Jail bait
Mar 25, 2007 Americana, Lex scripta
Sometimes the cops get ahead of the bad guys for at least a little while. If you’ve ever lived outside the New York area and had a car stolen (if you have lived in New York area there’s no “if”) you will enjoy this story on NPR about “bait” cars set out, juicy and plump, for car thieves. They’re not only apprehended with the help of GPS and a remote kill switch, but hidden cameras and microphones inside the cars “offer a glimpse into the lives of thieves at moments of both giddiness and defeat.”
The NPR reporter asks whether there’s an entrapment issue, which of course there is not. But don’t worry: There will be an appeal at some point, and probably a conviction reversed — and probably in the Ninth Circuit. Nah, not entrapment. Think the inalienable constitutional right to privacy. Or maybe the thieves will be members of a “protected class” such as illegal aliens undocumented immigrants.
But I know where I’m putting my money. After all:
“They’re not the smartest folks in the world, though, because the emergency [brake] is actually pulled.” Dengeles says, describing the video of the two giggling thieves . . . “So they spend about a good two to three minutes trying to figure out how to get the car to move.”
“Not the smartest folks in the world” — now there’s a protected class!
You guessed it: The next conviction for car theft using a bait car will be reversed … under the Americans with Disabilities Act!
March 25th, 2007 at 10:50 am
Emergency break?
That’s how it cut and pasted from NPR’s site! I edited for non-distraction following Dean’s pickup.
March 25th, 2007 at 3:01 pm
I take emergency breaks all the time. When does “Lazy” start to qualify as a protected disability class?
March 27th, 2007 at 11:37 am
Here’s another sting operation:
Elements of the CIA and State Department have been trying to entrap the liberal media, by leaking obvious untruths that are then broadcast with lightning speed to the known world.
NPR should investigate this phenomenon and report back.