Miller’s hands shook as he opened the notebook to the first page.
Silence made the booking-area clock seem deafening.
Miller set the notebook on the desk. It held names, dates, and short descriptions of incidents in careful block letters, none of which had ever appeared in an official report.
“March 14. Traffic stop, Highway 41. Driver Terrence Holloway, age 52. No violation. Sheriff searched truck. Took envelope with $8,400 cash from glove box. Driver said it was for his daughter’s tuition. No receipt. Not logged in evidence.”
“May 2. Arrested Deacon Earl Simmons for obstruction. He asked why his son was being searched. Charge dropped 11 days later. Sheriff said, ‘That’ll teach him to run his mouth.’”
“June 19. Sheriff told me to write that Mr. Rufus Tate resisted. He didn’t. He was 71 and using a cane.”
Agent Greer read the pages slowly. His expression darkened with each page.
My arrest appeared to expose abuses far beyond one unlawful detention.
