Bram: Huh?
Police Officer: You just assaulted the lead federal prosecutor for this entire judicial district.
Bram: Federal prosecutor? She didn't show me any badge or legal identification!
Police Officer: She was carrying the official audit papers for your illegal logging operation.
Elena: My head... is splitting...
Police Officer: Hang on, Counselor. We've got an ambulance and tactical backup arriving in two minutes.
Bram: Wait a minute, officer. This is just a private property dispute over some pine timber.
Police Officer: Private property dispute? You kicked an officer of the court onto a pile of logs.
Bram: She fell! She tripped over a frozen tree root while running away from us!
Police Officer: We watched the entire attack live on the patrol vehicle's long-range camera feed.
Bram's face drained of color as the reality of the dashcam evidence settled into his mind.
Bram: Look, we can talk about this inside my office over a cup of coffee and a settlement.
Police Officer: The only place you're talking is the interrogation room at the county jail.
Bram: You can't arrest me without a formal warrant signed by a local magistrate!
Police Officer: Committing a felony assault in the immediate presence of law enforcement constitutes an arrestable offense.
Bram backed away slowly toward the heavy machinery parked near the main timber shed.
Bram: Don't try anything stupid, boys. Tell these officers I own this entire valley.
Worker: Sorry, boss. I'm not going to prison for assault and battery on your behalf.
Police Officer: Put your hands behind your back right now or we use physical restraint.
Bram: This is an outrage! My corporate lawyers will sue the state into bankruptcy!
Police Officer: Your corporate lawyers are currently being served with federal racketeering warrants downtown.
The cold steel handcuffs clicked tightly around Bram's wrists with a sharp, unforgiving metallic ring.
Bram: You'll pay for this! Every single logger in this camp is a witness to your abuse of power!
Police Officer: The only witnesses we need are the high-definition video files stored on our cloud server.
Elena pushed herself up slowly from the frozen ground with the help of the second backup officer.
Elena: Make sure he doesn't destroy the financial ledgers inside the main office trailer.
Police Officer: Already secured, Counselor. The forensic accountants have the safe open right now.