Explanation:
The officer is supposed to find the criminal. That is (technically) his job. A detective does more in the searching part, though.
Also, a "lamb to the slaughter" means that some prey (lamb) is going to immediately get killed/ slaughtered. Assuming that the criminal is the "lamb" and the "killer" is the officer, the irony is that the officer can not kill the criminal. That the criminal isn't exactly the prey and isn't "sent out to die" .
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A suspicious character might:
- look around suspiciously
- look at the time a lot/or phone
- disappear into a corner/something
- look suspicious
- walk around glaring
those are some ideas, i hope they help :)
Do you mean what is Danah Boyd's claim? And is "Blame Society Not The Screen" the title of the passage?
