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This article doesn't say how many people they entrapp... arrested from this special agent's work. And it sounds like it took a thousand undercover assignments t

This article doesn't say how many people they entrapp... arrested from this special agent's work. And it sounds like it took a thousand undercover assignments to catch them selling drugs?

vkou 5y ago
Infiltrating a gang is not entrapment. [1] [2] I dislike the police as much as the next left coast lib, but this isn't the problem with it. [1] https://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=646 https://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=646 [2] https://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=686 https://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=686
- dylan604 5y ago
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  - danielvf 5y ago
    I agree completely with both parts of the second half of your post, and I think the parent commenter above yours does as well. The first half, however, is neither kind, nor thoughtful. It's a direct attack on someone, rather than engaging in mutual learning on the subject at hand.
    - dylan604 5y ago
      I agree, except it was meant to be a tounge-in-cheek response rather than a blatant FU. I was hoping the specific phrasing would be identifiable as such. Clearly I fell victim to the assuming part. However, phrases like left cost lib are pretty much equally an attack on someone as well. Not saying tit-for-tat is the level of discourse, but I was hoping to make it laughable with the retort rather than escalate. Mission NOT accomplished. Got it.
wildzzz 5y ago
As long as the undercover cop isn't the one leading the gang and threatening violence towards anyone that doesn't help commit crimes, it's likely not entrapment. Entrapment almost always falls under a crime that you otherwise never would have done if a cop didn't somehow coerce you to do it. I'm sure there are some grey areas like a cop offering a homeless person some drugs to sell or telling a lower ranking gang member to commit a crime when knowing that they may be harmed if they refuse. But simply participating in illegal activities that would be taking place regardless of the undercover's presence is not entrapment.

This article doesn't say how many people they entrapp... arrested from this special agent's work. And it sounds like it took a thousand undercover assignments to catch them selling drugs?

vkou 5y ago

Infiltrating a gang is not entrapment. [1] [2] I dislike the police as much as the next left coast lib, but this isn't the problem with it. [1] https://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=646 https://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=646 [2] https://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=686 https://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=686

dylan604 5y ago
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- danielvf 5y ago
  I agree completely with both parts of the second half of your post, and I think the parent commenter above yours does as well. The first half, however, is neither kind, nor thoughtful. It's a direct attack on someone, rather than engaging in mutual learning on the subject at hand.
  - dylan604 5y ago
    I agree, except it was meant to be a tounge-in-cheek response rather than a blatant FU. I was hoping the specific phrasing would be identifiable as such. Clearly I fell victim to the assuming part. However, phrases like left cost lib are pretty much equally an attack on someone as well. Not saying tit-for-tat is the level of discourse, but I was hoping to make it laughable with the retort rather than escalate. Mission NOT accomplished. Got it.

wildzzz 5y ago

As long as the undercover cop isn't the one leading the gang and threatening violence towards anyone that doesn't help commit crimes, it's likely not entrapment. Entrapment almost always falls under a crime that you otherwise never would have done if a cop didn't somehow coerce you to do it. I'm sure there are some grey areas like a cop offering a homeless person some drugs to sell or telling a lower ranking gang member to commit a crime when knowing that they may be harmed if they refuse. But simply participating in illegal activities that would be taking place regardless of the undercover's presence is not entrapment.