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The police cannot bring his parents “downtown” to question them about his whereabouts? Even with him showing up with her van and using her bank card? Bizarre.

[verum ago]

The police cannot bring his parents “downtown” to question them about his whereabouts? Even with him showing up with her van and using her bank card? Bizarre.

Yes, the police cannot forcibly " bring his parents "downtown" " and interrogate them against their will because someone else may or may not have committed a crime. I assume in your vision their pesky lawyer wouldn't be present either to impede things either, right?

People have rights, and we have police, not Chekists or Gestapo. Perhaps you'd like to take a moment and consider how'd feel if you were the one being "brought downtown" for an "informal chat" against your will because of someone else's actions.

If Brian Laundrie is indeed guilty of wrongdoing and on the run, and his parents are aiding a fugitive, then they can be arrested for that and tried in a court of law, not warrantlessly dragged from their home for a conversation with the local commissar.

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

“The police cannot bring his parents “downtown” to question them about his whereabouts?”

They lawyered up immediately.