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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLast week the Chicago Police set up a bait trap by putting a truck full of tennis shoes in the hood
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Flaleftist
(3,473 posts)liberalmuse
(18,672 posts)Instead of serve and protect. I find this disgusting and its a wonder so many people do not trust the police.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)Great job King.
JCanete
(5,272 posts)Watchfoxheadexplodes
(3,496 posts)Just that easy
demmiblue
(36,865 posts)brush
(53,794 posts)Watchfoxheadexplodes
(3,496 posts)I'm on the wrong site?
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)... there are more pressing things going on around that area than a couple of shoes being stolen by kids.
Seeing its usually organized crime why set up around a basketball court?!?!
Anyway, I hate predators
Watchfoxheadexplodes
(3,496 posts)Chicago, Detroit, New York are notorious having trucks parked broken into. Maybe someone will think next time.
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)dumbcat
(2,120 posts)it serves a social justice purpose or benefits an oppressed group. it happens all the time. Wypipo just do it at a much larger scale.
JCanete
(5,272 posts)you think that this is the action that rates as stealing? This is what rates as good use of our police officers time? Busting people on petty theft? In this world the lessons we learn is that stealing happening around us at every turn and frankly, its a hell of a successful business model. Ask the banks. Ask payday lenders. All this kind of lesson teaches anybody is that its not alright to steal if you are marginalized and get caught. The greater message of "don't steal?" You've got to be kidding me.
Edit...after looking at the story, I'm torn on whether or not it is entrapment, and I think Shaun King's presentation was misleading, but unless we want to focus on the real thieves I'm not that interested in smugly saying "just don't steal" to those who are trying to get by in this corrupt system. The focus is always to target the people at the bottom and never to target the people at the top.
niyad
(113,447 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,013 posts)former9thward
(32,030 posts)3 people were arrested with ages ranging from 21-59. It was an operation by the police and the railroad police who were trying to stop railroad robberies. The "bait truck" was a locked railroad trailer which was broken into. No "kids" were arrested.
I don't know if the amazon thing is fake or not but since it is associated with this story I suspect it is. I doubt any of the money is going for tennis shoes for kids or anyone else.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-bait-truck-controversy-20180808-story.html
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)... lets not give them this much benefit of the doubt when this PD hasn't earned it.
The bait truck could've been parked anywhere
former9thward
(32,030 posts)It was broken into. No kids were arrested. Are you willing to stand behind whoever is pushing the amazon account? Who are these "kids" getting the shoes?
WillowTree
(5,325 posts)Were they supposed to try to catch the people committing those thefts in areas other than where the crimes have been taking place?
Bait only poses a danger to those who are disposed to taking it.