I repeat, its the teams job, with the help of the community. If the lead investigator wants to the take the input and help of others and make it his/her own, in my mind thats the actions of an insecure person enforcing their position. If you prefer to see it differently, thats okay ;-]
On Jul 29, 7:47 pm, BB47 <[email protected]> wrote: > Could it possibly be you are taking that innocent little phrase a > tad too far? The lead investigator is in charge. I am grateful that > they take a strong personal responsibility to find out not only what > happened but to catch the murderer. To bring in the OJ case seems an > odd support piece of your argument. Catching the suspect with enough > evidence to go to court with is the guy's job, and that is the > beginning of justice yes, but not the final result. > > On Jul 29, 1:00 pm, deripsni <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > A homicide investigation typically involves many people, not just the > > lead investigator. He/She gets assigned to the case and its a team and > > community effort, not one persons. There is no "I" in team. Calling > > the victim "mine" seems to negate the involvement of the team and the > > community, without which many crimes would not get solved. Although > > the investigator may be on a truth finding mission, unfortunately > > justice isn't a police function, but a function of the court. Police > > worked very hard on the OJ case, but was justice a result of their > > efforts? > > > On Jul 29, 2:38 pm, BB47 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Although I agree with your view on ownership, I do not agree at all > > > with the following: > > > > On Jul 29, 5:04 am, deripsni <[email protected]> wrote: > > > For example, on the "First 48" show the other day, the lead > > > > > homicide detective referred to the person who had been murdered as "my > > > > victim". Pesonally, I would think that if ownership of the victim were > > > > allotted to anyone, it would be family members. I think it would be > > > > safe to say that the person who said this is dwarfed by insecurity and/ > > > > or carried away by a need to reinforce his position of power. > > > > I don't see it that way in the least. This is a guy who is > > > commited to finding the killer of this person. He has made it his > > > personal mission, he has "owned" that responsibility and takes it > > > very seriously. Nobody else is going to do that job but him. The > > > family is not equipped to do it. He is providing a service of truth > > > finding and justice. Saying it another way might actually make it > > > easier to not take it so seriously. "It is just another victim" for > > > example.- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
