When the lamentations are sung for heroes, what should we think?

Miles 2022-03-22 09:02:14

"Richard Jewell's Lamentation" is about a "little person" who advocates fairness and justice and worships law enforcement officers and is regarded as a "big hero" after warning the bomb device in the Atlanta Olympics. However, the plot suddenly reversed, and the suspect was delayed During the arrest, some of Jewell's personal character problems were infinitely magnified. He illegally stopped racing on the highway, illegally arrested people involved by impersonating the police, illegally searched the alcoholic student dormitory, etc., as well as collecting guns and souvenirs of each incident. The most important thing is that he completely fits the description of the criminal psychology profiler and is regarded as the number one suspect.

In this way, he became a hero for 3 days, and suffered 88 days of misunderstanding, false accusation and torture. The FBI and unscrupulous reporters collaborated to illegally induce confessions and exert pressure from public opinion. This ordinary family was hit hard. Only his friend Watson (lawyer) and his mother believed in him. Jewell's suspicion, but the trauma caused is like the mark left by the oil-based pen on the removed furniture, which cannot be erased or forgotten. Jewell's final conversation with federal officials is intriguing: "Do you have any evidence to prosecute me? I used to think federal law enforcement was the highest mission a person aspired to? But now I'm not sure, I just did my best that day. Responsibilities save more people, do you think security will report the next time they see a suspicious package? They just think run away, or it will be the next Richard Jewell."

When a government loses its credibility, when the media makes a biased and distorted voice, and when social citizens lose their sense of morality, isn't this the "elegy" of this country and civilization? This is no longer a simple "story that makes heroes bleed and shed tears", but more about the three-way thinking of the judicial and law enforcement media: the judicial department lacks professionalism, and it is necessary to derive evidence from "conclusions", so that Jewell is very personable. Thinking and actions are considered "criminals' standard"; law enforcement agencies abandon fairness and justice, and then there will be illegal means such as inducement to confess to the public; and the media only pays attention to popularity and gimmicks, and will confuse people and even use "human blood steamed buns" to obtain pay attention to. In the end, it was the Jewells who were hurt. Everyone owed him an apology. Although an apology was useless, it was better than the decay of human hearts under the governance of such a country. "Alarm bell".

After watching it, I couldn't calm down for a long time. In fact, I seldom took the initiative to watch some videos of social significance, and seldom thought deeply through those hot social phenomena of people's livelihood. In comparison, bacteria have done a good job in this regard, indeed It is worth learning from me. He will continue to pay attention to social hotspot events, and he will speak out for unfair social events on Weibo. Even if it is weak, it is powerful. As Mr. Lu Xun said, "May all Chinese youth get rid of the air-conditioning, just move up, and don't have to listen to self-defeating people." If you can do things, you can do things, and you can make a sound. If you have a little heat and a little light, you will be like a firefly. You can also shine a little in the dark, and you don’t have to wait for the torch. If there is no torch, I will be the only light. .” We can’t simply put one thing into poor and sympathetic emotions, but more should be correct thinking after rational analysis of the matter, “What can we do to make ourselves, others and society better? Even if we can’t. As a builder, he is also determined not to misrepresent and mislead, "I hope that the dust and mist will replenish the mountains and seas, and the light of the candle will brighten the sun and the moon."

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Richard Jewell quotes

  • [repeated line]

    Richard Jewell: There's a bomb in Centennial Park. You have thirty minutes.

  • Bobi Jewell: Why do you keep defending them?

    Richard Jewell: I'm not defending, just explaning.

    Bobi Jewell: Well, stop it!