全美瞩目枪击案 白人少年获判无罪 法律专家不意外
文章来源: HK01
11/21/2021
美国18岁白人少年里滕豪斯（Kyle Rittenhouse）在威斯康星州（Wisconsin）城市基诺沙（Kenosha）反种族歧视示威现场开枪，酿成2死1伤后，陪审团11月19日裁定他无罪，在美国社会引发众怒，但据美媒所指，当地法律专家认为这个结果并不意外，为何如此？
事发于2020年8月25日午夜，基诺沙市街头的反种族歧视示威演变成骚乱之际，里滕豪斯开枪造成26岁的胡贝尔（Anthony Huber）和36岁的罗森鲍姆（Joseph Rosenbaum）死亡，27岁的格罗斯克罗伊茨（Gaige Grosskreutz）亦受枪伤。
Nov 20, 2021
5项罪名均不成立
事后里滕豪斯遭检方指控犯下一级故意杀人罪、一级卤莽杀人罪、一级故意杀人未遂及2项一级卤莽危害安全罪。经历审判后，陪审团决定5项罪名均不成立，引发美国社会激烈讨论，不过美国有线新闻网络（CNN）20日引述法律专家指，他们对判决并不感到惊讶。
报道引述民权律师科尔曼（Charles F Coleman Jr）解释，随着审判展开，两种论述开始“竞争”，一是里滕豪斯是挑起暴力者，另一是他属于遭攻击的受害人。科尔曼说，比起挑衅，最终陪审团认为“自卫”的说法更有说服力。
根据其中一个事发片段，里滕豪斯当时拿着枪在跑，后面则有人追着他。
里滕豪斯证词成关键
CNN指，里滕豪斯出庭时的供词成为关键。里滕豪斯辩称，自己当晚带着武器前往基诺沙市中心，尝试保护一间名为Car Source的汽车经销商，他是向追赶他的“暴民”开枪。
他在庭上声泪俱下地说道，后来成为死者的罗森鲍姆当时威胁他和追赶他，向他掷袋并扑向他的枪，自己之后是出于自卫才开枪。里滕豪斯主张：“如果我让罗森鲍姆夺去我的枪，他会用它杀我甚或杀更多人。”
Nov 20, 2021
里滕豪斯又说，另一死者胡贝尔当时用滑板打他和抓住他的枪，自己才朝对方胸部开枪，格罗斯克罗伊茨则是朝他冲过来并用手枪指着他的头。
里滕豪斯的辩护律师理查兹（Mark Richards）更向记者表示，辩方之前已私下做测试，找来模拟陪审团分成两组，只有其中一组观看里滕豪斯的作供，测试结果便显示，若然里滕豪斯亲身作供，得来的结果会有利得多。
由于辩方声称里滕豪斯当晚行为属正当防卫，检控方有责任反驳里滕豪斯并非合理怀疑。检察官要反驳其自卫讲法和表明他当晚挑起暴力，这种情况对控方不利。
控方有错失？
联邦前法官霍尼格（Elie Honig）认为，控方尝试把里滕豪斯描绘成主动开枪的人，但这种说法未能站得住脚。他认为里滕豪斯当时并非无差别开枪，而是向攻击他的人开枪。除此之外，检控官曾两度遭法官警告提问方式有问题。
陪审团指示对控方不利
报道引述高级法律分析人士科茨（Laura Coates）指，真正影响审判结果的是法官向陪审团发出的指示。在这次案中，法官要求陪审员从年仅17岁的里滕豪斯身上发生这种事的视角去看待这宗案件和评估他当时的行为是否合理，而非事后回顾。
Why the Kyle Rittenhouse ‘not guilty’ verdict is not a surprise to legal experts
By BECKY SULLIVAN
11/21/2021
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After 27 hours of deliberation over the course of four days, a jury declared Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty on the five charges he faced after fatally shooting two people and wounding a third during a night of unrest in Kenosha, Wis., last year.
Rittenhouse trembled as the verdict was read, count by count, then collapsed in sobs.
“There were times we doubted the case. There were times when we were confident,” said Mark Richards, Rittenhouse’s lead defense attorney, speaking to reporters outside the courthouse after the verdict was read.
Rittenhouse faced five felony counts after he shot and killed Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, and wounded Gaige Grosskreutz, then 26. The most serious charge, first-degree intentional homicide, carried a mandatory sentence of life in prison.
Though jurors did not speak to the media to explain their decision, legal experts contacted by NPR throughout the trial said an acquittal was not surprising.
“I think that anyone who saw the evidence could see that the jury might have a difficult time coming to a unanimous decision that Kyle Rittenhouse wasn’t defending himself,” said Julius Kim, a defense attorney and former prosecutor based in the Milwaukee area.
Rittenhouse had a strong self-defense case
Prosecutors said that Rittenhouse had put himself in danger through a series of reckless choices: He came to Kenosha during a period of violent and destructive riots; he armed himself with an AR-15-style rifle; he stayed there past curfew and after being separated from his group. They emphasized that he was the only person there to shoot someone.
But the law of self-defense in Wisconsin allows someone to use deadly force if they reasonably believe they are in imminent danger of death or great bodily harm.
“And if so, he’s allowed to use essentially as much force as he thinks is reasonably necessary to stop the threat,” said Kim.
Rosenbaum, the first person Rittenhouse shot, had acted belligerently throughout the night, according to video evidence and witness testimony. Later, he chased Rittenhouse through a used-car lot. Rittenhouse and another witness both testified that Rosenbaum had reached for Rittenhouse’s gun. Rittenhouse shot four times within a second, killing him.
“Mr. Rosenbaum was chasing me. I pointed my gun at him, and that did not deter him. He could have ran away instead of trying to take my gun from me, but he kept chasing me. It didn’t stop him,” Rittenhouse testified last week.
Afterward, Rittenhouse ran away toward a police line, he said during the trial. While he was running, several people started to chase him, including Huber and Grosskreutz. Huber struck Rittenhouse with a skateboard, evidence showed, and Grosskreutz was armed with a Glock pistol.
Prosecutors said that the two men had believed Rittenhouse was an “active shooter” and were trying to disarm him. But Rittenhouse testified that he feared for his life.
The defense had a “very disciplined message” throughout the trial, said Steven Wright, a law professor at the University of Wisconsin. They consistently emphasized Rittenhouse’s stated intentions that night — acting as a medic and protecting private property — and the threats to his safety, Wright said.
That message was clearest when Rittenhouse himself testified, a turn on the stand that several experts said was very effective for the defense.
“He was very well prepped. He did not come off as smug or indignant,” said Charles Coleman Jr., a civil rights lawyer and former prosecutor, who said that Rittenhouse came off like a “regular teenager.” “That needed to be something that the jury was reminded of.”
Richards, Rittenhouse’s defense attorney, told NPR’s All Things Considered that he thought Rittenhouse “did a very good job for an 18-year-old kid who was testifying for his life.”
Prosecutors had a very high bar to overcome Rittenhouse’s self-defense claim
In Wisconsin, once a defendant has made a self-defense claim, prosecutors must then disprove it “beyond a reasonable doubt,” experts explained.
The prosecution’s case depended on video evidence that was often dark and blurry. One key video was shot from far away, and in others, the action was at times obstructed, making it difficult to draw definitive conclusions.
“Some of the video footage, some of the still frame shots appeared to support the self-defense claim,” said Chris Zachar, a criminal defense attorney based in La Crosse, Wis., who said prosecutors had “squandered” their case.
Prosecutors attempted to convince jurors that Rittenhouse had provoked the encounter with Rosenbaum, which would have undercut his self-defense claim. But the interaction they described as Rittenhouse pointing his rifle at other people before the chase was captured only by a single drone video, filmed from over a block away, in which Rittenhouse and Rosenbaum are tiny and distant.
Another video that captured Rittenhouse’s encounter with Huber and Grosskreutz was analyzed frame by frame during the trial. Defense attorneys and prosecutors urged jurors to draw opposite conclusions from it — including, crucially, whether Grosskreutz had pointed his pistol at Rittenhouse before being shot.
“The state has to prove that Kyle Rittenhouse provoked the attack by proof beyond a reasonable doubt. And so, the question is: If everyone in that courtroom is still not sure, if the judge wasn’t sure, then how are 12 jurors going to be sure?” said Kim.
The state’s own witnesses at times helped Rittenhouse’s case
Prosecutors called more than a dozen witnesses to help make their case. But legal experts said that, at times, those witnesses seemed to bolster Rittenhouse’s self-defense claim.
The state called two men who had accompanied Rittenhouse that night, also intending to help protect private property. Both witnesses, Ryan Balch and Jason Lackowski, said Rosenbaum asked to be shot and “false-stepped” armed men in an attempt to provoke a reaction. One described him as “hyperaggressive.”
“They all painted a picture that Mr. Rosenbaum was definitely the aggressor,” said Wright, of the University of Wisconsin. “There was testimony that he lunged for the gun.”
Another one of the state’s witnesses, Richie McGinniss, a video director for a conservative news site who witnessed the Rosenbaum shooting, testified that Rosenbaum was reaching for Rittenhouse’s rifle.
And Grosskreutz, who was the prosecutors’ star witness as the only person who survived being shot by Rittenhouse, gave testimony that underscored the challenge facing prosecutors.
Grosskreutz ran after Rittenhouse after the first shooting and was approaching him, Glock pistol in hand, as Rittenhouse shot Huber. Grosskreutz testified that he believed Huber was trying to harm Rittenhouse.
For a moment, Grosskreutz paused and raised his hands in the air, gun held limply in his right hand.
But then he saw Rittenhouse adjusting his weapon, he testified, so he brought his arms back down and moved toward Rittenhouse. In doing so, he pointed his weapon at Rittenhouse, he admitted during cross-examination.
“It wasn’t until you pointed your gun at him — advanced on him with your gun, now your hands down, pointed at him — that he fired, right?” defense attorney Corey Chirafisi said.
“Correct,” Grosskreutz replied.
Kim, the former prosecutor, pointed to that exchange as an especially bad moment for the prosecution.
“I think the defense did an effective job of taking one of the state’s witnesses and using him to start building their case,” he said. “There were times where I had to remind myself who called him as the witness.”
枪杀郑少雄18岁凶嫌落网 芝警提控一级谋杀罪
世界新闻网
11/12/2021
芝加哥警察局局长布朗(David Brown)12日宣布，警方已经逮捕涉嫌在芝加哥大学校园附近枪杀郑少雄(Shaoxiong Zheng)的嫌犯史攀(Alton Spann，18岁)，并提控一级谋杀罪，以及两项非法使用武器罪。
警方说，史攀抢走了郑少雄的财物，其中包括电子产品。
Nov 12, 2021
警方使用PODS系统，以及私人住宅及芝加哥大学提供的视频，追踪到史攀用来作案及逃逸的汽车，该辆车在11月3日于马卡姆市(Markham)遭窃，通过这些监视影片，警方确认了一名嫌疑人的身分。
警方说，在郑少雄枪击案发生的同一天，警方在赛其威克街(Sedgewick St.)夹北大街(North Ave.)发现史攀踪迹，嫌犯当时持有两把枪及一辆福特野马车的钥匙，警方还表示，他们还握有史攀在一家手机店出售从郑少雄身上抢来电子产品的影片。
警方指出，经过法医与专家证实，史攀被逮捕时所持有的其中一把枪枝，就是枪杀郑少雄的凶枪。
18-year-old man charged with murder of 24-year-old U of C graduate
By: WGN Web Desk, Rob Sneed
11/12/2021
CHICAGO — Murder charges have been filed in the shooting death of a University of Chicago graduate earlier this week in Hyde Park, Chicago police announced.
Alton Spann, 18, is being charged with first-degree murder, armed robbery and two counts of unlawful use of a weapon.
Dennis Zheng, 24, was shot to death during a robbery in the 900 block of East 54th Place just before 2 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon.
Police said Span was located utilizing POD cameras the next day, and was taken into custody following a traffic stop near the intersection of West North Avenue and North Sedgwick Avenue.
Officers recovered two firearms from Spann’s vehicle during the arrest, with gun testing confirming Spann was connected to the murder.
Following charges being filed against Spann, Mayor Lori Lightfoot offered the following statement:
“Mayor Lightfoot is extremely proud of the dogged and phenomenal work of the Chicago Police Department’s Bureau of Detectives to quickly apprehend and charge Alton Spann for the murder of Shaoxiong Zheng. Individuals who commit senseless and cowardly acts of violence, and who recklessly cut short the lives of residents must be held accountable, and it the Mayor’s hope that this announcement can serve as the first step on the long road toward healing and justice for Mr. Zheng’s family and loved ones, as well as the University of Chicago Community.
The Mayor will continue to keep this young man’s family, as well as the entire Hyde Park and University of Chicago communities in her prayers as they continue to grapple with this tragic loss. As communities throughout Chicago continue to struggle with gun violence, protecting the lives and wellbeing of all of Chicago’s residents and visitors remains the Mayor’s top priority.”
According to police, the investigation into Zheng’s murder will continue, although police did confirm Spann was the gunman in Zheng’s murder.
痛失爱子 郑少雄母亲情绪崩溃 正赶办签证来美
世界新闻网
11/12/2021
「希望芝大能为儿子办个追思会，他深爱芝大，以身为芝大学生为荣」，大芝加哥华侨华人联合会主席郑征日前与遭枪杀郑少雄的母亲取得联系，除发起募款，同时也正在协助她安排到芝城处理儿子后事。
Nov 10, 2021
Friends gathered for a vigil for Dennis Shaoxiong Zheng late Wednesday – but they found little comfort as police continued to search for the man who shot and killed him in broad daylight. CBS 2’s Jermont Terry reports.
根据指出，郑少雄的父母将在下周一前往美国驻上海总领事馆申请签证，中国驻芝加哥总领事馆、华联会、芝加哥大学中国学生学者联谊会正提供相关协助，郑征说，一办完签证，他们将尽快赶到芝加哥。
郑征说，华联会为筹措郑少雄丧葬与其他费用而发起的Gofundme，很感谢各界的爱心支持，到12日中午，已经获得3万5000多元的捐款，超出预定目标2万5000元，她表示，所有费用将全数转交给郑少雄家人。
她也提到，家人说，郑的父母在他小时候就离异，住在四川的母亲独力扶养郑少雄，郑母不久前才从医院会计职位退休，儿子的死对家人打击很大，尤其倾全力栽培孩子的母亲，至今仍情绪崩溃，很难接受儿子已经不在人世。
Nov 11, 2021
President Alivisatos, Provost Lee discuss steps to enhance public safety following Nov. 9 shootings.
During a Nov. 11 webinar, University of Chicago leaders discussed ongoing steps to address public safety following Nov. 9 shootings in the Hyde Park neighborhood, including the murder of recent UChicago graduate Shaoxiong “Dennis” Zheng. President Paul Alivisatos and Provost Ka Yee Lee said the University is taking seriously the challenges that face an urban campus, with Lee sharing her experiences and concerns as a parent who has lived in Hyde Park for years. She also mentioned an upcoming event with a senior Chicago Police Department official, which will include a live question and answer session.
Eric Heath, associate vice president for safety and security, outlined specific steps that the University has taken and will be taking to ensure the safety and wellbeing of those who study, teach and work on campus, as well as visitors and local residents. They also extended their sympathies to the family of Shaoxiong Zheng, who was killed during the course of a robbery, and discussed the impact his death has had on the UChicago community.
家人表示，郑母目前唯一心愿是希望芝大能够为儿子办个追思会，家人说，郑少雄非常喜爱芝大，希望让他留有好的回忆，也让同学、朋友记得他。
郑征说，如果捐款踊跃，将可能考虑将部分经费作为破案奖金。
中国留学生遭枪击身亡 中驻芝加哥总领馆强烈谴责
来源：每日经济新闻
11/10/2021
又一中国留学生在美国芝加哥遭枪杀。
11月11日，据央视新闻消息，美国芝加哥当地时间11月9日发生多起暴力袭击和枪击事件，其中枪击事件不幸身亡的受害者中包括一名24岁中国留学生。
Nov 9, 2021
根据当地警方的消息，因枪击案身亡的中国留学生于9日14时左右遭到一持枪男子抢劫，枪手朝其胸部开枪后驱车逃离，受害者被送往医院后不治身亡。受害者随后被确认为芝加哥大学统计学的硕士毕业生，来自四川的留学生郑少雄（音译）。芝加哥大学当天发布声明，确认受害者为该校毕业生，并表示将配合芝加哥警察局调查此案以及加强校园的安全巡查力度。芝加哥大学还发布消息，呼吁知情人士上报与此案有关线索，以协助警方抓捕嫌犯。
University of Chicago grad killed in Hyde Park shooting. Victim identified as Shaoxiong Zheng, who friends say went by Dennis.
芝加哥9日当天发生的多起枪击事件总共造成包括郑少雄在内的3人死亡，5人受伤。当天晚上，还有一名69岁男子在中国城遭到暴力袭击，两名施暴者从背后袭击受害人致其摔倒，拿走他的钱包和钥匙后驱车逃离。据悉，目前此案也在调查当中，尚未有任何嫌疑人被捕。
对此，中华人民共和国驻芝加哥总领事馆也发出通知，提示领区中国公民加强安全防范。通知表示，美国当地时间11月9日下午，芝加哥大学附近街区发生一起恶性持枪抢劫案，一名不久前毕业于芝加哥大学的中国留学生不幸遇难。
中国驻芝加哥总领馆对该中国同学不幸遇害深感震惊和痛惜，向遇害者家属表示深切哀悼和慰问。
Nov 10, 2021
总领馆强烈谴责滥杀无辜的凶残犯罪行为，要求美有关方面尽快查清和公布案件情况，并采取切实措施，保护包括中国留学生在内中国公民的安全。
总领馆在此谨提醒领区包括中国留学生在内的中国公民密切关注居住地治安状况，注意及时了解当地发布的安全预警信息，避免前往不安全地方，进一步提高风险意识，加强安全防范，确保自身安全。
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Nov 10, 2021
9日不幸在芝加哥大學校園附近遇害的24歲青年，為來自中國四川的留學生鄭少雄(Shaoxiong Zheng)，他7月底才完成研究所答辯並取得芝大統計碩士學位，繼年初就讀芝大博士班的中國留學生范軼然遭瘋狂槍手殺害後，又一名年輕華人學者命喪槍口，讓芝大師生非常悲痛震驚。
中国留学生在美遭枪杀: 其来自成都 刚硕士毕业
来源：极目新闻
11/10/2021
美国当地时间11月9日下午，在美国芝加哥大学附近，一名今年刚从该校毕业的中国留学生遭遇一持枪抢劫匪徒枪杀，凶手随后跳上停在旁边的车辆逃走。极目新闻记者采访获悉，遇难者来自中国四川，年仅24岁。
大白天遭抢劫遇难
据美国当地媒体报道，9日下午1时54分左右，在芝加哥大学附近54小街900号的行人道上，遭一名持枪抢劫匪徒当街枪杀，凶手随后跳上停在旁边的车辆逃走。芝加哥警方表示，24岁的受害男子当时走在54小街夹爱丽丝大道交口的行人道，一辆深色车辆突然在他旁边停靠，一名劫匪走到该亚裔男子旁，要求他交出财物。抢劫过程中，劫匪不知为何突然对该男子开了好几枪，其中一发子弹击中受害者的胸部。警方接警后立刻赶到现场，中枪男子被送到芝加哥大学医院后不治身亡。
芝加哥大学一名在校生小雯（化名）告诉极目新闻记者，事后学校发了声明给所有师生，确认不幸遭枪杀的男子，近期才从该校硕士毕业，遭到枪击16分钟后就不幸遇难。
小雯还介绍，就在枪杀案件发生前2小时，芝加哥大学才发送出一份《安全通知》，告知师生学校附近的53街1500号附近有人持枪扫射。
据当地警方介绍，有两家商铺和多辆车在枪击中遭子弹击中。
遇难者来自成都
11月10日，极目新闻记者从小雯以及多名香港大学校友获悉，遭枪击遇难的留学生姓郑，来自四川成都。他2015年从成都一所高中毕业后，到香港大学求学，之后来到芝加哥大学攻读统计学硕士，近期才毕业。
事发后，郑先生的多名朋友在社交平台表达愤怒和哀悼。
一名港大校友说：“有朋友说芝大抢劫枪杀，就在他家楼下，我还觉得荒谬但遥远。而后朋友圈和树洞出现了很多消息，学姐来问我有没有在芝加哥的朋友有更多信息，说只知道遇难者是亚裔，24岁。港大某位学长在芝加哥大学读统计学硕士，刚毕业，一直联系不上，大家都很担心。之后都是焦急且无谓的等待时间，在信息洪流中分辨真真假假，宁愿都是误传。直到最后确认了身份，大使馆联系了家人。可还是无法接受，恍若噩梦一场，怎么会这样呢……家庭花了24年的时间培养一个孩子，个体花了24年的时间走到今日，扳机一扣，啪，没了。”她还称，郑先生朋友圈里的照片还停留在上周，第一次参加乒乓球比赛，“真的那么阳光鲜活的人啊……”
小雯告诉极目新闻记者，事发后，郑先生的家人联系不上他，他的母亲还在留学生家长微信群到处问，有没有人能联系上她儿子，自己看了直接破防。
“那个时候大家只排查出是统计系的中国学生，还没确认身份，家长没正式接到通知，也不愿意接受这个事实，所以到处在问，希望有奇迹。”小雯说。
一直都是学霸
极目新闻记者了解到，郑先生高中毕业那年，曾参加当地一培优机构举办的沙龙讲座，当地媒体还进行了采访。
媒体报道称，郑先生还未满18岁，却显示出了超越他实际年龄的成熟和稳健。他说除了在上课期间认真弄懂每个知识点外，课余还会钻研互联网等很多他感兴趣的领域。他也为在场的家庭分享了自己在高中三年所使用的一些对提高学习成绩大有益处的APP。自己还建立了一些个人小档案，有成长笔记，也有错题集，每一点记录都为他后来能以总分651分的好成绩考入香港大学奠定了深厚的基础。
沙龙讲座结束后，很多学生家长仍然围绕在他周围，询问关于学习方法的问题，他也都一一耐心地解答。
两年前，他还和同学合著了一本关于做事逻辑的著作，豆瓣评分6.1分。
11月9日下午，极目新闻记者致电郑先生高中母校，工作人员称暂未听说此事。
案发地附近枪击案频发
今年以来，芝加哥大学枪案频发。7月1日，该校大三学生路易斯从芝加哥搭车返回校园时，有流弹击穿车窗，打中他的头部，虽紧急送医仍于4日后不治。
今年年初，芝加哥大学博士班中国留学生范轶然在芝加哥大学校园附近公寓停车场遭枪击身亡。
小雯告诉极目新闻记者，案发地离芝加哥大学校园最近的建筑步行仅两分钟。那边是住宅区，没有商铺，住了很多留学生，但街头人很少。
小雯说，芝加哥大学附近枪击案频繁，几乎每天都能听到枪击声。
另一在芝加哥工作的徐先生也告诉极目新闻记者，芝加哥的黑帮火拼事件比加州更多，治安状况并不乐观。
芝加哥大学24岁亚裔生 于校园遭抢劫枪杀
世界新闻网
11/09/2021
一名近期才从芝加哥大学毕业的24岁男性，9日下午1时54分左右，在校园附近54小街900号的行人道上，遭一名持枪抢劫匪徒当街枪杀，歹徒作案后跳上停在旁边的车辆逃逸，目前死者身分仍未公布，但根据可靠消息指出，这名受害者为亚裔，且有可能是华人。
芝加哥警局表示，24岁的受害男子当时走在54小街夹爱丽斯大道(Ellis Ave.)交口的行人道，一辆深色车辆突然在其旁边停靠，一名男嫌从车内走出到该名亚裔男旁，要求其交出财物，抢劫过程中，歹徒不知何故对受害者开了好几枪，其中一发子弹打中受害者胸部。
警察据报后立即赶到现场，中枪男子虽经送到芝加哥大学医院仍不治。
该部涉案车辆之后有人看见往54小街西向逃逸。
事发地点有许多学生聚居，旁边还有一小座儿童公园，平日人车来往频繁，芝大学生听到有人在该地点遭到抢劫枪杀，都感到十分意外与震惊。
芝大稍后发出声明给所有师生，确认该名不幸遭枪杀的死者，近期才从芝加哥大学毕业，该校正与芝加哥警局合作，收集更多案件信息，事发后，芝大警局已经立即增加校园附近的巡逻，虽然现阶段没有任何迹象显示该事件为系列案件，但学校鼓励所有人提高警觉、谨慎行事。
这起抢劫枪杀事件发生前两小时，芝大才送出一份「安全通知」，告知学校老师、学生有关东53街1500号附近有枪击案，警方表示，两家当地商家及多部车辆均在该枪击案中被子弹击中。
20岁的芝加哥大学大三学生路易斯(Max Lewis)今年7月1日从芝加哥市搭乘绿线捷运准备返回校园时，不幸遭到从车窗窜入的流弹打中颈部，虽紧急送医急救仍于5日不治。
今年年初芝大博士班中国留学生范轶然，则在芝大校园附近公寓停车场遭枪手滥杀。
芝加哥市的枪枝暴力问题越演越烈，上个周末全市共有50人中枪、九人死亡。
Recent University of Chicago graduate shot, killed in armed robbery near campus
By WGN Web Desk
11/09/2021
CHICAGO — A recent University of Chicago graduate was shot and killed Tuesday afternoon in armed robbery near campus.
Just before 2 p.m., authorities were dispatched to the 900 block of 54th Place on the report of a shooting.
Police said a 24-year-old man was on the sidewalk when a dark-colored vehicle pulled up. A male suspect exited the vehicle and demanded the man’s property. The victim was then shot in the chest and pronounced dead at the University of Chicago Medical Center.
The vehicle was last seen fleeing westbound on 54th Place.
Around two hours earlier, the university sent out a safety notice regarding shots fired in the area of the 1500 block of East 53rd Street. Police said two local business and multiple vehicles were struck by gunfire.
As bullets flew by, Congressional candidate and founder of My Block, My Hood, My City Jahmal Cole dropped to the ground.
“I dove under the car, I ran for my life,” Cole said. “Nobody was hit but it’s traumatizing. When you’re running for your life, that doesn’t just go away.”
Earlier this summer, a 20-year-old student from Colorado was shot while sitting on a Green Line train. Max Lewis was paralyzed, but alert in the hospital. He was taken off life support and died on July 4.
The university sent the following message to students and staff following Tuesday’s deadly shooting.
“We are working with the Chicago Police Department to gather more facts about the case, and the University of Chicago Police Department is immediately increasing patrols near campus. While we have not had any indication that this is an active incident, we encourage you to be vigilant and exercise caution.
This is devastating news for our entire community. We will keep you informed as we know more about this incident.”
Anyone with information can leave an anonymous tip at cpdtip.com.
抢匪作案遇“美军陆战队” 1秒夺枪压制 同伙鼠窜
来源：ETtoday
10/29/2021
惹错人！亚利桑那州一名持枪歹徒伙同另外两人抢劫加油站商店，却遇到“路人”发威， 一个箭步就夺下手枪，还用手中的一袋罐装饮料当武器，砸向歹徒让他血流满面，其他同伙见状早就吓得逃之夭夭。这段监视器影片迅速在全美爆红，原来单枪匹马压制抢匪的路人竟是美国海军陆战队的退伍军人。
Oct 21, 2021
A Marine Corps veteran came to the rescue on Wednesday morning after an armed suspect and two others attempted to rob a convenience store in Arizona, according to the Yuma County Sheriff’s Office.
根据美联社、ABC报导，亚利桑那州西南部尤马市（Yuma）一家加油站商店于20日清晨4时30分左右，突然闯进一名持枪歹徒，身后还跟著2名同伙，而当时正要去上班的前美军陆战队队员基尔瑟（James Kilcer）刚好就在店里。监视器画面显示，他先是一眼扫视了抢匪，接著瞬间出手夺枪，并将手中的一袋罐装饮料用力砸过去，随后将人压制在地，同伙吓得连滚带爬地逃跑了，最后一名歹徒都还没踏进店门，这桩抢劫行动就瞬间结束。
报导指出，32岁的基尔瑟曾在阿富汗服役，而现在是陆军尤马演习场的聘雇人员，因此国防部不允许他带枪上班，多数人被枪指著可能会吓傻或逃命，但基尔瑟不同，他受访时称，如果当时他身上有带枪，或许还能再抓到其他2名嫌犯，“我当时正准备转身离开，就听到门猛然地被打开，我的第一个反应是，这枪管太小了。”他说，他扫视了一下发现除此之外没有其他武器，在那一刻他就选定了目标，“他朝我多走了一步，朝柜台走一步，我就能抓到他了。”
基尔瑟表示，他将饮料罐砸在歹徒的脸上，可能有打碎了对方的鼻子，因为他后来血流满地，同时夺下了枪支，再抓住歹徒的脖子，用枪指著他的头，把他转到背面压制，“我问他，『你多大了？』他说，『我才14岁！』他太快就走上错误的道路了。”警察到场后已将这名少年抢匪拘捕，并正在追缉另外2名共犯。
Oct 22, 2021
Marine veteran James Kilcer took matters into his own hands when he witnessed a robbery attempt at an Arizona gas station.
事后，基尔瑟说，原本他以为只是一把玩具枪，里面什麽都没有，所以他随手把枪扔在一边，后来检查才知道那是一把真枪，“海军陆战队教会我当机立断……我想我只是在对的时间，出现在对的地方，做我该做的事。”
突发！硅谷华人广场突发恶性枪战！
文章来源: 北美生活大爆炸
10/16/2021
就在今天，北加州硅谷的核心区域Milpitas突然爆发枪战。这是整个硅谷华人最聚集的地方。
一时间，华人票圈都吓坏了，视频中流出了很多细节，据悉枪战发生在华人最熟悉的 400 block barber Lan 附近。即就在环球广场内！
纷纷转发枪战视频。不少人在广场卧倒，警车到处都是。
很多民众猜测是抢劫银行。还有人员受伤。
事件一处引发当地华人疯狂转发。Milpitas 环球广场是华人最喜欢的购物中心之一，仅靠237和880交通要道，这里紧靠众多电子科技公司，不仅有超市还有很多华人餐馆，银行和其他娱乐业。是华人最常出行的地点。
自疫情以来，不少不法分子攻击和抢劫餐厅，甚至直接到ATM机边打劫被害人，最近旧金山Walgreens更是宣布关闭5家旧金山市门店！
猖獗的盗贼大手大脚在店里搬货，让门店着实吃不消。
连警方也直言，对于有组织的零售犯罪，很难全部逮捕。
而今天发生在环球广场的恶性抢占是不是又一次有目标性的抢劫呢？
本事件仍在调查中。尚不知道具体原因。不过：
假日临近，各位华人朋友出行务必注意安全。
Oct 16, 2021
Oct 15, 2021
密爾比達環球廣場15日下午傳出槍戰事件，有不少華裔民眾15日下午剛好在環球廣場，目擊槍戰發生。根據民眾提供的影片可以看到，原本民眾還在附近餐廳，出現第一聲槍響後，有槍手針對某個人連續開了17、18槍，槍聲連續不斷。緊接著下一段影片出現救護人員正將一位身上滿是血痕的傷者抬上救護車。
密爾比達環球廣場是知名的華人餐廳、超市聚落，發生此事，許多華人都感到相當緊張害怕。目前警方還沒有公布最新消息。
Oct 15, 2021
密爾比達環球廣場15日下午傳出槍戰事件，有不少華裔民眾15日下午剛好在環球廣場，目擊槍戰發生。根據民眾提供的影片可以看到，原本民眾還在附近餐廳，出現第一聲槍響後，有槍手針對某個人連續開了17、18槍，槍聲連續不斷。緊接著下一段影片出現救護人員正將一位身上滿是血痕的傷者抬上救護車。
密爾比達環球廣場是知名的華人餐廳、超市聚落，發生此事，許多華人都感到相當緊張害怕。目前警方還沒有公布最新消息。
Police exchange gunfire with stolen vehicle suspect in Milpitas
By: Bay City News
10/16/2021
MILPITAS, Calif. (BCN) — Police in Milpitas on Friday were involved in a shooting with a suspect in a stolen vehicle.
On Friday at 3:41 p.m., detectives with the Milpitas Police Department initiated an enforcement stop on a stolen vehicle that was parked in the Milpitas Square shopping center in the 400 block of Barber Lane.
Police said the suspect shot at detectives, and a prolonged exchange of gunfire ensued.
The suspect was injured and barricaded himself in the vehicle, but he was later extricated, and officers provided first aid before paramedics transported him to a local hospital.
Police said no officers or bystanders were injured during the incident.
The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office is assisting in the investigation into the incident.
Anyone with information related to the case is asked to contact the Milpitas Police Department at (408) 586-2400.
(VA) Loudoun County superintendent apologizes, board member resigns as backlash grows over alleged sexual assaults
Loudoun County Public Schools has faced intense public pressure after Scott Smith revealed his daughter was allegedly assaulted in a school bathroom
By Peter Hasson | Fox News
10/15/2021
The superintendent of Loudoun County Public Schools issued an apology and a school board member resigned on Friday as the district faces mounting backlash over its response to two alleged sexual assaults, one of which was allegedly carried out by a skirt-wearing male student in a girls’ bathroom.
Superintendent Scott Ziegler apologized for saying during a June event that the Virginia district had no record of assaults taking place in its bathrooms. His comments came amid debate about policy changes related to self-identified transgender students. Ziegler said Friday that he misunderstood the question when he made the comment.
Ziegler also said he is “sorry that we failed to provide the safe, welcoming, and affirming environment that we aspire to provide.” He told affected students and families: “We acknowledge and share in your pain and we will continue to offer support to help you and your families through this trauma.”
Scott Smith, a Loudoun County father who was arrested at that June event, said this week that his daughter was sexually assaulted in a girls’ bathroom at Stone Bridge High School by a male student who was wearing a skirt. The Loudoun County sheriff’s office has confirmed that an on-campus sexual assault was reported on the day Smith says his daughter was victimized.
The boy accused of assaulting Smith’s daughter later allegedly groped a female student at nearby Broad Run High School after forcing her into an empty classroom, Loudoun County Commonwealth’s Attorney Buta Biberaj told WTOP in an interview this week.
Board member Beth Barts announced her resignation on Friday, though she didn’t say whether it was related to the ongoing controversy. “This was not an easy decision or a decision made in haste. After much thought and careful consideration, it is the right decision for me and my family,” Barts said.
Barts has repeatedly butted heads with Loudoun parents concerned about critical race theory and similar left-wing topics being taught in schools, leading residents to seek her recall. Brenda Sheridan, the school board chair, thanked Barts for her service and said that the position is expected to be filled during the board’s December meeting.
LCPS didn’t immediately return Fox News’ inquiry on whether Barts’ resignation was linked to the current controversy.
“This could not have been an easy decision for Ms. Barts. We have made known our displeasure with her actions as a school board member over the past several months, but today she has done the right thing. Her former colleagues should take notice,” Ian Prior, the executive director of Virginia parent group Fight for Schools, said in a statement Friday.
“The community should know, however, that the problems at Loudoun County Public Schools and on the school board go well beyond one school board member,” Prior added. “We will continue to shine a light on Loudoun County Public Schools and will keep fighting until we have a school board of common sense, non-partisan members and a superintendent who is accountable to parents and tells the truth.”
自定义厕所性别 美中学女生在厕所遭裙装”男生“性侵
文章来源: 综合新闻
10/13/2021
今年5月，弗吉尼亚州劳登县的一名父亲被告知，自己上中学的女儿在学校受到“攻击”，但是校方没有报警。
男子后来得知，一名穿着“裙子”的男孩在女厕所内对女儿性侵犯。
于是愤怒的父亲报警，但是校方表示从未接到过关于在双性洗手间发生性侵犯的报告。
48岁的斯科特-史密斯对于学校的态度十分不满，6月22日他走入了学校董事会的会议，并且当面指责女儿在学校女厕所被一个 “穿裙子 “的男学生 “强奸”，他想用发生在她身上的事情来说明他为什么认为每个人不应该自己选择使用哪种性别的洗手间。
但是后来在视频分享中，这位父亲向媒体透露，学校否认这一切，并在他完全分享他的观点前就将其拖出了会议室。
愤怒的父亲表示场面一度很混乱。6辆警察负责带我离去。
这位父亲说自己从未这么无助，他只是想保护自己的孩子。
史密斯说，这名男孩利用学校的变性政策，进入女生洗手间并袭击了他的女儿
事件发生两个月后，这名男孩，因强迫鸡奸而被捕。
就在10月，他因不同的指控再次被捕，据称他在不同的学校袭击了一个不同的女孩。
目前这么中学生被关在一个青少年拘留中心。
但史密斯说，劳登县的学校却仍在不遗余力地保护这个孩子–“一个性侵者”。学校目前没有发表评论。
据悉，这一家人在被赶出后，一直联系律师为这个案子10月14日的开庭做准备，但他们没想到就在10月6日这个男孩再次因为同样事件被逮捕。
劳登县警长办公室确实证实了10月6日的事件，调查确定在10月6日下午，这名嫌疑人强迫受害者进入一个空教室，在那里他违背她的意愿扣留她并不适当地触摸她，目前被指控对他人进行性攻击和绑架。
据称，该14岁男孩在警方的询问中已经承认了所发生的一切。
而这位父亲如今终于能再次站出来，他之前被校方指责为偏激的右翼分子，还将他的信息发送给所有学区的家长。
Hill’s report said that Montgomery County, which has about 1 million residents, received about $2.61 million in revenue in 2017. Hill’s report noted that the revenue would decline over time as customers start using reusable bags, although it will take several years.
He wrote that it would be difficult to estimate potential revenues because Virginia’s legislation applies only to certain retailers while Montgomery County’s applies to virtually all and doesn’t have certain exemptions.
Earlier this year, Prince William County supervisors began drafting a similar plastic bag tax but decided to wait until after the fiscal 2022 budget was passed.
Loudoun County responds after dad says school district tried to conceal daughter’s bathroom assault
Virginia school board under fire after father alleges daughter sexually assaulted in bathroom
By Jessica Chasmar | Fox News
10/13/2021
Loudoun father claims city concealed sex assault
Scott Smith joins ‘The Ingraham Angle’ to discuss his claims that his daughter was sexually assaulted in girl’s bathroom by boy wearing a skirt
The Loudoun County school district in Virginia issued a statement Wednesday saying it correctly followed all legal protocols, two days after a father – who was arrested during a June school board meeting – accused the district of trying to cover up an alleged bathroom sexual assault against his daughter by a skirt-wearing male student.
“Loudoun County Public Schools is aware of the media and social media reports concerning alleged sexual assaults at two of our high school campuses,” the school district said.
“While LCPS takes student privacy seriously and cannot reveal details concerning the actions of any specific student, we do want to clarify our investigative process. Principals are legally required to report to the local law enforcement agency any act, including sexual assault, that may constitute a felony offense under Va. Code § 22.1-279.3:1. That process was followed with respect to these allegations.”
The statement comes two days after Scott Smith, who was arrested for disorderly conduct during a June 22 school board meeting, alleged that the school district tried to cover up a sexual assault by a gender-fluid individual against his ninth-grade daughter in order to further its transgender rights agenda.
Smith told The Daily Wire on Monday that weeks before his arrest, his daughter at Stone Bridge High School in Ashburn was sexually assaulted by a boy wearing a skirt who entered the girls’ bathroom on May 28.
“We can confirm a May 28, 2021 case that involved a thorough 2-month-long investigation that was conducted to determine the facts of the case prior to arrest,” the sheriff’s office previously told Fox News. “This case is still pending court proceedings. The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office is not able to provide any documents that pertain to a pending case.” The sheriff’s office confirmed that the case involved sexual assault.
All juvenile records are sealed, but Smith’s attorney Elizabeth Lancaster told The Daily Wire that the boy was subsequently charged with two counts of forcible sodomy, one count of anal sodomy, and one count of forcible fellatio.
The school district said in its statement that it contacted the sheriff’s office on May 28 within “minutes of receiving the initial report.”
“Once a matter has been reported to law enforcement, LCPS does not begin its investigation until law enforcement advises LCPS that it has completed the criminal investigation,” the school district said. “To maintain the integrity of the criminal investigation, law enforcement requested that LCPS not interview students until their investigation is concluded. LCPS has cooperated and continues to cooperate with law enforcement.”
The statement differs dramatically from Smith’s account, who said school officials told him on May 28 that the matter would be handled in-house, and that they actually called law enforcement on him for creating a scene on campus.
According to The Daily Wire, the school sent an email to parents later that day saying there had been an “incident in the main office” that required sheriff’s deputies to respond. The email made no mention of the alleged sexual assault and said there was “no threat to the safety of the student body.”
Smith told The Daily Wire that he was arrested at the June 22 school board meeting shortly after LCPS Superintendent Scott Ziegler declared that to his knowledge, “we don’t have any record of assaults occurring in our restrooms.” Smith said he then flew into a rage after a local progressive activist said she did not believe his daughter’s story.
On Aug. 11, nearly two months after Smith’s arrest, the school board voted to approve its transgender rights policy, which requires teachers to call students by the pronouns they identify with and requires bathroom renovations in order to make them more private.
Smith said he received a letter before the Aug. 11 vote informing him he was banned from the school board building.
Then on Oct. 6, the sheriff’s office said a 15-year-old boy was charged with sexual battery and abduction of a fellow student at Broad Run High School in Ashburn. In an Oct. 7 press release, the sheriff’s office said the suspect forced a female victim into an empty classroom where he held her against her will and inappropriately touched her.
The Daily Wire, citing a government official, reported that the boy accused in the Broad Run case had the same name as the student who allegedly assaulted Smith’s daughter.
Elizabeth Lancaster, Smith’s attorney, also told the outlet the suspect in the Oct. 6 incident was the same boy who allegedly attacked Smith’s daughter.
Smith’s wife, Jess, said prosecutors told her the suspect’s court date had been postponed from this Thursday to Oct. 25 in order to handle both cases together. The sheriff’s office declined to confirm or deny to Fox News that the same male student was suspected in both cases.
The school district said in its statement that it is “prohibited from disciplining any student without following the Title IX grievance process, which includes investigating complaints of sexual harassment and sexual assault.”
“LCPS does impose interim measures to protect the safety of students involved in the original incident, deter retaliation, and preserve the integrity of the investigation and resolution process,” it said. “LCPS has complied and continues to comply with its obligations under Title IX.”
The school district added that board members were “not aware of the specific details of this incident until it was reported in media outlets earlier this week.”
Loudoun County parents demand resignation of $295K-a-year superintendent who DENIED school had any reports of sex assault by a trans kid in a restroom – one month after girl, 15, told teachers she was raped by a ‘boy in a skirt’ in women’s toilets
Ziegler took the job in Loudoun County in January after working in HR for years. He is paid $295,000 a year.
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