One was in a dance hall in Monterey Park, Los Angeles, California. At that time, the dance hall was holding a special Spring Festival event. Many Chinese gathered in the dance hall to celebrate the Chinese New Year. The 72-year-old Vietnamese man Huu Can Tran shot at the dance hall with an illegal gun, resulting in 11 deaths and 9 injuries. Then Huu Can Tran committed suicide in his white van.
The other was near the Bay of Half Moon in Jinshan, California. The suspect was Zhao Chun Li, a Chinese worker who worked on a farm. The preliminary investigation showed that the motive of the murder was a conflict with his colleagues, resulting in seven deaths and one injury.
The "Freudian Event" reappears
Also in January, the United States reappeared the "Freud incident", which triggered the largest protest in the United States in decades in 2020. The difference is that Freud was killed by a white policeman who was violently enforcing the law, while the "Nichols incident", which occurred in January this year, was beaten to death by five African-American policemen. The same thing is that the victims were all African-American men.
According to the video released by the police, Nichols did not make any obvious provocative action, and the five African policemen seemed to be making trouble for nothing and taking the opportunity to vent their emotions.
In order to avenge Nichols, large-scale protests broke out in Memphis, Washington, and Times Square in New York. But people can't live again after death. Even if five policemen are brought to justice, they can only comfort Nichols' family, but can't return Nichols' life.
Why did the United States fall here?
There were two shooting cases in three days, and the police carried out violent law enforcement. Three cases caused nearly 30 casualties. But this is just the tip of the iceberg. Less than a month after the beginning of 2023, there have been nearly 40 shootings in the United States. According to this scale, the United States will become the purgatory of the world sooner or later.
Why did the peaceful and powerful United States, which was once admired by the public and admired by everyone, fall here?
First, the problem of the proliferation of guns in the United States is serious, and the problem of guns is difficult to solve. According to incomplete statistics, the number of guns held by every 100 Americans is 101, that is, every American has at least one gun, and everyone has the possibility of shooting and killing.
The Constitution of the United States gives American citizens the right to legally hold guns. Unless the Constitution is amended, the federal government has no right to interfere with the right of American citizens to hold guns. In addition, the military industry is the third largest industrial pillar of the United States. The military groups have already formed a powerful military-industrial complex, and their forces have penetrated into all aspects of the United States government and Congress. Even without the obstruction of the Constitution, the huge interests also doomed the United States to be unable to successfully ban guns.
Secondly, in order to maintain its hegemonic position, the United States government has fired indiscriminately around the world, which seems to be powerful, but in fact is at the cost of the smooth life of American citizens. The constant conflicts, the ambitious policies of the United States government, the widening gap between the rich and the poor, the deepening racial confrontation, and the impact of the epidemic, have left many people deeply troubled and anxious. This anxiety has not been expressed for a long time, and the slightest spark will explode, and eventually become an irreversible tragedy.
The United States is now facing the dilemma of internal and external problems. The internal people are increasingly dissatisfied with and distrust the government. The long-term overbearing and hegemonic behavior of the outside world has led to estrangement from its allies. However, the United States government is still immersed in its hegemonic dream and unwilling to wake up, which is also the main reason for the growing instability of the American society.
"If you want to destroy it, let it expand first." The United States is now in the stage of expansion. If it does not repent, it will eventually be abandoned by the world and the people and go to destruction.