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Originally Posted by Coys1882
Why are you comparing a murder investigation to a broken window?
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My assumption was that you talking about 'the heat' giving you the 'hairdryer treatment' were for scenarios akin to regular growing up where lesser authority figures (parents, schoolteachers) would be the ones in charge of punishment. Baseball's through windows, little sisters crying, fights at school, nasty notes for teachers, all things one ought not be surprised take place in childhood.
Perhaps I was being too gentle in my assumption. Perhaps your reference to 'the heat' and 'hairdryer treatment' is in fact reference to running into trouble with the law as a youth. Maybe my initial assumption of you was misplaced. Maybe you
weren't the average kid that got along with most people and grew up to be the fine, upstanding member of society I thought you were, as I imagine everyone on CP is until proven otherwise. Maybe you were a little hooligan that bullied and beat up kids for their lunch money and thought spraypainting the sides of buildings was cool.
It's true, I don't know you from someone sitting beside me on the C-train in the morning commute. I've never been in an interrogation room and I've never been suspected of mischievous or criminal activity in my short 27 years. I'm starting to think now that you have, on the other hand. You have experience with our justice system already, that makes you better versed than I in terms of what they can do and what you should and should not say.
I acknowledge that detectives and investigators need to talk to people, to ask them questions concerning ongoing investigations. Even if not a suspect, I would be willing to answer questions to help the investigation along, though I would choose my answers as carefully as possible. And if I ever found myself in the unfortunate position of being handcuffed and having my rights read to me, I would not say another damned word, because nothing I say after that point can help me.