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Originally Posted by Izzi

This reminds me of a story. Most people have probably heard of those police that will try and arrest pedo's by talking to them online and pretend to be young girls. And when they pretend to meet up they arrest them. I think that is extremely wrong of the police cause its arresting someone for something they didn't do. Kind of like minority report but thats just a movie.

You misunderstand how the police act in these situations. Those posing as young girls only make responses to those who talk with them; they never start a conversation themselves. The person on the other side is always the one to suggest they meet up, and the fake girl agrees. It's always the other person who starts anything (the conversation, meeting up, etc.). The police are specifically told not to do it, because that's called "entrapment." Essentially, "entrapment" is when the police entice someone to commit a crime in the hopes of arresting them for it, but in this case, the police are only going along with what the other person suggests, and therefore it is not entrapment.