OT: Bama-Auburn free game tickets used as ruse to make arrests
The ruse — code name: Operation Iron Snare — involved sending a letter to those delinquent in child support, informing them that they had “won” tickets to this year’s Alabama-Auburn game. All they had to do was show up in person with the letter and photo ID to “claim” their “prize.
http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/08/05/congrats-on-scoring…
Its awkward and hilarious all at the same time.
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...if you believe Iron Bowl tickets would ever be free, you deserve to be arrested
we're talking about SEC fans here. They're not exactly the smartest bunch of people you'll ever meet.
This is great!!!
Haha so funny yet so mean.
OWNED!! Hahahaha...suckers!
"Well do I still get my tickets?"
That's fucked up to get them so happy and then crush them like that. I actually feel sorry for them even though I shouldn't. All the cheering and stuff is just rubbing it in their faces.
Well, if you think about it To Catch a Predator did the same thing in a much creepier way (get them happy and then crush them, that is).
got busted for cheating of his own. And the circle of life continues. And so it is; and so it is.
The Simpsons as well.
Homer: Up and away in my beautiful motor boat! Da da da da!
Bart: But we didn't enter any police raffle.
Homer: That doesn't matter. The important thing is we won!
[At the police station]:
Wiggum: You're under arrest, slimebag. What's this punk in here for, Lou?
Lou: 235 unpaid parking tickets, totalling $175.
Wiggum: I hope you brought your check book, wiseguy.
Homer: [Gets it out his back pocket.] You lousy cops. Lucky for you I'm double parked. [Gives him check] Now, can I please have my motor boat?
August 6th, 2011 at 10:01 AM ^
Classic. But you forgot the part where Homer first walks in and the police grab him. He says, "OW, MY BOATING ARM!!!"
fuck them they're dead beat dads. Locking them up doesn't really solve anything either.
All the more reason to never trust spam.
Hilarious. Only in alabama...or ohio
Bob Ufer is still correct: 10k graduates and 74k truck drivers.
August 5th, 2011 at 10:16 PM ^
Gotta love Ufer, God bless your cotton pickin' maize and blue hearts.
Good idea, but I don't understand the cameras and the music playing and the people cheering... seems a little unneccessary.
Someone is obviously working on being re-elected.
You need the atmosphere to keep the next ones rolling in.
This seems unnecessarily elaborate given they had their addresses.
Probably saved the sheriff's office a couple of bucks from driving to each address. Plus when the sheriff gets there, a lot of times the person won't answer the door or claim he/she is someone else. Also saved time and money from not having to do an investigation to identify the person.
Still, dunno if I appreciate it when public officials are outright lying to citizens.
I'm skeptical that this was done to save money.
Cops just don't go around kicking in doors to arrest people even if they know where they live (aside from the most dangerous/wanted offenders). It wouldn't help their public image, it can put the officers in harm's way, and they are usually busy with the stuff you see them doing every day (traffic, responding to a real emergency, running a jail, etc.).
It is the same reason every guy you see getting stopped on Cops has like 10 warrants out. The police don't really waste their time running down minor knuckleheads and just assume they will do something to get caught again sooner or later (and if they behave themselves, then problem solved going forward).
granted I'm not a law enforcement official and I have no idea how these things work, I'd assume this ruse also helped them sidestep the process of having to get a warrant. Knowing someone's address doesn't mean much if you don't have a warrant issued.
So what exactly is entrapment???
Don't get me wrong, I am glad they were able to arrest these people but I always heard this sort of thing was illegal but this obviously shows that it is not. Same with To Catch a Predator.
I may be wrong (not a lawyer), but isn't entrapment when you coerce someone into committing a crime?
Hahaha. I've done that to so many people over the years. I am sad panda that it's finally happened to me.
Absolutely not illegal - it is not entrapment - they were not lured there to commit a crime. It was simply a way to locate people with outstanding warrants.
August 5th, 2011 at 10:19 PM ^
Entrapment is VERY tough to prove. You need to prove that the person was not prediposed to commit the crime and that the design for the crime originated with the police.
This would definitely not qualify for entrapment. The crime has already been committed - refusing to pay child support.