Cops Went to Absurd Lengths to Entrap Man Who Showed No Interest in Underage Sex

[volsrock]

How do you catch a predator in Sarasota, Florida? You create one.

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office (SCSO) is going to "outrageous lengths" to make law-abiding lonely guys into sex offenders. That's according to Noah Pransky, a fearless journalist who has been covering Florida's addiction to entrapment for years.

In September, SCSO arrested 23 men for allegedly soliciting underage girls for sex. Pransky's most recent piece in Florida Politics chronicles the elaborate back and forth between one of those men and a police officer pretending to be a young female. Pransky writes:

In one example from a 2017 operation, SCSO spent two days trying to seduce a 20-year-old man who showed no interest in having sex with a child. Detectives, who posted an ad for an 18-year-old woman on Tinder, matched with the young man and proceeded to swap "getting-to-know-you" texts for more than an hour; only then did detectives tell the man he was chatting with a 14-year-old girl, not an 18-year-old.

Undercover detectives continued to try and talk about sex with the man the next day; he again rebuffed the attempts, but continued the small talk because he indicated he was bored. Detectives then sent unsolicited, flirty photos to the man; a tactic that violates best practices and ethical standards for this type of stings.

The terrible thing about this case is that the sheriff's office is not trying to save any actual kids. It is just trying to get an easy win.

Most parents who worry about predators online are picturing a creepy guy lurking on some kiddie site where he lures unsuspecting youngsters away to a sordid encounter at the Dairy Queen.

But the SCSO folks flip that scenario entirely. They log onto adult sites, claiming to be adult age. It's only once they establish some kind of bond with an adult who went online hoping to find a legal-age companion that they then confess that they are underage.


https://reason.com/2019/10/21/saraso...rage-teen-sex/

Entrapment!

[Centerleftfl]

It's dicey. AND entrapment SUCKS! But if a man drives up to a house to meet a kid and isn't DRIVEN there by someone else, with a gun to his head, then he owns it.

Astonishing how the REPUBLICANS the party of personal responsibility so EASILY argue it's not my fault at the drop of a hat (or panties).

[evince]

what do you think child sex trafficers do to entice what they call customers

[RB 60]

what do you think child sex trafficers do to entice what they call customers

I don't know. Tell us.

[Grokmaster]

How do you catch a predator in Sarasota, Florida? You create one.

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office (SCSO) is going to "outrageous lengths" to make law-abiding lonely guys into sex offenders. That's according to Noah Pransky, a fearless journalist who has been covering Florida's addiction to entrapment for years.

In September, SCSO arrested 23 men for allegedly soliciting underage girls for sex. Pransky's most recent piece in Florida Politics chronicles the elaborate back and forth between one of those men and a police officer pretending to be a young female. Pransky writes:

In one example from a 2017 operation, SCSO spent two days trying to seduce a 20-year-old man who showed no interest in having sex with a child. Detectives, who posted an ad for an 18-year-old woman on Tinder, matched with the young man and proceeded to swap "getting-to-know-you" texts for more than an hour; only then did detectives tell the man he was chatting with a 14-year-old girl, not an 18-year-old.

Undercover detectives continued to try and talk about sex with the man the next day; he again rebuffed the attempts, but continued the small talk because he indicated he was bored. Detectives then sent unsolicited, flirty photos to the man; a tactic that violates best practices and ethical standards for this type of stings.

The terrible thing about this case is that the sheriff's office is not trying to save any actual kids. It is just trying to get an easy win.

Most parents who worry about predators online are picturing a creepy guy lurking on some kiddie site where he lures unsuspecting youngsters away to a sordid encounter at the Dairy Queen.

But the SCSO folks flip that scenario entirely. They log onto adult sites, claiming to be adult age. It's only once they establish some kind of bond with an adult who went online hoping to find a legal-age companion that they then confess that they are underage.


https://reason.com/2019/10/21/saraso...rage-teen-sex/

Entrapment!

Sounds like the Sarasota cops need some new hobbies....

[CFM]

It's dicey. AND entrapment SUCKS! But if a man drives up to a house to meet a kid and isn't DRIVEN there by someone else, with a gun to his head, then he owns it.

Astonishing how the REPUBLICANS the party of personal responsibility so EASILY argue it's not my fault at the drop of a hat (or panties).

Astonishing how you can find words in a story that simply aren't there. Are you going to argue it's not you're fault?

[volsrock]

It's dicey. AND entrapment SUCKS! But if a man drives up to a house to meet a kid and isn't DRIVEN there by someone else, with a gun to his head, then he owns it.

Astonishing how the REPUBLICANS the party of personal responsibility so EASILY argue it's not my fault at the drop of a hat (or panties).

He didnt drive to a house

You might want to read the entire article. It was only a two day chat with the first day the 20 year old guy thought he was chatting with an 18 year old.

"Kept chatting" was only briefly the next day after detective told him she was 14 he never agreed to meet her and when she started talking about sex..HE DIDN'T he never talked about sex necer sent a pic and never ask to meet..he cut the chat off