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DHS Agents Arrest Man by Pretending to Be Stranded Motorists… A Ploy to Get The “Worst of the Worst” Who are Midwest Nice (fuelarc.com)

submitted 8 months ago by KayLeadfoot@fedia.io to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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Honestly, I would fall into this trap. The federal agent genuinely sounds like she is a person having car trouble, this trap would work on me because I guess I too am a fundamentally decent person.

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[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 child)

There is a degree to which jury selection occurs that makes it difficult to stack a jury with trump psychopaths.

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[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago

Probably depends on where someone lives. You can only dismiss a certain amount I thought.

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