OBS Chapter 2091
Chapter 2091
Chapter 2091
"Barry... the real world is not as scary as you think. I'm a reporter and I know how to protect myself! Our magazine has a series of measures to deal with similar problems!"
Iris was a little dismissive of Barry's words. It wasn't that she didn't know that the world was unsafe. It was just that, like most ordinary people, she didn't have much sense of the so-called danger.
After all, many people never encounter so-called danger in their entire lives... After all, Iris was well protected by Joe. She grew up in the South District, which was known as "hell". But Iris thought that was all nonsense from the outside world.
She grew up there, and the place is not as scary as the outside world says. These people are just fooled by some unscrupulous media. There are just more immigrants there, and there may be some criminal activities, but it is definitely not as dangerous as the media describes.
At least based on Iris's overall feeling, Los Angeles is not as chaotic as the media writes. Indeed, it is full of people pursuing their dreams and freedom...but this is Los Angeles!
City of Angels!
Whether under the spotlight or in real life, Los Angeles is undoubtedly the most dramatic international metropolis. Putting aside all stereotypes, creativity, sexiness and multilingualism are synonymous with this city of angels. Los Angeles, with its approachable image, has become the world city in everyone's dream. In people's collective impression, the image of Los Angeles is always inseparable from roads, hills, and palm trees. Sunset Boulevard, Mulholland Drive... These wide western roads wind in the hearts of every Hollywood fan. And well-known soap operas such as "Beverly Hills" and "Melrose Place" are the youthful memories of teenagers in the 1990s. Mysterious, charming, rich and sophisticated Los Angeles is like a perpetual motion machine of images, constantly creating people's fantasies and memories of it.
With fantasy, tourists step into this land of 1800 million residents and tick the Hollywood Boulevard on their itinerary. Walking on the Walk of Fame and counting the names of superstars, companies and fictional characters arranged in the stars, we will find that Los Angeles teases tourists.
The Los Angeles metropolitan area is located in the southwestern coastal area of California. Its full name is the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metropolitan area. It is the second largest metropolitan area in the United States. The Los Angeles metropolitan area includes Los Angeles County and Orange County, with a total of 122 cities. The total area is about 1.26 square kilometers and the total population is about 1331.04 million.
The Los Angeles metropolitan area has a developed economy. The entertainment industry, commerce, international trade, finance, petrochemicals, aerospace industry and other fields in the region have a significant influence on the world. The entertainment industry, which is famous for Hollywood, has earned Los Angeles the title of "the entertainment capital of the world". According to Forbes magazine, one in every six residents in Los Angeles works in the entertainment and creative industries. In addition, the world's first Disneyland is located in Anaheim, Los Angeles. With the blessing of Hollywood, many celebrities, including stars, athletes, and entrepreneurs, have bought properties in the Los Angeles metropolitan area.
However, all these halos are only worn on Los Angeles during the day, because once night falls, it becomes a city of sin. After dusk, it is difficult to see people walking on the crowded streets during the day. Some streets are even deserted, like a ghost town. In those more remote dark corners, crimes are being committed. In the center and southern areas of Los Angeles, especially in black and poor areas, violent crimes often occur. Even though there are many entertainment activities in Los Angeles at night, no one stays alone on the street after 10 o'clock in the evening.
After the nightlife is over, people usually choose to drive away from the city. No one wants to stay on the street for a minute longer. If you choose not to drive but walk home, you will be putting yourself in danger.
Due to historical reasons, there are a large number of Mexican people in Los Angeles. In recent years, Mexico's domestic economy has collapsed, gangs are everywhere, drug dealers are rampant, and a large number of illegal immigrants have entered the United States through various channels. Their first choice is Los Angeles. In Los Angeles, you will see a strong Spanish color: Spanish architectural style and Spanish lifestyle. You will hear many people speaking Spanish, most of them are Mexicans. Mexicans are neither white nor black. Most Mexicans are mixed-race descendants of Indians and Spaniards. They have both the laziness of Spaniards and the toughness of Indians. Most Mexicans have not received a good education, make a living by selling drugs, live in poverty, and have a worrying quality. There are a large number of Latin American people, mainly Mexicans, living in the east of Los Angeles, and safety is a serious problem. There are also black slums in the south and east of Los Angeles, and the police dare not enter easily in many places. There are at least dozens of violent gangs in Los Angeles. They like to paint graffiti on the walls. The graffiti is the name of their gang. Frequent violent conflicts make this place a city of crime. Generally speaking, the eastern part of Los Angeles is shabby and gloomy, while the western part is bright and prosperous. "Long Beach" on the southern coast is one of the richest areas in the United States.
Iris knew all of this, but knowing was one thing, and whether or not she could feel it was another.
For example, don’t go out at night... haha... before becoming a reporter, the eldest daughter of the West family went to nightclubs and bars every night. She could be said to have a great time, but she still had a lot of trouble!
However, what Iris didn't know was that she could live so freely.
It's all because he has a good father.
Her father is Joe West.
Yes, West was indeed just a small sheriff with no power, no influence, and no money. But Joe was able to work in the South District for more than 30 years. Although he did not get promoted during these years, he basically did not encounter any trouble. What did he rely on?
Connections!
He is indeed only a sheriff, but many of his contemporaries, juniors, and predecessors have already held high positions.
The main reason is that Joe is very capable, which leads to the fact that people who know him basically recognize his ability and character, which makes him very popular in the Los Angeles police force!
Even the Los Angeles chief knows Joe.
Of course, promotion is another set of standards. Joe is a typical old-school detective. Although he does things in an orderly manner, he is too hardcore. His credit book is as thick as his complaint report! There are countless violent law enforcement and non-compliance with regulations. According to the average detective, with such a thick "criminal record", let alone going out to handle cases, he can't even get out of the Internal Affairs Department! He has to drink coffee in the Internal Affairs Department every day and fight various complaints.
But Qiao acted as if nothing had happened and just continued to handle the case.
why?
Because the Ministry of Internal Affairs is also a police force, and it’s someone Joe knows!
Also, the top brass in the police department all know who Joe is and what his style of doing things is!
So they all protect him... Although the leaders like obedient people, they know who is capable and who is a slacker, as long as they are not idiots. And Qiao is not a troublemaker, he is just old-fashioned, but he is still very flexible, so the top management can actually accept Qiao. After all, compared with the troubles he causes from time to time, Qiao's ability to get things done is beyond reproach!
Another aspect is the gangs.
Joe's style is old-fashioned and his way of doing things is very open and aboveboard.
Moreover, it seems counterintuitive that the police are friends with criminals, which somewhat tarnishes the image of the police.
But this kind of thing is unavoidable. In fact, even the local police will be familiar with the more active gangsters in the area, because he needs to grasp the information of the "gang" in time, and these things are not accessible to outsiders.
Although Joe is a principled person, he is very humane when it comes to non-principled matters.
Therefore, the big brothers in the underworld in Los Angeles still recognized Joe. For these gangsters, being arrested by the police is just a matter of course. They usually admit defeat. Everyone plays within the rules of the game. If you lose, don't blame others. Just don't use those means outside the rules.
Soldiers catch thieves based on their own abilities. If you use dirty tricks, don't blame everyone for breaking the rules!
Therefore, Joe’s reputation in the underworld is really not low, and many gangsters are willing to give Joe face.
Isn’t it just about not harassing the families of police officers? Of course there is no problem!
In fact, although American police often sacrifice their lives, there have been very few crimes against the police, because there are unspoken rules in this matter. Everyone does things within the rules, and everyone is good to each other. But once the rules are broken, the police will retaliate at all costs!
Gangsters, in particular, are most sensitive to this kind of thing.
They won't treat the police casually. Do they really think the United States is a so-called society ruled by law?
This thing is actually a standard false proposition!
The most typical example is: The United States is of course a country ruled by law. When existing laws cannot handle you, the United States can make new laws.
During the Occupy Wall Street movement, the U.S. Congress quickly passed a new law that made this behavior a felony. The FBI called it domestic terrorism and suppressed it. American judges can both judge and legislate. They can make laws as they say. Isn’t this the rule of man that public intellectuals criticize? ! For example, American police have no obligation to protect individual citizens. It is illegal for a 10-year-old girl who was raped and pregnant to have an abortion. This is the law formed by the judge when he made the judgment. The rate of wrongful convictions in the death penalty cases that have been executed in the United States is 4.1%, and the rate of wrongful convictions in minor cases in the United States should be higher because of plea bargaining. The United States allows judicial efficiency to be improved through wrongful convictions. And the American dignitaries can use plea bargaining to punish serious crimes with minor punishments, and put the dignitaries who committed serious crimes into safes. After the serious crimes are punished with minor punishments, the original felony will no longer be pursued.
For example: Two American judges accepted bribes from private prison owners and sentenced 4000 teenagers to prison for several years in order to take care of their business.
The fact that this case took six years to break out shows that, first, this kind of verdict is not shocking and Americans are accustomed to it; second, it is not easy for ordinary people to defend their rights; and third, American judges have great discretion.
Although it seems that these things have nothing to do with the police.
But many things are connected!
Once the police want to really go after an individual or a gang... a lot of these things can be flexible.
lawyer?
Lawyers are one of them!
Otherwise, do you think those big lawyers can really ignore the police?
Normally, people may give you a little face as a lawyer, but once it comes to the real core, lawyers? Judges have to give you face!
So those gang members knew to stay away from the Miss West, and sometimes even give her some help.
This made Iris have no real sense of the public security in Los Angeles.
The public security in Los Angeles is very poor, but why has she never encountered it?
So she's really naive in some ways!
Joe and Barry were both helpless about Iris's perception of her. They didn't want to break her innocence. After all, wasn't that what they had been working for all these years? If they broke it again, wouldn't that be pure sickness?
Moreover, both Joe and Barry are very confident in themselves and think they can maintain this innocence...
"You'd better be careful. They might find out my identity through you. That's not good. And Joe is already on the front line. Sometimes, he has to keep a low profile." Barry knew that reasoning was useless, so it was better to use intimidation.
As expected, when Iris heard that it would affect her brother and father, she reluctantly gave up the material she had just created.
Soon, Iris followed the pre-arranged script, found the best observation point, and started taking pictures. Of course, she couldn't go inside... Even if she was a war reporter, she couldn't run to the front line of the firefight!
only……
“It feels a bit strange.”
While taking photos, Iris asked, "It seems that there are not many people here. Has the auction started?"
I heard from an informant that this auction will be very lively and many dignitaries and gang bosses will come, but after a while, no one was seen.
"They may have other entrances. After all, these people usually appear to be righteous and are unlikely to show up in such a swagger." Barry thought it was normal.
But Iris still felt it was very strange... It was not a conclusion based on the information she saw, but an intuition. She always felt that there was a special atmosphere surging, but she was not quite sure what it was.
It's weird anyway.
"I don't know how beautiful that woman is... that she could cause such a stir... Are these people's hearts made of cement?"
Iris could only change the subject.
Barry didn't feel much about it. It's not that he was numb, but it was a bit redundant to tell this to a group of human traffickers.
Can there be any good thing about a person who sells his own kind as livestock?
"It would be nice if I could interview those human traffickers. Maybe I could do an interview that dissected human nature!"
Iris began to dream again.
With only a high school diploma, you can’t even write an English paper. How can you write an article analyzing human nature?
What's going on?
Also, Iris, what you used to hate the most was the so-called "analysis of human nature", and you were too lazy to even watch similar movies. What made you suddenly become so...artistic? Or can being a reporter really change a person?!