The Devil Comes to America

Chapter 185: Falling into a Trap

The next day, press conference.

Jim was used to this. Hansen used to drive, but now it was his turn.

Besides, Jim had really been holding it in for a long time.

The reporters were already waiting below.

The last time he came here, the director was still a high-spirited hero. How long has it been since then? He has also become the target of public criticism.

Public opinion will not let anyone go!

But why does this director like live streaming so much?

Jim took a deep breath and then said, "This press conference is about the response to the previous shooting case. As for why we didn't respond immediately, it's because there are many things involved in this incident, and the LAPD needs to carefully investigate it."

Jim said this as he moved aside slightly. A projection screen dropped behind him and then began to play the video.

"What you are seeing now is the police officer's body camera at the time of the incident. We have already posted the two officers' body camera and the police car's dashcam video on the LAPD's official website. To be honest, the speed of publishing the footage is not in line with the standard, but I feel that I must do this."

What was played on the screen was naturally what happened that night.

The reporters looked at the recorder footage and the more they watched, the more they felt that there seemed to be nothing wrong with the matter.

Of course, there are also people who think there are problems.

After the video from the recorder was played, Jim said, "In the video, the person shot dead by the police was Kendi Truger, a student at Caltech, and the person being beaten was his classmate, an international student at Caltech."

"From the video footage we can see that the police officer warned Kendi twice to stop, but unfortunately, Kendi did not heed the police officer's warnings."

"After the second warning, the student broke free and reminded the officer that Kendi had a gun in his hand."

"Kendi did not immediately drop the weapon, but turned to confront the police officer and attempted to deceive the patrol officer that he did not have a weapon, but he was holding a deadly weapon in his hand."

"In this case, I don't think there is any problem with our officers firing their weapons. If they hadn't fired their weapons, they might have been shot next. If they hadn't arrived in time, an innocent person might have lost his life in this case."

"I cannot ask my police officers to strictly follow the standard procedures of law enforcement in that environment, because that would be disrespectful to their lives and irresponsible to their wives and children. It would be a betrayal of the victims who sought help from the police."

"So, I hope the prosecutor will not bring charges against these two police officers, because any qualified police officer would make the same choice in that environment. They chose to fight the abuser, they chose to protect the weak, instead of turning around and running away after seeing that the other party had a weapon."

Immediately, a reporter raised his hand: "Sheriff Jim, you think it is normal for police officers not to follow procedures when enforcing the law, right?"

Jim looked at the reporter, who was trying to pin the incident on the police's improper enforcement of the law.

Jim did not answer directly, but asked: "From drawing the gun to shooting, this distance is enough for a gangster with a gun to empty a magazine at a police officer."

"Then at least the police officer should have warned him to put down his weapon. There were two police officers, so they could take care of each other. Kendi turned around and shouted, instead of shooting."

Jim looked at the reporter and said, "Who do you think should take the first bullet from the criminals?"

The reporter was stunned.

Before he could continue, Jim reached out to another reporter.

"Excuse me, Chief Jim, why are two Cal Poly students on the streets of Los Angeles?"

"The international student came here for work. As for Kendi, according to his three companions, Kendi drove here to find the international student after he found out his location was posted on his social media account."

"May I ask how they met?"

"Through investigating a surveillance camera, we found that they had a conflict before, but were stopped by a local security guard at that time. After Kendi promised to leave, the foreign student also left from there."

"According to our investigation and the student's statement, when he found out that Kendi was here, he wanted to leave quickly, but unexpectedly, he ran into Kendi and his companions at the scene of the incident." "According to the clues provided by Kendi's companions, they did not leave at that time, but chose to ambush the student there."

"Is this school bullying?" the reporter asked immediately.

When this question came up, Jim knew that this was one of his own.

"That is not clear. If the Cal Poly Anti-Bullying Committee needs our help, the LAPD is willing to help."

A reporter wanted to stand up when he heard this, but before he could stand up straight, the person next to him stood up immediately.

"Captain Jim, we all know that a large number of drug users have gathered in that neighborhood recently. May I ask if the appearance of the two students here is related to this matter?"

Jim immediately replied: "We conducted a urine test and a hair test on the foreign student, which confirmed that he had not taken any illegal drugs in the past six months. The autopsy of Kendi showed that there were a large amount of illegal drugs in his body. He should have taken illegal drugs before the incident."

"Is there a conflict between the two of them?"

"According to the clues provided by Kendi's companion, the international student had seen Kendi driving under the influence of illegal drugs a month ago and reported the incident to PPD (Pasadena Police Department), which led to Kendi's arrest. Afterwards, Kendi got the news from somewhere and has been looking for the international student ever since."

After these words were spoken, all the reporters had come to their senses.

Driving under the influence of drugs is not a minor crime. Even if it is a first offense and no traffic accidents are caused, you will face 3-6 months in prison.

But it is obvious that this Kennedy was reported a month ago, so he should be in prison now. Even if not, this guy must have been driving under the influence of drugs again.

Bullying, revenge, drug addicts, gun ownership, this Kennedy has stepped on almost everything that people hate!
Moreover, all the unfavorable information facing Kennedy was revealed by his companions!
The reporter who had been paid to lead the trend is now thinking rapidly, trying to find a new entry point.

But before they figured it out, another reporter spoke up, "Chief Jim, I heard that Kendi Truger is Bilson Truger's child. Is this true?"

Faced with this question, Jim calmly replied: "I'm sorry, LAPD has no comment on this news."

That's it!

Once you say "I have no comment", everyone knows what it means!

At this time, many people who were watching the live broadcast and paying attention to this matter were a little confused. Who is Bilson Truger? Why did this reporter suddenly say this?

Many curious people began to check who this Bilson Trugler was.

After seeing the information that was found, public opinion reversed almost instantly.

"I told you that you should trust Sheriff Jim! Damn it, I actually doubted him before! His previous troubles must have been caused by this rich man using his power to put pressure on him!"

"Damn black traitors! They're the ones who gave us such a bad reputation!"

"I understand the LAPD. I'm glad I didn't go to that damn protest. It wasn't about fighting for black rights. We were being used by these guys! He was using us and our kindness to exonerate his damn son!"

Hatred of the rich and questioning of credibility is an eternal topic, isn’t it?
At this time, inside a villa, Bilson Truger slammed his fist on the table. The black man's fist was shaking: "This is a trap! This is a trap for us!! God damn it, doesn't this Jim know who he will offend!"

"Obviously we underestimated this guy, Bilson." A white man next to him said helplessly, "We should have thought of it earlier. How did he become the director? This guy is like an idiot who is not afraid of offending anyone! Bilson, you may need to keep a low profile recently."

"We can't let this matter go like this! Joel, do you have any ideas? We must seek justice for Kendi!"

The white man named Joel thought for a moment, then suddenly said, "Do you know something interesting happening in Los Angeles recently?"

"Huh? What?"

"Someone is selling information." Joel's expression was very meaningful: "Some information about where criminals and drug dealers are. I heard that many people's homes were destroyed by those drug dealers. Thank God, they were not at home at the time, and they all bought insurance."

Bilson took a deep breath and stood up. "If the law can't give us justice, then we need to find justice ourselves! Kendi, my poor child."

(End of this chapter)