CHAPTER 8
SHE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN she’d never be able to fall asleep on a night like this. By eleven o’clock, she’d checked half a dozen times to see if Channel 2 had any breaking news. The story was still running at the top of their website, along with the short clip of Kennedy jumping on the policeman’s back while he pummeled Reuben.
Other outlets had picked up the piece, too. The story was trending all over the internet. Black leaders were already calling for the police department to divulge the name and rank of the officer, citing how suspicious it was that he hadn’t made any arrests and was entirely unavailable for comment. The police department hadn’t released any official statements either, but someone close to the head office hinted that the chief was doing everything in the scope
