Volume 1: First Arrival Chapter 85: Massive Tactics
Public opinion is fermenting across the board.
Especially after Senator Graham got involved, it became clear that different media voices and opinions were continuing to fan the flames.
The tactic of "delay" is of no use at this time, because public relations is all about timing, and in the ever-changing chaos, it is necessary to grasp it in time.
Faced with the swordplay coming from all directions, Senator Graham reacted quickly. He did not even bother to wait for the sun to rise the next day. He accepted a group interview at the door of his office at 11 o'clock in the evening and responded immediately.
He said they were willing to cooperate 100% with the police investigation, "every life is precious"; and reiterated their position of severely punishing crimes and upholding justice, while emphasizing, "Just before the press conference, our team has packaged all the information and sent it to the police, hoping to find out the truth."
However.
It sounds better when spoken than sung——
After some review, the senator's team finally sent the information to Adrian:
Thirty photos and two videos.
It's like sending away a beggar.
"Haha, so, how did you do it?" Kirk was immediately amused. He could picture the picture just from Adrian's few words.
Adrian on the other end of the phone groaned and expressed his dissatisfaction. "You are just waiting to see me laugh. I went straight to the senator's assistant and told him that the reporter was asking me if I had found any clues from the senator's evidence. I asked him, how should I answer the reporter?"
"And then, fifteen minutes ago, they packed five boxes of information and sent them over. They were planning to drown me with the information."
Five boxes of information——
Even though Kirk was mentally prepared, he almost choked on his saliva.
Either drought or flood.
It is clear at a glance that the senator's team has thoroughly reviewed all the information and has not been able to find any problems, but that does not mean they are completely reassured.
To be on the safe side, they tried to delay the process as much as possible. At the same time, they also wanted to avoid any criticism. "Look, it's because there is so much information that we need to sort it out slowly. No matter what, we will hand over all the information to the police. We are law-abiding citizens and we will fully cooperate."
They are all smarter than each other.
One day, two days...
One week, two weeks...
In a blink of an eye, two weeks have passed since Kirk discovered the potential clue of the yellow ribbon.
The senator's team dragged their feet and cooperated passively. They hoped that the public opinion on the "homeless man case" would slowly cool down. After all, netizens all have the memory of goldfish.
But in an election year, such a sensitive topic is bound to be held up, and with Richard's instigation, other victims' families also appeared on the stage one after another.
As a result, the situation not only did not cool down, but it gradually heated up, further escalated, and became more and more serious.
The focus of discussion has been escalating from poor police investigation, to the lack of attention paid to the homeless problem, to the negligence of the senator's team, and is then slowly spreading to larger and more difficult and complex issues such as race and unemployment. One can vaguely feel the invisible hand pushing behind the scenes.
Gradually, the case is no longer a simple case, but a typical case, a crux and a topic, which has triggered debates among different camps.
More and more people are paying attention, and things are becoming more and more complicated.
Things turned out just as Kirk expected.
This has become a battlefield with different camps, different positions and different opinions. Not only senators, but all forces have come out and everyone is expressing their opinions.
For the senator's team, on the one hand, they need to make their position clear and eliminate future troubles; on the other hand, they need to seize the opportunity and make the most of this storm.
So, the "massive tactics" came into play, drowning Adrian with data.
Let's assume that Adrian fails to find any clues from the information. Then, Senator Graham's counterattack will be as powerful as thunder.
They may target the efficiency of the law enforcement system and demand that the NYPD continue to cut its budget; they may also seize on the urgency of their political opponents to launch a counterattack and use the "homeless case" as an excuse to condemn the public for disregarding human life; they may also take advantage of public opinion opportunities to vigorously promote their own political views and achievements.
Everything is possible.
In other words, the direction of a case now has countless possibilities, and countless eyes are all focused on Adrian and Stephen.
The pressure is far beyond imagination.
"More than 30,000 photos and more than 30 hours of video."
"God! They are just a bunch of lunatics. Everyone says Robert Pattinson's fans are crazy and even collect the bottles of mineral water he drank from. In my opinion, these people are absolutely more fanatical and paranoid than that."
"It's just a soup kitchen event, is it necessary to take so many photos?"
Even through the phone, you can "see" Adrian rolling his eyes, not hiding his contempt and depression.
But, in Kirk's opinion, this is a good thing.
At least the senator's team cooperated actively in the end - even though they didn't know whether the other party had removed any photos, and no one would find out if some of them were hidden among the more than 30,000 photos; moreover, massive amounts of data also meant massive amounts of information, and they could restore the scene in all aspects.
In fact, during these two weeks, Adrian, Stephen, and Kirk have not been idle. Under tremendous pressure, they have conducted investigations based on the existing evidence and information, trying to find different clues.
Unfortunately, they are basically dead ends.
The information obtained from the homeless person’s family and friends, as well as his personal belongings, is very limited.
With Stephen's help, Kirk also tried to reconstruct the whereabouts of each homeless person in the last seventy-two hours before they were killed.
However, the difficulty is far beyond imagination.
Incomplete , confusing, and invalid information meant that their work never produced any results. Even if they found some intersections, they were still not enough to connect all seven victims.
Those disordered, random, and uncertain movements have typical characteristics of homeless people, but also have obvious deviations due to individual differences. For now, the information involved in the yellow ribbon is still the most promising clue that fits the entire case context best.
But looking at the five large boxes of information in front of him, Adrian felt a headache.
Recently, they have been looking through massive amounts of garbage for clues, which is like looking for a needle in a haystack. Now they have to continue looking through massive amounts of photos and videos?
Just taking a the files made my temples throb.
Adrian was furious when he heard the laughter coming from the other end of the line. "You know we stirred up a hornet's nest, right?"
Kirk spread his hands. "It's the same with everything. There are pros and cons. Detective Adrian, you shouldn't be so negative."
"...Get out!" Adrian yelled in frustration.
"In fact, you can leak the news to the media, saying that Senator Graham's team printed out more than 30,000 photos, wasting resources and money. Such an action is completely unnecessary. You strongly suspect that Senator Graham's team is involved in improper bribery."
Adrian felt like his jaw might be dislocated.
