*Christine Collins
Christine Collins is a working-class single mother who lived a comfortable and simple life of happiness until his nine-year-old son disappeared. Until March 1928, his youngest son disappeared forever, and his life changed greatly. After a series of baptisms, Christine, who was forced to recognize a stranger as her child, strengthened her willpower. With the help of St. Paul's Presbyterian pastor at the time, Gustav Briegleb, the lawsuit against the Los Angeles Police Department was finally won. Just like the slogan of the film: "To find her son, she did what no one else dared
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There have been many scandals in the police department. The most famous of these happened together in 1992. At that time, an all-white jury acquitted four white police officers of beating black youths, causing widespread racial riots.
It was the same, even more inhumane, in that period eighty years ago. In my opinion, if Gordon was sentenced to death for that murder, given that his irresponsible approach to the disappearance investigation resulted in a missed opportunity to rescue those children, then Chief JJ Jones It is not an exaggeration to be regarded as an accomplice and sentenced to life imprisonment.
*Mental hospital and Article 12
As mentioned earlier, under the direction of the director, Christine was later placed in the psychiatric department of Los Angeles General Hospital. When entering the hospital, "It's Article 12 again!" the medical staff shouted. Because Article 12 comes in because they are charged with disturbing the police, Christine learns this from a prostitute. There's a line in this that impressed many people: "There's absolutely no winning with the doctors. If you smile too much, you're delusional. If you smile too little, you're depressed. If you're neutral, then you've lost touch with basic human emotions. All anyone can do is learn how to behave properly.”(Translation: There is no way you can fight these doctors. If you keep laughing, you are delusional; if you If you don't laugh, you have depression; if you don't do anything, you lose basic human consciousness. All you can do is be more correct.)
And after negotiating with the attending doctor, Christine always refused to sign the discharge. Agreement: The doctor told her he would let her go as long as she admitted that the fake Walter was her son. Of course, Christine showed her usual spirit of not giving up.
＊The Presbyterian Church of St. Paul
played an important supporting role in the whole incident. Pastor Gustav Briegleb used to criticize the corruption of the government and the police. He publicized the hidden and ugly secrets through the radio. After learning about Walter's disappearance and what happened to Christine's mother and son, he chose to help Christine to the end at all costs. He hired the best defense lawyer to win the case for her or for the more wronged and persuaded the people to stage a protest march. When the movie is played here, it can't help but make people happy.
*Hearings
The United States in the 1930s was still a very closed era, but fortunately, there was such a judicial institution that stood up to the authorities and could clear up the grievances of innocent people. The victory of the whole event is based on such circumstances. Imagine that if there is no such a complete and fair judicial system for trial, then after 80 years, we will have no way to understand the documents and truth of that period.
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