They came out, they were told Nat was missing, they were asked where she was, then they got into telling the son not to answer, being unhelpful and rude. Making excuses for this isn't washing. You see this is not some bad neighborhood in the Bronx. This is Aruba, The sloots knew the cops, they knew who these people were.
Who is 'they'? I thought only PVDS was at home & he was asleep.
Before 'they' came out, they had had a reaction to the disturbance outside. People don't get awakened from sleep at 3 a.m. & think to themselves, 'I don't have any feelings one way or the other about the noise outside.' Emotions don't go into suspended mode like that.
Do you have a transcript of who said what to whom & how they said it?
Of course PVDS knew the police--after he got outside. With the reported shining of spotlights into the house, how much can a person see of what is going on outside, in the dark? He also probably has an opinion of those particular police officers based on historical information. Maybe he thinks they're good cops; maybe he knows them to be otherwise. We don't know.
Your point about it not being a bad neighborhood is partly the point. In a rough & tumble neighborhood, what went down wouldn't be quite so unusual as it was happening in a good neighborhood or, more on the order of stuff to be expected.
I telescoped the entire dreadful scene assuming you are partly aware of what transpired.
But the point is, the Father urged his son not to help, was so fractious at the HI that the people there asked him to stay outside. He was determined not to be of aid.
Now you can think whatever you please, but if you have read all of this and continue to see things from the Sloots point of view, I have to ask why?
Why when this father knew what was going on, why did he continue to obstruct efforts to find out what his son knew.
Excuse it if you please.