Rookies reporting veterans is career-ending in any organization—a lesson many rookies learn the hard way.
We live in a world of real people with real relationships.
Rookies have _no_ clout in any field of endeavor—and anyone who convinces them otherwise is doing them no favors.
Apparently, one of the officers involved in this case was on his 4th day of work. Somehow he was expected to stand up to his 30-year-career-officer-in-charge, and not doing so is worth a murder charge.