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I always wonder why we don’t use decoys more. Have seemingly tipsy girls stand waving their phone around for a cab and a cop a few feet hidden away. Then stiff

• pindab0ter 4y ago
  Because, at least in some jurisdictions, this is regarded as soliciting illegal behaviour.
  • josephcsible 4y ago
    Which is just as ridiculous as saying that rape victims solicited illegal behavior by dressing provocatively.
  • schrodinger 4y ago
    AFAIK, in the US, it's only considered entrapment if the officer (or other actor) explicitly entices you to perform an illegal action. If they stand there, looking like a drug dealer, and you ask… all good. If they ask you if you want coke, entrapment. I'm not sure it's as cut and dry as that, but the gist is "would you have committed the crime regardless of the actor's behavior."
• astura 4y ago
  Perhaps phone theft is too petty a crime to make it worth it? In the 80s and 90s bait cars were ubiquitous in cities https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bait_car https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bait_car
  • meindnoch 4y ago
    I could buy a used car for the price of an iPhone 14 Pro Max.