Southern Metropolitan City

== History ==
=== Article 8 ===
Sometime after the end of the Jigsaw murders, a law known as Article 8 was passed. This legislation expanded the powers of law enforcement in order to fight crime. Many corrupt police officers and detectives took advantage of Article 8 in order to get away with brutality, up to and including murder. Chief Marcus Banks and head of homicide Angie Garza were actively involved in covering up these crimes and shielding their officers from punishment.
One of the many detectives who took advantage of this was Fitch, who one night was inside of his car parked under a bridge, when he had to stop a man named Jimmy Lincoln, who was driving his car under that same bridge. Fitch got out of his car and approached to Jimmy, telling him to put his hands where he can see them. At first, Jimmy obeyed, but then he mocked Fitch and showed him his middle finger. Angry at this, Fitch took out his gun and shot Jimmy, killing him instantly. Another cop who took part in this was Marv Bozwick who took the witness stand many times and falsely testified. He also covered up and falsified evidence to put innocent people in jail and better serve his needs as opposed to their guilty counterparts.
=== Charlie Emmerson's Murder ===
The police learned that civilian Charlie Emmerson had witnessed an officer push someone off a roof, and sought the man out under the guise of investigating the crime. So, one Peter Dunleavy along his than-partner Ezekiel Banks, visited Charlie at his home. They questioned him about what he witnessed, it became clear that the man was willing to testify. Dunleavy took action and murdered Charlie by shooting him, in order to get away with murder, Dunleavy placed a gun next to Charlie's corpse. Zeke asked Dunleavy what happened to which Pete claimed the witness pulled a gun on him. s shocked by the act but stayed quiet. Unbeknownst to Dunleavy at the time, Charlie's son William was hidden in a cabinet and witnessed the event.
However, the scandal was ultimately uncovered when Ezekiel exposed Dunleavy's crime to the public, the corruption within the police force was exposed which worried Marcus not only because Zeke would lose the people's trust but also his son would now be labeled as a snitch. After Ezekiel exposed his partner, Pete and took action by filing a complaint against him, for murdering the innocent man to prevent him from testifying against another corrupt officer.
=== Jigsaw Copycat ===
When off-duty detective Marv Bozwick is gruesomely murdered in the subway tunnel, believing that it was a homeless man the one who was run over. After various cops including Livingston and Grant went there to see what happened and secured the scene in order to take evidence, Captain Angie Garza informed Detective Ezekiel Banks and his new partner William Schenk (who was actually the killer using a different last name) about this and told them to go there in order to investigate. Once Ezekiel and William arrived at the subway where the game was played, they found various police officers examining the scene, taking pictures and evidence. Zeke asked Livingston who was securing the scene what happened, to which he told Zeke to see it for himself.
Zeke and William passed the security tape and observed the remains of Bozwick while William pretended to be disgusted and wanting to vomit. Ezekiel told William that if he wants to vomit to not do it in the evidence, to which William replied that he will not, as he's been waiting to do this since he was twelve years old. While Ezekiel was lighting the remains of Bozwick with his flashback, William saw the TV, which was destroyed when the train arrived and asked if TV sets are in subways, to which Zeke replied telling him that lots of things appear in subways. William then said that it will be difficult to identify Bozwick, who was still believed to be a homeless man, but Zeke wasn't sure of the victim being a homeless man, due to noticing a step counter watch in one of Bozwick's arms. He was also able to identify that Bozwick was married and was wearing a Fitbit.