When Gordon brought Phil back to the Police Department, Batman was waiting in his office.
Gordon was truly furious this time. He could not tolerate Phil provoking him like this, so he ignored Batman entirely and went straight into the interrogation room.
In Gotham, the police did not hold much status. No wealthy person feared the police. But they did not fear the police because they did not commit crimes—or, more accurately, because the law could not judge the crimes they committed.
The police had always been helpless when facing them, because every officer understood that even if they arrested these people, they had ten thousand ways to clear themselves.
In the end, they would suffer no losses, while the officer who arrested them might earn their resentment. That was why Gotham cops had always avoided provoking the rich.
But the premise of that was that there truly was no way to convict them. Their cases had to remain within their ability to smooth things over. Once a case became serious enough and the evidence was conclusive, the police would still arrest them.
Over the years, it was not as though no rich people had gone to prison. The main reason these people fell was that they had been set up by their peers. As long as the case was serious enough, the impact great enough, and the evidence sufficient enough, they could still be sent to prison.
For that reason, the elites generally did not offend the police to the bitter end either. Even with officers they had not bought off, most of them maintained a superficial peace.
The main reason Gordon had remained Police Commissioner for so long was that he could not be bought by anyone. That made him neutral and safe in everyone's eyes, so most