i overheard my brother talking to someone about buying stolen credit cards. What do I do?
I have no problems in turning him in to the police, but i want to know if there is something i can do or say to him that will make him change his mind.
2006-10-28 10:32:11 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
DO NOT turn your family over to the police, that is the absolute lowest thing you can do. Try to talk him out of it and as a last resort avoid him, but never turn on your family. He would never forgive you, and for good reason
2006-10-28 10:34:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
If your brother is not the violent type, you can tell him that you will turn him into the police for using the stolen credit cards. If he asks how you will know, don't tell him, but watch for a lot of nice new things. Let him know that you are really serious.
2006-10-28 10:35:31 · answer #2 · answered by rockinjesusfreak03 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With clear eyes and righteous confidence, tell your brother you know of his complicity in a felony crime.
Next, let him know that you love him.
Then, you give him one week to do "what is right" and that is to turn himself in to the authorities. He must do what is right. Give him a reasonable deadline but tell him if he doesn't do what is right, then YOU will have to do what is right.
What is right? Protecting and keeping clean the name of YOUR FAMILY. If you do not put things right, then YOU become an accomplice to this crime and your entire family's name will be stained for a generation.
In America, criminals only go from bad to worse. Once they start, they don't stop doing bigger and badder crimes until they are apprehended.
Do the right thing or else you will always be looking over your shoulder and NEVER able to look yourself in the mirror again.
2006-10-28 10:44:14 · answer #3 · answered by angelthe5th 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
are any of you folks old enough to remember how our presidents and politicians condemned the Russians for teaching the children to rat on their parents ,brothers, sister, grand ma and pa, or any one else they said the Russians were the low down , dirtiest , no good , scum that ever breathed, hummmmmmmmmmm, now our society, schools, etc are teaching our children "IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO" How the hell did we sleep so soundly that we didn't take heed , when our schools, churches,society tell our kids to rat off their family friends etc, what kind of scum are we? the gov, is using this so there is no family ties or values
no one can trust anyone else, there fore they don't need to worry about the people over throwing them, you can not get organized when you can not trust anyone else, they have decimated the 2nd amendment, the 4th, 5th 6th,and now this god help us
2006-10-28 10:56:25 · answer #4 · answered by jim ex marine offi, 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think your desire to stop your brother is commendable. As for all the family values crap I'm seeing, as far as I'm concerned, that's all it is, crap. Thieves do not deserve to be protected, by family, or by anyone else.
On the other hand, I can appreciate your desire to at least give him an opportunity to do the right thing. I would recommend that you tell him you will go to the police if he doesn't, and follow through.
2006-10-28 13:46:38 · answer #5 · answered by Allen Montgomery 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Consider the victims. This could ruin a person's credit for life, and impact badly on their children. You can try to change his mind, but watch for unexplained new things to appear. You could turn him in anonymously.
2006-10-28 10:41:40 · answer #6 · answered by DJ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i turned my brother in the 90's for dealing and using cocaine,
he served about 3 years and now he can't thank me enough for turning his life around. he has his own business, a wife, two sons,
a huge house with a pool and about 25 acres of land in the country, and some kick butt cars. some times it takes a swift kick in the pants to wake them up, it did for him.
2006-10-28 11:02:33 · answer #7 · answered by barrbou214 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
swift kick in the bottom should do it.
and stolen credit cards are traceable. Its a real dumb way to get behind bars.
snitch on your own family? what are you? a democrat?
2006-10-28 10:36:59 · answer #8 · answered by cp_scipiom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can try to talk to him and maybe get your parents to talk to him but he is gonna end up inh jail if he uses the cards and for a long time .which he shoukld go to jail if he is guilty of using someone elses credit card.
2006-10-28 10:38:25 · answer #9 · answered by roy40372 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try to talk him out of it. Don't turn in your brother.
2006-10-28 10:35:31 · answer #10 · answered by Shelley 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋