I think the discussion is that in all common sense, what the cops did was absolutely reprehensible and should have a) led to severe repercussions for them and b) not gotten that citizen any legal repercussions whatsoever.
But the problem is that in the USA, cops can do whatever they want and get away with it and so it doesn’t count as entrapment because it has been made almost impossible to prove. Honestly knowing what they get away with, they could probably charge you with robbery if they forced you at gunpoint to take their watch and run away with it (just a few steps though, before they empty their clip in you).
I think the discussion is that in all common sense, what the cops did was absolutely reprehensible and should have a) led to severe repercussions for them and b) not gotten that citizen any legal repercussions whatsoever.
But the problem is that in the USA, cops can do whatever they want and get away with it and so it doesn’t count as entrapment because it has been made almost impossible to prove. Honestly knowing what they get away with, they could probably charge you with robbery if they forced you at gunpoint to take their watch and run away with it (just a few steps though, before they empty their clip in you).