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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
Peters doesn't gain anything from talking right now.
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I'm not sure I agree. Certainly a guilty Peters would gain nothing. That I agree with. He would be looked at as just not a racist but a lying scumbag as well once/if more and more people vouched for Aliu and the story could get larger and former teammates rush to Aliu's defense. He would lose his ability to claim that he's changed and apologize "sincerely" for his actions if he's denying they happened. And then he would be doing something during the course of his employment with the Flames, in this case lying, that could give fuel to the likely ethical violation termination in his contract.
But an innocent Peters would have nothing to lose because it would be true. The longer he remains silent the more and more it appears he did it and is hiding, waiting to see who else will come forward, or trying to come up with something that will paint him in a better light. Maybe not to everyone, but certainly people like me and this really comes down to public perception and the perception of him isn't good and the narrative isn't stopping. Talks, at least in my circle, have appeared to shift from whether he did it to what to do now that he did it (because of the two corroborating witnesses) So I do think he had something to gain.
I hate to say lack of evidence is evidence in itself, but if someone can't just say that they never called a black player the N word, something is fishy. Of course it would really suck for Peters if he was completely innocent.
And goes without saying but this is about public perception, not a court of law, I would never suggest talking to the police without getting a lawyer.