Re:FBI arrest man over alleged Amazon centre bomb plot
by ahelwer on Monday April 12, 2021 @05:35PM
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Being the criminal complaint, all this stuff was written by the FBI. We'll see how it actually goes at trial. The grandparent isn't just making stuff up; the feds have done this before, continually https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/peteraldhous/fbi-entrap...
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Re:FBI arrest man over alleged Amazon centre bomb plot
by bobthepanda on Monday April 12, 2021 @05:52PM
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At the same time, there are people who are actually motivated enough to do something like this.
Just last year someone detonated an RV bomb at a Nashville AT&T building.
Re:FBI arrest man over alleged Amazon centre bomb plot
by entrapment on Monday April 12, 2021 @06:11PM
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Not saying it has never happened but it is illegal for the police to entice someone into committing a crime they otherwise wouldn't have committed.
This is called "entrapment" and if caught, law enforcement will face penalties for doing it, and the defendant can't be convicted for the crime.