[Gay State Conservative]

The only big problems I have with this scenario are that using this guy could have opened him up to harm...and the fact that they charged him.A person with an IQ in the 50's cannot,IMO,be held criminally (or even morally) responsible for illegal or immoral acts.If I was the family of this guy I'd do my best to have everyone involved in having him criminally prosecuted sent to Club Fed for a good long time.Drop the charges,OTOH,and I'm not nearly as uspset.

Go ahead...flame away!

[Delta Dawn]

I’m seeing your point, GSC. The guy is HIRED to work for the undercover cops. After working for sometime doing legitimate things, he is then asked to get drugs and guns for his employers???

Can anyone say , ‘Entrapment’?

Not impressed with the caliber of ATF agents here. They should have recognized early on that Wright was a small fish and his arrest and conviction did not warrant the time and expense of an undercover operation. He should have been tossed back and the entire operation should have been scrapped.

Did the ATF begin this operation under the auspices of HOPING to land a few big ones? Before committing the time and money on this effort, did they not know who they were after, or even had a releable tie-in to the wanted parties?

Undercover operations should never be undertaken on the off-chance that they might land a big one. Have a plan at the very least.

[trebb]

No flamin’ from me - they took advantage of a mentally retarded citizen and then decided to throw him out with the trash. If he had been a girl and a bunch of folks decided to make her the “life of the party”, there would be charges of rape and abuse.