> I'm sure you can find some small counter examples, but by and large the US has never had a history of augmenting law enforcement by way of private citizens. We are not a country of snitches.

Well not a small counter example, but a very large organization with origins in the KKK. [0]

In fact, snitching on fellow Americans has become so common we created an internet meme when, specifically, white women of a certain social class do it. [1]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens%27_Councils

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_(slang)