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Angel 
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Posted on: Dec. 31 2003,12:14 am |
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Last week I was driving on Hammer Road by the high school.
It was around 10:30pm. There was a police car parked off of the road with no lights on. Is that considered entrapment in
Minnesota? I grew up in southwest Iowa and I believe in Nebraska they have to have the park lights on otherwise it
is considered to be entrapment.
I was doing the speed limit by the way. 
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rosebudinal
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Posted on: Dec. 31 2003,1:02 am |
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I don't believe it is considered entrapment, I remember them sitting in the front street parking lot of Queens (Lou Rich) near the tracks with the lights off in the 70's they pulled over my dad once. He said they sat there every night watching for someone to blow the stop sign.
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guest
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Posted on: Dec. 31 2003,8:07 am |
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If you would simply abide by the rules and laws set you would not need to seek ways of getting out of trouble.
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guest
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Posted on: Dec. 31 2003,8:22 am |
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The law enforcement personal are doing their job! They are protecting the public from persons who do not think that the law applys to them or that they think that they can just get away with breaking the law. It used to be "if you can not do the time, do not do the crime". It seems that needs to be modified to " if you can not pay the fine do not do the time". Of course with the new jail i am sure that they will have plenty of room to house all those that abuse the system!!! Read the court records & you will see that very few get jail time. I fully realize that it is a problem with space but what does that say to the offenders other than if they have the cash why not do the crime. The sheriff in AZ has the right idea. Build a tent camp out in the desert with out the frills & let them do their time!!! :cool: Years back the young offenders were given their choice reformschool or the military. Not a bad deal as it might have been the first time that any of them recieved any discipline.
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g-money
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Posted on: Dec. 31 2003,9:25 am |
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We can't do that because of the unfair and unjust drug war.
It's not black and white anymore. Cannabis users shouldn't even be charged, so it undermines police authority and respect.
The police are not your friend. They are guys out to destroy you for something as inocuous as cannabis.
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kid dyn-o-mite
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Posted on: Dec. 31 2003,9:28 am |
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the new jail i am sure that they will have plenty of room to house all those that abuse the system!!!
Why are you laughing? The jokes on you because your paying for it and will continue to feel its sharp sting until they bury you.
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Angel
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Posted on: Dec. 31 2003,10:33 am |
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Guest, I was just curious because where i grew up i believe it was illegal for them to do that. I've never had a speeding ticket and I'm not trying to get by with anything.
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hellraiser
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Posted on: Dec. 31 2003,10:55 am |
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If you've ever violated a traffic law, it's your God given duty to turn yourself into the police and except the charges.
It's just part of our "You'll be as miserable as the rest of us in Albert Lea" policy.
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jimhanson
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Posted on: Dec. 31 2003,1:02 pm |
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I don't think it is entrapment--they did nothing to "lure or tempt" or cause you to do something you wouldn't normally do.
I don't think it is right, though, for the police to be on the roadside without lights--after all, they tell the rest of us that we need to display lights on our vehicles "for safety". If that is true, then they are putting the REST of us in danger by not adhering to the law.
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Posted on: Dec. 31 2003,2:02 pm |
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The trouble is, is that the guys on the beat are more than likely in their 20's working their way up to a desk job like detective. Not only are men in their 20's driven by testosterone, they most likely joined the force for the promise of power. A major attractant to the job for boys.
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