China Overseas Chinese Network, December 28. According to a report by the American "Chicago Chinese Forum" newspaper, since this year, there have been a number of vicious shootings and robberies in Chicago's Chinatown.
On the afternoon of December 27th, local time, a large number of Chinese held a "silent parade" in Chicago's Chinatown. They held up the placards "Crime is a crime" and "Stop hating Asians" to express their increasingly violent criminal activities in Chinatown. Protest and indignation.
There were many community leaders, business people and local residents in the parade.
They said that if they do nothing with hope, their situation will not change.
They must use silent actions to make everyone who cares about and love Chinatown stand with them, and they must not allow criminals to continue to rampant here unscrupulously.
During the parade that day, many shops in Chinatown were closed and thanked guests behind closed doors for several hours to express their full support for the parade.
Some shopkeepers said that they hope to implement measures that will strengthen the security of Chinatown as soon as possible.
They thanked so many Chinese for participating in this parade, doing their best for the security of Chinatown, and trying their best to speak with "silent", which is also an important prerequisite for the prosperity and development of Chinatown.
Lo Hanshi, the mayor of District 25 of the local Chinatown district, joined everyone in the parade.
He said that this silent parade is a vivid example. It is necessary for the Chicago city government and all elected officials to understand directly that public security is an issue of great concern to everyone in many communities.
If the government wants to stop just arguing, what it needs is action.
The government should do more and do better on improving public order.
The violence must be stopped, and the tragedy of people being killed must not be allowed to happen again.
Zheng Zheng, chairman of the Greater Chicago Chinese Association, rushed to Chinatown from a very far suburb to participate in the parade.
She said that the parade that day was covered by almost all mainstream media, including major television stations such as ABC, CBS and WGN.
Dissemination of issues such as shootings in Chinatown since 2020 and recent shootings, as well as the surge in carjackings and thefts in recent years, through mainstream media reports on the parade, so that everyone knows that the Chinese are strongly dissatisfied with the poor public order in Chinatown. , To put pressure on the government’s law enforcement and legislative departments to improve public security, and at the same time to raise the public’s awareness of safety precautions.
Gong Yurong was one of the volunteers and organizers of the parade that day.
She said that the parade that day was very successful and it is estimated that nearly a thousand people participated.
Achieved the expected results.
Through the pressure of public opinion, we strive to get the government to attach great importance to the seriousness of public security problems here.
All this is inseparable from the support and participation of many societies, volunteers and countless people.
Through this parade, the great unity of the Chinese is shown.
Everyone worked hard, but the enthusiasm for participation was very high.
In the future, the Chinese have a long way to go and many things can be done.
Encourage everyone to actively register as voters and vote actively.
(David Zhang)