CUT TO: DOWNTOWN DISTRICT, POLICE STATION
EXT. COMMISSIONER ELDER'S OFFICE - AFTERNOON
COMMISSIONER ELDER STARTS A VIDEO ON HIS PHONE, PLACES IT DOWN ON HIS DESK, AND ANGLES IT SO THAT THE POLICE OFFICER SITTING IN FRONT OF HIM CAN SEE IT. THE VIDEO DEPICTS THE OFFICER ARRESTING A MAN, THE MAN BITTING HIM AND THEN THE OFFICER HITTING THE MAN SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE ROUGHLY PUTTING HIM INTO THE SQUAD CAR.
[Commissioner Elder]
I want you to explain yourself, Kemp.
[Officer Kemp]
What is there to explain? The guy bit me and he wouldn't let go so I hit him.
[Commissioner Elder]
And you didn't think of the outrage that would spark? Jesus, you've been shot at in the line of duty. All you needed to do was get him into the car. The assault of an officer would have been tacked on to the rest of his charges.
[Officer Kemp]
So you're saying that on top of biting me, he could have also headbutted me breaking my nose, kicked me, and a whole host of other things and I couldn't have defended myself?
[Commissioner Elder]
I want you to look at the optics! Every single plebe with a thumb and a phone can and will record everything you do! And they never catch the whole story and it doesn't even matter if they do because all they see is what you do wrong. Every single person out there is looking for a cop to screw over so that when they're speeding down the road there's one less person to see what they're doing.
[Officer Kemp]
And what about Shade? He beats the living tar out of people all the time!
[Commissioner Elder]
What the hell do you think I've been trying to do since I got here? This is exactly the reason why I've been trying to get him off the streets because it creates unrest!
[Officer Kemp]
So what? That's it, you're gonna fire me?
[Commissioner Elder]
No, I'm not going to fire you. However, you know as well as I do that something needs to be done or else the public will have a stroke. So you're on leave for two weeks.
[Officer Kemp]
You're kidding me! Two weeks?
[Commissioner Elder]
The guy was in handcuffs, Kemp. Next time do everything in your power to get the perp into the squad car without a situation arising.
[Officer Kemp]
I cannot believe this bullshit!
OFFICER KEMP LEAVES HIS BADGE AND GUN THEN STORMS OUT OF COMMISSIONER ELDER'S OFFICE.
CUT TO: LATER, RIVER MARKET DISTRICT
INT. LIBRARY - EARLY NIGHT
DRAY TAKES SOME BOOKS FROM A SHELF, PUTS THEM ONTO A CART, CLEANS THE SHELF THEN STARTS TOGO THROUGH THE BOOKS PUTTING THEM IN THE RIGHT ORDER, CHECKING TO SEE WHAT BRANCH THEY BELONG TO AND SETTING ANY HEAVILY DAMAGED BOOKS ASIDE. DRAY IS SOON JOINED BY HIS MANAGER WHO TAPS HIM ON THE SHOULDER BECAUSE HE'S LISTENING TO MUSIC. DRAY THEN TAKES OFF HIS HEADPHONES TO SPEAK WITH HER.
[Dray]
Yes, ma'am.
[Miranda]
Hey, you're making great progress with this shelving project. Everything else is looking so neat and clean, I love it!
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Shade - The Living Shadow
FantasyAfter being the superhero known as Shade for nearly a year, Dray faces one of the biggest dilemmas yet. The terrorist known The Dragoon has just set off the New Madrid fault line causing chaos and destruction in an attempt to cleanse the city of Bed...
