‘Three women were killed here,‘ I said. ‘And the perpis running around free as a bird.‘
‘We have no jurisdiction.‘
‘Remember that picture in Emmeline McClatchy‘s parlour? Martin Luther King? He said all that needs tohappen for evil to prevail is that good men do nothing.‘
‘I‘m a military cop, not a good man.‘
‘He also said the day we see the truth and cease to speak is the day we begin to die.‘
‘That stuff is way above my pay grade.‘
‘He also said that injustice anywhere is a threat tojustice everywhere.‘
‘What do you want me to do?‘
‘I want you to stay here,‘ I said. ‘One more day.‘
Then I finished my pie and went looking for Eliza-beth Deveraux again. - P437