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佛罗里达州31岁黑人女性玛蕊莎亚历山大在与丈夫隔离后,一天她以为丈夫不在家,她回去取衣物,在与丈夫争吵时,玛蕊莎自称出于自卫,想“吓唬”她的丈夫不要骚扰她,吵闹中冲墙壁开了一枪,子弹反弹到了天花板。
被其夫告上法庭后(他起诉玛蕊莎的枪口曾对准他,并开枪威胁了他的生命),依据佛州严厉公平的法律,持枪犯罪、开枪伤人和杀人等罪要获10年、20年和终生监禁的刑罚。玛蕊莎本人和她的家人起诉无效,尽管佛州出台了“Stand your ground”自卫条款,按照佛州的最低强制持枪法,陪审团判决玛蕊莎20年有期徒刑,尽管她那一枪打到了天花板上。
从这个案子可以看出:
一.玛蕊莎没有钱雇佣、也没有“一流的律师”为她辩护。
二.连续的枪击惨案,法庭对涉及枪击或枪杀的案子从严判决了。
三.玛蕊莎的案子不涉及“种族”和“肤色”。
四.依法办事,陪审团和法官“按法律办事。”立法机关没有给法官“自由裁量权。”
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而开枪杀人的齐默尔曼被判无罪,人们,尤其是黑人,能不抗议吗?如果被他射杀的是一个手无寸铁的华裔,华裔同胞不会抗议吗??玛蕊莎的子弹打到了天花板被判20年,齐默尔曼的子弹结束了一个黑人少年的生命却判“无罪”!?
ABC报道了齐默尔曼陪审团的一些情况,但被警告任何试图查明陪审团人名的会被追究法律责任。ABC调查到:陪审团由六名女性组成,其中5名是白人,另外一名可能是拉丁或墨西哥裔的女性。
在美国的大大小小的图书馆,人们都能读到奴隶制的记载、三K党吊死黑人的现代史,种族歧视的根源和延续必须由黑人自己说:“美国法律公平了,我们不再被歧视了”才可能真的变了。种族歧视的根源是“恐惧”和“陌生”,种族歧视的人根本就不愿意去了解他她所歧视的人群或只是选择性地把眼光放在主观的歧视层面。
其他少数民族在美国不是不被歧视,只是我们的抗议声太小了,或根本不敢抗议。我们华裔的“勇敢者”被虎妈、邓文迪等替代了。
所以,嘲笑和对黑人社区抗议齐默尔曼杀人案说风凉话的华裔是可悲的。而且,当你们讽刺黑人“懒惰、不努力、吃救济”等,你们应该感到羞耻,因为在美国找不到工作、靠政府救济的远远不止黑人公民,很多是不是公民的移民。难道,你主张美国把这些吃救济的移民“遣送回国”吗?
如果华裔心里没有出去为死去的黑人少年抗议的冲动,也请你们千万克制“华裔比黑人优异”的胡话!
--作舟
附:玛蕊莎去年写给支持者的公开信
I want to thank each and every one of you for writing me, praying for me or even thinking of me in your heart and are continuing to do so. For the most part, I’m hanging in there, as well as one could in this environment. Prison is definitely NOT what’s happening. It’s dreadful here, but hey, it’s suppose to be, it is after all captivity. My good days out weigh my bad days only because God is my source of strength. Please know that you all inspire me thru your communication and please know that the prayers that you offer up on my behalf are being answered. I’m so very blessed to have some of the most extraordinary people and organizations who are committed to supporting and encouraging me in every way. I will continue to believe in our justice system. I choose to do so because I have complete trust in God, and we are still a nation that has this fundamental belief embedded in our core, displayed in our courtrooms and written on our money, and more hopefully in our hearts. Truly I couldn’t begin to express to you how much I appreciate your wonderful letters of encouragement. Please know that I do not take your time and kindness for granted. Your heart-felt concern I am most grateful for.
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