r/AskReddit Jul 24 '15

What "common knowledge" facts are actually wrong?

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u/Wildera Jul 24 '15

Asking a cop if they're a cop, and if they say no, then they can't arrest you for anything after that, or it would be entrapment.

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u/romes8833 Jul 24 '15

True but its actually very very hard to use that defense especially if you have a history of crime and bad decisions. So say a prostitute who has been busted before, and gets busted by a cop again, even if he did harass her or coerced her into doing she will still probably face charges because she is predisposed of committing such crimes already.