Chapter 664 A Busy Day

December 10.

Los Angeles, West Precinct.

John, the rookie, came to the police station earlier than usual.

The superintendent held a morning meeting as usual and arranged today's patrol tasks.

Unlike previous patrol tasks, this time the patrol route was adjusted and he was assigned to the vicinity of Calthorpe School.

John arrived at the designated patrol street, and yellow school buses drove by one after another, but more were private cars taking children to school.

After John got off the car, while maintaining order, he complained to his colleague Lucy, "Why did you send me here to patrol?"

"Maybe the superintendent thinks you have children and know how to deal with them better."

"Come on, my children are already in college, but this is an elementary school.

I have long forgotten how to deal with elementary school students."

Lucy shrugged, "It's useless to tell me. If you want to complain, go to the 'big shot' who is coming to the school to comfort the children."

John asked back, "The gubernatorial candidate?"

"Who else but him?"

John sighed, "I don't think I have a common language with him."

Lucy smiled, "Cheer up, Henry Lawley has a full schedule today. This is our first stop. He won't stay for long."

"I hope so."

At 9:20 a.m., a convoy drove towards Calthorpe School.

Henry Lawley got off the car, waved to the people around him, and then entered the school accompanied by school leaders.

John looked at the crowd and asked, "He doesn't seem to be the governor yet. Isn't this a bit of a show?"

Lucy said, "He is not only a candidate for governor, but also a California senator, and has a great influence in the state government."

John asked back, "When did you start to care about politics?"

Lucy smiled and said, "I don't care about politics. I just did some research on the target of our mission this time."

There are school police and security guards in the school, and the patrol police only need to maintain order outside the school.

John stood there for more than half an hour in boredom. At about ten o'clock, Henry Lawley walked out of the school surrounded by the crowd, got into the car, and waved away.

John watched the car go away, "Have we completed our mission?"

Lucy said, "Yes, the motorcade will enter Posta Square through Stephen Street and Salik Road, and Henry Lawley will give a speech there."

John thought for a while, "Why take Salik Road? I remember there is a messy area in the middle."

"This is the fastest route. There should be colleagues from other departments to maintain order, so it is not our responsibility."

...

Salik Road.

The road was very flat, and the sidewalks on both sides were very wide. There were many tents set up by homeless people, garbage everywhere, and a lot of inexplicable liquids by the wall.

There was a police car parked on each side of the road, and patrolmen were patrolling outside the tents of the homeless people.

On a small street on the north side of the road, there were many black men wearing headscarves and tattoos. They gathered in groups of three or five, and they didn't look like good people at all.

A black man with his pants loosened and half of his underwear exposed laughed, "I heard that the future governor's motorcade will pass by here. Should we go out and race with him?"

"Haha, good idea, if he wins, I will vote for him."

"I will participate too."

"And me."

"Listen, if we go together, let alone racing, he will definitely be scared and turn around and run back to Sacramento to find his mother."

"Haha..."

"Woo woo..." At this moment, a black SUV drove into the street and stopped in front of the group of black men wearing headscarves.

These black people looked at the strange SUV and surrounded it with curses.

The door of the black SUV opened, and a bald white man got out of the passenger seat and fanned his nose with his hands, "The whole street stinks, don't you bastards know how to clean it up?"

The black men around him showed angry expressions, but did not do anything radical, because the bald white man had a police badge around his neck, and two detectives with rifles followed him.

"Hey, isn't this Deputy Captain David from the Anti-gang and Anti-drug Division?" A black man smoking a cigar pushed the crowd away and walked out.

"Marcio, if I remember correctly, you should be the boss here."

"Yes, why did you come to my place?"

"Come here, let's talk."

"Haha, it seems like we know each other well.

OK, I also want to hear what you have to say." Marcio smiled and walked away with David.

David lowered his voice and said, "My purpose for coming here today is very simple. Take care of your men and don't let them cause trouble."

Marcio shrugged, "I don't understand what you mean?"

"Then I'll make it clear. Stay at home with your men today and don't go anywhere.

Just give me some face."

"I give you face, who gives me face?"

"If I don't give you face, I won't call you here to talk alone."

"How do I tell my men?"

"That's your business.

If your men make trouble today, I promise that you won't have an easy time for the next period of time, understand?"

Marcio licked his thick lips, "One day is too long, at most three hours."

David stretched out his hand and made a handshake gesture, "Deal."

...

At the same time.

Piazza Posta.

Many people had gathered in the square, all citizens who came to listen to Henry Lawley's speech. Some people even held signs supporting Henry Lawley.

Several police cars were parked on the east side of the square, and patrol officers maintained order around the square.

Luke led detectives from the Robbery and Murder Division to blend into the crowd to prevent radical elements in the crowd from harming Henry Lawley.

Xiao Hei curled his lips with some dissatisfaction, "Are these protective measures too much? They are almost as good as the president."

Luke shrugged, "Maybe there are circumstances we don't know about."

Xiao Hei guessed, "Did Henry Lawley guess that someone was going to assassinate him, but he had to come in order to win votes, so he staged such a big battle."

Luke glanced at Xiao Hei. Although he knew that he was most likely guessing, there was still some possibility.

Luke told the agents through the headset to be careful and cautious. If something goes wrong, they will also be held responsible.

At 10:20, a motorcade entered Plaza Posta.

The surrounding crowd also became excited and shouted slogans in support of Henry Lawley.

There were many reporters mixed into the crowd, and Luke saw Inoue Nami among them, but he did not take the initiative to say hello to them.

Henry Lawley got out of the car, waved to the crowd around him, and then boarded the makeshift podium in the square surrounded by bodyguards.

Henry Lawley smiled, picked up the microphone next to him, and said to everyone in the audience, "Ladies and gentlemen, good morning.

Nice to see you here.

I love Los Angeles and stay here for a while every year. It’s like my second home.

I love the people who live here even more, they are warm, cheerful, tolerant and helpful..."

Suddenly, there was a burst of cheers from the audience.

Luke squeezed his way to the front of the crowd and looked at the gubernatorial candidate on the podium. He was thin, tall, and looked to be about forty years old. He was wearing a crisp suit and his hair was meticulously styled.

I have to say that this product looks pretty good. Even if you don't get involved in politics, you can still consider entering Hollywood.

Then, Luke looked at the crowd.

Suddenly, he saw a strong black man pushing through the crowd and walking towards the podium. He seemed to be holding something in his hand.

Luke said into the headset, "Potter, there is a black man at your three o'clock direction, holding an unknown object in his hand and walking towards the podium."

"Understood." Porter responded, and the black man not far away walked over. However, there were too many people around and it was too crowded, making it difficult for him to get there in the first place.

At this moment, the black man stopped, raised what he was holding, and unfolded a banner with Henry Lawley's name written on it.

A false alarm.

Luke did not let down his guard. As long as the speech was not over, their mission would not be over.

A few minutes later, Raymond's voice sounded in Luke's headset, "Captain, there is a person wearing a black baseball cap at your eight o'clock direction who looks suspicious."

Luke turned his head and looked around, and soon found the man wearing a baseball cap that Raymond was talking about. This man had been approaching the podium. Judging from his posture, he should be carrying something in his hand.

Xiaohei and Jackson were not far from the man wearing a baseball cap, and Luke immediately ordered the two to keep an eye on each other.

The man in the baseball cap kept pushing forward. Luke felt something was wrong and his right hand was already on the gun.

Just three or four meters away from the podium, the man wearing a baseball cap stopped, then waved his right hand and threw a round object towards the podium.

Luke instinctively took out his pistol and was about to shoot when he realized something was wrong.

It was a red vegetable, a tomato to be exact.

The tomatoes hit Henry Lawley. He was stunned for a moment, and the bodyguards who arrived immediately protected him behind him.

"You lying liar, get off the stage immediately." The man wearing a baseball cap threw a tomato again, but this time he was blocked by the bodyguard.

Just when he wanted to continue throwing, Jackson and Xiao Hei rushed over and held him down, "lapd, don't move!"

There was some commotion among the crowd, but it quickly subsided with the police's support.

Luke also breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he didn't shoot just now, otherwise it would have ended badly.

"This damn speech should end soon."

However, Henry Lawley had no intention of ending his speech. He pushed away the bodyguard, wiped the tomato juice stuck on his clothes with his right index finger, and put it into his mouth, "It tastes pretty good.

I love tomatoes in Los Angeles. "

"Oh..." Suddenly, there was another burst of cheers from the audience.

This episode not only did not end the speech early, but instead made the citizens at the scene even more enthusiastic.

Half an hour later.

The speech is over.

Henry Lawley boarded the car surrounded by bodyguards and waved goodbye to supporters in the car.

Xiao Hei complained, "This damn mission is more stressful than investigating a case."

Luke felt the same way, "Let's have a drink tonight and relax."

Xiao Hei smiled and said, "That's a good idea. I found a new bar. I heard the beer there is great..."

…

The next morning.

Luke's house.

He and his colleagues drank a lot last night and got up a little late.

Anyway, it wasn't the first time he was late, so he wasn't in a hurry and planned to have breakfast before going to work.

"Jingle Bell……"

The cell phone on the table rang.

He picked up the phone and saw Inoue Nami's number displayed on the screen.

"Hi, I'm Luke."

"Luke, were you also present at the speech in Plaza Posta yesterday?"

"Yes, I wanted to say hello to you, but the place was too crowded."

"I have news to tell you." Inoue Nami's tone was a little excited.

"what news?"

"Henric Lawley is missing!"