Yes it is entrapment and the law is a total ass
Is It Entrapment?
by minimus 32 Replies latest jw friends
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minimus
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delilah
I think it's entrapment...they've nothing better to do???
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nomoreguilt
Every man's father has told him.........".KEEP IT IN YOUR PANTS"
My mother also told me," Son, you only have to kiss them to get them preganant".
NMG
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SixofNine
"But seriously, what is a cop doing sitting nude in a park watching drug dealings, theft, vandalism, murder and so on. Poor waste of taxpayers money."
Sounds like a great use of taxpayer's money to me. Perfect cover, or lack thereof. Otoh, if she touched him and asked him to whip it out, then yeah, it sounds like entrapment.
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Satanus
Abso@$%^$&%$lutely, it's entrapment. She ASKED him to do it. When a cop tells somebody to do something and he resists, that is generally considered a bad reaction. People are supposed to comply w cops.
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Scully
So, the half nude woman was supposed to be an "undercover" cop?? Doesn't sound quite right to me. Where did she hide her badge... in her thong??
Yeah, entrapment is what that sounds like. Although it kind of makes me wonder why any guy in his right mind would think it's ok to whip it out in public.
I wonder if he'd be so quick to show his "little friend" to this topless woman:
Seriously, I have to wonder about the woman being "used" as a decoy. Doesn't she realize that she is being exploited??
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Forscher
I think it crossed the line into entrapment.
That line is a hard one to objectively draw though. The key is mens rea, or the guilty mind. It is entrapment if one induces another who is not normally inclined to illegal acts to do what they normally would not do. That should require some sort of history to establish the required inclination. Generally, cruising in an area known for the solicitation of prostitutes and engaging in conversation with a woman dressed in the roll establishes such inclination and meets the standard which takes things out of entrapment. Working a sting on somebody who has talked it around that they are in the market for somebody to do a hit, or explosives for a terrorist plot, and other similar activities also meets the bar. But I don't think engaging in a legal activity (laying topless in a public park where one is legally allowed lay topless) and trawling for somebody who can be fooled into an illegal activity doesn't quite pass the test in my opinion.
Besides, what is the sense in policing morals when there is so much more which desperately needs to be done? It seems to be that somebody's priorities are a little misplaced. And that in a place which is not known for staunch conservatism at that.
Forscher
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fahrvegnugen
Wow--yeah if SHE asked him to whip it out then it is entrapment. Case should be dismissed and all the officers involved ought to be sanctioned IMO.
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minimus
Rather than attempt to make a person commit a crime, it would be better to go after real criminals, unsolved crimes, etc.
It would be like asking a teenager if they waned to take a can of beer. Most would say, "sure". Then if they got arrested for taking up the offer, how could the police be blameless when they were the ones suggesting the illegality?
