I saw this on TV. It's a bit ridiculous and seems like entrapment.
What is Bait Car? A criminal walks past an empty car with its engine running. He looks around, but sees no owner. So he steals the vehicle. Unfortunately for him, the police are watching his every move with a hidden video camera they installed on the dashboard. The officers press a button and shut down the automobile and the thief is led away in handcuffs. He's been snared with a Bait Car.
kutegirl Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 1 What About Morality? What have reality tv come to? People are now so desperate for entertainment that now they are sending young men to jail, taking away their voting rights and opportunity to find jobs by setting them up. I once thought our jails and prisons were filled. Apparently they are not. This is very evident in this reality show called Bait. I happened to see this show once and was appalled at what was taking place on my tv screen.
People in poor neighborhoods being set up for entertainment. How is it morally correct to set up brand new SUV's in poor sections of towns with the keys in the ignition and not expect anyone to take it? It is set-up in every aspect of the word. The men who are responsible for this atrocity, make claims that they do it to rid the streets of car thieves. They must not have watched movies like "Gone in 60 Seconds". Real car thieves do not go after baited cars, they have sense. The only people they are catching are poor teenagers looking for joy rides, impressing girls or friends, or hoping to make some money for their starving families. I think America has sunk to the lowest of lows making reality shows such as this. Look at what we are doing to our children all for ratings. These men are using racial profiling in these neighborhoods, targeting Mexicans, Hispanics, and Blacks. They parked these cars in the ghettos, and shopping malls in poor towns knowing they will catch a bait.
I feel those who are responsible for this show should be ashamed of themselves and what this country represents. There is no way it should be right to set a candy on the stove and not expect a child to take it. This is what these cops are doing. Placing nice SUV's in poor areas and watching from cameras for those who unsuspectingly think they are getting a free ride. Then pull them over and arrest them for taking the bait. Where are parents with children that could get caught in one of these baits. Where are the activists that are out there protesting about taking God off money? These are the things we should be speaking out against, the injustice of these officers trying to make their quota and using the prison system filled with innocents baits to rob tax payers of their money. We should all be ashamed of ourselves for even turning to this channel.
i think it's great! personally i find it rather funny. I don't watch the show on a regular basis or wait for it to come on, but if i was flipping through the channels i would stop and watch.
I don't understand why you are so up in arms about this?
Fantastic way of catching car thieves imo. I don't see how it's bad to trick someone into stealing a bait car rather then waiting for them to steal a civilians car.
On November 23 2009 10:00 Snet wrote: Fantastic way of catching car thieves imo. I don't see how it's bad to trick someone into stealing a bait car rather then waiting for them to steal a civilians car.
Car thieves are not random people finding a car with keys and unlocked in the street. You are setting them up.
If the idea is so good, why don't we start leaving cellphones on the floor with a GPS system. When somebody picks it up and doesn't return it, we can track them down and send them to jail too!
The law shouldn't be tempting people to commit crimes.
On November 23 2009 10:00 Snet wrote: Fantastic way of catching car thieves imo. I don't see how it's bad to trick someone into stealing a bait car rather then waiting for them to steal a civilians car.
Car thieves are not random people finding a car with keys and unlocked in the street. You are setting them up.
If the idea is so good, why don't we start leaving cellphones on the floor with a GPS system. When somebody picks it up and doesn't return it, we can track them down and send them to jail too!
The law shouldn't be tempting people to commit crimes.
I see this shit all the time where I live, some people even leave the car running. People who steal a car that's been planted are no different then people who would hot wire a car and take off. They choose to steal something that isn't theirs, the only difference is they think they are the luckiest people in the world because it took no effort.
I'd like to see when someone takes the keys out of the car, locks it, and sits and waits for the owner to return. Then when the cops come and explain, call em dicks and sue.
On November 23 2009 10:05 IntoTheWow wrote: The law shouldn't be tempting people to commit crimes.
Arguably this is what is happening in sting operations, yet no one seems to sympathise with the drug dealers v0v
Setting up someone who you know has committed a crime in the past, but you can't catch is different from setting up civilians randomly.
If the idea is so good let's start leaving tracked devices everywhere then!
I'm sure the police would if it was worth their time. Setting up a sting operation for a $200 phone and a misdemeanor fine is quite a bit different then setting up a sting operation for a $25,000 car and a felony arrest.
Not to mention my definition of a civilian is not someone who would steal a car if it was easy.
On November 23 2009 10:00 Snet wrote: Fantastic way of catching car thieves imo. I don't see how it's bad to trick someone into stealing a bait car rather then waiting for them to steal a civilians car.
Car thieves are not random people finding a car with keys and unlocked in the street. You are setting them up.
If the idea is so good, why don't we start leaving cellphones on the floor with a GPS system. When somebody picks it up and doesn't return it, we can track them down and send them to jail too!
The law shouldn't be tempting people to commit crimes.
I see this shit all the time where I live, some people even leave the car running. People who steal a car that's been planted are no different then people who would hot wire a car and take off. They choose to steal something that isn't theirs, the only difference is they think they are the luckiest people in the world because it took no effort.
Yeah sure. Then let's tempt them even more. Throw money in the car. Maybe leave the car in a very obscure place where nobody is watching!
There's difference, cause you are offering a ridiculous scenario for someone to steal the money. The person wouldn't normally commit a crime in another situation.
You are saying it's the same to steal 500,000 us$ from a bank/house than finding a bag with that amount of money in the streets?
EPT
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