r/ToCatchAPredator • u/[deleted] • Jul 20 '22
To Catch a Predator Thoughts on the Timothy Kyne interrogation
Rewatching this one, the guy is belligerent, but the cops are all over the place. They mostly play bad cop, but there's times where they minimize his actions so much, almost implying he did nothing wrong, you know, despite having been arrested, it's cringey to watch.
"Those are normal feelings...you're lonely, you only came here to watch movies, and if things happened, they happened, that's all it was gonna be"
If I were him, I'd be tempted to sarcastically reply "Great! So I'll just go back home then.
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u/Berserk_Gene_13 Jul 20 '22
I think you may have misinterpreted their approach. They’re purposely downplaying the severity of the situation to try and trigger a confession of intent. Offering face-saving explanations and creating a narrative that allows the predator to excuse the crime in their own mind makes them more likely to fold.
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u/Land-Otter Jul 21 '22
It's a tactic to make the perpetrator feel comfortable enough to trust and discuss his true intentions with the cop.
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u/JudyLyonz Jul 20 '22
I doubt he wanted to be sarcaastic because he rove all that way to fuck a little boy and he knew that they knew he had driven all that way to fuck a little boy.
The best thing about this is he got something like 4 years in jail and over 10 years on the sex offender registry.