Zab Judah Takes the Stop Snitching T-Shirt Slogan to Heart - 2:41 p.m.

A block away the would-be Zab jackers ran a stoplight and crashed into another car. A Homeland security officer on his way to work spotted the accident and rushed over to help. The driver of the van was injured, but his two buddies ran toward the nearby Chelsea housing projects. Zab rolled up seconds later and told a cop who had arrived that the injured driver had tried to rob him.

On the other side of the projects one of the thieves hailed a cab and told the driver to take him to Brooklyn. The cabbie said, "no problem." Which should have been a warning sign. At least pinch yourself to see if you're in the Twilight Zone. What cabbie picks up a young, black guy, 5.a.m., "no problem", going to Brooklyn?

With thoughts of escape in his head, dude hops in, not realizing the cabbie saw him run from the accident and drove around the corner to track him down. Does he take him to Brooklyn? Of course not.

The cabbie drives him back to the scene of the crime. With the doors locked, dude's in fear, looking out the back window, twitching like a mouse on a glue trap. The cabbie, laughing, popped out and greeted the donut and mocha cappuccino ingesters with his prize.

But by the time everyone involved had filled out the paperwork at the stationhouse, Zab decided that he really couldn't identify the suspects.

Walking out of the stationhouse he told reporters.. "I don't identify anybody. I'm not a snitch, I don't do that, that's not my forte." Then he gave a shoutout to Brooklyn. No joke. Fired up the yellow Lamborghini and took off down the axle-busting, rim-demolishing, pothole laden New York streets.

Is this the definition of snitching?

Snitching to me is when you tell on those you personally know, or are involved in ongoing mischief with, where breaking the law is a known consequence of being involved. So when the pressure is on and you get bagged, you turn around and point fingers at everyone else. That's snitching.

Busta's situation bordered on snitching, because you know he knew who was involved, but because he knew them, or who they ran with, he was in a tough spot as to how to handle it: turning in friends of his friends. Pointing them out would be close to snitching.. to those friends. Not to say that was right, but that's what it was.. you know he wasn't blinded by the flash of the gunfire. Amnesia from the pop.

Zab Judah pointing out guys he doesn't know who attempt to rob him, that doesn't seem like snitching. Who would say Zab is wrong for doing that? How would his "reputation" be hurt doing so?

And what was the reason for chasing them down, to deliver hands on justice? I mean, he has a few belts, but Zab has tasted his ass coming out his mouth many a time, from the beatings he took against opponents supposedly not in his league. He could have drove up and got tagged by a 19-year-old. Considering they had guns he could have caught a bullet.

For them to take off in the first place, maybe he flashed steel of his own. Zab was quoted as saying, "They were just a bunch of idiots who didn't know what they were doing. They messed with the wrong guy."

Makes me think there is a gap in the official version of events.

The 'no snitching' thing may give him credibility with the stickup kids though: here's a guy who got caught slipping and didn't turn in the guys who did it when he had the chance. His reasoning may also be what he said, they were just kids who weren't thinking.. why send them to Rikers? I'm good.

Things like that give you credibility with the criminal/understanding minded people, but others will wonder, why would you want to do that?

Me. I'm still wondering what the hell he was doing with a Lamborghini in the middle of New York City.