No Snitching! Keep Criminals on the Streets!

In 2006, Busta Rhymes was coming back on the music scene (not just on someone's remix) to videotape the popular song "Touch It (Remix)." While at the studio with a line-up of other popular guest-starring celebrites (Mary J. Blige, DMX, Missy Elliot, Papoose, Rah Digga, Sean Paul, and Lloyd Banks), approximately 500 other people were on set when someone murdered Busta Rhymes' longtime friend and bodyguard Israel "Izzy" Ramirez, a 29-year-old father of three. Busta Rhymes to this day still refuses to speak to police officers about the shooting, even though he was allegedly standing next to Izzy. The NYPD was pissed, and even threatening to have a grand jury subpoena would not make Busta Rhymes budge on opening his mouth. The NYPD decided to fight back by making Busta Rhymes seem like a monster. Busta Rhymes, who is usually described as a positive, good person, has had legal trouble several times since then. A prime example would be Busta Rhymes being locked up for driving on a suspended license, regardless of the fact that his car would've been towed if it was not moved to the other side of the street before 6:00 am and his driver had gone home for the night. Have all of these incidents happened because Busta Rhymes is under extreme pressure from Izzy's family to tell who the gunman is (who allegedly fled the scene in rapper Tony Yayo's car), punish a murderer, and to appease the streets, who have a no-snitching policy? If Busta Rhymes says who the killer is, a large part of his fanbase may lose respect for him, but with Izzy being his loyal friend, would Izzy have wanted him to tell? Or would Izzy believe in the no-snitching policy as well that's so prominent in the streets?