Posted on 12/26/2007 8:55:14 PM PST by hole_n_one
No offence, but don’t the cops have more important things to do than trying to bait people into committing crimes?
Police entrapment thwarted.
Merry Christmas.
No, seriously? Is an unlocked door or open trunk "entrapment"? I'd say talking someone into the theft, or offering to split the goods with them if they would help, or offering them cash to assist would be entrapmnt, but an open car?
Nice story...at the time the appearance of the teller of “The Good
Samaritan” tale is being celebrated
The Samaritans were promptly arrested and tasered for interfering with a police investigation.
j/k
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I agree. I do. But I still think that most people are good.
WTH??? Were the police so bored that they had to CREATE thieves?? Unbelievable! What the heck was the purpose of this? How stupid.
lol!
WTH??? Were the police so bored that they had to CREATE thieves?? Unbelievable! What the heck was the purpose of this? How stupid.
Ayn Rand would love it!
These burglary of motor vehicle stings are a response to problem areas that have a high incident that occurs of that situation. If many people are becoming victimized by car burglars repeatedly in a specific area, Officers may target and bait that area in hopes of identifying the burglars. It is almost always a response to a problem in that area, not "creating" one.
I dunno. I can see Ragnar Danneskjöld setting up a decoy trap to catch the “looters,” and then kicking some major ass.
Francisco d’Anconia did something similar in Reardon’s mill, if I recall.
It wasn’t Reardon’s mill. It was the mine in the People’s Republic of Mexico.
The way this sting is described, the theft of these items would not be a vehicle burglary. A vehicle burglary occurs when the vehicle is locked with the windows rolled up and force is used to enter and steal the items. I suspect that the value of the items in this sting totaled over 400 dollars, which is the threshold dividing petty theft from grand theft in California. Had someone taken the items, the charge would have been grand theft, not vehicle burglary.
That too!
But I was thinking of when Francisco blended in as a worker at Reardon’s mill and organized a trap for the rioters (he used a rifle to take out someone who was about to whack Reardon with a club, as I recall).
LOL!
As you can see from the story, honest people can't be "baited". The cops are doing their job - catching crooks. Or in this case, trying to catch crooks.
This is not entrapment.
It’s good to see the good side of people occasionally.
This sounds like our little town. I saw a pair of decent looking sneakers near the bench in the middle of *town*. They were there for weeks. People watch out for each other here.
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