The Great Reversal: Is It Justified Defense or Intentional Injury?
Ask everyone a classic question: If the grandmother on the side of the road falls, will you help her?
Society needs to act bravely, and it needs love.
Whether to help or not is a problem, and whether you have the heart to help is also a problem.
After all, when this kind of thing happens in reality, we don't necessarily have to act bravely.
A recent incident of righteousness and courage on campus caused a public sensation.
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Here's a quick overview:
On March 31, a beating incident occurred at a university in Jinan in which people from outside the school clashed with students.
3 drunk men pretended to be delivery staff to tease a girl in the school, but they didn't expect to be seen by three male students.
The three boys began to exchange scolding with the drunk, which directly angered the drunk.
They rushed into the school and the men got into the air.
One of the students, Xiao Chao, was choked by a drunk man.
Xiao Chao immediately fought back, causing one of the drunk men to suffer a brain injury and even be sent to the ICU for craniotomy.
So Xiaochao was detained by the relevant departments for the crime of intentional injury.
This incident has been happening for about half a month, but the protests of netizens have not stopped.
Public opinion is almost one-sided, and they all believe that Xiao Chao's hand is righteous and courageous and justified defense, and does not belong to intentional injury.
You must know that Xiaochao and the other two boys came forward to confront each other when they saw a drunk man flirting with girls.
But now Xiaochao is being detained, and the drunk has not received any criminal punishment.
Of course, my father can understand everyone's anxiety and dissatisfaction.
When I first saw this, my father was also surprised, why did Xiao Chao end up like this?
But as things fermented, the whole thing started to go a little wrong.
The case was even escalated.
The drunkard's friend came out and said that it was three drunks who were molesting the girl, and the girl scolded back and left with the takeaway.
But just after the girl left, she met Xiaochao and two other boys.
Adolescent teenagers have a strong sense of justice, and if their father sees it, he will refute the drunk.
The three teenagers were not used to seeing the drunkard playing hooligan, so they opened their mouths to insult the drunk.
Even provoke the other party and let the other party enter the school to fight if they have the ability!
This made the drunk man emotional, and directly broke into the school and choked Xiaochao's neck.
After Xiao Chao punched back, the drunk fell directly to the ground, without the power of a backhand.
So here's the problem, the girl had left during the incident, and there was no danger, and after that, Xiaochao and others stepped forward to provoke and argue with the drunk.
So can Xiaochao's behavior still be regarded as righteous and courageous?
After the drunk man choked Xiao Chao's neck, Xiao Chao's behavior was also thought-provoking.
He first fired back with a backhand, causing the drunk to fall to the ground.
After this, Xiao Chao should have stopped attacking, but after the drunk man fell to the ground, Xiao Chao still did not stop attacking.
Instead, punch by punch hit the drunk's head, causing the drunk to suffer a head injury.
This testimony from the perspective of an onlooker makes the already unquiet atmosphere of the discussion even more tense.
Some eyewitnesses claimed that Xiao Chao's dodging and striking movements seemed to have been specially trained, so he quickly subdued the drunk.
After the drunk man fell unconscious, Xiao Chao and two other classmates even chased after his two companions together.
Judging from their descriptions, Xiao Chao and others had an absolute advantage in this process, while the drunkard's side was beaten to the point that they couldn't resist.
Things have become more confusing, and the nature seems to have changed sour.
Now the parties are paranoid and there is no completely reliable evidence to prove who is actually responsible.
The school's monitoring has also not been made public.
This made the school father more and more worried.
Afterwards, Xiaochao's father, Mr. Meng, revealed that the drunk man was a migrant worker from other places in Jinan.
Mr. Meng has repeatedly tried to reconcile with the other party, but the other party is unwilling to come forward.
This move has also caused a lot of heated discussion, and everyone may think that it is not necessary to ask for reconciliation since it is legitimate self-defense.
But why did Xiaochao's side take the initiative to seek reconciliation, is there another hidden story?
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Putting aside the specific nature of the incident, we can actually think about it from the perspective of Xiaochao's father.
In the father's view, the child stepped forward to stop it as a righteous and courageous act, and it was also a legitimate defense to fight back after being pinched out of the neck, but the child is now detained because of this matter, how can he not worry?
Pity the hearts of parents all over the world, maybe the father just doesn't want to affect the future of his children because of this incident.
In the eyes of the father, the most important thing is to solve everything as soon as possible and let the child return to normal life as soon as possible.
On the other hand, do you think this is more like a mutual assault incident caused by a symptom?
The girl left after picking up the takeaway and was not physically harmed.
And Xiao Chao and others first insulted the drunk, and then what happened next.
The scene that follows is more like both sides being provoked by each other and getting into a fight.
But what needs to be made clear is that in this turmoil, there are indeed conflicts and insults.
At the same time, drunks who directly break into the campus should also be punished accordingly.
And after the drunk man fell to the ground, whether Xiao Chao continued to attack became a key point.
Xueda is a bystander like everyone else, and as spectators, we need to look at this matter with a calm attitude.
Imagine that this is just happening on campus.
The flow of people is large, and the entry and exit are frequent, which is a relatively lively occasion.
Drunks and students argue and fight in such places, but what about in more remote places?
Are they not just verbally attacking girls, are they doing things that are not as good as beasts?
Although we can't judge the nature of the incident for the time being, what we can be sure of is the sense of justice that Xiao Chao and others have come forward.
Now Xiaochao has been released on bail pending trial.
His father, Mr. Meng, revealed that Xiao Chao has become silent since he returned home and does not like to talk much.
In fact, it is very easy to understand, after all, Xiaochao is still a college student, and he is in his prime.
I thought it would be a good thing for me to step forward like a superman to stop it, but I didn't expect to bring disaster to myself and even be criminally detained.
This is like the sky is falling and the life is ruined for a child who has just come of age.
Maybe in the future, Xiao Chao will encounter something similar again, but he doesn't dare to step forward again...
His personality may also become more and more reticent, and gradually fall into self-blame.
This is not the first time that my father has seen this kind of case related to legitimate defense.
In 2018, the Kunshan Longge anti-homicide case became popular all over the Internet.
A man in a sedan and bicycle was involved in a minor traffic accident, and during an argument between the two parties, a man in the sedan took out a knife and slashed at the bicycle owner.
After that, the long knife accidentally landed, and the cyclist picked up the long knife and chased the man with the knife in turn.
The man was slashed and fell in the grass and eventually died.
In this accident, the cyclist was eventually found guilty of self-defense and acquitted.
And for today's incident, whether it is righteous and courageous, or legitimate defense,
In the end, it comes back to the question at the beginning.
If the old man falls, will you help him?
Evildoers need to learn their lessons and be punished, and the weak who are bullied need to have their rights.
We can't dictate the law, but we still have to be able to discern the facts.
Regardless of the development of the case, we should try to extract the demand for fairness and justice from it.
The biggest warning thing for us is to express our views in a reasonable way.
Don't let violence get carried away and don't try to take chances.