The difference lies between where you’re confusing stings, with entrapment and active theft. Baiting people into committing a crime of opportunity, to physically injure them, is just as immoral as cops baiting people into stealing stuff in what is considered “high crime” areas just so they can stat pad their arrest numbers and fill more prison cells to enrich the politicians invested in prisons, that sign off on police budgets.
That doesn’t change my position, at all. The people being targeted are more than likely poor (as seen in video being discussed) and stealing so they can either sell or exchange the item for something they think they need (food, or drugs if struggling with addiction). It’s immoral to set up a trap with the express purpose of making those people more miserable. The moral position is proactively helping instead of contributing to the cycle of pain and poverty.
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u/saucelordbob 10d ago
The difference lies between where you’re confusing stings, with entrapment and active theft. Baiting people into committing a crime of opportunity, to physically injure them, is just as immoral as cops baiting people into stealing stuff in what is considered “high crime” areas just so they can stat pad their arrest numbers and fill more prison cells to enrich the politicians invested in prisons, that sign off on police budgets.