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Written by: Review Editor
2020-05-30 16:58
Date of last update: 2020-05-30 16:58On Monday (25th), when the white police in Minnesota, USA, arrested George Floyd, a black suspect, he put his knee on his neck. Floyd kept calling and couldn't breath for about 3 minutes, but was ignored and eventually died. As the whole process was clearly photographed, the footage was spread madly on the Internet, causing a series of demonstrations in the capital Minneapolis against the police. Over the past few days, the original peaceful demonstrations have gradually turned into violent demonstrations and spread to other parts of the United States. Demonstrations have occurred in Kentucky, Ohio, California, and New York.
The Mingzhou incident seemed familiar, reflecting several problems that the United States has accumulated for a long time, including the long-standing problems of American police violence, the problem of blacks being racially discriminated, and even social contradictions between the rich and the poor. Perhaps it is related to the history of the sheriff ’s powers and powers in the development of the Great West. The US police have always had the problem of excessive violence in law enforcement, which has become a stubborn disease in the United States. Although the government has tried to deal with it in the past, no significant results have been seen. The fact that black people are discriminated against in the United States is even more obvious. Black people are inertially labeled as poor, low education, and even criminals. The combination of blacks and police riots has caused many social disturbances in the United States caused by the improper killing of blacks by white policemen, and triggered the "Black Lives Matter" movement.
Demonstration in Minnesota, USA: The picture shows the demonstrators demonstrating in the third branch of the police station in Minneapolis on the evening of May 28. (Associated Press)
More in-depth, it is not only black people who participate in violent demonstrations, but also white youth. Rather than seeing these white youths as pure "leftists," it is rather said that they themselves are victims of deep-seated problems such as inequality between the rich and the poor. They have already accumulated dissatisfaction, and coupled with the new coronary pneumonia epidemic, unemployment and other problems have worsened. Through this case, it broke out. Similar riots are not new in the United States. It has repeatedly been proven that neither police violence nor demonstration violence can fundamentally solve the problem. The Mingzhou incident should have caused the United States to seriously deal with the problem of police violence for politicians, to return the dead to justice, and to ponder deeper social issues and make reforms.
Hong Kong society will not be unfamiliar with "police violence" and "deep structural contradiction". The anti-revision incident that broke out last year did not reveal the deep-seated structural problems of Hong Kong. As the government responded to incompetence, civil dissatisfaction continued to expand, and the way of resistance became more and more fierce. Police and civilian conflicts occurred frequently. point. Regarding the situation in Hong Kong, US President Trump and a group of Washington politicians ignored the problem of illegal violence. They just accused the Hong Kong government of suppressing the freedom of demonstration and promoting the "Hong Kong Human Rights Act", in disguise as a turbulent situation in Hong Kong. Today, when Trump deals with his own problems, he reveals two very different faces when he talks about Hong Kong, and poses naked double standards, which is dumb.
US President Trump and a group of Washington politicians ignored the problem of illegal violence. They just accused the Hong Kong government of suppressing freedom of demonstration and promoting the "Hong Kong Bill of Rights." (Associated Press)
On Friday (29th), US President Trump posted on social media, publicly accusing the violent demonstrators as "thugs", saying they were humiliating George Floyd, and even saying that the fire would be ordered once the predation began. In the face of the president's so-called violent violence, the social network Twitter, which is fighting against Taiwan's online words and deeds, was unable to suppress it, and it was marked with a "beautifying violence" prompt. On the other hand, the major American media that used to accuse the Hong Kong police in characterizing the Mingzhou incident did not use "protesters" but "rioters".
In fairness, society gives police the power to maintain law and discipline, and also strictly restricts their use of force. No civilized society can condone police violence, and when the police force appears a black horse, it should also be brought to justice. The police officer suspected of killing Floyd has been charged with murder. The US courts will become a battlefield for justice for Floyd. As for the burning anger on the street, the test will be the political leaders' wisdom and wisdom. Whether Trump can give a satisfactory answer is left to the American people to judge. For Hong Kong, the Mingzhou incident has seen American politicians disregard facts and reasons and manipulate the political side. After the outbreak of the Mingzhou incident, the mainland and some Hong Kong netizens used ironic statements made by the United States against the Hong Kong Anti-Amendment Movement, such as reiterating the statement made by the Speaker of the US House of Representatives Pelosi that the Hong Kong demonstration was "a beautiful landscape" in June last year. Of course, the blissful state of mind is absolutely undesirable, but before American politicians blame others, it is also time for us to review ourselves.
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