The Wolf of Los Angeles.

Chapter 462: The death of the rabbit and the grief of the fox, the confrontation between the north and the south

It is no exaggeration to say that the Los Angeles Group and the San Francisco Group are on completely opposite sides.

Just like Hawke would not go to great lengths to find the mastermind behind the gunman incident, as long as this war among marginalized groups turns from covert to open, the people in San Francisco can guess with their toes who is behind it.

Either don't do it, or do it in a big way that no one can stop you.

Hawke asked Sasha, "Did you receive the information about Philip that Campos sent?"

"Got it." Sasha said, "I have set up a special team to deal with the media coverage of this incident."

Hawke emphasized: "From these materials, select the most shining and glorious moments in Philip's life and describe them in detail."

Sasha said: "There are many things about him that are worth exaggerating."

Hawke chose Philip for another reason. This man was different from the scumbag in his previous life.

Philip chose to follow an unconventional path, not because he was born that way, but to earn money to support his sister and mother, and to save up medical expenses for his sister.

This old black man has no criminal or illegal record in the past.

This is rare among the old black people at the bottom of society.

Philip also completed the formal and legal transfer procedures for the black Ford Explorer that Campos found.

Coupled with the various armors and buffs that Philip is wearing, all of these can put the SFPD and the San Francisco authorities in an extremely disadvantageous position, giving various marginalized groups in society hope of turning things around.

Hawke then said to Caroline: "Prepare media resources and invest in Philip's incident at any time."

Caroline nodded.

Hawke called public relations director Hearst again, and immediately started external liaison work after the relevant news was released.

That night, Brian came to Beverly Hills to visit Hawke, and the two discussed for a long time.

Both Twitter and the Matthew Singh Association are sitting on the sidelines, waiting for the SFPD to make the first move.

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At the San Francisco Police Department, Scott, who is in charge of public relations, hurried out after hearing the report from his subordinates.

He came to the director's office, knocked on the door, and after getting permission, he walked in quickly.

Commissioner Heather is an Asian woman and a famous female boxer in San Francisco. She was able to take over the position smoothly because, on the one hand, her abilities and qualifications are indeed desirable, and on the other hand, she meets the needs of the San Francisco authorities to support women's sports.

To some extent, former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio learned how to promote women's rights from San Francisco.

But Antonio chose the fire department, and after a big fire, he lost miserably.

Scott handed the document in his hand to Heather and said, "The abnormal deaths of black people in the Atherton area have been investigated."

Heather carefully read the contents of the document and asked the key point: "Are there no problems with the media?"

Scott elaborated: "I mobilized all my manpower and contacted hundreds of media outlets in San Francisco, including online media and various journalist studios. I checked the residents and surveillance cameras on the street at the scene to make sure no one captured the incident."

It can be said that the SFPD has gone through everything that can be found and investigated.

The recorders carried by the two police officers were not turned on at all, so no footage of the scene would be leaked.

Without on-site video, even if individual eyewitnesses come forward to tell their stories, they can still be called rumors.

The power of law enforcement is in the hands of the SFPD, and if they say you are spreading rumors, then you are spreading rumors.

Of course, there was no need to say these things directly. Heather understood what was going on. After reading the contents of the document, she said, "The briefing on the case will be scheduled for the day after tomorrow. We will observe for another day. If there is nothing unusual in the media, we will announce it according to the planned plan."

Scott understood that the black freak named Philip could only have died of a sudden illness: "I'll arrange it right away."

If the deceased was not black and the police officers at the scene were not two white people, this matter would not have reached Heather's desk. She hesitated for a moment and then asked, "Does the white police officer named Williams have a criminal record?"

Scott didn't dare to hide it: "Yes, there is a record of abusing black suspects in the past."

"Transfer him away from the front line and find him an unimportant position temporarily." No one likes a subordinate who frequently causes trouble. Now the media is paying attention, and all the police officers in the police station are also paying attention. Heather can't just fire him: "After the incident is settled, find a reason to fire him or retire him early."

Scott responded, "I see."

Heather added another reminder: "Soothe the public opinion as soon as possible."

"Yes." Scott picked up the documents, returned to the office, called his subordinates, and arranged the work.

The focus of the media in San Francisco and California is on Gavin Newson and his new girlfriend, and the new "Superman" movie that is about to be released.

Although some media reported it, the death of a black person, especially a low-class black person, did not cause much stir.

Not many people are paying attention to this.

Even Eddie and Williams, the two parties who were forced to take leave, didn't take it seriously.

Everything is peaceful.

The San Francisco Police Department held a police briefing on time, and Scott highlighted this incident.

"...SFPD received a call about a black man sneaking around 11th Street in the Arthur District and suspected of stealing vehicles. The command center dispatched patrol car No. 102 to handle the situation. Two police officers, Eddie Pfister and Williams Adams, found the target African American... well, the man, Philip Nathan. During a routine check, Philip suddenly felt unwell and fell to the ground. Officer Eddie performed CPR on him, but unfortunately, Philip died of heart and lung failure."

At this point, Scott produced the autopsy report issued by the SFPD Forensic Center.

Philip does not have many relatives, and the only two of them are still in Hong Kong. No one at the scene strongly questioned this.

Scott seemed particularly confident and allowed reporters to ask questions on the spot.

A male reporter asked: "Was the on-site handling by the two police officers legal?"

"It was completely legal and in accordance with SFPD procedures," Scott said.

"A black man died during the enforcement of the law by a white police officer. Was racial discrimination involved?" The question was asked by a black female reporter.

Scott's expression became unusually serious: "I can tell you responsibly on behalf of the SFPD that the two police officers did not infringe on Philip's legal rights in the process of law enforcement."

A white female reporter asked: "Many SFPD police officers are equipped with body cameras..."

"Yes, but there is no law requiring police officers to turn on the recorder when enforcing the law." Scott responded easily: "The police officers have the power to decide whether to use the recorder at the scene. They are two experienced police officers who will make judgments based on the situation. After Philip's condition occurred, they put saving lives first."

There was no on-site video, no relevant recordings, and even no witnesses. Scott dealt with these reporters quite easily.

The police briefing ended successfully. Seeing that they could not dig up anything, most of the reporters just wrote a notice and released it to get the job done.

There are stubborn reporters everywhere, and some of them want to dig out some inside information.

In this kind of situation, the best way is to let the family members rush forward, and the media reporters hide behind and fan the flames. No matter what happens, they can get enough traffic.

But they have not been able to find the family of the deceased.

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In a holiday villa in the Northern Bay Area, Hierro, who had been monitoring the Internet, saw the news from the San Francisco News Network and immediately notified Campos.

The latter watched the video of the press conference, took out his phone and called Los Angeles: "SFPD just held a press conference and announced that Philip died of cardiopulmonary failure."

Hawke on the other side gave the order: "Leave Betty behind, and the rest of the people will all retreat to Los Angeles. Hong Kong will proceed as planned."

"Yes." Campos hung up the phone and said to Hierro, "Notify everyone else, except Betty, to return to Los Angeles."

He emphasized: "Leave separately and evacuate before tonight."

Hierro called one after another and Juan and Larrea, who were living in the villa, were the first to pack their bags and end their vacation.

In a nearby hotel, Elena and Juan booked a flight from San Francisco.

Campos called Hong Kong again and asked the people who were accompanying Philip's family for treatment to be prepared.

If conditions permit, I will take them back to Los Angeles.

In Los Angeles, at the Coast Building, Hawke talked to Campos on the phone and brought it to Sasha, reminding her: "Start tomorrow morning."

After a night without any incidents, the SFPD was relieved and believed that the incident would subside over time. The next morning, Sasha convened a special team to hold a meeting in the Twitter newsroom.

She gave the order directly: "Hoffman, you push the news of the San Francisco Philip Police briefing to the headlines; I will put a video news item side by side with it to create a contrasting effect; Carrick and your people will help to promote the news I released and guide the direction of public opinion."

Two young men responded one after another.

Sasha looked at the other two young men again: "You are responsible for exposing the news content I give you in an orderly manner according to the plan."

"Understood." The two men responded.

The meeting was over in less than ten minutes. Sasha led them into a specially designated office and started working.

The San Francisco Police Department’s briefing on the case yesterday successfully made the headlines on the Twitter news section.

Corresponding to this is the news video edited and published by Sasha herself.

San Francisco publicly announced that Philip had a problem of his own and died of sudden heart and lung failure. The media also reported it extensively and the news spread after another day.

Now, Twitter doesn’t need to do anything fancy, just directly expose the live video, which is the most shocking.

A video of less than ten minutes was placed on the headlines of Twitter news without any cuts.

"San Francisco law enforcement tragedy, the truth behind the death of black man Phillip!"

Sasha used her authority to push this news to American users.

In the office of the operations director, Caroline picked up the phone and called the heads of news stations such as Fox News, ABC, NBC, CBS and CNN one by one, informing them that Twitter had obtained fatal news and that the video could be reposted at will, as long as it was clearly stated that it was reposted from Twitter.

Subsequently, the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle and the Washington Post were also notified.

Fox Center, Channel 11 Director Megan Taylor requested that the news be urgently inserted into the hourly news.

In the editorial office of the Los Angeles Times, after receiving the call, Deputy Editor-in-Chief Cortland immediately convened a meeting of several editors-in-chief of the social and current affairs pages to watch the video on Twitter together.

Black, transvestite, and apparently transgender, these directly triggered the alarm of the Los Angeles Times.

Cortland said without hesitation: "Send three teams to San Francisco, leave today, book tickets immediately, and I will allow them to book business class!"

An editor-in-chief immediately called.

Another editor asked, "Boss, where do we stand?"

“Those Yankees in San Francisco actually condone crime!” This is not only a stance of liberal democracy and tolerance, but also a regional stance.

As in most places around the world, the two most populous and economically developed cities in a region will be on opposing sides.

Cortland said: "Since the people of San Francisco are afraid to uphold justice, let us in Los Angeles do it!"

This is also consistent with the consistent position of the Los Angeles Times.

Because Twitter had already reported the Philip incident, at the next hour, the five major television networks in the United States almost unanimously retweeted the relevant news video.

Philip's live video went viral immediately.

On Twitter, without using any trolls, it took only two hours to top the trending news list.

The news that a white police officer openly tortured a black man to death at the scene of a police incident naturally generated as much heat as a big explosion.

In particular, the video of the San Francisco Police Department’s police briefing was placed next to this news, and a link was also built internally.

The two form a sharp contrast.

The comments from Twitter users almost overwhelmed the news page and caused it to crash, so Haaland's technical department urgently added servers.

"The San Francisco Police Department is a joke. They openly shielded the murderer!"

"This is something the police in the city where I live did? My tax money hired such police? Oh my God, this is terrible!"

"I watched the video carefully five times and listened to all the sounds through the speakers. Philip did not do anything excessive from beginning to end, but was pinned to the ground by Williams and was suffocated!"

"The San Francisco Police Department's press conference stated that Philip died of heart and lung failure! Okay, I admit that you did not lie! But Philip's heart and lung failure was caused by abuse by Williams!"

"Philip's non-mainstream outfit may easily disgust people, but this is not a reason for you to kill people!"

These ordinary people, Twitter users, seemed particularly angry.

Because they know very well that the SFPD or police in other cities often abuse their power, and if this happens to them, they will be as helpless as Philip.

There was no need to guide public opinion on Twitter, as everyone stood on Philip's side.

"Did you hear that? When Williams was kneeling on the ground, Philip said many times, I can't breathe. If Williams had let him go at this time, Philip would definitely survive."

“This video took my breath away!”

“I can’t breathe!”

"I can't breathe..."

Thousands of Twitter users followed suit, and a consistent message began to appear in the comment section: I can't breathe!

A huge storm of public opinion is madly brewing potential energy.

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San Francisco, Matthew Syndicate Chapter.

As Vice Presidents Rosa and Sora made phone calls one after another, many core members of the association rushed over.

When everyone walked out of the conference room, they found a dozen black people from Los Angeles wearing colorful clothes, with colorful eye shadow from their tears visible on their faces.

"Everyone, sit down." Rosa had the thick dark curtains drawn and said to Sora, "Let's play the video now."

A group of homosexuals, bisexuals and people with so-called gender identity disorder were immediately attracted by the images playing on the white screen.

Sora deliberately turned on the audio amplifier so that everyone could hear the conversation between the three people in the video.

There was no one else at the scene, and no loud noise, so the conversation between the three people was loud enough for people to hear clearly.

Soon, the white police officer Williams's verbal abuse was heard in the conference room.

Everyone present had an extremely ugly expression on their face. These discriminatory and insulting words seemed to be pointed at their noses.

After the video ended, the conference room fell into an eerie silence.

It seemed as if everyone had seen what would happen to them if they appeared on the streets of San Francisco and encountered a white police officer.

Rosa broke the silence and waved, and someone turned on the lights and drew back the curtains.

Sora adjusted the laptop connected to the projector, and a large photo of Philip appeared on it.

This photo was taken in the square in front of San Francisco City Hall. Philip held up a rainbow flag and handed it to the young man standing on the sculpture.

The young man was sitting in the conference room.

At this moment, he remembered and said, "I remember him... No, it's her. She is our sister and actively participates in every one of our activities."

Perhaps everyone here doesn’t know the phrase “the rabbit dies and the fox mourns”, but they all have similar emotions.

Rosa said: "Philip was one of us, always willing to help all his brothers and sisters, actively participated in every event, and was at the forefront of the fight against women's boxing."

Sora tapped the keyboard several times and new photos appeared, all of which showed Philip at the forefront of a conflict between the Matthewsing Society and the Sisters March in San Francisco.

Rosa said: "Since the New Year, the SFPD has detained our members more than once and suppressed our various activities. They have been targeting us. We have been very restrained and hope to fight for the rights that should belong to us through normal legal channels, but these bastards don't treat us as human beings!"

She shouted: "It's time to stand up and fight for fairness and justice for our brothers and sisters! Speak up for Philip! Speak up for all of us! Fight for fairness and justice!"

Someone automatically responded: "If we don't stand up for Philip, will San Francisco still let us breathe? You, you, you...you will become the next Philip at any time!"

(Since May 6000st, I have to go to the hospital every day. My dad's leg condition has improved significantly. He went to get medicine yesterday. My mom just had an operation to remove the bone spur on her finger. She will be well soon. I will reply as soon as possible to update words every day.)
(End of this chapter)