Friends, have you ever imagined that an ordinary traffic violation can suddenly turn into a life-and-death tragedy? Just a few days ago, there was a heinous incident of indiscriminate use of force by the police in Chicago, USA.
An innocent young black man, just because he was not wearing a seat belt, was frantically strafed by the police, and dozens of gunshots rang out one after another inside and outside the car, and he was in danger. This shocking scene once again pushed the racist and violent law enforcement of the US police to the forefront of public opinion.
Let's go back to April 9, when a 26-year-old black man, Dexter Reed, was questioned by the police for not wearing a seatbelt. At first, Reed was calm in the face of a police stop at gunpoint, and was trying to unlock the door.
However, just a few seconds later, the gunfire erupted as the police fired indiscriminately at Reed's vehicle. In just 41 seconds, they fired a whopping 96 bullets! Bullets continued to penetrate the windows of the car, and even after Reed had fallen to the ground, the police continued to load new magazines and pound his body.
In the end, the brutal murder of young Reid in this unwarranted massacre is a stark exposure of some of the deep-seated racist and violent law enforcement habits of American police officers. What is even more outrageous is that the police have hardly punished the incident, saying only that they are investigating "the way the police used guns".
This is nothing short of the American justice system's open contempt for black life! Reed's case is far from an isolated case, and many innocent black people have suffered tragic misfortunes under similar circumstances. In 2014, for example, Brown, an unarmed youth, was shot and killed by white police officers, sparking the Black Lives Matter movement.
Another example is in 2019, Taylor, a woman sleeping in her car, suffered the same fate...... In the face of such atrocities, American society should have the courage to reflect and face up to the deep-seated problems of racism and police abuse. After all, how can a civilized society allow such deliberate harm to any citizen of any race or color?
Isn't the equality of life and the supremacy of human rights the most basic human values of our time? Many statistics show that the probability of police using force against blacks and other minorities in the United States is much higher than that of whites. It's a form of outright racial discrimination that is deeply ingrained in the U.S. law enforcement system.
In order to solve this problem once and for all, "anti-racism" training alone is not enough, and prejudices at the individual and institutional levels must be fundamentally eliminated. At the same time, all circles in the United States must also attach great importance to the issue of the indiscriminate use of force by the police. We cannot always shield those "rogue policemen" who use guns as child's play, and they should be restrained at the legal and institutional levels.
In this way, we can truly save blacks and other minorities from harm and uphold their most basic human rights and dignity. Of course, we also call on the US police to attach great importance to cultivating professional ethics and establishing the concept of civilized law enforcement. Every law enforcement officer should uphold the purpose of impartiality and protection of the public, and must not use force indiscriminately because of skin color or prejudice.
Only in this way can the relationship between the police and the people be harmonious and the social order can operate benignly. In closing, I sincerely hope that this tragedy will awaken the conscience of American law enforcement agencies and trigger a reflection on racism and violent law enforcement in society.
After all, it is only through mutual respect, democracy and equality that the United States, a nation of immigrants, can be truly strong. Let us hope that all citizens of blacks, whites, and Latinos can enjoy the same dignity of existence on this land, and jointly write a new chapter of greater civilization and justice.
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