That line alone makes no sense. The doc/pleco's best protection is on PRs...since Tank is gone, the only other PR is the det/cory role. Why wouldn't you want the protection?
Your thoughts on Rich were so wishy-washy that there was absolutely NO WAY you would have convinced the town of anything. To me it looks like the only reason you eventually vote Rich was because Ice called you out first.
You obviously are aware that we need to lynch scum tonight. For you, as the supposed detective, to not come out when you have a 100% scum because you didn't want the protection is absolutely the worst way to play this whole thing out. Either you're lying or very rusty from being away from the game.