"I cuffed you to save my own neck," Ray retorted, figuring the irony wouldn't be lost on Asher. He gave him a moment or two to reconsider his stubbornness, then gave him a swift push into the room, as many as it took to get him in there.

Kicking the door shut behind him, Ray pointed at the closest chair. "I said si'down. Faster you do that, faster you get your say." Man-handling hardly counted as police brutality but the way Asher got him pent up, Ray probably wasn't far off.