Chapter 840 Motivation (Part 2)
To be honest, if he hadn't stopped by Little Rock on his way back to Forrest, Jack would have preferred Jubal to visit the Honorable Judge.
He doesn't like to talk in roundabout ways, and he hates the fake politeness of Americans in their daily social interactions. For example, many Chinese who have just arrived in this country have extremely blind confidence in their cooking skills.
Because no matter what he does, whether making dumplings, cooking sugar porridge, or even mixing up cold dishes, his American neighbors will always look so delicious that they will cry.
Taste is sometimes really hard to judge. Americans who are used to eating everything sweet are actually not too interested in many authentic Chinese foods. Most of the time, people just treat you with an attitude of being willing to share. Express some kind of customary compliment.
This is especially obvious when having a party, because Americans have the habit of bringing their own special dishes, and almost every dish has its own so-called secret recipe.
Unless the taste is so bad that everyone can't hold their expressions and think you are deliberately trying to trick people, you can at least get a comment like "very special". Of course, whether it is really delicious or not, in the end Everyone knows how much is left on the plate.
Just like how John used to dip Jack's Shaomai in ketchup, which is the true attitude toward friends. Don't be fooled by the "quickly cooked and quickly cooled" social style of the United States.
Chinese people pay attention to the importance of keeping things simple but not in depth. It may be seen as hypocritical to be polite to each other when you meet for the first time, but in fact, in the United States, we have really seen this kind of "quickly cooked and cooled" social style. After doing this, many people truly understood what true hypocrisy is.
Two Americans can have a lively chat when they meet for the first time. The fat one is praised for being thin, and the thin one is praised for being very enviable. Then they quickly add friends, leave phone numbers, take selfies, and even talk. They kept talking to each other sincerely, and to others they seemed like old friends they hadn't seen for many years.
But after the separation, it all ended. The two parties were still strangers, and no one would think of contacting the other party again.
The reason for such a conversation is that the purpose of Jack coming here is to ask the judge about his old classmate who is now a fugitive, rather than to listen to a useless polite talk. At this moment, neither he nor Jiejie had time to spend with him.
Seeing that they were accompanying the judge all the way from the court to the parking lot, and the judge was talking a lot about everything, Jack had to speed up his pace slightly, and stood in his way with some impoliteness. In front of him, he said slightly apologetically.
"Sir, given that Howard Rourke is still at large, and based on his unstable mental state, he may launch an attack on his family members and colleagues who have worked with him at any time, the FBI needs some adequate Detailed information.
So that we can catch him as soon as possible to avoid more tragedies and even corpses.”
"Okay." Arthur Hobbes stopped, glanced around intentionally or unintentionally, and then said in a slightly lowered voice.
“Rourke and I were not only classmates, but we also worked as clerks together when we were in Washington, DC. So at that time, I thought that when I met with him and told him the news, I would give him the best treatment. The blow may not be too big."
"So, why did you meet him?" Jiejie also lowered her voice.
Your Honor took a half step back, letting a pillar block most of his body, "I am also the chairman of the Arkansas Court of Appeals Nominating Committee. Rourke applied for a vacancy on the Court of Appeals, and I I had to tell him some bad news."
Jiejie and Jack looked at each other and asked quickly, "You mean he was not selected as a candidate?"
"Yes, that's right." Arthur Hobbs explained, "We did consider him at the beginning. You know, with his qualifications and... In short, it is really unjustifiable to have been wasting his time in the St. Francis County Magistrate Court. .
But it wasn’t until we sent out the ‘JNE’, which is the questionnaire before the nomination of the candidate, that we discovered that he had a big problem.”
Jie Jie obviously heard about it. After going through this process, "Are you talking about the anonymous questionnaire sent out by email to people around the candidate and colleagues?"
"Correct." Arthur Hobbes spread his hands. "When the answers are finally submitted to the committee, the identities of the respondents are kept strictly confidential so that we can get true and reliable information."
"So what are the results of the Howard Rourke investigation?" Jack needs a A clear answer.
"It's very bad." Arthur Hobbes looked a little reluctant, but he lowered his voice further and replied, "It contains stories about sexual harassment in the workplace, accepting bribes, discriminating against and even opposing people of color. It's too Accusations of favoring minorities
To be honest, according to the description of these accusations, he is extremely inappropriate even for an ordinary criminal court judge, let alone an appeals court judge. "Judge." "You told him the result truthfully?" Jack understood that they finally found the trigger that caused Howard Rourke's collapse.
"Of course, I told him that he should give up the application immediately." Now that it was all said and done, Arthur Hobbes simply walked away.
“As an old friend, I have done my best not to make these complaints public. What he has done in recent years is simply unreasonable.
You should understand that this is Arkansas, and no matter whether you are conservative or radical, you can find your own place, but he is acting nonsense without any position at all. ”
“Don’t have a position? "Jack probably understood what the judge meant.
"We did hear about a controversial sexual assault case verdict. You mean to say that his problem is not about his position. But is it because of the lack of a clear stance? "
Arthur Hobbes frowned and looked around again, making sure that no one around him noticed it, and then said in the lowest volume possible.
"These are my words. I won't admit it, I just hope you understand that this is one of the most conservative southern states in the United States.
Whether you are a conservative Puritan or a minority group advocating for freedom and rights, even if you take a clear stance that women should stay at home to feed their children, you can gain support from some groups here.
But Rourke was not. He tried to have both sides among these opposing groups, but his methods were too clumsy, which made the scene a bit too ugly. "
"The result of trying to please everyone is to be attacked by everyone. "Jack understood.
Seemingly because he felt relaxed and less laborious talking to smart people, the judge couldn't help but nodded in agreement, "Rourke went too far. He offended everyone he could. , almost discredited.
I have also heard about that case. He exercised his discretion too ill-consideredly and did not dare to speak out when questioned. It can be said that he checked all the wrong options. ”
"So he had a mental breakdown, blaming everything on the entire system and its fault, and went on a killing spree, even pointing his gun at the local prosecutor." Jiejie finally figured out the whole story.
“What?” Arthur Hobbs showed an expression of disbelief on his face, as if he was very surprised by the news, “You are talking about Skip Ha of the St. Francis County District Attorney’s Office. Di?"
The corners of Jack's eyes twitched slightly, feeling a little surprised by his reaction.
"Oh, I thought you heard that? This morning we found Skip Hardy's body in the District Attorney's office. It was determined that he had been strangled to death by Howard Rourke. He's already wanted for four murders."
"God, this is really terrible. I've been in meetings all day and I haven't heard about it yet." Arthur. ·Hobbes shivered and took out his mobile phone, then put it in his pocket again after thinking about it.
"In fact, we just decided on that vacancy at today's meeting, and among the last few candidates selected."
Jack sighed, "If my guess is correct, Skip... Hardy is among the candidates and has just been selected by you."
"We have always considered him the first choice. God, I can't imagine what a terrible crime this is."< br>
Although it is unclear whether the last words of Justice Arthur Hobbs were performed, it is obvious that the judge killed the prosecutor out of jealousy, which is probably a false accusation. , will soon be labeled with various sensational titles and spread throughout the country.
When they thought that Arkansas, a rural state with a presence second only to Montana in old America, would become famous in this way, both Jack and Jiejie felt a little bit dumbfounded.
(End of this chapter)