At the police station, Ricardo threw Sofia into a chair and began filling out the arrest paperwork. He wrote furiously until he reached the line for “Legal Guardian.” He paused, re-reading her name: Sofia Oliveira.
Suddenly, Corporal Felipe Costa rushed over, whispering urgently, “Commissioner, Judge Helena Oliveira is on her way. That is her daughter.”
Ricardo’s pen dropped. He hadn’t just arrested a teenager; he had abused the daughter of a legendary, fierce State Judge. Minutes later, Judge Helena Oliveira burst into the station, radiating fury.
“Where is my daughter?” she demanded. Seeing the red marks on Sofia’s wrists, she ordered the handcuffs removed immediately. Sofia recounted the events clearly: the bullying, the staged assault, and Ricardo’s brutality.
“You abused your authority to terrorize a minor,” Helena told a terrified Ricardo. “I want every document and every second of bodycam footage.”
The Counterattack
The story hit the news that night: Police Commissioner Arrests Judge’s Daughter. Ricardo was placed on administrative leave, but the police union fought back, claiming he followed protocol against a “combative student.”
The school and police tried to stonewall the Oliveiras, delaying evidence and claiming technical glitches with security cameras. Sofia faced escalating threats—racist graffiti on her locker and anonymous texts telling her to “drop it.” One night, a car followed Sofia and her mother, trying to intimidate them.
“They want us to be scared,” Judge Oliveira told her daughter. “But we will fight. We document everything.”
A breakthrough came when Corporal Felipe Costa met the Judge secretly. He handed over a USB drive containing the “deleted” bodycam footage. It showed everything: Ricardo’s brutality, his classist slurs, and earlier clips of him and Enzo laughing about targeting minorities.
Desperate to stop them, the corrupt faction escalated to violence. The Oliveiras’ garage was set on fire in an arson attack. Enzo’s grandfather, former Secretary of Security Daniel Monteiro, went on TV to smear the family, claiming the charges were politically motivated.
“They burned our garage, Mom,” Sofia said, shaken. “But if we give up, we tell every bully that they win. We have to finish this.”
The Judgment
The disciplinary hearing was packed with media. Ricardo Monteiro denied all wrongdoing, claiming hardware failure regarding his bodycam.
The Inspector General, Mr. Walsh, then played the recovered footage. The room watched in stunned silence as Ricardo’s brutality and lies were projected in high definition.
Sofia took the stand, presenting a timeline
