Better think twice about snitchin' to local authorities: They won't protect your identity

It's too bad the Blue Springs Police and Jackson County prosecutors allegedly dropped the ball when handling confidential info in a recent high-profile case. Revealing the identity of an informant doesn't exactly encourage cooperation and this KSHB story captures the horrible mistake that highlights the role authorizes play in encouraging co-operation rather than just casting blame on the entire Black community when they are justifiably suspicious of promises from law enforcement: "Prosecutors released the informant's identity and home address in public court papers Wednesday when they charged his former friend with conspiring to murder four people.

The informant says police specifically promised to protect his identity in exchange for him acting as the middle man in the murder-for hire plot. The informant says the man wanted to exact vengeance on the girlfriend's emotions, but wanted her kept alive."