Chapter 350: The most direct point of entry

'I know everyone is very concerned about the police assault case on Wood Street in Orange County. This is indeed heartbreaking, but according to the latest news I have received, the perpetrator's motive is what we should reflect on the most, because his motive was racial discrimination. 

'I don't know if you remember the fire that broke out yesterday on Garden Avenue, not far from Orlando. In fact, it wasn't an accident, but a malicious human act. intentionally set fire to the house, causing a woman named Margaret to burn to death inside. Margaret was the wife of the suspect in the police attack.'

'Later, I don't know what kind of pressure the police were under, or whether there were some unspoken rules for solving the case, but in any case, the police did not arrest any of the perpetrators. Since justice was not served, the suspect had no choice but to choose the most extreme form of revenge.'

'I believe that he didn't want to confront the police, let alone kill them. He just wanted to kill criminals. But unfortunately, our police are doing their best to protect criminals. Because the arsonist who killed someone was a white man, our suspect had no choice but to choose a gunfight with the police, which led to the current result.'

'I personally feel very sad about such incidents, because he should never have been born. If there were no racial discrimination, if our white friends could let go of their prejudices and hate and kill black people, and if white police officers could put aside their prejudices and enforce the law fairly, rather than treating blacks as second-class citizens inferior to whites, I don't think such tragedies would have occurred.'

'The last thing I want to say is, may all the people who have passed away have a good journey, and may there be no more tragedies of racial discrimination in heaven!'

After delivering this speech, the mayor of Etrill, Martin, ended the interview with the reporter and returned to his villa. However, his words immediately shocked the entire United States as they spread through the media: what was going on? Was the attack on the police officer a case of racial discrimination?

As a result, the major newspapers urgently revised the headlines on the latest editions of their newspapers after Martin's speech, with headlines such as 'A murder caused by racial discrimination' and 'Seven white police officers become victims of racial discrimination victims'. Some newspapers even ran headlines like "Desperate blacks violently resist racial discrimination" and "The last cry of the black community".

Although later, the Etrille police stressed in an interview with the media that they have not yet found the motive of the suspects, and they are not sure what channel Mayor Martin got the information from. also denied any connection between the attack on the police and the fire that broke out in the evening, stressing that these were two separate cases and that the police were doing their best to crack them both.

However, with Mayor Martin's previous statement, for ordinary people, the words of the Itely police obviously did not have any credibility.

Just an hour after Mayor Martin's speech, the black community in Itly surrounded the police station to protest against racial discrimination in the police station.

This was obviously organised, and when the black community surrounded the police station, Mayor Martin was very happy to report this to Zhou Ming.

'Zhou Ming, you were right to say that you have a lot of influence. After I spoke, before I could contact the black groups, they started a march and protest on their own initiative. and have now surrounded the police station. I have also contacted black groups in other cities, and they have all said they will organise marches in support of Ettore's anti-racism march,' Martin said happily to Ming.

Compared to Martin's joy, Ming is much calmer: 'This is just the beginning. Later, we can tell the media more about cases of racial discrimination, whether they are between white people and black people, or between black people and white police officers. I believe there must be many such cases.'

Martin nodded, 'There are indeed many. In Eytree, a black person dies at the hands of the police almost every three to four days. Many of these deaths involve the police shooting without cause. were shot by the police, and these incidents were never dealt with afterwards. I was once a member of a black group and I have seen a lot of similar records.'

Zhou Ming was not surprised, because more than twenty years later, the American police would still have an unbelievable incident like this: a black man was shot and killed by the police because he helped an autistic person, and the police mistakenly thought that he was dangerous unbelievable thing happened, not to mention that law enforcement was even more violent in the 90s. Perhaps if you don't put your hands where the police can see them in time, the police will draw their guns.

'Then just publish all this information. We need an inquisition into police accountability,' said Ming Zhou.

So subsequently, under Martin's arrangement, major media outlets and black groups across the country received information about the racial discrimination that had resulted in blacks being shot for no reason by white police officers. As these news reports were revealed, blacks across the United States were outraged . Just a few hours later, large-scale black marches broke out in many cities, including New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New Orleans and Chicago, to protest against police racism.

In New York thousands of blacks took to the streets in New York for a march. They occupied Union Square, held up signs saying things like 'No to racial discrimination' and 'Black lives matter too', and confronted the police who had arrived.

During the confrontation . A photograph of a black woman holding a sign aloft while calmly facing the arrest by five heavily armed police officers went viral in the United States. Countless people could not help exclaiming after seeing this photo: 'Look! This is the hero of the new century. She stood in the eye of the storm, calmly facing it all. I could have sworn I saw the Statue of Liberty with a torch in her hand!'

Of course there were also people who took aim at the other police officers: 'Look at the wretched and unbearable look on those police officers' faces. They were clearly facing an unarmed, frail woman, but they still had to their guns, wearing bulletproof vests, and only five of them dared to go forward. I can't imagine how weak these police officers really are. How can I trust such weak police officers to protect our safety?'

Compared to New New York, the black marches in Chicago and New Orleans were not as peaceful, with violent clashes breaking out. Blacks threw stones and other objects at the police, while the police shot rubber bullets and tear gas at the blacks. Many clashes resulted in injuries to both blacks and police.

'Damn Martin! He must have said that to the media on purpose, just to blow things up and make it seem like a conflict between the whole of America over racism. It must have been that Ming Chow's idea, it's disgusting!

In the room of the Great Wood manor house, Wood angrily shouted at his father George. He continued: 'I knew this Ming would join forces with that nigger Martin. We should have let that nigger become mayor of Etrile. He only pretends to listen to us, but in reality he will always be a nigger and never be one of us!'

In contrast to Wood's scolding George remained calm. He waved his hand and said, 'My boy, as a nobleman, you should behave and speak with grace, not be so agitated. Besides, what's happening now is just a bunch of niggers causing trouble, what does it have to do with us? This was proven has already been proven, hasn't it?'

After listening to George's explanation, explanation, Wood calmed down. Indeed, these black marches are nothing at all. You have to know that thirteen years ago, the black marches had already evolved into a large-scale riot that affected almost half of Etrile's urban area.

But even so , the eventual arrival of federal troops to quell the unrest had no impact on the Bigwood family, no matter how much destruction the blacks had caused, and no matter how many blocks and houses had been damaged.

'I don't deny Martin would join forces with the Chinese, but I obviously overestimated their abilities. And to think that they would still resort to racial discrimination. Do they really think that just because some blacks take to the streets, they can cause trouble for the Greatwood family? That's just childish,' George said disdainfully said.

Meanwhile, in the villa on the other side, Martin also asked Zhou Ming the same question.

'Mr. Zhou Ming, the black people have faced racial discrimination for a long time, and I think we should take the next step, otherwise no matter how many marches we have, we won't be able to hurt the Wood family,' Martin said.

But Martin said, In fact, whether or not we can hurt the Wood family is not just a matter of words. The key is how we go about it.'

Martin nodded: 'I understand what you mean, Mr. Zhou Ming. In fact, we have tried it in previous marches against the Daewood family. We deliberately chose the Daewood family's real estate district for the march, but it was also ineffective.'

'George Square, have you specifically targeted this area?' asked Zhou Ming.

Martin paused for a moment and asked, 'Isn't George Square a relatively prosperous commercial district? Both the city council the state legislature, there are many people whose businesses are there. If we march there rashly, isn't that not very good?'

'What's not good about it? The march is an act of the black community, and it doesn't carry any political leanings. If it does, it's the political leanings against racial discrimination,' Zhou Ming said to Martin 'And commercial areas are always more sensitive than residential areas because most businesses need a stable environment to operate. If there are demonstrations in a place every other day, I don't believe many shops will want to be there.'

'In addition, in residential areas are houses that people have already bought, and selling them is not a simple matter and generally involves a long cycle. In contrast, most shops are rented, and the Dawu are mostly rented, and the Daewoo family, in pursuit of profits, renews the lease every month. In this way, the cycle becomes very short and results are more easily produced.'

Zhou Ming continued continued, 'And as the companies and shops leave, they will easily take more people with them. Since everyone needs to go to work, and since there is no work here anymore, people will naturally choose to leave.'

Martin suddenly understood: 'That's true. If you want to get to the heart of the matter, the best and most direct way is to go through the business community.'

But then Martin changed tack: 'But the Daewood family is a big one, and while the demonstrations in George Square may affect their income, they can't really hurt them, can they?'

Zhou Ming laughed: If the parade in George Square alone could defeat the Daewood family, then such a family could not have become the royal family of Etruria, could it? So the parade in George Square is only the first step, and the most important step for us is to be accomplished through financial means.'

'So Mayor just arrange things as I have told you, and I won't let you down,' said Zhou Ming.

Martin nodded, then picked up the phone in front of Zhou Ming and called the black community, giving Zhou Ming instructions for the arrangements.