Ivy was sitting at the table in her office. She had already been on the phone calling member of the house and senate stumping for her bill.
A knock was heard at the door. Davis White, the Commander of the Georgia State Police. He'd scheduled the appointment yesterday. Things are getting out of hand something must be done
Ivy got up to greet him and got him a cup of coffee. “What can I do for you Commander?” She asked.
Davis took a seat, and happily accepted the cup of coffee she offered him. "Thank you so much Governor, it's become an urgent matter for us to speak, for starters I am fully in support of the Georgia Empowered Registration Bill as it stands, but we have some serious problems on our hand that have become neccessary for us to address together." Davis took another sip from the mug waiting to hear Ivy's response.
Ivy smiled, this is where the push to act faster was going to come. The question was how far and how hard. “What specifically do we need to deal with and what are you suggesting?” She said leading back into the chair. She had interviewed the commander a few times, but she did not know him well yet.
"Well first of all the woman yesterday identified as Rita Hernandez, the public is fearful. I must admit of the public displays of power that was both the most brutal, and violent one. The fear is building on social media, which has allowed footage of the incident to spread across the country & the globe." He was a man who enjoyed power, who believed power should be used to enforce order, and Rita shook that whole foundation. "We live in a world with super powered criminals with no Superman, No Avengers I need your help for how to address this problem. Miss Hernandez is a priority, but there's an emerging hip hop artist named YRN Reparations who's commited a string of armed sometimes unarmed robberies including a Chase Bank earlier today."
Ivy looked at him. “Well, if it was really Ms. Hernandez, and this hop hop artists are really criminals, then you already have the laws that let you deal with them. But you need proof that can convict them. Without Hard proof, not just an image or Facebook.” She shifted a little towards him. “Last time I checked, Georgia hasn’t had a lynching for years. You and I are sworn not to let that happen,” she said. It seemed to her his solution was to uses maximum force first and apologize later and it seemed that he wanted her to authorize it.
"What do you mean if it was really Ms. Hernandez?" The state commander asked in a very inquisitive tone as if she was speaking another language. "I'm referring to the woman who grew to large heights yesterday the one responsible for 100 deaths, and 80 more injuries many severe. The Proof is all over the internet, in the pile of bodies at the morgue Governor! This is the problem this is all so sudden, Georgia but especially the city of Atlanta is overwhelmed by this problem. As it stands, our state has suffered the most superhuman related violence since "The Incident". The "rapper" I'm speaking off is bullet proof, and wields strength to kick an SUV across the street as easy as you or me could a pebble. His motivation for this crime, reparations to African American citizens in Atlanta believed to be owed from slavery. He released a music video this morning, he's managed to get a known Atlanta artist by the name of K Camp legal name Krisotpher Campbell on the song surprisingly with no criminal record. I've issued a warrant for Rita Hernandez arrest, but Mr. Reparations is fully masked in all appearances so his legal identity is unknown. Now the question remains what can the police force do to arrest a man with super strength & bullet proof? Forget conviction how can we detain him, as with Hernandez she's a mass murderer, if we manage to confront her while she's at regular height there's not a cop I know who wouldn't shoot her dead for if she grows to that height again only the military can stop her."
How do you lean forward and put her hands on the table, “One thing that I tell you some all my training as a lawyer is you best have some hard evidence. Just because you see it on the screen doesn't make it real. People can disguise themselves.” She thought about a case where she got duped in a protection case by a woman that looked like the mother, but was a relative. She said, “You need more evidence. You and I both know that the district attorney would throw that case out three ways to Sunday if you don't come in with more than just well we saw her. You need to physically put her at the crime.”
Davis was irrate at The Governor's response but forced himself to bite his tongue he'd come for solutions to his problem but she was lecturing him about the nuisances of the law. "Well I'm not here to argue evidence with Miss Hernandez, just from a strand of her hand we recovered we have her DNA her sizely rampage left behind more then enough to put out a bench warrant. What I'm asking is simple, her, Reparations and any other individual using their abilities to commit violent acts or crimes, what is the plan to contain them? How do we contain them, hell how do we capture them? I only issued the warrant on Hernandez because the state of Georgia is covered in fear & we had to act, but honestly tell me how do we arrest a man who can't be shot and who can quite literally rip a man in half with no effort. That is the issue I'm facing, the empowered who murdered your son takes oxygen away, luckily he's not bullet proof. But even if we arrested him, then what? When he wakes up, he can kill everyone near him in the prison near him including the guards. Governor Ivy we need a solution and now"
"Well the courts and jails will need to figure that out," she said. Knowing to many variables exist to even have a clue.
She tried to get to her second question that the commander was trying to dodge to make her authorize excessive force. "We need to get some of them on the force so everyones answer isnt kill them all,” she said trying to get across that she understood the situation quite well. Each one woild need to be handled differently. She couldn't give a kill order for any super.
She looked at him and asked, "Do you want me to come with you? To arrest them?” She knew the answer already, but she wanted to let the commander know she understood the risks they were taking.
Davis sighed finally giving up, The Governor was all for a registration bill, but he figured she was just a politician trying to make a name for herself, using her son's murder as a scape goat. "Come with me so you can die too, hell why would I go? Your saying don't kill them, but they don't feel the same way about us clearly. They didn't feel that way about your son, I've got several APD officers who refuse to engage Mr. Reparations, a few even quit rather then confront him, and he's not even a killer. As far getting them on the force, well we're a little strapped for cash most of the latest budget you got went towards education & road work, and frankly I don't know any officer who feels safe around these things. ."
“What about sleeping gas?” She asked. “I am no expert, but could we tranquilizer him with a bass that would knock him out. Or maybe takers, they are to slow to be bullets, but they can cause muscles to cramp up.”
She looked at him, “I know you are trying to protect yourself, but you are the police expert. I’m a lawyer” She knew there was a lot of options from bean bag bullets, to foam grenades, to tear gas, to sniper rounds.
Davis had been furious for the past few minutes but she had poised a good question, he'd grown so reliant on using guns to take care of any situation. "You've actually raised a valid point..Governor Ivy I apologize for my anger, you've given me the answer so now I have a better request. We need a jail to hold these individuals, we can't put them with general population, & we also need a division of police specifically for handling Empowered related crime, if we're going to hire any Empowered they need to work primarily on this division. We need to do this urgently."
She nodded, “That I can work on. By the way, they are not things, they are still people and I expect you to remember that. “ she said with an affirming smile. She knew the anger was from frustration. “Tell your people to be creative and I will do my best to get the, what they need.” She said.
"Hmm...well...I don't want to argue personal beliefs Governor, I'm just here to figure out a solution to the problem within the confines of the law as they stand right now." He was surprised by her defense of the empowered, with her son being murdered by one. Even still he didn't trust her, especially in office, she gave him a vibe far different from many politicians he'd worked with over the years. "Empowered Jail, Empowered Division, and..funds...to acquire Empowered law enforcement in Georgia, here's my card, let me know when there's an update. "He got up and handed her a card with information on how to reach him
She smiled and said, “You are on my speed dial already.”
Ivy started stumping again, this time for more money for equipment, training, and special prisons. This would be easier to pass.
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