After entering the interrogation room, Luke and the other man just stood in the corner, watching others communicate with Groot in silence.
Mahoney is a capable and resolute young detective. At the age of 26, he has just been promoted to sergeant.
More importantly, he is one of the few detectives in the 15th Precinct who has not gone along with the corrupt officials, and his life here is a bit difficult.
Like Fudgemat, he is a local who grew up in Clinton and has a special feeling for this place.
Because of this, he was able to stick to the bottom line in his heart and not become a black policeman.
With the help of Fudge and Mahoney, Grote soon lost his temper and honestly revealed a lot of important information.
For example, he had never mentioned before that there were rumors among the gang members that the attacker was a single person.
For example, as Luke said, several other gangs were also suspected of being attacked by this person.
This Groot is really dishonest.
He was really beaten to death by the attacker, and it was not unfair at all.
After questioning for more than ten minutes, Mahoney went out to answer a phone call, and when he came back he threw a prison uniform at Grote and sent him to a solitary detention cell as a form of protective custody.
Mahoney then motioned for Fudge and Luke to follow him, walked to the corner, and whispered, "The assistant district attorney said he would come over and take over the case. You..."
Luke: "We won't interfere."
Mahoney immediately looked at Fudge and said, "Once the assistant district attorney proposes a deal, no matter what it is, you'd better agree to it. Otherwise, they will keep an eye on you and your firm will have a hard time in the future."
Fudge: "I understand. But, what news do you have about the attacker?"
Mahoney looked at Luke and the other man beside him.
"We just learned about this case this morning, so we don't know much about the details." Luke said with a smile.
After saying this, both Fudge and Karen looked a little strange.
Luke had nothing to be embarrassed about.
He and Mahoney had no personal relationship, so he certainly couldn't reveal important information to Mahoney casually.
Mahoney sighed: "Originally, the environment in Clinton District has improved a lot since the reconstruction of the community began. Now that this bloody incident has happened, I'm afraid everyone's impression of Clinton District will still be "Hell's Kitchen."
Everyone was silent.
Mahoney sighed and continued, "Originally, when people heard the word 'hero', they would think of Batman. Seeing Batman and other 'vigilantes' beating up bad guys on the news was as exciting as when the Yankees hit a home run. Now... haha, people might be wary of 'heroes'. This guy made the blood of the bad guys flow all over the streets, and the residents don't want a bunch of such 'copycats'."
Fudge smiled bitterly: "But I'm afraid there will be more and more imitators like this."
"Black Mask, Big Daddy, Hit-Girl, Smiley Man, Black Cat, how many are there? Although most of the imitators are just cosplayers with mental problems, these "vigilantes" are now bringing not peace to New York, but more and more public security problems." Mahoney shook his head.
At this point, he lowered his voice and said, "We are now divided into two groups. One group believes that they have helped a lot and saved police manpower. The other group believes that they are no different from those criminals and should be arrested."
At this point, he also felt a little bored.
As a policeman, you either put your hopes on the "vigilantes" or you want to catch the "vigilantes", which really makes people feel helpless.
At this time, he looked at the two people coming in from the door and pursed his lips: "The people from the District Procuratorate are here. I still have to go and get busy. Fudge, go and communicate with them yourselves."
Everyone looked over and saw a man and a woman, both wearing typical black business attire, approaching.
Leading the group was a Latino woman in her early forties, followed by a black man in his early thirties.
Fudge's expression changed and he turned to Karen: "How is my outfit? Is there anything wrong with it?"
Karen looked him up and down and nodded, "No problem. What's got you so nervous all of a sudden?"
"That's Samantha Reyes, the boss in the office." Luke shook his head: "Fudge, you'd better be prepared. This person is not here to negotiate with you."
Fudge paused while adjusting his clothes: "Hmm?"
Luke: "It is said that she doesn't like to save face for others, and she has changed three assistant prosecutors in two years, and they were all fired after making mistakes."
Fudge's face fell. "I've heard that, too. Thank you so much."
With this kind of reputation, he doesn't sound like someone who is easy to deal with, not to mention that the other party is the chief district prosecutor.
Having said that, he remained calm and walked towards her with a smile on his face.
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Five minutes later, Selina suppressed her laughter and whispered in Luke's ear, "This fat guy Fudge is really brave. He even dared to confront the Chief District Attorney? He even called the Federal Prosecutor for consultation, haha. Reyes' face is about to turn into a blackface."
Luke nodded slightly: "It still has a question mark."
This is indeed the case.
Facing Fudge's smiling face, Chief District Attorney Reyes had no interest in listening to his self-introduction. After interrupting his self-introduction, he ordered his assistant to take Grote away.
Yes, she was giving instructions to her assistant instead of speaking to Fudge, as if she was sure that the young lawyer would never dare to oppose her.
As a result... she was slapped in the face.
Fudge realized that the other party wanted to bypass him and take Groot away, so he immediately fought back strongly.
He cited the legal provisions that the district attorney had no right to interfere in witness protection operations and threatened Reyes that he would report her illegal operations to the federal prosecutor.
Reyes' expression at that time was extremely interesting. Not only was his face dark, but it was also full of confusion and puzzlement.
She never expected that there would be a young and inexperienced lawyer who would dare to go against her.
Her actions were definitely against the rules, but most junior lawyers would not dare to confront the chief district attorney, otherwise they would be driven crazy by the district attorney's office.
The relationship between lawyers, district attorneys and police in the United States is more of a cooperative one than an adversarial one.
Many great lawyers are not simply good at defense, but have deep connections within both parties and can easily accomplish things that other lawyers cannot.
For example, if a junior lawyer cannot get someone out on bail, a senior lawyer can.
A junior lawyer may not be able to reach a plea bargain with the district attorney, but a senior lawyer can.
As long as they pay enough money, big lawyers can help their clients easily get away from the police and district attorney, and it is completely legal.
On the contrary, if a lawyer offends the chief district attorney, the other party only needs to put him on the blacklist of the district attorney's office, and the lawyer will have to exhaust all his energy in every future lawsuit.
Not to mention that most local prosecutors have close relations with the police station. They are the ones who arrest suspects and convict people. There are also a lot of police officers who are transferred to local prosecutors.
It was really irrational for Fudge to do this.