Chapter 1202 Conversation in the Backyard (Part 2)
After Jack briefly introduced how he and the NYPD chief worked together to eradicate the "Blue Templars" police gang, the three NYPD officers present all had shocked faces.
Even Cassel had the same expression, "No wonder when we were interrogating Gary McCallister, he actually put on a righteous and awe-inspiring look. Oh, by the way, he is John Raleigh." Grand's old partner.
This cunning old guy actually deliberately provided false clues to mislead us when we first found him. ”
Seeing that he was going further and further, Jack had to knock on the table to signal this guy to get back to the topic, "What did they do in nineteen years?"
"Black eats black." Beckett put it simply, "At that time, there were five major gangs in New York who joined forces to run rampant, so they used violence to fight violence, kidnapping key members of these gangs everywhere. Imprison for a period of time and then extort a large ransom
One of the operations went awry, however, when John LaGrand and Gary McCallister, along with a rookie police officer, attempted to break into the back alley of a club called Sons of Palermo."
"'Son of Palermo' was a gathering place for gangsters at the time." Cassel added.
Beckett continued, "They went awry when they kidnapped a gang member named Joe Bugatti, and there was an FBI undercover named Bob Amen who was there and tried to stop the kidnapping.
As a result, in the chaos, Bob Amen accidentally died at the gunshot of one of the black policemen, and Joe Bugatti, who was supposed to be the victim, became the scapegoat and was beaten into prison as the murderer. ”
Hearing this, Jack had roughly figured out the ins and outs of these two old cases, "Years later, uh, almost seven or eight years later, Beckett's mother, as a civil rights lawyer, heard about Bob Amen's case. The case was unjust and an investigation began.
Then, about ten years ago, when she was about to investigate the truth, she was murdered and silenced. She also died in the back alley of the Sons of Palermo club. After that, the other three insiders were also cleared and the case files disappeared. .
The one who did it should be Dick Cunanan, the professional killer who went by the pseudonym Rathbone, who was shot to death by Beckett more than half a year ago. ”
Seeing several people nodding frequently, Jack waved his hand, "No, that doesn't make sense. John LaGrand and Gary McCallister are just two little police detectives.
Even if they make a lot of money from kidnapping and extorting gang members, I assume it's millions or even tens of millions of dollars. It's not a problem to hire a professional hitman with this kind of money, but they have to be able to clear up all the clues and even make the court files disappear. This is clearly beyond their capabilities.
There was obviously a mastermind behind them. When he learned that John Lagrand had contacted Beckett, he hired a professional killer named Hal Lockwood to snipe the opponent remotely in the cafe. ”
"We thought the same way at the time." Cassell said proudly, as if the hero had the same idea. "After we talked with Joe Bugatti, who had been in prison for almost 20 years, we found John Large again. Long's partner Gary McCallister
This old bastard admitted everything, including the kidnapping and manslaughter, but when we asked about the real culprit behind the scenes, he kept his mouth shut and would rather go to jail than say another word. ”
Jack sighed, "Don't tell me that you just sent him to prison and then turned around to arrest the professional killer Hal Lockwood. You don't think that opening the mouth of a professional killer is better than letting him go." Is it easy for an old criminal policeman who is greedy for life and afraid of death to speak?”
"Well, in fact, Kevin and Esposito had already found out the whereabouts of Hal Lockwood at that time, but something unexpected happened after that." Cassel tried to help the Huobao duo regain their respect. "No, that's not important. No matter what the process was, you did capture Hal Lockwood afterwards, but it's obvious that neither the professional killer nor Gary McCallister spoke. ”
There was an awkward silence in response to Jack's words. Some of the four of them looked at the sky, some drank tactically, and some stared at the plate of peanuts. The remaining one, Beckett, stared at the vegetable garden in the backyard in confusion.
After a long while, Cassell continued in a thin mosquito-pitched voice, "Not only that, just a few days ago, Hal Lockwood killed Gary McCallister in prison."
"How did you do it?" Jack seemed to be listening to a fantasy. "How could you be so stupid as to lock a professional killer like Hal Lockwood in the same cell as an important witness like Gary McCallister?" The prison is even in the same prison area!”
"This is all my fault." Beckett said frustratedly, "I applied for a separate isolation area for Hal Lockwood, but someone forged a transfer order and sent him to the general area a few days later."< br>
Jack chuckled and glanced at the three NYPDs in front of him one by one.
"What's going on with you guys? Two professional killers killed each other in the street. Kevin and Esposito were tortured and almost lost their lives. Isn't this enough to show the seriousness of the problem? < br>
You still insist on following official procedures. Do you need me to apply for a medal from Director Reagan on your behalf? ”
Seeing that Cassel looked slightly guilty and wanted to help explain, Jack interrupted him before he could speak.
"Do you still remember what we did when Alexis was kidnapped? It was really just because we were in Paris and not in the country, so we didn't need to follow the rules, right?"
"But the situation wasn't serious at the time." Cassell was retorted by Jack's suddenly raised voice.
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"Yeah, Hal Lockwood shot John Ragland in front of you and Beckett, grabbed Kevin and Esposito with a holster and almost killed them, and didn't care about the police. Identity.
But you still think the matter is not serious enough? "Jack felt like he was going to be pissed to death. He felt like these guys were under some kind of mental halo while he was away.
They didn't tell them any rules at all, and these people actually followed the procedures step by step when handling the case.
At this moment, Jack was not in the mood to grab a small wine cup and drink from cup to cup, so he simply changed into the glass he usually drank whiskey from, and went back to the kitchen to get some ice cubes from the refrigerator.
"So, the guy behind the scenes has never taken action against Detective Beckett, is it because of Superintendent Montgomery? Could he be the man who was taken by John LaGrand and Gary McCallister in the manslaughter case? A rookie police officer?”
Jack calculated the time and age, and felt that they should match.
(End of chapter)