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The problem is that he solicted the sex AFTER he was allegedly terrified by the officer’s intimidating Big Blackness.
Your theory of the case does, I admit, raise a question of fact that should go to a jury, so I’ll temper my earlier “no way it will fly” comment to merely a note that I think it’s very unlikely to come back with a not guilty for entrapment. But the defense is viable as a matter of law.
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My reaction to the whole story was the same as what Nametag articulated so well. I thought entrapment too.
What further puzzled me is the second reported story referenced here said that he was staking out a nearby condo. I’m wondering why he had to go to the bathroom in the park, even assuming the bathrooms were anywhere near the perimeter of the park. What was the officer actually up to, since he wasn’t assigned to an undercover horny homo sting at the time?
Further, even if the bathroom in the park was the only place to relieve himself, why didn’t he just rebuff Allen, rather than engaging in the fairly leading exchange I read?
ETA: Allen is a stupid, racist (or race-baiting) git.