The Larry Craig Thing, does the Arresting Officer Moving his Foot Up and Down (From the Police Report),-?

Question

-Constitute Entrapment?

I Previously Asked this Question, Under Law & Ethics, but it was Deleted (With 8 Answers), but Not By me.

pitiful_bush, But Clearly the Arresting Officer Lead him on, to Do More.

Jerry From Ga, So Craig was Guilty of Having Homosexual Feelings.

Maxx P, I Think, Laws Like These Are Selectively Enforced Against Minorities, it Would Be Nice to Statistics On This, Although Someone Might Dislike a Minority, it Should Never Be a Violation of Law.

Razor Jim, Have you Ever Heard of this Actually Happening? Or is it Just In your Imagination?

Okay jurydoc, What did he Do that was Illegal?

In my Mind, One Could Codify Any Violation of Someone's Concept Morals Into Law, Consider Sharia Law, One Can Justify the Cutting Off the Hand of a Thief the Same Way.

Answer 1

In my opinion it is. Besides that it should be illegal just because it is a huge waste of vital resources at a time when this nation is at war. That right there makes it treasonous in my opinion. The political uproar over it also is distracting from what the government claims is a very dangerous "war on terror"! By the way I am THE ALL AMERICAN!!!!

Not one cop on here can tell me that busting homo's is more important than keeping school age children off drugs or solving all of the unsolved homocides and other violent crimes that plague Minneapolis/St. Pual. Don't make the mistake of taking us all for that big of fools!

Where's all the other men that Craig has had encounters with, since he seems to be so well rehearsed on gay sh!tstall protocall. There are none. He's not gay. All the badges that gave me thumbs down suck harder than Larry Craig ever dreamed of. Just another reason me and my people despise 80-90% of the cops, prosecutors (persecutors) judges and everyone else involved in their little, quasi "legal", cabal, raquet. Because the cop says it happened this certain way and that the senator is lying most everyone takes that as gospel. Why, cops lie all the time. More than most average Joe's I know. I've never heard of a cop apologizing when they were clearly wrong. That's why I have absolutely no respect for the majority of law enforcement. Larry Craig is innocent until proven otherwise! Still! By the way I am THE ALL AMERICAN!!!!

Answer 2

You and many people are mistaken about what constitutes entrapment. The standard for discerning entrapment is that BUT FOR the actions of the officer, the defendant would not have engaged in ANY criminal behavior surrounding the incident in question. That is why officers cannot INITIATE contact that would lead to illegal behavior. For example, undercover officers posing as prostitutes cannot approach someone and say, "Looking for a good time?" But, if someone approaches them and says, "How much for a good time?" They are permitted to respond, "Depends on how you define good time" and CONTINUE the conversation to see where it goes.

From Craig's arrest report, the officer clearly states first that Craig could be observed looking into the stall (peeping) which he was charged with. Also, the officer states that Craig was the one who tapped his foot FIRST and moved it over toward the officer's foot. It is the initiation of the contact by Craig that eliminates the entrapment argument. The fact that the officer perpetuated the encounter is moot.

Answer 3

No, it is NOT entrapment. The officer was not requesting that Craig do something that he normally would not do. That has been the test for entrapment for a long time. If the cop asked that Craig hand him a roll of toilet paper under the stall, then arrested him for putting his hand under or shifting his feet over, then yes, entrapment and maybe not even INTENT for that crime.

But when Craig was staring through the crack of the door, then followed the homosexual protocol to find bathroom sex, the "entrapment" argument became null and void. You cannot claim entrapment for something you would normally do. The staring through the bathroom door crack is a particular behavior by homosexuals that means they're "looking." His behavior afterwards solidified that criminality.

Answer 4

No it was not entrapment. For those wondering why the cops were in the mens room, it was upon complaints from other passengers trying use the bathroom for its intended purpose.

How would you feel if your 9 year son was in the stall next to the perverts having sex. This is not a bash against gays, no one needs to be having potty sex in public restrooms.

Answer 5

Why are the Police in the head looking for gay people? Why did the arresting officer feel the need to entrap him? There are too many real risks at an airport to be focusing on that.

Answer 6

now if we could just get the janitorial services to use disinfectant in the restrooms
the cop was looking fo a good time and was mad that craig turned him down

Answer 7

Larry Craig was clearly into bathroom encounters (which is just about the nastiest thing I can think of) and was busted for trying to pick-up a dude for some quick bathroom encounter sucky sucky. Now people, think about this-he was messing around in the men's room-guys know how many times they pissed on the floor in there. I mean it is gross. He should be flogged for being gross.

Answer 8

for those who ask why spend the resources on this its becuase I would like to know that me or my son could go to a public bathroom without having to encounter people having sex.

if they want random sex then they can go online arrange it then go pay for a 20.00 room and do it in private it doesnt matter to me if they are gay or straight it matters where they are doing it.

Answer 9

No.