Preface
A shocking video went viral on the Internet of an elderly male trader being pushed to the ground by two chengguan, and a female chengguan taking the opportunity to stomp on his hand. This violent act of law enforcement has aroused strong indignation among netizens! What exactly happened to this incident? What should the contradictions between urban and rural areas do? Let us continue to look at them!
01. The process of the event and the video transmitted online
In Meige Square, Yao'an County, Chuxiong, Yunnan Province, an elderly male vendor was severely enforced by urban management personnel when he was setting up a stall. A shocking scene happened.
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In the video, the elderly vendor is lying on all fours on the road like a toad, and his body is suppressed by two middle-aged chengguan. He lay helplessly, unable to move, and his head was forcibly pinned to one side. The situation was clearly extremely unfavorable to him.
Just when the vendor was powerless to fight back, a female city manager actually took the opportunity to stretch out her foot and stomp on his hand fiercely. The stampede was fierce and humiliating, as if stepping on the last bit of his dignity. At the scene, it can be seen that a lady in pink stepped forward to persuade her, and another eldest sister in a red shirt directly pushed the female city manager away to stop her.
If passers-by had not intervened, the hands of the vendors would have been ravaged even more. As soon as the video was circulated on the Internet, it immediately sparked heated discussions, questioning that the urban management law enforcement process was so rude and unreasonable, and there was no mercy for the vulnerable people.
How could an elderly street vendor who barely make ends meet be treated like this? Netizens have accused the chengguan of completely losing their basic professional ethics. This act of violence against the weak has undoubtedly sparked widespread public outrage, and one cannot help but question whether the chengguan is trying to manage or torture the people.
02. Initial response from the authorities
After the incident was widely circulated on the Internet, the Yao'an County Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau finally responded. The staff said on the phone that they had investigated and verified the incident and decided to deal with the urban management personnel involved and fire them all.
However, then the staff said something that made netizens even angrier - they found out after investigation that the matter was not one-sided, and both sides were at fault. In other words, the vendors are also at fault.
This remark immediately aroused strong dissatisfaction from netizens. Everyone has questioned why even the victims should be blamed for the abuse of violence by urban management personnel in the process of law enforcement?
Some netizens pointed out that if there is a fight and conflict between ordinary people, usually both sides will be treated fairly and detained without discrimination. However, in this case, only a few chengguan officers involved were dismissed lightly, and no legal responsibility was pursued for them, and the punishment was obviously too lenient.
Many people believe that there is a clear double standard in this kind of law enforcement. Ordinary people who do not say anything will be regarded as disturbing social order at every turn; However, the violent enforcement of the law by the chengguan does not need to bear due responsibility, as if it were taken for granted. This will undoubtedly exacerbate the estrangement and antagonism between the public and law enforcement.
Some netizens bluntly said that the female city manager not only stepped on her professional ethics, but also stepped on the opposite side of the law enforcement and the victim. The incident reflects the lack of humanistic care and humane handling of urban management in the actual law enforcement process. Are they here to manage or to harm the people? This decadent mentality must be cured urgently, otherwise the contradictions between urban and rural areas will only become more and more intense!
03. Call for humane law enforcement
This incident undoubtedly once again exacerbated the antagonism between the chengguan and ordinary people. As the enforcer of urban management, urban management should uphold the principles of justice, civility and humanity, rather than acting recklessly and self-centeredly. However, in this case, the urban management personnel dealt a poisonous blow to the helpless elderly traders, and their behavior exceeded the bottom line of the law, completely losing the basic ethics that they should have as public officials.
In the face of such a situation, law enforcement should have dislodged street vendors in a peaceful and pragmatic manner, rather than resorting to violence. We should not bully the weak and take what they want, who have no power to fight back. The public intuitively saw through the video that the kick of the female city manager can be called naked humiliation and injury, which makes people deeply angry and uneasy. This is nothing less than a wanton violation of the rights and dignity of every citizen.
Of course, we support strict law enforcement and maintenance of order in urban management. However, while performing their duties, they must also embody the most basic humanistic care, treat every citizen equally, and avoid the arrogance of trampling on the weak. Only by implementing policies according to the city, enforcing the law in a civilized manner, and resolving contradictions with warmth, can the gap between urban and rural areas be truly resolved and social justice and harmony maintained.
epilogue
Do you also feel the same for this infuriating incident of violent law enforcement by urban management? What do you think? Welcome to leave a message in the comment area to discuss~