RCMP swoop in on superhero ruse dreamed up to catch sex predators

[iggypop]

They tried to fight crime dressed as Batman or the Flash, but four young men from the British Columbia community of Chilliwack could use a caped crusader of their own now that Mounties are considering charges against them.

RCMP are investigating the foursome after they posed as underage girls online and solicited older men for sexual encounters. When those older men showed up at prearranged locations, the so-called superheroes confronted them in costume, exchanges that were caught on video and parodied the NBC TV series To Catch a Predator.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...rticle2237815/

How awesome . Too bad the RCMP are considering charging the wrong party here; but I guess it's pretty obvious they can't be condoning stuff like this.

[puckluck]

Do we know 100% that these so called super heroes actually followed the right steps into catching these guys?

Asking a guy if his name is "Peter" is not confirmation that the guy you are about to put on youtube and embarass is actually the right guy you are looking for. These guys should let the police do their jobs because they are not trained to do it the right way.

[TSXCman]

I just listened to the report. They say there will be no charges and were only doing it for the boys safety.

[BlackArcher101]

Le Fata

http://forum.calgarypuck.com/showthr...ht=superheroes

[afc wimbledon]

The only thing wrong with this story is costume aspect, they should have gone Mark McGuire complete with baseball bat.

(nsfw)

[Sainters7]

Haha love that tune, old school. Easy E rules.

[blankall]

Originally Posted by puckluck

Do we know 100% that these so called super heroes actually followed the right steps into catching these guys?

Asking a guy if his name is "Peter" is not confirmation that the guy you are about to put on youtube and embarass is actually the right guy you are looking for. These guys should let the police do their jobs because they are not trained to do it the right way.

They lured the guys in on plentyoffish and exchanged pics with them beforehand.

[Ark2]

Here's what I don't get: what crime are these predators actually committing here? I get that it is illegal to solicit minors for sex over the internet, but they aren't soliciting minors, they are soliciting people posing as minors. If a girl tells me that she's 16, we have sex, and then it turns out that she is actually 19, have I committed a crime? Don't get me wrong, I am not sympathizing with these people, they are disgusting. Legally though, I just don't get how they have broken the law.