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Similar Adrian Chase, Sam was concerned about cleaning up the streets of Star City and was concerned about the welfare of the citizens of Star City rather than his approval ratings, unfortunately, this changed when Sam's son had Leukemia, stage four, even with the city's insurance, Armand still couldn't afford to pay for the treatments which forced him to work with [[Ricardo Diaz]], since Diaz promised Armand funds for his son's treatment. Unlike [[Kullens]] and [[C. McGarvey]], who were working with Diaz out of greed, Armand was motivated to bring down Oliver Queen and work with Diaz as a father to his son. |
Similar Adrian Chase, Sam was concerned about cleaning up the streets of Star City and was concerned about the welfare of the citizens of Star City rather than his approval ratings, unfortunately, this changed when Sam's son had Leukemia, stage four, even with the city's insurance, Armand still couldn't afford to pay for the treatments which forced him to work with [[Ricardo Diaz]], since Diaz promised Armand funds for his son's treatment. Unlike [[Kullens]] and [[C. McGarvey]], who were working with Diaz out of greed, Armand was motivated to bring down Oliver Queen and work with Diaz as a father to his son. |
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+ | Armand is proven to be quite arrogant; before [[Oliver Queen]] had fired him, he gave him the opportunity to do the right thing and also promised to pay for his son's treatments, however, Armand refused since the city became bankrupt after the attacks made by [[Cayden James]], before leaving, Armand revealed to Oliver that he knew Oliver was Green Arrow and warned him that Diaz was not like anything Oliver had even faced before, Armand kept on disgracing himself by manipulating the public into believing that Oliver fired him for launching the indictment against him for being the Green Arrow. This ultimately backfired, after Oliver obtained evidence of Armand's crimes and gave it to [[Samanda Watson]]; leading to him getting arrested by the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] and exposing his crimes to the public. |
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Despite helping Diaz commit crimes with his contacts in the FBI and with the resources at his disposal, Armand was truly remorseful for his acts but only did them out of love for his son similar to the attachment Oliver has to William. |
Despite helping Diaz commit crimes with his contacts in the FBI and with the resources at his disposal, Armand was truly remorseful for his acts but only did them out of love for his son similar to the attachment Oliver has to William. |
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Revision as of 15:18, 23 May 2020
Samir "Sam" Armand[1] is the former corrupt district attorney of Star City.
Biography
At some point between May and October in 2017, Armand was appointed the district attorney of Star City. In this position, Armand represented the city in a case against Oliver Queen. However, following Oliver's arraignment, Judge C. McGarvey allowed Oliver free on a $5 million bail and $500,000 bond.[2]
Armand approached police captain Kimberly Hill, a fellow member of Ricardo Diaz's payroll, claiming he finally had enough evidence to run Oliver into the ground and end his term, asking for the full backing of the police force.[3]
It is later revealed that the evidence is actually Roy Harper, who was found and captured by corrupt Star City Police Department officers under Diaz's payroll, with trying unsuccessfully to get him to testify against Oliver in court (regarding his identity as Green Arrow), however, Roy is eventually rescued by Team Arrow; Armand no longer has a case against Oliver.[4]
However, he still refused to drop his case against Oliver. After Anatoly Knyazev was arrested, Armand had him released due to no arrest warrant and because of his allegiance to Ricardo Diaz. Armand and Hill were later summoned to the mayor's office by Oliver who confronted them about them being on Diaz's payroll. Armand revealed that his son had cancer and he needed Diaz's money. When he and Hill refused Oliver's protection for their families, they were fired. Due to this, the two went to news outlets, broadcasting their firing as a ploy by Oliver to obstruct the investigation into him being Green Arrow.[5]
After Oliver used a device that Felicity made on his wrist to copy all of Diaz's files (that contained a list of every individual under his payroll) and gave it to Samanda Watson; Armand was arrested along with all the individuals under Diaz's payroll by the FBI.
Personality
Similar Adrian Chase, Sam was concerned about cleaning up the streets of Star City and was concerned about the welfare of the citizens of Star City rather than his approval ratings, unfortunately, this changed when Sam's son had Leukemia, stage four, even with the city's insurance, Armand still couldn't afford to pay for the treatments which forced him to work with Ricardo Diaz, since Diaz promised Armand funds for his son's treatment. Unlike Kullens and C. McGarvey, who were working with Diaz out of greed, Armand was motivated to bring down Oliver Queen and work with Diaz as a father to his son.
Armand is proven to be quite arrogant; before Oliver Queen had fired him, he gave him the opportunity to do the right thing and also promised to pay for his son's treatments, however, Armand refused since the city became bankrupt after the attacks made by Cayden James, before leaving, Armand revealed to Oliver that he knew Oliver was Green Arrow and warned him that Diaz was not like anything Oliver had even faced before, Armand kept on disgracing himself by manipulating the public into believing that Oliver fired him for launching the indictment against him for being the Green Arrow. This ultimately backfired, after Oliver obtained evidence of Armand's crimes and gave it to Samanda Watson; leading to him getting arrested by the FBI and exposing his crimes to the public.
Despite helping Diaz commit crimes with his contacts in the FBI and with the resources at his disposal, Armand was truly remorseful for his acts but only did them out of love for his son similar to the attachment Oliver has to William.
Appearances
Arrow
Season 6
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Trivia
- Much like his predecessor, Sam was a corrupt district attorney who was trying to take down Oliver Queen.
- However, unlike his predecessor, he is a pawn for someone else, as opposed to being the main player. Furthermore, he is also not a psychopath that is consumed with utterly destroying Oliver.
- Ironically, Earth-2 Laurel Lance who used to work for his predecessor in his revenge schemes against Oliver would be his successor.
- However, unlike his predecessor, he is a pawn for someone else, as opposed to being the main player. Furthermore, he is also not a psychopath that is consumed with utterly destroying Oliver.
- Sam was arrested by the FBI (off-screen) when Ricardo Diaz failed to take over Star City.
References
- ↑ "Fundamentals"
- ↑ "Thanksgiving"
- ↑ "Collision Course"
- ↑ "Doppelganger"
- ↑ "Brothers in Arms"