Chapter 201, Michael's kindness
After a brief interlude, the trial rhythm returned to normal. As young man No. 114 sat on the witness stand and was questioned, Brooklyn thought of the previous Teresa and vaguely guessed Jason Bull's thoughts.
He seems to be trying to prove to the court and jury that adult programming has a serious impact on minors by testifying in court by juveniles of different ages.
If his guess is correct, at the end of the trial today, the ATC will file a new application for additional witnesses, which will be a minor witness around the age of 10.
The testimony of minors is of course of little credibility, but when a certain number is reached, the credibility will be raised to an impressive level.
While minors are susceptible to the influence of their guardians and may give false testimony, when multiple minors express the same opinion on the same matter, it can generate astonishing credibility.
…………………… Brooklyn's guess was quickly confirmed. As he approached the end of the day, Harvey and Tranco arrived together.
Trenco submitted a witness supplement that the new witness was a 9-year-old boy. Harvey submitted an application for a member of the production crew to act as a witness.
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In addition to this, he also submitted an application for an actor to testify, and the number of people was also dozens. According to her, these are actors of adult shows.
Harvey's 'empathetic' offer to give the plaintiff a week to familiarize himself with the new witnesses was sternly rejected by Trangeco.
Brooklyn didn't care about the two staring at each other, he carefully reviewed the list of witnesses, confirmed that there were no problems, signed, and exchanged copies, and it was already time to get off work.
…………………… Kevin Binns took the bag and drove to the NYPD headquarters. He was accompanied by an FBI director.
The director met Kevin Binns when he was still in the CIA, when the two departments were working together, and the two got along very well.
"Why are you suddenly interested in this eucalyptus?" The Director asked strangely as he familiarly led Kevin Binns to the evidence room.
"You know, what I was responsible for when I was working in Asia." Kevin Binns clamped the bag and replied with a smile
"A few days ago, I heard from a friend over there that this eucalyptus is related to that side, and I want to see it." The supervisor didn't think much of it, went to the evidence room, showed his ID, registered on the list, and waited for the police officer to take the key and open the door.
The officer guarding the evidence room did not open the door, but looked at Kevin Binns. The Director glanced back and motioned for him to come over and register.
"I'm no longer a government employee." Kevin Binns smiled and waved his hand
"I wanted to come and see the stalls, purely out of interest. You don't need to register, right? "The reasons he gave were good enough.
Not only the reason for refusing to register, but also the reason for coming to the evidence room. But the police officer didn't take his set, just said coldly
"Unrelated persons who have not been registered are not allowed to enter the evidence room. Also, since you are not an FBI agent, you do not have access to the evidence room. Kevin Binns' face changed slightly, and he immediately stepped forward to grab the pen and paper that was about to be retrieved by the police.
"I'm a special advisor to the FBI." The Director followed
"Yes, he's a special advisor." The officer gave the two men a deep look, let go of his hand, waited for Kevin Binns to finish registering, retrieved the form, hung it on the wall, then stood up and removed the key and began rummaging.
Kevin Binns stood behind him, craned his neck and looked in curiously. The police quickly found the corresponding key and opened the metal door of the evidence room.
"You only have fifteen minutes. You can't take pictures, you can't take them out, you can't flip them at will, and you can't look at other exhibits. The officer stood by the door and warned
"This batch of evidence is temporarily stored by your FBI with us, and we are not responsible for any problems." The Director nodded, indicating that he understood.
Kevin Binns pushed the police officers past and got in.
"Help me find out where I put it." Kevin Binns' voice came from inside the evidence room
"Their evidence management is terrible." The officer pursed his lips and did not speak. The NYPD has had a hard time lately, first with the New York Harbor killer, and now with the Bay Area killer.
There is a lot of pressure up and down all the NYPD. At this time, it is not advisable to make extraneous branches. If it weren't for that, the police would have gone back long ago.
The evidence room is somewhat dimly lit. There are rows of metal shelves, neatly stacked on the shelves, cardboard boxes with labels, and all kinds of strange items in them.
Kevin Binns has already gotten to the back of the fight. The Director took two quick steps, and didn't see Kevin Binns, so he could only patiently help him find it.
In fact, the director just happened to be back in New York for a vacation, he had never been involved in the New York City operation, and he didn't know anything about moving out of the eight-story building.
"It's a mess here!" Kevin Binns' grumbling voice came from inside. While talking to the director, he crouched down, pulled out a cardboard box from the bottom of the metal shelf, looked through the evidence box that was determined to be the 'KB Attack on West 23rd Street in Manhattan', quietly opened the file bag, took out the Brooklyn materials from it, and stuffed it in.
This was something he had planned a long time ago. He has carefully studied the 'Eucalyptus of the KB Attack on West 23rd Street in Manhattan' and has collected a large number of photographs from various sources.
Based on his observations, there had been a fire there, and he guessed that the members' stalls found there must have been burned.
For this reason, after falsifying Brooklyn's information, he deliberately burned some of it with fire. After stuffing the materials, Kevin Binns carefully restored the evidence box, and then went to the other row of evidence boxes, deliberately letting out a surprised shout.
"Come on! I found it! Kevin Binns shouted. He looked at the supervisor for a while, and seeing that time was about to run out, he dragged out the cardboard box he had just tampered with, and flipped out the Brooklyn materials three or two times, and exclaimed again.
"Look what I found!" He beckoned the supervisor to come over and take a look, then pointed to a photo of Brooklyn with his hair burned by the fire
"It's e.. Judge Brooklyn Lee. He has been hailed as a supernova in New York State justice. ”
"I didn't expect him to be one of their members!" His tone was full of regret. ………………………… That night, Brooklyn was watching the news, and the phone screen lit up, and it was Michael calling.
This came as a surprise to him. He hadn't been in touch with Michael for a long time.
"Michael, what's the matter?" Brooklyn asked.
"The new head of New York City, Mr. Kevin Binns, the new head of the child advocacy organization, found your information in the NYPD exhibit room, along with the materials found on West 23rd Street in Manhattan." Michael's voice was slightly distorted by the interference, but his smiling tone could still be heard.
"How do you know?" Brooklyn asked, letting go of the hand holding the mouse.
"He found a 'substitute for the dead' and helped him enter the evidence room, and that 'substitute for the dead' was mine, well, my colleague." Michael explained to Brooklyn why the FBI exhibits were in the NYPD's evidence room, and what Kevin Binns used to say that he was a 'substitute for the dead' and how it behaved outside the exhibit room.
No matter how big or small, it was as if he was there at the time. After listening to Michael's explanation, Brooklyn was completely relieved.
He thought he was low enough for Kevin Binns, but he didn't expect Kevin Binns to be even more stupid than he thought.
Did he think this was in Han, Yue and other foreign countries? With the prestige of the Federation, he can run amok, and even if he leaves enough handles, everyone will turn a blind eye to whatever he says.
What kind of weird habit is this? Brooklyn sneered to himself. He got up and poured himself a cup of coffee, thanked Michael, and walked to the window with his coffee.
He wasn't worried about Kevin Binns at all, but was thinking about Michael's purpose. Brooklyn was relegated to the position of E. Brooklyn for the man who was able to make concessions to the justice system and for the smooth purge of Lenley Crewe. Y, the FBI agent who parachuted into the chief justice was extremely vigilant.
By now, Brooklyn has roughly figured out the full context of the FBI's actions. The FBI must have had a purge plan for West 23rd Street in Manhattan a long time ago.
Step by step, they uprooted the power of West 23rd Street in Manhattan in other states, and forced them to the base camp of New York.
In fact, the FBI has long chosen New York as the venue for the 'decisive battle'. For this reason, they have already arranged.
The 'FBI agent malfeasance' he had heard of when he first 'came over' was proof of this. Because of malfeasance e.. Y replaced the chief judge, and Michael parachuted in.
Brooklyn even suspects that former Chief Justice Kliman's death was related to the F.B.I. After Manhattan's West 23rd Street retreated to New York, the FBI launched a general offensive.
In the name of exterminating KB elements, they broke down eight floors of West 23rd Street in Manhattan and arranged a Wyoming airport shooting that killed people who tried to escape.
Although the two events occurred in different chronological order, the result was the same. After completely cutting out all the members, they set out to deal with the Commander of the Light Pole, Lyri Crewe.
After the initial deviation from direction, they quickly adjusted their plans and found the right direction. Now Lyry Crewe's situation is a sign that the FBI's plan is about to succeed.
But Ray's survival also shows that their plan seems less successful. And Michael plays an extremely important role in this.
The FBI laid out ahead of time to let Michael parachute into the E.. y, become the lasso that hanged Lyri Crewe.
Brooklyn has seen Leigh Crewe's control over the Second Circuit Court, and he can successfully become an e.. Y Chief Justice, that's enough to cause Brooklyn to be alarmed.
Michael is different from that idiot Kevin Binns. In Brooklyn's eyes, Kevin Binns is just a fox and a fake guy, he does things roughly, he can't see the situation clearly, he can't tell the difference between inside and outside the Federation, he doesn't know how to follow the rules, and he is a fool he can deal with at any time.
And Michael, this is a good hunter. He is good at disguise, full of patience, knows how to judge the situation, and will kill with one blow when the time is right.
In fact, Brooklyn's guess is very close to the truth, and the only thing he guessed wrong was that the judicial system did not budge, and the other was Michael's true identity.
This is due to information asymmetry. Brooklyn can't be blamed for this. The fact that he was able to guess the FBI's overall plan in minute detail was remarkable.
"I've heard that lawyer Benjamin from the ATC is in trouble." Seeing that Brooklyn was not alarmed, Michael changed the subject
"The eucalyptus you're trying now continues to rise."
"A lot of broadcasters are silently watching you, Brooklyn." Brooklyn let out an 'um' and became more vigilant.
He doesn't believe in kindness for no reason. Even Ray and David slowly gained his trust after repeated temptations.
Michael, the FBI agent, suddenly released kindness, and Brooklyn couldn't help but think about it. Brooklyn chatted with Michael.
They started with the class action lawsuit in Brooklyn, talked about the broadcasters, and then talked about the TV shows in the past few years, and then they talked about the news, and then they talked about the judiciary, and then they talked about the work of the courts.
They tacitly didn't mention the name Lyri Crewe. Michael lamented that the judge's job was not easy.
At this stage, he doesn't seem to care about disguise. Then they talked about Michael's imminent departure.
Michael discussed the system of the court with Brooklyn about his more than year as a judge.
He pointed out that the federal courts were too humane.
"I've learned about the country across the ocean, where they have a much better statutory law system, and our case law has shown a lot of flaws in comparison." Michael sighed.
Brooklyn said what he thought, and at the same time secretly scolded himself about how chatting with Michael felt familiar.
He thought about it and remembered Judge Fang Yuan who came to the federal court to study and investigate. During Judge Fang Yuan's inspection, the two of them often talked about the advantages and disadvantages of case law and statutory law.
Now chatting with Michael, I am still talking about the pros and cons of the two. Even these two people think the same way.
"Do you remember the person who came to visit and study with us last month?" Brooklyn brought herself another cup of coffee
"He's about the same as you."
"Really?" Michael was a little surprised
"It's a pity that I was busy at the time and didn't have many opportunities, I hope to meet Fang in the future, I think we should have a lot of common topics." After talking about the pros and cons of case law and statutory law, Michael gave some suggestions on his experience over the past year or so.
For example, increasing the salaries of rotating judges, adding two rotating judges, e. Y is a bit crowded, it's time to move to a 'new home', many of the court's office facilities should also be renewed, the court should recruit a few more batches of bailiffs, some of the parties are more emotional, and the three bailiffs may not be able to control the scene.
Michael also complained about the salaries of judges, which he believes are too low, which is easy to breed problems.
He also referred to the court's jury screening pool.
"Oh my God, Brooklyn, you would never have imagined that thing was older than me." Michael exclaimed
"At one point, a third of its jurors had died!"
"We should really have some cooperation with the NYPD and the hospitals." Michael complained. Finally, he mentions Selena Eucalyptus and Ruby.
Michael sighed
"I think there's something wrong with the system."
"It's always weird to let us try our own colleagues." Ignoring Michael's identity as an FBI agent, Brooklyn found himself really good at talking to him.
He has always found this system strange, even though Selena himself did not take advantage of his 'colleagues'.
"But if I get sued one day, I still hope to get to e.. Y responds. Michael joked
"As long as it doesn't fall into your hands." The two chatted for more than two hours until late at night before hanging up.
Brooklyn stood under the showerhead, thinking about what had just been chatted, still confused. If only everyone were as stupid as Kevin Binns!
Brooklyn sighed silently.