I too am getting sick and tried of the word "Suspect" . I believe innocent until proven guilty, but being caught with a gun pointed at a store clerk or found with 50# of dope means, He / she was pointing a gun at the clerk demanding money or he/she was found with 50# of dope in their vehicle. period....
otoh, if my mom had taken this approach, I probably would have turned out as a criminal.. IE.. I was caught with my hand in the cookie jar and a pile of crumbs were around my mouth, You can't spank me! I'm just a 'suspect" "you have to prove I was stealing cookies and I had full knowledge of what I was doing was wrong>>
“I too am getting sick and tried of the word ‘Suspect’.”
Me, too. But I prefer it to the even more watered-down “person of interest”. Next it’ll devolve to “poor misunderstood some person who maybe did something”.