<story><title>Undercover Cops Hired 118 Handymen, Then Arrested Them for Not Having Licenses</title><url>https://reason.com/2020/02/05/undercover-cops-hired-118-handymen-then-arrested-them-all-for-not-having-licenses/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>function_seven</author><text>This burns me up:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; &lt;i&gt;These 118 con men and women were posing as contractors &amp;amp; preying on innocent homeowners in Hillsborough County, who were just looking to repair or improve their home,&amp;quot; said Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am almost certain that&amp;#x27;s not what happened. Unless they each lied about having a contractors&amp;#x27; license when asked, they didn&amp;#x27;t &amp;quot;pose&amp;quot; as anything, and aren&amp;#x27;t conning anyone.&lt;p&gt;Based on the examples in this article, is there &lt;i&gt;anything&lt;/i&gt; that doesn&amp;#x27;t require a license to do? Unhooking a toilet is apparently an advanced skill in Florida.&lt;p&gt;I guess this is my reminder to give some more to www.ij.org</text></comment>
<story><title>Undercover Cops Hired 118 Handymen, Then Arrested Them for Not Having Licenses</title><url>https://reason.com/2020/02/05/undercover-cops-hired-118-handymen-then-arrested-them-all-for-not-having-licenses/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>ravenstine</author><text>In my experience, licensed handymen and contractors aren&amp;#x27;t much better.  It sure is good to know that, while cops in many cities are giving up going after &amp;quot;low level&amp;quot; property crime, they are now so bored that they&amp;#x27;ve got conduct elaborate sting operations on people for using a wrench on someone&amp;#x27;s leaky pipe without a license.</text></comment>