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Person-ell Division. A man claims to have been assaulted by a police officer, and Joe Friday investigates.
Calling Blancharrd into the office, Joe is joined by partner, Ed Jacobs to get his side of the incident. The narcotics arrest was straight forward, but the criminals have a lawyer to defend them on the matter of police brutality. Is Evans and his friends lying? How did the man’s shoulder become dislocated?
Miss Roland stays in the Evans rooming house, and tells about the scene of the beating by the police officer. Discrepancies need to be ironed out, and the cops go to get the story right from Evans.
It isn’t the first time that narcotics arrests have gone down at his place. Why can’t the cops do something about cleaning up the neighborhood? More inconsistencvies turn up. What will his doctor say?
Newspapers are running with the sensational headlines of police brutality. A hot tip promises to expose the truth. What will it take to ensure their man is motivated to tell the truth about Evans? Scams, bribes, shady poker games, and suddenly witnesses come clean.
