The corruption went officer Peters approached clutching a stack of papers I found something else records of other suicides in custody all successful minorities all passing. Through town all with substantial assets that were seized how many Mitchell asked sharply 17 in the past 3 years just in Mill Creek. The room fell silent as the implication sank in this wasn't just corruption anymore it was murder for profit sanctioned by the very system meant to prevent. It suddenly the station's power went out plunging everything into darkness emergency lights kicked in casting Eerie Shadows there trying to knock out our computers an FBI Tech shouted Cyber. Attack on the station systems but Jordan smiled grimly too late we've been copying everything to secure doj server since.
We arrived they can't erase what we already have in the dim light they could see Clayton being led away in handcuffs. His expensive suit wrinkled his arrogance replaced by naked fear as he passed Darius he whispered you have no idea what you've started they'll never let you expose. This who's they Darius demanded Clayton just laughed a hollow sound why do you think small town cops and local Das could run something. This big we're just the visible part the real power you'll never touch them agent Mitchell stepped forward want to bet because we just found your offshore accounts. Clayton all those wire transfers all those numbered accounts they tell quite a story and guess what money leaves Trails trails.
That lead right to your bosses the DA's face went pale in another room Lisa Parker was giving her statement. Her voice shaking but determined they had quotas not just for arrests but for assets they called it resource optimization each arrest had to yield a minimum value in seized. Property if officers didn't meet their quotas they'd be transferred or worse and the judges Mitchell press all appointed through senator Phillips's committee. They had a system certain judges for certain cases Judge Williams handled drug seizures judge Blackwood took care of any cases. That might expose the scheme it was all coordinated outside more FBI Vehicles were arriving the local news crews had been joined by national networks.
Their satellite trucks filling the parking lot the story was getting too big to contain Jordan was on the phone with his doj team I want every judge named in the these. Documents investigated full Financial audits back 20 years and get me everything you can on Regional Resource Management corporate records tax returns board members. Agent Jackson emerged from the evidence room his face Grim found another set of books they were tracking everything arrest quotas asset values even attrition rates in custody. They treated it like a business it was a business Darius C correct a business built on destroying lives the station's power suddenly returned computers rebooting one by one. The FBI Tech looked up from his laptop they tried to wipe the servers but we caught it and we traced.