User blog comment:Underscorre/Jeff the Killer Rewrite Contest!/@comment-25052433-20151015061018/@comment-25052433-20151015235732

Most of the concepts that you are describing are meant to serve to focus's Jeff's rage and push him further into his mental state.

The corrupt cop serves to demonstrate how the town is rejecting Jeff by defending its own rather than investigating and upholding the law. It also serves to further isolate Jeff from his new surroundings.

Liu being sent away is designed to further demonstrate the emotional distance between the brothers and their parents. It also works to show that the parents are capable of being petty while pretending to discipline their kids.

And while I would have loved to have developed Randy and his pals a bit more, there is honestly only so much that someone can do with 10k words.