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Fun fact: 99% of the people who think something is entrapment have no idea what "entrapment" means. If the cops leave a car running with the keys in it, and yo
by KennyBlanken 5y ago
Fun fact: 99% of the people who think something is entrapment have no idea what "entrapment" means.
If the cops leave a car running with the keys in it, and you steal it, that's not entrapment.
If someone says in a forum "hey I'm 13 and I like dinosaurs" and you start messaging them about touching peepees and such: not entrapment.
The cases involving entrapment and terrorism charges, for example, have been largely bullshit. They'll find someone not-all-there mentally, source a "weapon" for them, groom and coach them, egg them on, hand them plans, etc....that's entrapment.
- denlekke 5y agofor sure, thanks for the reply. i meant something like "is the group doing anything to initiate or solicit contact, or a relationship, or do they only create an account and wait?" in your example there seems to be a line between initiating contact and an initiating an illegal act, and i'm curious which side of that line the investigators are on in this case
- steve_adams_86 5y agoHere is a good example of legitimate entrapment from my province in Canada, matching your description very closely: https://www.bccourts.ca/jdb-txt/sc/16/14/2016bcsc1404.htm#BookMark717 https://www.bccourts.ca/jdb-txt/sc/16/14/2016bcsc1404.htm#Bo...
- datavirtue 5y agoFBI specialty. Illegally survail criminals and then tempt them with a big deal. The entire deal is an orchestrated play by the FBI, the perp did not approach them, the FBI initiates everything from zero to 100% and eggs them on: entrapment. The entrapment aspect is always left out of the shows/documentaries/news. The media reports only about what the perp did...showing zero FBI context. Despite them doing this to criminals, I find it disgusting. Rarely mentioned are the innocent lives they trash in the process.