The video freezes on that frame: the badge, the face. Officer Marcus Trent.
"This man and three others planted military explosives under thirty motorcycles. If those bikes had started, everyone would have died. I warned them. I showed this video to the FBI. My phone disappeared from evidence the next day. Officer Trent signed it out."
Murmurs ripple through the crowd. Reporters type frantically. Cameras zoom on Trent's frozen face.
"But that's not all," Zara says.
She clicks again. Bodycam footage begins: jerky, first-person perspective, running. A teenager, Black, hands raised, yelling.
Castellano's voice unmistakable offscreen: *"Take the shot."*
Gunfire. The teenager falls. Officers approach. One kneels, pulls a gun from a bag, places it beside the body.
The timestamp is visible. Badge numbers visible. The face of the dead boy is visible: Jamal Brooks, 16 years old, unarmed.
The auditorium erupts: shouts, gasps. The mayor stands, face red. The chief grabs for a phone.
Castellano tries to leave. Reaper steps into his path. Doesn't touch him, just stands there: a wall. "You're going to stay. You're going to answer for this."
From the audience, a woman stands: Nia Brooks, 38, Black, wearing a black dress, face carved from grief. She walks to the stage, climbs the steps, stands beside Zara.
"That was my son, Jamal Brooks. He was sixteen. He wanted to be an engineer. He had a scholarship. You killed him, and you lied!"
Detective Sarah Hang stands in the back. She walks forward, pulls out her badge, holds it up: "I'm Detective Sarah Hang, CPD. I can corroborate this evidence. I witnessed tampering in the Williams case. I have documentation. I'm willing to testify under oath."
Federal agents in dark suits move through the side doors—FBI. They approach Castellano.
"Lieutenant Owen Castellano, you're under arrest for conspiracy to commit murder, obstruction of justice, evidence tampering, and violations of civil rights under color of law."
Castellano's hands are cuffed behind his back. The medal on his chest catches the light one last time before he's led offstage.