Guilty until proven innocent.

"Michael was awarded 46k and all the investigators were demoted and suspended without pay" holy shit that was satisfying to hear

"I'll investigate this thoroughly" Doesn't even read the suspect description

This whole thing is astonishing. The fact the guy was polite and courteous throughout is amazing. What a man.

I was falsely accused of armed robbery when I was 18 years old and about to go into the military. The detective tried all kind of intimidation tactics to illicit a confession from me and said he had my fingerprints and video evidence. Fast forward to my court date, it ended up being a completely different guy who had the exact same name as me and lived in the same town. He was positively identified by his fingerprints and I was free to go. That took almost an entire year of my life from me.

caller: "small white man" police: "ok tall black man"

i feel so bad for the one guy who turned his life around only to be wrongfully charged.

Being charged for a crime you KNOW you didn’t commit has to be the most frustrating thing. Especially as they try to gas light you into it

One thing to remember: the police are legally allowed to lie to you about supposed evidence they have against you in order to try and coerce a confession out of you. So if you know you’re innocent without a doubt, DO NOT TALK TO THE POLICE AND REQUEST YOUR LAWYER IMMEDIATELY.

“I have conclusive evidence you’re guilty” has zero evidence

being charged for a crime you didnt commit is truly nightmare fuel

this is especially upsetting considering even wrongful arrests can affect people’s job prospects and livelihoods

"demoted and suspended without pay" yeah sorry, thats not good enough, not even close. They picked a man up off the street that didn't even remotely resemble the suspect, told him his guilt wasn't in question in an attempt to get a confession, threw him in prison for three days, and couldn't even be bothered to check his alibi in the meantime. At that point the "detective" has proven himself not only to be a useless investigator, but also a liability to the functioning of a criminal justice system. They should be permanently blackballed from any position at any police station or court anywhere. I know there are a lot of cops who have done a lot worse, but honestly our standards for law enforcement are far far too low, even something like this cannot stand

The fact the guy was more worried about missing work unannounced than going to jail should've been a big tell for the copper.

"Why did you do it?" is basically the bad detective version of "Are you gay?" "No." "Does your mom know you're gay?"

PLEASE PLEASE please for the love of god. NEVER TALK TO THE POLICE. ALWAYS ASK FOR A LAWYER.

Don't trust cops, get a lawyer! I've been in this situation before. Not only is being wrongfully accused stressful and depressing, what I was suspected of is vile and egregious compounding the emotions that comes with it. Not only that, but I'm from a small town and the 2 detectives who questioned me while 15 other cops searched my house, one was my former neighbor for years whom I've had beers with and the other was literally my childhood best friend that I had known for 40 years at this point. Still they lied and tried tripping me up just to get a confession.

"If you didn't do it why are you being so defensive?" Because I don't like being falsely accused of shit I didn't do

“I understand the process but I’m not satisfied with it” is so polite I’m dying

If a cop gets caught lying, they should be fired.

This happened to me. Interrogator claimed they got me on video stealing what I was accused of. I told him “if you had video, you would know I didn’t do it.” Had a few panic attacks since then, of being falsely accused. It happened literally a month after my wife and I welcomed our son into the world.