Did entrapment at Rancho La Brea happen often?
613043
Probably not.  Though I've lost the reference, I remember reading once that large animals (wolves, saber-toothed tigers, mammoths, etc.) would only have to get stuck and die together once a decade to produce the number of bones that have been found there.
782897
Was there a letter from the county court house, or city of state?\n\nOne of your supposed friends pulled a fast one on you,  be more careful next time dares are for suckers.
395904
I have never had that happen.  I have had cops come in and pull out guns and all on us.  Then they left and apparently they were in the wrong place.  They really sound to me like they have done something that they should be letting youin on.  I would call a lawyer and see if they can give you a free consultation that seems a little like harrassment.  Although they did have a warrant so who can tell.
513427
Nope.  But I heard a good story a while ago.  A guy who lived on a farm in rural Alabama (I think) came home and found a guy inside robbing his house.  He pulled a gun on the guy and called the police.  Since he lived so far out in the country, it took the cops a half hour to get there.  So while he was waiting, he forced the burgler at gunpoint to mow his lawn.\n  I love it!
509295
Actually it has happened at least 3 times in the past century. (Sometimes we don't learn from history!) Anyway...It was crudola on a stick. Stick with the MinuteMen and their plan. Close the Border. Built a wall. Fine any businessman hiring illegals $10,000 per hire. Force the IRS to reveal the names of companies submitting invalid SSN numbers (illegals using invalid phony documents) and raid all those companies. Use the proceeds to hire more Border Patrol persons. VOTE out anyone failing to stand by Americans and against the illegals. Come to think of it, do this first!
829415
I don't think so. The deception wouldn't constitute entrapment because the John still has the optiion not to go through with the crime. He is not coerced.\n\nentrapment\nn. in criminal law, the act of law enforcement officers or government agents inducing or encouraging a person to commit a crime when the potential criminal expresses a desire not to go ahead. The key to entrapment is whether the idea for the commission or encouragement of the criminal act originated with the police or government agents instead of with the "criminal." Entrapment, if proved, is a defense to a criminal prosecution. The accused often claims entrapment in so-called "stings" in which undercover agents buy or sell narcotics, prostitutes' services or arrange to purchase goods believed to be stolen. The factual question is: Would Johnny Begood have purchased the drugs if not pressed by the narc?\nhttp://dictionary.law.com/default2.asp?selected=637&bold=||||\n\nBy the definition, I might be wrong, but I still would see the responsibility being on the John. Even with the cop's having deceived him, he still would know the possibility of deception, thus he knows also the risks of trusting the potential cop.
810973
First of all, this story is three years old. Second, the South Carolina Attorney General and the U.S. Justice Department have concluded their investigations and both determined that there were NO civil rights violations during this raid. Here is a link to that (from a pro-drug website): http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/351/goosecreek.shtml\n\nHere is a link to the original story (from a more reputable source): http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/South/11/07/school.raid/\n\nThe police raided ONE hallway of the school, detained the 107 students in that hallway (of the 2000+ that attend the school), and handcuffed a grand total of 12-14 students, all who repeatedly failed to respond to the officers' instructions. The drug dogs alerted on 12 book bags, that turned out to not contain drugs, but did apparently still possess the scent of drugs that will remain for approximately 1 week after an item has contact with drugs. Even some of the students who complained about the search admitted that there is a large drug problem in the school, and that the dealers just managed to get away.\n\nIt's becoming apparent that the reason you never post a link to the "injustices" you talk about is because you know that letting people read the real story will show them how ridiculously skewed your version of events is.
437896
Yes, that is going on here in Utah too. Over the weekend police were ever pulling people over who were hispanic & asking them for papers. it's awful & it's seperating so many families who depend on these people.
1096799
Yes I have heard a few stories.  I have also heard of more than one person making a hole in one the same day in the same group.
393948
Would need to know where in Louisiana and when. There was a serial killer who followed that m.o. Try looking up the archives of news stations within that location, or even the newspapers. The Daily Advertiser has archived stories, if I'm not mistaken.
199087
Most sources say they hooked up extra oxen, if the mud was too deep, and apparently the oxen just went down the hill. If it were a horse, they had to unhitch them and drag it down steep inclines. Horrid.\nLook at this website:\nhttp://equitour.com/usa/wt/index.htm
21912
in puerto rico they had one like a month ago, it came out in the news and everything and you can hear the screams and crying. but guess what it was a prank it was some guys doing that and recording it. well they got caught but i have to see to believe
1098556
You can read about it here, though the exact method he used to do himself in is not revealed because police declined to reveal the details: \nhttp://www.bsac.org/news/mayol291201.htm
524928
i dont know but their was an awful lot of people in that house before it happened,cant imagine why the cops never figured it out
1009379
aiding and abedding a fugitive
837457
I don't believe it is rare. I was almost shot by a policeman with his .45 caliber gun. I am just a mild mannered, middle aged computer programmer who was coding a program all night at a software company. I left the building at 3:00AM and accidentally triggered the alarm that wouldn't reset after attempting to reset it for 10 minutes. So, I left the building carrying my black name and address booklet in my hand. Suddenly, a huge, towering man approached me from behind ordering me to drop what was in my hands and put my hands behind my back. There was no police car present, no motor cycle present, and he did not identify himself. I thought he was a night watchman. I explained that I was an employee and had accidentally tripped the alarm. He screamed that I should not look at him and should drop what was in my hands and put my hands behind my back. It was dark out, and I couldn't see him well. He shined a bright light on me and looked through some kind of viewer which I now know was a gun. Eventually, after he demonstrated severe and frightening anger, I obeyed him and was handcuffed. I figured he was just some angry security guard. Moments later police cars arrived, and I was relieved that some professionals showed up. Those officers were very nice to me. But, the big guy who had initially stopped me, then revealed to me his gun and how close he was to having shot me. He repeated that several times and also stated he thought my name and address book might be a weapon. And, I didn't find out until the next day that he actually was a real police officer who worked foot patrol. I thought he was a guard by his wearing of a blue shirt instead of the black police uniform the other police wore. Had he only identified himself as a police officer at the initial encounter, I would have obeyed immediately.
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Passion overcame my boyfriend and I one evening and we decided to drive to a secluded carpark.\n\nWhen we got there, we noticed that there were 3 other vehicles parked up at the otherside, windows all semi-steamed up, so  we parked at the other side away from them\n\nAnyway one thing led to another and just in mid thrust so-to-speak there were a knock on the window, we looked out and realised that it was a police officer.\n\nIt appeared that we had been the entertainment for an organised drugs bust and that in the other cars in the carpark was nearly a million pounds worth of cocaine!\n\nThe drug dealers applauded us as they were handcuffed and thrown into the back of a van!