Infidel by Steve Gannon

Author:Steve Gannon [Gannon, Steve]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780997915204
Publisher: Steve Gannon
Published: 2016-12-01T00:00:00+00:00

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This time when I arrived at Chief Ingram’s office, I wasn’t kept waiting. Within seconds of pushing through his tenth-floor office door, I was summarily ushered into the chief’s private suite. Ingram was again sitting at his desk. And again, he looked irritated. Assistant Chief Strickland was once more standing nearby, hands clasped behind his back. I also noticed Captain Snead across the room, slouched against a wall.

“Kane, thank you for coming in,” said Ingram.

“Didn’t know I had a choice.”

“You damn well didn’t,” said Strickland. “What the hell were you thinking last night?”

“I’m assuming you’re referring to my entering the Clark residence,” I replied, quickly assessing where things were headed, and not liking the direction.

“Against my direct orders,” Snead chimed in, stepping toward me with clenched fists. “I’m bringing you up on charges, you smug bastard.”

“As I said earlier, Captain Snead . . . I don’t take orders from you.”

Snead scowled. “As ranking officer at the scene, I—”

“You weren’t at the scene. I was. It was my call.”

“We’re getting off-track,” Ingram interjected. “We have a press conference in twenty minutes, and we need to decide what we’re going to say.”

“Yes, sir,” said Snead. “But when this is over . . .”

“When this is over, we’ll discuss what’s going to happen next,” said Ingram. Then, to me, “Much of that will depend on you, Kane. Do you understand?”

I nodded, deciding that Ingram’s promise to “have my back” was no longer in play.

“So here’s the situation in which we find ourselves,” Ingram continued, folding his hands on his desktop. “First, we have an active, officer-involved shooting investigation. At present, the facts surrounding this incident are cloudy. We have an LAPD detective who putatively disobeyed orders and entered a crime scene. Instead of maintaining cellphone contact with officers outside, this detective disconnected his phone and proceeded into the residence. Next, with no one to corroborate his account of events, he shot and killed three suspects. Are you following me so far, Kane?”

“Perfectly,” I said, understanding Ingram’s not-so-veiled FID threat, and having a hard time controlling my temper.

“Excellent,” said Ingram. “Second, and here we get to the interesting part. We have a high-profile case in which the department has been taking a backseat to the Bureau, as well as doing most of their work. Worse, every time the media has searched for someone to blame, the LAPD has been served up as a scapegoat. Now we have a chance to change things.”

“I’m not certain I follow,” I said.

“Then I’ll suggest a scenario you can follow, something I think we can all live with,” said Ingram. “Last night in Rivas Canyon, the unnamed LAPD officer was actually a member of our LAPD task force. Working under the direction of Captain Snead, this unnamed officer entered the Clark residence and at great personal risk, he saved the life of one of the residents, sustaining significant injuries himself in the process. Unfortunately, during the rescue he was forced to shoot and kill all three terrorists.”

“I can’t condone this,” Snead objected.

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