China News Service, May 9. According to the US "Overseas Chinese News" report, since the epidemic, New York's law and order has deteriorated. Although the new mayor has vigorously rectified since taking office, Chinese communities such as Flushing still face frequent burglaries and rampant street thieves. There are even incidents such as the car parked in front of the house being looted, the car being robbed after being stopped by the fake police while driving on the highway.
In addition, shootings are also taking place in various corners, which greatly reduces the sense of security of residents.
On the other hand, in the face of crime, many Chinese residents choose not to call the police.
Two weeks ago, a Chinese-American home on Juniper Avenue in Flushing was burglarized and more than 100,000 cash was lost.
The owner told reporters that her son left the house to replace her at about 5 pm. When she got home at 7 o'clock, she found that the house had been looted, and she had not had time to deposit the hundreds of thousands of cash proceeds from the bank and a piece in the safe. The watch was stolen.
The owner said that she did not choose to call the police. She thought it was useless to call the police, and the cash could not be recovered at all, so she could only pay more attention in the future.
On May 2, the Chinese-American family on Nabolan Avenue in Flushing was also broken into by thieves from the backyard at around 6:30 pm, and passports, designer bags and jewelry were stolen.
After the homeowner called the police, the police sought surveillance video from the neighbors, but most nearby homes did not have surveillance equipment installed.
On the same day, Mr. Li, who lives in North Flushing, told reporters that he forgot to lock his car after returning home at night. When he went out the next day, he found that the car parked in front of his house had been looted, and the brand-name jackets and other items on the car were all taken into custody. go.
At 1 p.m. on May 3, at the junction of Main Street and 41st Avenue in Flushing, an old man's bag was stolen, and the old man burst into tears on the spot.
Although there are only a few dozen yuan in cash in the bag, there are various important documents such as medical cards.
According to Mr. Chen, an eyewitness who set up a stall at the intersection, the old lady felt that her wallet was stolen by a Hispanic person next to her at the intersection, so she yelled at the thief, and there were Chinese people around to stop the person and let him put the bag Everything inside was checked and searched, but nothing was found.
I had to let the person leave and call the police when the person was far away.
A woman posted on WeChat that a friend of hers driving a Mercedes was stopped by a police-looking man on Highway 495 (LIE) to get her off, and after she got off, the man got on her handlebars The car drove away.
After she called the police, she was shocked to learn that the man was a fake police officer.
The real cops say there have been 8 cases of the same thing (all Asian women, alone in the car, all in luxury cars).
A Chinese police officer in the community who did not want to be named said that when any case occurs, everyone must call the police and not worry about immigration status or cash sources.
Some criminals have committed crimes many times. If the victims choose to report to the police, they can collect more evidence of the crime of the criminal suspect, and the cumulative cases can be effectively punished. Otherwise, the suspect will be caught. On the other hand, light sentences are inevitable, which makes it easy for criminals to go unpunished.
(Jin Yuyi)