State Police Captain Arrested in Fort Smith

Funny story~
http://www.fox16.com/news/local-news...-in-fort-smith

Way past ironic.

I would not be surprised if they flip some bp girls or guy to clean up the police department. No telling how many taxpayers they sent to jail for the exact same thing!!

That is very surprising. I always thought they protected their own.

Well, the story was a little funny at first. Then the story became sad. Ugh.. .

It's illegal to ask to watch people have sex? Wtf

It's illegal to ask to watch people have sex? Wtf Originally Posted by Imsecretlyaninja

And they baited him by first saying they liked "anything freaky." Isn't that entrapment?

That is very surprising. I always thought they protected their own. Originally Posted by Ginger Doll

And they baited him by first saying they liked "anything freaky." Isn't that entrapment? Originally Posted by Ginger Doll

Not entrapment at all.

And they will go after their own faster than anyone else.
Quickest way to get promoted.

They will protect each other only if they are close on/off duty

Looks like he should've made better friends

Not entrapment at all. Originally Posted by splitlog

"Entrapment", oversimplified, is enticing an innocent person to commit a crime that s/he would not at all be inclined to commit on his/her own, minus the enticement. If there is any evidence that the target might be inclined to commit the crime on his/her own without the enticement (e.g., the target has priors for the same/similar offense, or the target initiates the encounter, only to receive encouragement from the target), it's not entrapment.

From the news report:

According to the report, the detectives left the area and then returned to see Davis was still parked there. The tail lights of Davis' truck lit up, which police said is a common indicator of someone looking to loiter in the park.

Detectives said Davis approached their vehicle and asked the detectives what they were into. According to the report, the detectives said "anything freaky." Detectives said Davis replied, "Like me watching y'all?"

The state cop, according to this, initiated the action, after which the detectives responded encouragingly, so it's not (on these facts) entrapment.

A couple of notes:

1) The facts as given here are the cops' version of the story. The accused has every right to claim entrapment, if he can establish facts different from the cops' story that justify a jury concluding he was entrapped. We don't know his side of the story, yet;

2) Entrapment is a very, very dangerous defense for a criminal accused to rely on. In order to claim entrapment, you in effect enter a plea of guilty, inasmuch as you admit that your conduct in the case amounted to violating the law but for the enticement by the cops. If the jury decides that the cops' behavior didn't amount to sufficient enticement to constitute entrapment, or if it concludes that you initiated the encounter yourself, or if it concludes that you had a predisposition to commit that offense before the cops enticed you... well, you're screwed then. You've already admitted that you committed the crime; if you can't establish entrapment, you cannot avail yourself of any alternative defense. Entrapment is an all-or-nothing roll of the dice--a literal crapshoot, with about as good a chance of winning as if you're rolling the dice at the craps table.

Cheers,

bcg

When I first saw this in the news, I assumed he must have wanted to get busted. Coming out announcement I guess. Heck you can't even stop there to have a beer and walk the trail anymore due to police homosexual activities. I'm sure he had to know what he was getting himself in to.

Or maybe its all a farce.he went undercover as a cybervice sex cop.to infiltrate eccie by starting threads about guys watching porn together and jacken.who knows???

Of course I was being facetious. However in my county I am certain the sheriff and local police know the asp officers that work the area on a first name basis.