On February 19, 2024, well-known actor Liu Yuxin posted that his home in Los Angeles was burglarized.
The family property accumulated over decades was looted overnight.
A large number of valuables, including rare jewelry, designer watches, luxury bags, large amounts of cash, exquisite wallets, and various bank cards, have suffered losses of up to tens of millions.
Liu Yuxin said bluntly:"The law and order in Los Angeles is no longer fit for people! ”
Judging from the scene ** she posted, the cabinets at home were rudely disassembled, and the items and brand-name cartons inside were scattered all over the floor.
The counter that used to display the precious items is now empty.
The safe located at the door has also been violently damaged, and there are obvious signs of being pried open, which is not an exaggeration to describe as a violent robbery.
Living in the best area, with numerous security systems installed, but still can't escape being "looted".
Public security problems in the United States have long been commonplace.
Is this "theft" really so exaggerated? Is America so badly safe?
Despite living in the best areas and installing more security systems, thieves still have the tools to easily shield them from malfunctioning.
According to Liu Yuxin's description, let's take a closer look.
First, there is the issue of law and order in the United States.
In recent years, the number of burglaries in Los Angeles, California, has increased alarmingly, and there are even thieves disguised as gardeners to commit crimes.
During the day, there is arrogance and robbing passers-by or businesses, and at night there are shootouts or **.
Similar cases have even occurred frequently across the United States, which shows that the law and order situation is very serious.
Second, there is the issue of surveillance in the United States.
Due to popular opposition, most sections of the road in the United States are not monitored.
They see surveillance as nothing more than a money-making tool for interest groups, not only allegedly violating personal privacy, but also presupposing people as lawbreakers.
Take the traffic supervision camera as an example, what was installed in the past is now being abolished by legislation.
But we know that surveillance is critical to public safety, and that if it were abolished, the consequences would be dire.
However, there are still 11 states in the United States that plan to repeal it, because politicians who support the bill will be able to get votes more easily.
Finally, there is the problem of America's efficiency.
The United States has now recorded a record of this case, but as mentioned above, it involves personal privacy, there is no monitoring, and it is not within the scope of responsibility to obtain neighbor monitoring.
Moreover, the U.S. judicial system is relatively complex, involving multiple levels and departments, and there are many cumbersome procedures in the process of handling cases.
*At present, there is no significant progress in the investigation of the case, and further investigation and processing is ongoing.
So although Liu Yuxin called the police, she also said that the hope of finding it was very slim.
Just go out for a trip, and come back with "four walls".
In fact, people living in the U.S. who don't return home for too long run into two major risks.
The first is the theft that Liu Yuxin encountered, and the second is the theft of the house.
The former loses property, the latter you not only lose your residence, but you also have to pay for the utility for someone else every month.
Sounds ridiculous? No, that's what U.S. law says.
In New York State, there is a group of people known as "house thieves."
As long as they live in a house for more than 30 days, they are protected by law.
Faced with this situation, homeowners also have only two options:
Either give them money privately and persuade them to leave; Either go to court and go to court.
If you go to court, it will take at least a year to a year and a half, and the lawyer's fees are not cheap.
The most shocking was the 2018 Jaw-dropping judgment of the High Court in London:
Awarded a three-bedroom apartment in Newbury Park to Keith Best, a squaint occupant who had occupied it for four years, making him the rightful head of the household.
And the original owner, Collins Curtis, not only lost the property at the age of 80, but also had to pay 3£70,000 in legal fees.
And to pay for it, he may have to sell his current home and become "homeless"!
In the United States, a two-bedroom Chinese house in St. Bernardine, California, was occupied by a white father and son.
The owners of the house, Mr. and Mrs. Lin, put the house on the market for sale, but they were dominated by a white father and son who "stole the house".
After calling the police, ** refused to go to the police on the grounds of insufficient police force, and the Lin couple had no choice but to fall into the long process of paying a lawyer to fight the lawsuit.
But these are precisely the logic of American voting.
Even these homeless homeless people have the right to vote "freely and equally".
Therefore, in order to gain their votes, some politicians choose to support them for legally occupying other people's properties.
It doesn't hurt for them anyway, because it can easily get a lot of voter support.
Similarly, the United States also has the phenomenon of "0 yuan purchase", as well as policies such as allowing arbitrariness in order to protect public safety.
All this is undoubtedly adding to the chaos of law and order in the United States.
For example, in August 2023, a shopping mall in Los Angeles was robbed by nearly 30 masked robbers, with losses ranging from $60,000 to $100,000.
And only two days before the day of the crime, the luxury store of another shopping mall in Los Angeles was robbed by a "flash mob", with a loss of nearly $300,000.
These endless crimes can be said to have made the American community "lose its sense of security".
In addition to burglary, the proliferation of guns has also become a stubborn disease in American society.
According to the U.S. nonprofit organization "Gun Violence Archive" dataIn less than two months of 2024, 81 people have died in the United States from large-scale events.
For a long time, the violent crime rate in the United States has been ranked among the top in developed countries, especially the high incidence of ** crimes.
For example, on December 31, 2023, an incident occurred in an open-air shopping mall in Los Angeles, USA, resulting in 1 death and 5 injuries.
And these similar cases are just the tip of the iceberg of America's security problems.
In 2019, for example, the violent crime rate in the United States was 3667 cases 100,000 people, property crime rate of 21099 cases, 100,000 people.
What are these numbers?
Compare this to China, where the crime rate per 100,000 people is only 1524 cases, of which the violent crime rate was even lower.
And, according to statistics, the United States has an average of one case every 31 minutes, every 14A burglary occurred in 5 seconds.
Therefore, Liu Yuxin's burglary in the United States is a big deal for herself.
But for prosecutors in the United States and the public at large, that is already commonplace.
Liu Yuxin herself said that some families would experience four or five thefts in a month.
There are even some thieves who don't steal on the first day, and they will continue to steal the next day, and even beat people.
Even if the police came, it would not help.
That's part of Americans' daily lives.
I can't imagine what it would be like if the security around me was so poor and I could face a burglary at any time.
And the United States also has one of the largest number of civilian guns in the world.
So in addition to self-defense, what other ways can you protect your own safety?
Some netizens may say that the law and order in the United States is only for slums, and growing up in rich areas has enough police patrols every day, so why not eat minced meat.
But is that really the case?
In September 2023, the mansion in the Chinese area of California, USA, was stolen 6 times in a month!
Although the allocation of police forces in rich and poor areas in the United States is completely different.
The wealthy districts pay more taxes, and there are more policemen who can support them, and the prosecutor's office is crowded around.
However, the American police are just inactive in many cases.
Coupled with the influx of a large number of refugees, it has undoubtedly exacerbated the complexity of the social security problem and caused the level of public order to drop sharply.
In cities such as Chicago and Los Angeles, vicious incidents such as ** and robberies occur frequently, and the number of them is staggering.
In addition, the frequent excessive use of force and other misdeeds by the US police in the course of law enforcement, as well as their law enforcement methods, have aroused widespread controversy and criticism from all walks of life.
In May 2020, a black man in Minneapolis was arrested on suspicion of using counterfeit banknotes.
But in the process of being arrested, **Cha was brutally treated and used excessive force, and finally unfortunately died.
At the time, the incident also sparked demonstrations across the United States.
However, such incidents continue to occur from time to time since then, which cannot help but raise profound doubts about the fairness and rationality of police law enforcement.
As Liu Yuxin herself revealed, even though she lived in a wealthy area, she still suffered a serious robbery like moving.
If even the security of the rich areas is so bad, then I dare not imagine the chaos in the poor areas.
In the case of a very low police presence, even if a case occurs, there may not be a police officer.
Even in the presence of the police, there is a problem of racial discrimination.
On August 24, 2023, a 21-year-old black pregnant woman in Ohio, USA, was shot dead by the police, and even the fetus was not spared.
The footage taken by the law enforcement recorder shows that the police repeatedly ordered her to get out of the car, and then the ** incident occurred.
In fact, the law and order problem in the United States also involves drug crimes, gang violence, and crime.
The numerous vicious incidents have not only brought great suffering and distress to the people, but have also seriously aggravated the turmoil in American society.
There are many people who want to move to the United States and think that the moon in the United States is rounder, but is that really the case?
Regardless of the fact that ordinary people may be reduced to civilians in an instant when they arrive in the United States, and may even face the risk of being repatriated.
Even a rich person like Liu Yuxin can return to poverty overnight, let alone ordinary people?
The theft cases that occur from time to time are not only a lack of security, but also a clear display of distrust of American social security and disappointment with the legal system!
In recent years, there have been too many public security problems in the United States, such as the proliferation of guns, zero-dollar purchases, racial discrimination, and burglaries, and they have intensified.
The theft of 10 million yuan from Liu Yuxin's home in Los Angeles is also another proof of the turmoil in American social order.
But it's also a warning to us:The problem of public order is not only a problem of one country, but also a problem of everyone.
We need to pay attention to the public order situation and raise our awareness of self-prevention.
Finally, I hope that all of you who live overseas are safe and sound, and remember that personal safety is always more important than property, and everyone must protect themselves.