Daily Chit-Chat Thread

Yeah I feel like Fogle has been given a raw deal here. Unlike Bill Cosby, the other celebrity in the news the past few days, there's no evidence Fogle did anything wrong. A guy in his house was the one with the child porn and Fogle is said to have been cooperating with the FBI.

I talked with HeadMarshal about this in private- when I was an older teenager young adult I tried to pretend to be brash. But in all honesty, I really did care what people thought of me.

It wasn't until I was in my late 20's that I started to not give a crap- I like me and I know people like me (this sounds like Stuart Smalley lol) and that's all that matters.

However, the past few months I've noticed a few people popping up not liking what we have to say on our site- either publicly or privately trying to get us in trouble with proboards (our server- who I'm not just saying this- are awesome!). So even though I should have realized this sooner, I've come to the realization we have lurkers not because they enjoy this site but because they DON'T like our reporting. And while I normally don't care what people think of me, when I think I'm doing the right thing and doing a great service, it is disappointing when people think we're jerks.

Then I came across this quote by Winston Churchill being shared on some social media sites-

"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life."

And it instantly made me feel better. We're trying to get justice for victims. All the fugitives, etc. have a right to be presumed innocent, but the victims also have a right to see them go to trial and held accountable if guilty.

So screw the haters, we're doing nothing wrong and have been more than fair in some cases. (See Dan Hiers and Vickie Nash threads as proof)

Wanted to mention that PM replies I post on my phone are not showing up on the phone for whatever reason.

The Tennessee Bureau Of Investigation, alongside it's current 10 Most Wanted List (freely viewable online), is developing a website page for other fugitives out of the state. I will be very excited to see that when it's done and kudos for them.

tn.gov/tbi/topic/other-major-fugitive-cases

Planning on doing overdue replying and thread posting soon. We're about to complete first aid training and then I have the weekend off.

P.S. Off-topic but if anyone notices I just deleted a thread it's because I found out they were captured. I was relying on Fugitive Watch but they don't always update when someone is arrested.

I've watched enough First 48 to know homicide detectives- the good ones anyway, are determined to solve any case regardless of who the victim is and regardless of how many people were shot/stabbed/killed. The bottom line is this- no one has the right to take a life unless self defense. In addition, even if the victim is not so innocent, solving his/her case could still potentially reduce violence in the area. So the Detective feels the need to do his job- whether it's a double homicide of a loving couple or a single homicide of a guy with a history of felony convictions.

There may be more societal pressures on a Detective- the public may pressure them more to solve a triple or more homicide case- or if it's a single homicide case where the victim was a beloved member of the community or under 18.

However, the good ones are supposed to treat every case the same and without bias in order to solve it.

Sentences are usually a different story and a Judge usually decides whether to sentence a Defendant consecutively (in other words, 25 years for attempted murder served after 50 years for first degree murder) or concurrently (both sentences served at the same time so just 50 years). And plea deals if a Defendant pleads guilty before there can be a trial also factors in.