Posts Tagged ‘Police’
Dec
Manufactured
by thegooddoctor in 100 Words
The murder scene was wiped clean long before the police arrived to trample it in their carelessness. It didn’t matter. Their best evidence was always manufactured.
Carl would maintain his innocence until the day he was executed. Most non-biased observers believed him. He was a convenient fall guy to take the blame for a crime that couldn’t be solved. Yet no one dared leap to his defense. If the court system officially concluded Carl had murdered a family of seven while at the same time driving his taxi on the other side of the city, who was anyone to argue.
Sep
No Explanation Necessary For Looking Good
by thegooddoctor in 100 Words
Detective Stephens surveyed the scene, trying to make sense of it. He could be certain of only one thing. The man was dead.
Stephens could find no explanation for the manner of death. The victim was fully dressed in a suit and tie, but had died from several bullet wounds to his heart. His clothes did not have any holes or blood on them. No one reported hearing any gunshots. A note read that despite his death, he refused to leave the neighborhood.
The mystery was never explained, but the man’s ghost never did leave. At least it was well-dressed.
Jul
Citizen Watch
by thegooddoctor in 100 Words
Let me start by saying nowhere in the United States is it illegal to film the police in public spaces. I’m sure if you asked Quincy Adams, he would tell you acting as a watchdog against an intrusive government is not only your right but your patriotic duty.
So I took to following cops in the neighborhood with my video camera.
I didn’t last an hour. They must have put in a call to their buddies, because suddenly I was surrounded. They beat me straight into the hospital.
Needless to say, it’s the best thing that’s ever happened to me.
Apr
It’s A Dark World Full Of Idiots
by thegooddoctor in 100 Words
The police raided the warehouse completely unprepared. No one thought an otter smuggling ring could amount to much. Just something to clean up before the eco-nuts got on their asses.
20 year veterans found themselves vomiting in their hats. The nightmares would linger for months.
The otters were not being smuggled to make fur coats or dog food. They were being skinned alive and fed to Russian babies on the adoption market. Apparently, otter flesh gives them a bright sheen that is more attractive to prospective mothers. 70% of the babies die within six months.
It’s a dark world full of idiots.
Apr
Tag, You’re Dead
by thegooddoctor in 100 Words
His eyes spoke carefully, were impossible to read, and made me ill at ease. He flashed his badge, hoping to provoke a reaction.
“May I come in, Mr. Collins?” he asked.
“Please.”
After a smattering of ill-fitting pleasantries, he got to the point.
“Your 100 words blog, it’s interesting, the most popular tag is murder.”
“Murder fascinates me. In the theoretical sense.”
“And, as you know, six residents in the neighborhood have been murdered in the last three months. All in precisely the same fashion as depicted in your stories.”
“Unfortunately, for your sake, that number will be seven after tonight.”
Feb
The Good Lieutenant
by thegooddoctor in 100 Words
Recently, Officer Hanson spent most of his days seething. It seemed almost every cop in the city was on the take, whether for the mob or the corporate executives. It was giving him and the entire department a bad name.
With all the internal affairs investigations, it was becoming impossible to write a simple traffic citation without getting hauled before the citizen’s review board.
Hanson prided himself on being a by the book cop. Sure, he might kidnap the occasional tourist and murder them in cold blood, but that was on his own time.
Maybe it was time for retirement.