[TheKidster]

Maybe I will be around maybe I won't. I still stand by what I said. The criminals who murdered the under cover detectives should get capitol punishment.
Undercover stings are bad policy. Creating crime to prevent crime, playing the part of a criminal, and dealing with violent criminals by doing what they do leads to more crime, a loss of civil liberties and violent ends to the careers of good cops.
If that's too offensive for people to read, I'm sorry. Some of the quasi racist comments on this thread are offensive too but I'm not going to tattle tale. I can handle being offended, it's part of life.

[jazusamo]

I agree with your statement about capitol punishment but not much else. Stings are a valid part of law enforcement and this murderer was no choir boy. I don't get your meaning on the tattle tale bit so I won't comment.

[DCPatriot]

What if the undercover operatives in the police bureau were contacted say....by an estranged girlfriend/wife who told them that this guy was dealing in weapons purchases and she was sick and tired of reading and viewing reports about young kids being shot and killed on the street?

Since they had good knowledge he was going to procur guns, they set up the sting.

Would you rather have it like that movie Star Chamber, where retired and active law enforcement meet in secret to vote on target assassinations of perps who beat the system on technicalities?

Usually, sting operations are conducted to reach the highest echelons of the criminal ring...aren't they?

I do agree that had the sting not been conducted these guys would be alive. I also think they should have had backup security at an arm's length if they thought it would be that dangerous.