When it comes to the world's most dangerous profession, many people immediately think of the president, especially the president of the United States. As we all know, the United States is a country that allows legal gun ownership, and many innocent people are involved in gun violence, even the president of the United States who is protected by elite bodyguards.
But many U.S. presidents have been assassinated because criminals are dissatisfied with the president's work or society. But the reason for the assassination of US President Reagan was because of a rich second generation of unrequited love, for a beautiful woman, and made a crazy move.
Speaking of this, Xiaobian will introduce the background of this "Reagan assassination case". At that time, there was a blockbuster film released in the United States, and the name of the film was "Taxi Driver". The film is about an American soldier who experienced the Vietnam War and became a taxi driver after retiring from the army. On the streets of America, he felt very lost. In the blow of the lost love, in order to attract the attention of his beloved, he planned a murder of the president of the United States.
Although the relevance of the film is to reflect the confusion of americans after the war. However, a rich second generation named John Sinkley did not feel the director's good intentions in shooting the film, but was deeply attracted by the beauty of the actress Foster in it.
Since then, this unlearned rich second generation has launched a crazy pursuit and communication harassment of Foster. But Foster didn't pay any attention to him and chose to call the police. Seeing that his efforts were not reciprocated, the extreme Hinkley was suddenly inspired by the plot of the movie, and he planned to assassinate US President Reagan. In this way, his own goddess would notice him.
Although Sinkley did assassinate Reagan, fortunately the bullet did not hit the point, and with the rescue of the doctor, Reagan was able to turn the situation around. Investigators arrested Sinkley afterwards, but he was not sentenced to death. Because at that time he was already suffering from severe mental illness. With the help of Sinkley's father's elite team of lawyers, the final punishment resulted in him being held in a mental hospital, and the court acquitted him.
However, the FBI did not easily abandon the surveillance and torture of Sinkley. His every move was under the control of the FBI, and even the right to visit Sinkley's parents was stripped away. During nearly 30 years in a psychiatric hospital, the FBI repeatedly tortured and retaliated against Sinkley, and it wasn't until he was 60 years old that Sinkley was free.
Although Sinkley is now a slow-moving, no longer threatening old man, the good times of his life have been wasted in a mental hospital. However, people did not sympathize with his plight, and anyone who broke the law and committed a crime was punished by law.