Friends Of Truth
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Friends Of Truth
short story by Paul McCann
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Suddenly a young man came running along the road shouting. “Does anybody know the truth .“ People who saw him crossed over the road . They looked at him as if he were mad . Again the young man shouted . “Will someone answer me . What is the truth ?” A police van pulled up on the side of the road and at least a dozen armed police got out . A man who seemed to be in charge approached the young man and grabbed him . He instructed the passers by to move along and informed them not to worry everything was under control . As the crowd dispersed the police officer looked at the young man and said . “ You have been well paid for information . Now tell us where he is Dude. “ Dude replied , The police officer replied , Dude pointed to an area near the Skate Park and said . “He’s over there in the park with the others .“ “Ok Dude then ,lets go . Point him out to us .“ Dude led the way as the squad of police walked close behind . The man stood up and looked Dude in the eyes and said , Dude looked away and said to the police officer , At once he was handcuffed . The scuffle awoke the men from the bandstand who ran over and rushed at the police . A fight developed and some of the police were injured . Dude ran away into the shadows . The ringleader of the gang called for an end to the violence . “That’s enough . All of you stop “. “Who are you ?“ “I am who I am . Those who know me have heard the truth . Those who have heard the truth know me . “ The police man smiled and answered him back , “I am .“ The police officer in charge approached and said , “Can you show me some ID .“ “No .” The officer then said , “No.” “Surely you must have something with your identification on it .“ The ringleader replied , The police officer punched and kicked him to the ground and said . “Listen Truman you’re a criminal not a politician . Don’t lecture me on ethics .” “You say I am a criminal because you don’t know the truth . I know what is in your heart and it is you who have broken the law many times before today . “ The police officer took out his baton and began to bash him around the head and body . Again the ringleader of the gang fell to the ground . He got up again with a smile on his face and said . “Violence is what is in your heart . Those who live by it shall die by it . “ The police office seemed frightened and shouted back , “The lessons that you are speaking of only teach violence and destruction but the lesson’s I speak of teach about love and understanding .“ The police officer seemed lost for words . He turned to his men and said , “Take him away and lock him up in the cell at the station until his court hearing . Arrest any of his gang that are not out of here in ten seconds .“ At this everyone of the gang ran away . It was a long dark night back at the police station . As fate would have it there were a few crooked cops on duty at the station . The prisoner who they called Mr Truman had been handcuffed to his bed and beaten up . After that he was dragged into town in the middle of the night and humiliated in front of all those who were gathered there . They took photos of his naked body and placed cardboard signs around his neck . They continued to bash and whip him like a beast of burden him they made him carry people on his back through the town until he fell unconscious to the ground . Before the long night had passed the crooked cops brought him back to the station . Before the dawn the prisoner had died . Trying to cover up their crime they put the body in a bag and buried it . Then they invented a story about how the prisoner had escaped during the night . Everyone seemed to believe their story except for a certain police man who had been miraculously healed in the park by the touch of a hand . In the end they had a result . One of the crooked cops cracked and confessed to the murder . You Can Never Bury The Truth . A body was never found and the case still remains a mystery today. The End (Or just The Begining) By Paul McCann
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Great story! It reminds me of
Great story! It reminds me of another more famous story in the bible. A well done modern reworking of the story!
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