Officer Kildare was desperate for a first arrest. He convinced honest Clark that if he made it clear to the neighborhood thug Brutus that he wasn't welcome in the neighborhood, he would only receive a citation. Clark approached Brutus with a baseball bat, swung it at him once, and told him to, "Scram!" When Brutus refused to budge, Clark swung the bat at Brutus' shoulder. Officer Kildare arrested Clark for assault and battery. Clark claims _____ as his defense.

Entrapment applies when a government officer induces someone who was not otherwise predisposed to commit a crime to do so. Officer Kildare persuaded Clark to confront Brutus and misled him about the consequences; Clark is described as honest and desperate for an arrest, not as already planning an assault. Self-defense does not fit because Brutus posed no stated threat, and the officer did not threaten Clark, so this is not duress.

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