Chapter 164 159 Fishing, a Fatal Blow!

Chapter 160 159. Fishing, a fatal blow!

The Santa Barbara Police Department, Chief Brown Howard is 43 years old this year, and was just appointed as the police chief by the city government last year.

At this age, he is experienced and well-versed, and is in his prime, with a promising future.

However, something happened yesterday that caught him off guard. Prosecutor Tom Schneider actually locked up the big star Michael Jackson, and it was because of the child molestation case.

When Brown Howard knew about this, it was too late, and the people were taken to the police station.

The judicial system in the United States has its independence. Prosecutors are almost the most powerful officials in the criminal justice system, exercising huge and almost unlimited discretion.

At the same time, just like the country, state, county, and city do not command each other, prosecutors do not command each other, and they are only responsible for their own level of government.

There is a very realistic example. Chuan Bao was once investigated by the prosecutor of New York County for the hush money incident. The other party’s purpose was naturally to send him to prison to prevent him from continuing to run for election.

A county prosecutor can issue an arrest warrant and arrest the former president directly, just because you have committed a crime in my territory. American prosecutors are so awesome!

And prosecutors and police are two different systems, and the latter is obliged to cooperate with the former in handling cases.

Both are generally appointed directly by the city government, so as the director, Howard is indeed more powerful than Tom Schneider.

But the embarrassing thing is that he has no power to restrain the other party, only the city government can.

But people were brought to his territory, and he had to bear the trouble. That was the pop king Michael Jackson with countless fans.

So Brown Howard deliberately did not go home and stayed in the police station to prevent Tom Schneider from doing irrational things.

This guy's prejudice against Jackson has long been spread in their group. No one knows the reason, but he is like that.

Sitting in a comfortable big chair, Howard ate the breakfast brought by his subordinates.

"Oppose abuse of power!"

"Oppose racial discrimination!"

"Oppose violent law enforcement!"

A violent roar suddenly sounded outside, and Brown Howard shuddered, and the sandwich in his hand fell to the ground with a snap.

He listened carefully, walked to the window, pulled up the blinds, and saw that a large number of people had gathered at the door of the police station, and the number was still increasing.

These people held up banners and shouted slogans, obviously to support Michael Jackson.

Especially when he saw that many big media set up cameras at the front of the crowd, and all the long guns and short guns were aimed at him, he felt a headache instantly.

"Damn it, I knew something would happen. This bastard caused trouble, but I have to clean up his ass!"

He hurriedly called and called several deputy directors and captains to come to the meeting.

A few minutes later, only three people came.

"Why are there only you? Where are the others?"

"Chief, I just contacted Charles. He is blocked outside and is trying to find a way to get in."

"Go through the back door, won't he come in through the back door?"

"The back door is also surrounded by many people, and there are also many media. Not only Charles, but many of us are blocked outside."

Brown Howard pointed outside: "What are these people going to do? Who knows? Didn't they say it should be kept secret? Who leaked that Michael Jackson was imprisoned here?"

A captain walked in with a notebook: "Chief, take a look at this."

Brown Howard looked at the screen, and the interface on it was Yahoo News. The entertainment section and the social section were all hung with the unfair treatment of Michael.

However, there is no video for the time being, only pictures of the damaged Dream Manor.

"Santa Barbara police raided Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch and destroyed his personal belongings!"

"The prosecutor abused his power and violently searched Neverland Ranch. Michael Jackson was suddenly taken away!"

"When will the judicial system remain fair? Procedural justice is gone!"

"An infringement on any legal citizen is taking place"

Looking at these headlines, especially seeing the destroyed room that looked like a hurricane, Brown Howard's eyes widened.

"Why are there such photos? Did they go to rob? Call Schneider to me! Forget it, I'll go find him."

The group rushed to the interrogation room and found that Tom Schneider had started the interrogation again.

However, with lawyer Meserio by his side, he did not dare to go too far, and the inducement and guiding language were also exposed on the spot.

Bang!

The door of the interrogation room was pushed open: "Tom, come out with me!"

Seeing the unfriendly police chief, Tom Schneider felt a little bad.

Although the other party had no power to control him, a harmonious relationship was still necessary, otherwise no police officer would cooperate with him when the other party gave an order.

Meserio smiled at Michael and said, "It looks like we'll be out soon."

In the next room, Chief Brown looked at the man in front of him angrily.

"Tom Schneider, look at what you've done. As an experienced prosecutor, why are you so careless in handling cases!"

"You searched without Michael Jackson present. Do you know that he's not a criminal yet? He's protected by law."

"And if you want to search, why is the scene so messed up? Look at what you've done."

Tom Schneider hurriedly looked at the news on his notebook and was shocked.

"I heard that there are many cameras installed in Neverland. You are so bold. Now there are reporters and people outside. You must give them an explanation. The Santa Barbara Police Department will not take the blame for you!"

Signing the other party not to be angry, Tom Schneider carefully recalled the situation yesterday and studied the photos carefully.

After a while, he suddenly grinned and said, "Chief Brown, there is no need to make a fuss. In my opinion, this is just a cheap scapegoating."

"Hehe. Neverland does have cameras, but we have blocked them with technical means. I investigated before I went there. Otherwise, why do you think I dare to make such a fuss? Of course, I understand the threat of public opinion."

"Are you sure?" Brown Howard looked at the other party suspiciously.

"Very sure, and if you look at the photos carefully, it's just some broken furniture, there's no human figure at all, so who can prove that we did it?"

"Who dares to say that Michael Jackson didn't deliberately damage the house in order to frame the police."

After Tom Schneider finished speaking, everyone present seemed to have an epiphany, it makes sense, wouldn't it be a reversal?

As for whether Jackson was in Neverland at the time, although he was not there, many of his hired staff were there, so it wasn't really that there was no one.

This may be a flaw in the procedure, but it's not fatal, and it's barely acceptable.

Thinking of this, Tom Schneider said confidently: "I'll deal with those people outside, and I just want to use these media to build momentum."

At the main entrance of the Santa Barbara Police Department, hundreds of people shouted loudly for an explanation and to release Michael, and the crowd was excited for a while.

TV stations were busy recording the scene and interviewing people who supported the demonstrations one by one.

The people hired by Chen Xing had all received simple training in advance and knew what to say and what not to say, not to mention that there were many real fans among them.

They expressed their opinions angrily, telling of the injustice of the police.

When the scene was in chaos, the door of the police station opened, and Tom Schneider and several policemen came out.

He picked up the microphone and shouted loudly: "Quiet, everyone, be quiet, listen to me, I will give you an explanation."

Seeing that the police were finally going to respond positively, everyone gradually quieted down.

"Hello everyone, I'm Tom Schneider, the Santa Barbara prosecutor, and the person in charge of Michael Jackson's child molestation case. You can ask me any questions."

Hearing this, the Los Angeles Times reporter was the first to speak: "Prosecutor Schneider, is it you who arrested Michael Jackson and raided Neverland yesterday?"

Tom Schneider shook his head: "Ms. Reporter, I want to correct your wording. Jackson is not a prisoner yet, and this is not an arrest, just a normal summons and questioning."

"Also, the raid you mentioned is very inaccurate. We went to Neverland for a routine inspection and had a search warrant."

As he said this, he took out a piece of paper, and there was a burst of crazy clapping below.

"Prosecutor Schneider, you said that Jackson is not a prisoner yet, which means he is likely to become a prisoner. Is that what you mean? Have the police already obtained key evidence?"

Behind Schneider, several police officers who participated in the interrogation were cursing inwardly.

After interrogating for a whole night, they didn't get anything. There was a big lawyer next to them, but they didn't get anything.

And after searching Neverland for a long time, they also didn't find any evidence.

I did find a few Playboy magazines, all of which were full of mature and sexy girls. But doesn't this prove that Jackson's sexual orientation is normal?

But Tom Schneider said something different. He said with a serious face: "I can't disclose the specific details of the case, but I can tell you that the investigation and other aspects are progressing smoothly. We have obtained evidence and I believe there will be a result soon."

Hearing this, everyone present looked at each other in surprise. In the eyes of ordinary people, if the case is progressing smoothly, it means that the investigation is clear, which means that Michael Jackson has probably admitted his crime.

This is actually a common tactic of the police, using ambiguous words to create smoke bombs, and putting pressure on the subject of the investigation by confusing the public, which is what Tom Schneider called momentum.

Looking at the riots of the crowd below, Tom Schneider nodded secretly and turned to leave.

"Wait, Prosecutor Schneider, you still have two key questions to answer." The ABC Online reporter shouted loudly.

"What's the question? Please ask."

"About the news circulating on the Internet, do you know anything?"

Tom Schneider looked calm: "I know, I've been paying attention to it."

"Then how do you explain it?"

Clearing his throat, Tom Schneider said confidently: "I don't think it's necessary to spend a lot of time explaining, because people with independent thinking will not be confused by rumors on the Internet."

"First of all, the question of whether Jackson was present. I admit that he was not present at the time, but the online news did not tell everyone that there were more than a dozen people in the manor at the time. They were all hired by Jackson. It was definitely not empty as everyone imagined."

"The search was carried out under their witness, and this process was not illegal."

"Then there are those pictures. I think this is ridiculous. It is completely untrue to say that the police conducted a violent search just by using a few pictures of smashed things."

"I can assure you that everything in yesterday's search was legal and there was absolutely no violence."

"Then how do you explain these photos?" the Fox News reporter continued to ask.

After a moment of silence, noticing that everyone was looking at him seriously, Tom Schneider slowly spoke: "It's very simple. I have reason to suspect that Michael Jackson himself caused all this."

"He instructed his employees to deliberately destroy his own property in order to frame the police, attract attention, gain sympathy, and whitewash himself. As long as you understand the history of justice, you will know that this is a common method used by many criminals."

Tom Schneider emphasized the word "criminal".

"At that time, there were only us and them in the Dream Manor, and there was no third party at all, so this is naked slander, a provocation and blasphemy against the prosecutors and the police."

"I hope everyone can stay rational and learn to think. You see, there is not even a policeman in the photo. Isn't this enough to prove it?"

"The photo was clearly taken after the fact, and it was a retake with a purpose."

After Tom Schneider's explanation, the reporters present immediately felt that it made sense. In the absence of a third party, everyone naturally stood on their own side.

Then it is very likely that Michael Jackson's side fabricated the facts.

Especially in this era without law enforcement recorders, this is very interesting, and the direction of the wind may change.

And just when Tom Schneider turned the situation around with his eloquence and was full of pride.

A man wearing a mask in the crowd suddenly shouted: "Prosecutor Schneider, do you really dare to guarantee that you have not done anything and all procedures are legal?"

"Of course, I can guarantee with my badge that everything I said is true." Tom Schneider did not give in.

"Good, very good, Mr. Prosecutor, your courage is admirable, so why not take another look at this!"

Boom!

Suddenly, a low roar attracted everyone's attention, and everyone turned around and looked behind.

Across the street, a huge electronic screen gradually rose to the sky, and then the screen lit up, which was clear even in the daytime.

Just as everyone was wondering what was going on, the screen immediately switched to a video of the police's wanton destruction.

Everyone was stunned at first, and then reacted, and the scene instantly fell into a sea of ​​exclamations and anger.

Tom Schneider felt a chill rushing straight to his head, and his eyes went black, as if someone had hit him hard on the head.

"It's over!"

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