mr dave

basing yourself off an episode of COPS is, quite frankly, retarded (as are just about any person on that show ever).

also, the whole point of a sting operation is to deter a certain type of crime that's been happening with regularity but that the perpetrators have continually eluded arrest. basically, if they used a bait bike it's most likely because there had been a bunch of bikes being stolen in that area over a short period of time and this was the easiest way to catch the most likely culprit (let me guess, university neighborhood)

it's not like they sit in their cars eating donuts all day flipping through a rollodex of possible ways to shaft random innocents.

more often than not the bait is an obvious illegal activity, like prostitution, bootlegging, or drug dealing. at which point, i don't feel any remorse or sympathy for anyone who gets caught that way.

the police aren't out to get you unless there's a reason for you to be gotten.

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