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I will ask again, why don't they give C4s to white skin heads, and plan out a whole plot for them to attack black gatherings?
What about give a car bomb to a gangster to go and bomb a police station?
ENTRAPMENT
A person is 'entrapped' when he is induced or persuaded by law enforcement officers or their agents to commit a crime that he had no previous intent to commit; and the law as a matter of policy forbids conviction in such a case.
However, there is no entrapment where a person is ready and willing to break the law and the Government agents merely provide what appears to be a favorable opportunity for the person to commit the crime. For example, it is not entrapment for a Government agent to pretend to be someone else and to offer, either directly or through an informer or other decoy, to engage in an unlawful transaction with the person. So, a person would not be a victim of entrapment if the person was ready, willing and able to commit the crime charged in the indictment whenever opportunity was afforded, and that Government officers or their agents did no more than offer an opportunity.
On the other hand, if the evidence leaves a reasonable doubt whether the person had any intent to commit the crime except for inducement or persuasion on the part of some Government officer or agent, then the person is not guilty.
In slightly different words: Even though someone may have [sold drugs], as charged by the government, if it was the result of entrapment then he is not guilty. Government agents entrapped him if three things occurred:
- First, the idea for committing the crime came from the government agents and not from the person accused of the crime.
- Second, the government agents then persuaded or talked the person into committing the crime. Simply giving him the opportunity to commit the crime is not the same as persuading him to commit the crime.
- And third, the person was not ready and willing to commit the crime before the government agents spoke with him.
On the issue of entrapment the government must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant was not entrapped by government agents.
Originally posted by Whyhi
reply to post by oozyism
Because the FBI doesn't go around killing people...? Is this a real question?
I will ask again, why don't they give fakeC4s to white skin heads, and plan out a whole plot for them to attack black gatherings?
What about give a fakecar bomb to a gangster to go and bomb a police station?
I edited it, now answer the questions please.
Originally posted by oozyism
Originally posted by GogoVicMorrow
There is no justifying this to you people who are just anti FBI, etc. They did the right thing. The kid was trying to get in touch with radical muslims. He very well could have gotten something together. What would you people say if they had let him go and he found that real bomb building jihadist and actually killed people?
he tried to go to the middle east, this is not a regular innocent teen.
I will ask again, why don't they give C4s to white skin heads, and plan out a whole plot for them to attack black gatherings?
What about give a car bomb to a gangster to go and bomb a police station?
I edited it, now answer the questions please.
Originally posted by Whyhi
reply to post by oozyism
I edited it, now answer the questions please.
Because then it would be considered entrapment.
How is it "manipulating" when his plan before / during / after was to explode a bomb?
Originally posted by 3finjo
reply to post by oozyism
The answer is, they do...sort of. When the FBI discovers that someone wants to hire someone to kill their partner, for example they send an agent in to act as an assassin and go through the whole deal until the person has committed the crime and then bingo, arrest them. Good work, too. This is the same thing on a larger scale. The whole muslim terrorist thing is the current issue to attract headlines so it gets reported. Who is to say that white supremist groups haven't been infiltrated and similar things prevented? I would say they probably have. The UK did the same with the IRA, the French and Spanish do the same with the Basque seperatists.
You jump on anything that shows Islam in a bad light, and I possibly would if i was one too, but lets be honest here - your religion has shown time and time again in recent years that it is barbaric and not averse to killing innocents in order to purge the world of the infidel. One less wannabe radical in the world is a good thing.
See the logic?
He didn't plan the operation, it was all planned for him by the FBI.
I asked why doesn't the FBI do the same to other groups?
You still refuse to answer the question because of your patriotic stance I suspect
Originally posted by GogoVicMorrow
reply to post by oozyism
And I will answer you again. If they found out that someone was planning that, they would.
Just like I said in the previous post this isn't really different than them intervening in school shootings. This kid just went the terrorist route because of his background IMO. He, to me, is the same as the kids that commit shootings he just had a religious background and began investigating into it. He probably didn't care too much about the consequences as a young angsty teen. He probably figured it would end in his death or capture like columbine. Skinheads aren't under the same impressions. If you heard about skinheads bombing black churches or something all the time then you would probably have more instances of that so your point is nil. It's comparing apples and oranges. It's just not that common. Gangsters probably don't seek help online as they have connections and have done things like that before, plus.. why would they bomb a police station? They are trying to make money not kill people randomly??