In games where the Cop does not get Doctor protection this is exactly the case.  You don't tell who's innocent unless you're about to get lynched.  If the person you investigated is on the chopping block then you try to divert suspicion without tipping off the mafia that you're a Cop. 

In games with both Cops and Doctors, the Cop wants Doctor protection as soon as possible.  Roleclaiming on Day 1 usually doesn't end well since the Cop has no investigations to verify claims, but as soon as Day 2 starts then it's fair game.

i think it IS valid, i'm not as on-the-ball this game as i have been in previous games, but i can tell when there's something up and i'm not the only one. your FoS on me is quite frankly pathetic, it looks like an attempt to take attention away from yourself and FOSing me purely because i'm suspicious of the way you're posting smells like a revenge-attack. you want to draw attention to me so that other people will start thinking that there's something scummy about me.

face it zexen, we just "know" you

i'm no way trying to force a lynch - i didn't ask anybody to jump on the bandwagon and my reasons for voting have nothing to do with how anyone else is voting. so stop trying to make it look like im orchestrating something, we're not all like you.

as for sabby, he may not be here but that doesn't mean i'm obligated to think he's scummy. i'll see how that plays out before jumping to any rash decisions.

I think you misread my post.

I'm talking about when the Cop announces other people as innocent, not when the Cop role-claims in order to do this. From what you said, declaring somebody as innocent (unless that person is in a position where they are about to get mislynched by the town) only makes them a target.

It does make them a target, but the first question a Cop will get upon an attempted roleclaim will be "What were your results?"  A Cop who doesn't answer that question is liable to get lynched.  If that question doesn't get asked and answered then there's nothing stopping anyone from false roleclaiming Cop to get Doctor protection.

Look at the post quoted and look the 2 post above it..

On the same note, Sabby hasn't posted at all, and he was a prime suspect...

What you say is true... but then shouldn't the Cop save role-claiming until either he has evidence that someone is guilty or until he can see that someone he knows is innocent is about to be mislynched?

This is mind... it's a bit suspicious that you wanted the Cop to make himself known at the start of this day.