I watched Uncle Clint Eastwood's film "Richard Jewell's Lament" tonight, and I wanted to write something.
Let me talk about the story told by the film first.
This is a movie adapted from real people. The protagonist Richard Jewell was a security guard at a concert venue around the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. One night, he found a suspicious backpack and called the police to help evacuate the crowd after confirming that it was a bomb. In the end, the bomb exploded, causing casualties, but if Jewell hadn't discovered it in time, the consequences would have been much more serious.
So Jewell became a hero overnight.
But this is not a story about being unable to hold back one's heart after becoming famous overnight. Jewell remained humble in the face of honor, thinking that he just happened to be in the right place at the right time and did what his duty should do.
The trend of the story is that the FBI believes that Jewell fits the characteristics of a bomber who directed and acted in order to be famous, so it listed him as the number one suspect for investigation. The reversal that the people who eat melons likes to hear was known by the media, so it was reported, and Jewell became a target overnight. Jewell will continue to face investigations by law enforcement agencies. His residence is also surrounded by the media 24 hours a day, causing harm to his family and friends and facing collapse.
To be honest, the first half hour of the film was quite boring, but after getting over it, it was getting better. Father Dongmu is at the level of that, and the "positive characters" in the film, including Jewell, Jewell his mother, Jewell's lawyer, and lawyer's assistants and objects, are all made full of flesh and blood.
In contrast, the "bad guys" are pretty flat and facial.
One of the "bad guys" is a law enforcement officer represented by FBI agent Tom Shaw. He firmly believed that Jewell was the murderer, led the investigation of Jewell, and used some disgraceful methods to try to induce Jewell to confess. But if you think about it from another angle, Jewell does meet the characteristics of a suspect. Is Shaw's duty to investigate him as much as possible within the legal framework?
It happened that just after watching the movie, I saw Lawyer Jin Hongwei’s article " Criminal Case General Knowledge I Suspected Is the Strongest Evidence ". If Lawyer Jin saw this movie, he could use it as an argument in the article. NS.
Another bad character is Kathy Scruggs, the female reporter of the Atlanta Charter who first wrote a reversal. The film's portrayal of this character completely failed. In addition, the film added a scene where she used to go to bed with Agent Shaw in exchange for breaking news, which caused a lot of controversy.
Similarly, from another perspective, the title of the reversal article is probably "bomb'hero' was investigated by the FBI as the number one suspect" or something. I don’t know how the text is written. If the report is just based on the title, although other media will continue to harass Jewell, does Scruggs have the right to publish this article? How much responsibility does she have to bear for the harm Jewell suffered? Scruggs was indeed reporting a fact (Jewell was investigated by the FBI), although this fact was based on some people's inferences that were later proved to be wrong (Jewell was a bomber). Now the mass media who wrote those "triumphal songs 33 years ago" would naturally not consider this question, but if we are still considering serious journalism ethics, what should be the answer to this question?
After 88 days of torture, the FBI officially terminated its investigation of Jewell.
In the real world, Jewell immediately went to court with various media, and then most of the media settled with Jewell and compensated. However, the initiating "Atlanta Charter" insisted that what it published was a report based on facts and refused to settle.
The original name of the film is "Richard Jewell", the Taiwanese translation is the peaceful and stable "Richard Jewell Incident", Hong Kong is translated into "Richard Jewell: Stunning Mystery", and the mainland/Mainland translation is "Richard Jewell". "Richard Jewell's Lament" is obviously added. Although those 88 days must have been very uncomfortable for Jewell, the law enforcement agencies only politely tricked him into taking a confession. Once he found something was wrong, they had to let him go home. Later, he almost evacuated his house in order to collect evidence. Even his mother's underwear was taken away as evidence, 25 hairs were removed, and she was humiliated, but at least others are free and can stay with family, friends, and lawyers. In the end, the FBI could not find evidence and could only terminate its investigation. He also became a film cop as he wished, and even 8 years later, the real murderer was arrested, and he was completely cleared of suspicion.
We can imagine how things will progress if Jewell is lucky enough to live in another country under the rule of law. First, he will be detained for 48 hours, during which no one can be contacted. Then they will be arrested and enter the detention center. During this period, they cannot contact anyone on their own initiative. They can only meet with lawyers occasionally. Moreover, this kind of case may be characterized as terrorist attacks or national security related, so the lawyers will not be seen. In a situation of isolation and helplessness, Jewell estimates that the law enforcement agencies will eventually confess a perfect criminal process. Then he will be transferred to the procuratorate, wait a few more months, be prosecuted, and then wait slowly, and finally wait for the court session. Only then will he be able to see his relatives from a distance, and he will not be able to talk a word, and the court will be slow. Wait for the verdict, transfer to prison, and execute the death sentence. A few years later, the real murderer was arrested and he was injustice.
That's really a sad song.
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