http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/02/11/undercover-cops-entrap-reluctant-man-into-selling-joint-for-5 Comments On: Undercover Cops Coerce Reluctant Man into Selling Joint for $5 by Dominic Holden en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:45:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by liiingo]]> Mon, 06 May 2013 14:06:10 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Ed Byrnes]]> Tue, 12 Feb 2013 23:50:42 -0800 The Stranger

Posted by malcolmkyle]]> Tue, 12 Feb 2013 13:11:30 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Fistique]]> Tue, 12 Feb 2013 06:45:53 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Cynic Romantic]]> Tue, 12 Feb 2013 06:11:39 -0800 The Stranger five bucks!
Posted by Sandiai]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:11:37 -0800 The Stranger Posted by disintegrator]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:31:59 -0800 The Stranger
But then, three cop cars regularly show up to deal with ANYTHING - even the most docile of drunken bums. If Seattle is so short on resources, how about sending just two cops deal with such trivialities, instead of six?
Posted by Free Lunch]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:20:54 -0800 The Stranger Posted by jaden]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:51:30 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Peter3Dogs]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:49:01 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Prettybetsy]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:45:58 -0800 The Stranger
Most often, I'd expect such a charge to be used as "an important tool for law enforcement agents" in order to pressure someone into pleading guilty to something else. That's the way we do it in the US, right? Threaten someone with the crazy prosecutions we tell the public never really happen in order to avoid having to convince a jury of guilt for some lesser accusation?
Posted by Phil M]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:17:16 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Sargon Bighorn]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:07:32 -0800 The Stranger Posted by sarge]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:04:28 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Phoebe in Wallingford]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:55:10 -0800 The Stranger
Even better is going after cancer patients for possession, almost zero chance they'll have the strength to fight back.
Posted by Boring Dad is Boring]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:39:46 -0800 The Stranger Posted by wisepunk]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:32:36 -0800 The Stranger If the cops had entrapped that guy into selling them a can of beer, I'm pretty sure the anger here would still be the same.

The guy wasn't trying to sell drugs, the cops went out of their way to ask him to sell drugs.

Yeah, still illegal, but a totally dick move on the cops' part.
Posted by Urgutha Forka]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:25:07 -0800 The Stranger Posted by minderbender]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:57:26 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Pass the blunt on the left hand side]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:53:00 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Gidge]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:52:58 -0800 The Stranger Posted by DOUG.]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:51:53 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Fnarf]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:37:47 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Ross]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:33:42 -0800 The Stranger Posted by minderbender]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:19:15 -0800 The Stranger