Thursday, June 28, 2012

To Catch a Predicate


   Sure, this guy isn't going to win Copy Editor of the Year. But is it really kosher for a cop to respond to this horny wordsmith's Craigslist ad pretending to be a 14-year-old girl so you can turn around and arrest him? Something about it rubs me the wrong way -- although I may apply for his old job. It's at my parents' local paper! Read HERE.

1 comment:

DrGaellon said...

The minute he replied to the email which identified the sender as 14, he was on the hook. Is it baiting him? Sure - but if he'd ignored it, he wouldn't be in trouble.