My point in relating it was to point out if you just go along with the program, and you're innocent (I knew, whatever the pop was for, it wasn't me ... I was working the lights) ... and having had my share of 'guilty' run ins with the cops ... you just answer and go along ... it always comes out right ..... if you're innocent.
Here ... here's another one;
I was on parole (1960 something) and I had been dealing acid on the Commons.
Cops busted me for drunk and found a baggie with some white tabs.
Went to jail that night and stood before the judge the next day ... cop relates the story ... "found white pills and they're being analyzed now ... blah blah blah"
Judge asks me for MY version
Yeah, I had white pills .... penicillin ...I have VD .... here they are" and I took out a Marlboro pack and shook out 4 or 5 penicillin pills
Judge threw out the drug charge but did violate my parole ... had to go back to do 2 months (all that was left on the bit)
So breaking an entering a garden shed would most likely be considered a non-violent crime. Right?
My point and question is, do ya think the cop would have approached you the same way if you were a, Armed robbery suspect?