The Devil Comes to America

Chapter 129: The next one to arrive at the battlefield in a moment is Patch!
LAPD press conference.

Jim took a deep breath and walked onto the stage.

His appointment has come down, and Jim still feels a little unrealistic from being desperate about his career two months ago to being the director now.

After saying all that, the session of reporters asking questions began.

"Excuse me, Chief Jim," a reporter asked, "Regarding the incident three days ago where former Chief Thompson was murdered on the street, how is the LAPD going to deal with it?"

This is a trap.

Whether you surrender to that group of politicians or offend them depends on this sentence.

Jim was prepared for this question. He didn't know how the illegal immigrant had the connections of a campaign manager.

But Jim didn't care anymore. Anyway, that guy shocked him more than meeting any other person.

"Before answering this question, I need to make it clear that American laws are sacred and inviolable. Anyone who commits a crime is a criminal. As a law enforcement agency, the LAPD is the sword that upholds the dignity of the law. We will not allow anyone to break the law without being punished. Now, let me answer your question. The LAPD is fully investigating this matter."

The reporter was obviously not satisfied with the answer and continued to ask: "What do you think?"

Jim smiled proudly: "From the moment I took this position, I had no personal opinions. I would devote everything I had to this profession."

After that, Jim looked at the others and said, "Next question."

Another reporter stood up and said, "Hello, Chief Jim. I would like to ask, regarding the incident yesterday where someone broke into a private residence, how is the LAPD going to deal with it?"

This is about what happened yesterday when an angry crowd broke into Tolan Kovo's private residence.

It was still a trap. What the campaign manager said was right. He was a guy with no background and he took this position completely out of helplessness by that group of politicians.

Therefore, they will definitely use some means to knock themselves down and make themselves less popular among the people, or even become corrupt with them.

Jim looked at the reporter and answered, "Yes, LAPD has noticed this incident and immediately sent police officers to the scene to deal with it. However, due to some problems, we cannot confirm whether the intruder is the owner of this house. The damage to the house and the specific details require the owner to report to LAPD before we can move forward. Unfortunately, so far, the owner has not come to LAPD, so the follow-up investigation is temporarily deadlocked."

"Are you saying that the LAPD is not going to pursue this matter further?"

Jim asked back, "You mean, you just watched some videos and determined that none of those people were the owner of the house, right? I would like to ask this reporter, how did you determine that none of those so-called 'intruders' were the owner of the house? Skin color? Clothing? Or something else?"

The reporter was a little panicked. Why did this guy suddenly increase his intensity?
She quickly said, "No, I mean, shouldn't the LAPD be the one investigating this kind of thing?"

"I'm sorry, Miss. LAPD respects the rights and freedoms of citizens. Without anyone related to the house calling the police and proving that they are the owner, LAPD should not conduct unwarranted investigations on our citizens. As a law enforcement agency, we can't look at our citizens with tinted glasses that everyone is a criminal, right? This is wrong, and it is the key to the LAPD's internal rectification in the future."

The people of Los Angeles watching on TV loved this answer.

Look! This is what our director should look like!
This time it was the reporter's turn to be in trouble. He dug a pit, but not only did others not jump into it, they also dug a pit in order to kick themselves into it.

This has risen to the level of human rights. If you think that our handling is problematic, then you are tacitly assuming that those people are not worthy of being the owners of that house and that they are criminals. No one wants to be blamed for this.

Even if you know they are.

As for unless the homeowner calls the police, this reporter knows that the homeowner is Tolan Covo, but the LAPD "doesn't know" or, at this time, "shouldn't know."

Are you really going to let Toran Covo come back to call the police? Come on, the last devil was hung on the street lamp under the protection of the FBI.

Of course, Tolan Covo could hire a lawyer, but he would not do such a stupid thing now, as it would put him in the spotlight. He just wanted to hide and wait for this matter to pass.

Anyway, he has no shortage of real estate. If sacrificing one property can make this matter go away, then Tolan Kovo will be fine with ten, not just one.

The reporter was also experienced. She did not answer but nodded: "I have finished asking questions."

Jim, on the other hand, held out his hand and invited the next reporter.

The reporter stood up and asked, "Chief Jim, regarding some recent hot issues, what direction does the LAPD have? The public should be very concerned about this."

Jim nodded slightly, and then continued, "That's what I want to say. Unfortunately, the former deputy chief did something that disappointed the public. So, regarding the human experiment, the LAPD will thoroughly investigate it. We will not allow this kind of anti-human, human rights-trampling, democracy-trampling crime to occur in Los Angeles!"

This is why Jim became the director, and it is also his base. Jim cannot turn a blind eye to this matter.

Even if it offends politicians.

Both houses would not mind sacrificing some people to protect their votes, especially since this is a Democratic stronghold.

At worst, we can just find a few scapegoats.

At least that's what the politicians in California think. When the heat is over, they can find a scapegoat and put him in jail, and the matter will be over. Even the LAPD can continue investigating. They won't catch anyone.

This is a compromise that California politicians have made to protect themselves. Not only Jim, but all politicians interviewed will say the same thing.

Because as long as you say it, you will get support.

While Jim was holding a press conference, a new hot topic appeared on the Internet.

The account that posted the video of Jim and Thompson's falling out has updated a new video.

A haggard black man sat in front of the camera: "Hello everyone, I am Patch Rio, a homeless man, a wanted criminal, and a lucky guy who escaped from that damn Corvo laboratory. I'm sorry that I hid for a long time before I had the courage to stand up and expose everything in that damn laboratory. I have some information in my hand. Although I don't know why I became a wanted criminal, it doesn't matter, because I would rather go to jail than be caught by those people and taken back to that damn laboratory!"

"I'm going to turn myself in to the LAPD and tell them everything I know."

(End of this chapter)