Morton I expect the city's motion to dismiss all charges against Mr Washington on my desk within the hour additionally I'm ordering a full investigation into officer Mitchell's conduct both. In this incident and any previous arrests she's made he turned his full attention to Savannah who seemed to shrink under his gaze officer. Mitchell remain in my Chambers we need to disc discuss the consequences of perjuring yourself in my courtroom as the gallery began to clear. Savannah remained rooted to the witness stand her carefully constructed world of authority and control had crumbled leaving her to face the truth about herself and her actions through the ringing. In her ears she heard judge Carter's final words before he retired to his Chambers this court will reconvene tomorrow morning at 9: officer.
Mitchell I suggest you spend the intervening time reflecting on the true meaning of the oath you took to protect and serve this isn't River Creek anymore and I'm not a judge who will. Turn a blind eye to Abus of power regardless of who wields that power or what badge they wear the morning after Savannah's devastating testimony. The courthouse hallways buzzed with whispered conversations legal aids hurried past with stacks of files and reporters clustered near the building's entrance hoping to catch anyone involved. In what they'd started calling the Mitchell case inside judge Carter's Chambers the morning sun slanted through Venetian blinds casting striped Shadows across his desk. He sat reviewing the latest evidence submissions his reading glasses perched on the bridge of his nose a gentle knock at the door interrupted.
His concentration come in he called not looking up from the documents his clerk Sarah Chen entered with a fresh stack of papers sir. The investigation team sent over officer Mitchell's complete record from River Creek Police Department judge Carter accepted the file noting its suspicious thinness this is everything that's what strin your honor Sarah replied according. To the cover letter several files were marked as misplaced during a recent system upgrade convenient timing judge Carter murmured making a note in his legal pad what about the body cam footage from her train. Period technical difficulties apparently most of it's corrupted judge Carter removed his glasses pinching the bridge of his nose get me judge Henderson from River Creek on the phone I want to know if these. Technical issues affected any other officer records meanwhile in a small conference room down the hall Marcus Williams sat with Darnell and his family preparing for the day's testimony.
The defense attorney spread several photographs across the table snapshots from security cameras showing Darnell's regular Thursday visits to see his sister these establish your pattern. Williams explained every Thursday for the past year same time same place officer Mitchell couldn't have had any legitimate reason to consider your presence suspicious. Darnell nodded but his attention was on another document Mitchell's incident report she wrote that I was lurking suspiciously and behaving erratically he read aloud. His voice tight with controlled anger who was she seeing when she looked at me because it wasn't me Patricia reached for her son's hand baby some people see what. They want to see that's exactly what we're going to prove today William said pulling out another file we've got testimony from six other people.