Police Chen Shu

At this point in the story, I suddenly remembered what I wrote about "Zhao Zhiguo Gong Sui's Case" a year ago. Here I republish my thoughts on torture at that time.

"Some Thoughts on the Zhao Zhiguo Qiang Female Case and the Nie Chaofan Murder Case"

Twenty years ago, Lao Xiong joined the grassroots criminal investigation team when he just graduated from the police academy.

Because he had just started working and had no experience, and the team happened to be investigating a serious case with a bad social impact, he was arranged by the leader to be a special interrogator.

The situation of the case was similar to the above. The suspect was also arrested, but the chain of evidence could not be formed, so he could only seek a breakthrough from the confession.

Before entering the interrogation room of the detention center, I was very excited. I felt great when I heard the word "special interrogation" and was excited that I could see the advanced interrogation skills of criminal investigation for the first time.

As a result, this "advanced interrogation technique" is to prevent people from sleeping, and several high-power spotlights are hung on the ceiling to directly illuminate the suspect.

Want to drink water, no problem;

Hungry, no problem;

A little urgent to urinate, no problem.

Are you sleepy?

Sorry, brother, here, give me a cigarette to wake you up.

One cigarette is not enough? Then have another one. Look, I have prepared four cigarettes for you.

Don't worry, they are all good cigarettes, they won't kill you.

So, in the next few days, I worked with an old criminal detective and sat there for a long time.

There was only one suspect, and he sat on the tiger bench without saying a word, neither crying out for injustice nor going crazy; the police worked in two shifts, changing one group every twelve hours, and there was no other way, they had to keep the police to answer calls and handle other cases.

Lao Xiong was just a tool, just to make up the number of police officers that should be present during the interrogation.

Later, when I was free, I flipped through the files on the table. It was a thick book, probably more than a hundred pages.

I read it with great interest at the time.

After reading it, I realized that the real suspect was sitting opposite me.

I was young at that time, and I was angry at the bloody criminal facts in the case file. Tsk tsk, pointing at someone's nose and calling him a beast, if the old detective hadn't stopped me, I would have wanted to slap him a few times first.

Later, I thought about it and it was exaggerated. The police officer in charge of the case didn't say anything, so why should I, a tool, be anxious?

Especially because the other party was indifferent and didn't take Lao Xiong's words to heart.

The suspect ate and drank as needed, and Lao Xiong helped him pass cigarettes and light them when he wanted to sleep.

The worst thing was going to the toilet. Just in case, the two of them stared at each other and stunk. They both wanted to finish quickly, but the faster you want this thing to go, the slower it will go.

Now I think it was not easy for both parties.

It probably took three days, or four days.

Lao Xiong was really exhausted, not tired.

The old detective had a sharp eye and knew that the young man might have some problems. After a shift change, he didn't leave, but took Lao Xiong to the observation room next door to chat.

I have forgotten what we talked about, but there is one sentence that I remember very clearly. The general meaning is that some people regard being a police officer as a job to make a living. They do what they should do and don't do what they shouldn't do. They may be tired at work, but they live a relaxed life.

But some people really regard the profession of being a police officer as their lifelong belief.

Putting it into practice means solving cases and upholding justice for victims.

You say that torture is illegal. Who among the police doesn't know? But why is it so rampant? They are all civil servants with iron rice bowls. The police officers handling the case spread their hands and said, "I quit." What can the leaders do?

Why did they do it in the end? It's because they can't bear to see the misery of the victims.

(It is not ruled out that there are bad apples. There are more than two million police officers in the country. There must be those unscrupulous guys in the team.)

The victims of some cases are really miserable, so miserable that people want to pull out a gun and shoot the suspect on the spot. Especially young people who have just graduated from the police academy, they are more energetic and sometimes they really can't bear to see tragic cases.

Well, emotions will affect the handling of cases.

Some cases are hard to describe at once, just like the TV dramas in the United States, everyone knows that he did it, but when he was acquitted and walked out of the court, he still raised his chin and was very proud.

This feeling, if it falls on the police handling the case, it is really better to take a knife to cut his heart.

I am a bit off topic.

Let's go back to 20 years ago. After listening to the advice of the old criminal detective, Lao Xiong's mental state improved a little, but at that time, he couldn't help but have a more naive question in his heart.

The old criminal detective checked ten cases with insufficient evidence, nine of them were true, and one was unjust.

Do the people hope that a capable policeman will come out to handle all ten cases, or do they hope that a cautious policeman will come out to release all ten cases according to insufficient evidence?

How to deal with this matter correctly, Lao Xiong still can't figure it out.

In fact, most people's attention is on the one person who was wrongly accused, but the nine victims who were illegally violated but could not seek justice are also regrettable.

So for this question, Lao Xiong can only guess a reference answer, "Whether right or wrong, it depends on which side you sit on."

At this point, someone may jump out and point at Lao Xiong's nose and scold him, saying that when you are wronged and tortured, don't be hypocritical there.

Or, when you are violated but the police say that there is no evidence and they can't do anything, what will you do?

What to do?

If it involves family members, Lao Xiong's idea is that if the law can't solve the problem, then use personal force. After all, the law is the lowest moral requirement for people. If you break this bottom line, you are no longer a human being.

This doesn't sound like a policeman at all.

(Laughs)

In recent years, there have been fewer cases of torture.

There are many reasons for this, including the widespread application of science and technology, strong legal supervision and accountability, and repeated self-examination within the public security system.

But Lao Xiong thinks that the most essential thing is that although the current batch of small town test-takers are of high quality and good culture, they have lost the blood of the old comrades in the early years.

Let's put on a layer of armor first. Lao Xiong was born as a small town test-taker and went to the police school through the college entrance examination.

If you are curious about what Lao Xiong thinks of himself after working as a policeman for so many years.

Four words, a clear conscience.

Back to the topic, what is Lao Xiong's opinion on these two related cases spanning ten years?

In a word:

Justice delayed is not justice. (End of this chapter)