-shirt," said Burton. "We filed a motion, asserting Mr. Aleem was within his rights of free speech to wear that T-shirt."

Aleem was arrested on Feb. 3, 2005, during a University of Colorado Board of Regents meeting where regents were considering the school’s response to Ward Churchill, the professor who likened Sept. 11 victims to an infamous Nazi.

His trial for allegedly assaulting an officer ended in a hung jury on March 2.

The T-shirt he was wearing featured Williams, who was recently executed, with the word "Redemption" on it.

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http://cbs4denver.com/crime/local_story_082083641.html

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(China Daily)
Updated: 2006-03-21 08:51

A man from Guangzhou has filed a lawsuit against a clothes shop, after he bought a T-shirt that said in English: "This bitch bites."

The man doesn’t speak a word of English, and was unsure why everybody on the streets was laughing at him. When his girlfriend saw the T-shirt she told him what it meant and he was furious. He immediately returned to the store to demand compensation.

The shop agreed to change it, but refused his compensation demand of 690 yuan (US$86), 10 times the price of the garment. The man has decided to pursue the matter in court.

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http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-03/21/content_548125.htm

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