China students petitioned the White House: The foreigner killed my mother, but the judge said it was a good person.

When it comes to the White House petition, many people will think of the previous case of YINGYING ZHANG's disappearance. Many overseas compatriots signed his name on it, but recently there was another incident that aroused public anger. Overseas students had a car accident, but the driver escaped, leaving only their mother who had lost signs of life and injured herself. But the verdict was almost unbelievable. Let's take a look at what happened ~

This year is coming to an end. However, Chen Yijing's "road to saving her mother" has just begun.

On the night of June, 216, Chen Yijing, who was studying in the United States, went out with her mother. Just as they were crossing Highway 11 hand in hand, an accident happened ...

A small pickup truck ignored Chen Yijing's mother and daughter who were still on the sidewalk because of running a red light, and directly ran into it ... This accident directly caused Chen's mother to die on the spot and Chen Yijing was slightly injured.

The driver was an American white woman. Instead of calling the police or asking for help after getting off the bus, she dragged the body to the side of the road badly and ran away in a hurry.

Later, the police also came to the scene, arrested the driver who caused the accident, and confirmed the white driver's three felonies: hit-and-run accident, negligent death and intentional destruction of evidence.

Chen Yijing, who lost her mother, was desperate, and her only hope was to bring the murderer to justice by law, so as to avenge her wrongs. However, she did not think of a bolt from the blue, and she got such a verdict: the Los Angeles High Court only sentenced the female driver to one year's imprisonment, and refused the prosecutor's request for immediate detention, so that the defendant reported to the Los Angeles County Police Station for imprisonment on January 26, 218.

That is to say, this white female driver doesn't have to go to jail immediately, but she can wait until she goes to jail in January next year, and a year later she can swagger back safely.

As a result, Chen Yijing almost lost control in court. Facing the pain of losing her loved one, she could not even see the last glimmer of hope at this time.

finally, Chen Yijing decided to fight back. When interviewed on November 23, she said that she hoped to petition through the White House to change this unfair judgment.

Chen Yijing (first from the left) who is out of control in court, next to lawyer Alan Jackson?

Even netizens felt that the verdict was very unfair:

More than p>7 people signed it, which has risen to more than 5, people

Fortunately, Chen Yijing's misfortune quickly attracted the attention of domestic media and netizens, and everyone offered to help her. Now, this White House petition for Chen's mother has been under the media's attention from the beginning ((4)).

However, as you can see, the ultimate goal of 1, people is still nearly half, although the whole number is rising continuously. Many small partners said that although they are willing to help, they still don't know how to help the petition.

today's homepage lists the specific steps here. I hope everyone can click in to help Chen Yijing complete this task:

First, please copy this link to the window:

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/she-killed-my-mom-cooked-police-and-only-sentenced-one-year-county-Jail. (In turn, the first name is at the top, the last name is in the middle column, and the email address is at the bottom)

Tip: When you enter your email address, please try to use the form of. hotmail/.gmail/.

Otherwise, a page like this will easily appear, which means that the petition has not been successful:

If the petition is successful, it will appear that

If the submission is successful, you will receive a confirmation email in about one minute, and then click OK at the bottom, which means that you have helped Chen Yijing to complete a small step.

at this point, the last step of the petition has been completed.

We know that in recent years, especially the overseas students' groups, White House petitions have often been launched for the overseas students.

So, what is the White House petition and does it have any effect?

According to Wikipedia, the White House Petition was established in 211, which is a part of the White House website in the United States. It is a project for people to petition government policy experts. It is specially designed to petition the current government policies. Petitions with a certain number of signatures will be reviewed by government officials and received official responses.

If a petition needs a government response, it must get 1, signatures within 3 days.

In April this year, United Airlines received a lot of media attention and condemnation for its violent treatment of an Asian passenger. Among them, a China student spontaneously petitioned at the White House, demanding a protest and a thorough investigation of the incident of United Airlines violently expelling Chinese.

Later, people were very angry because of the fermentation of the incident, so in less than two days, the number of signatures reached more than 1,, and White House spokesman Sean Spicer responded on the 11th.

Besides, in 214, a Chinese policeman named Liang Bide was patrolling the apartment, and the local public security was extremely poor, so the policeman on duty kept his gun in his hand. However, because Liang Bide accidentally went off his gun indoors, he hit a black man indoors and died.

Liang Bide was subsequently charged with five counts, including second-degree manslaughter and dereliction of duty, and faced a maximum sentence of 15 years. It was black DA who prosecuted Officer Liang. Ironically, there have been many cases in new york where police officers on duty accidentally injured their guns. Without exception, all of them were acquitted, and even many victims didn't even have the opportunity to sue, so they went away.

The verdict against Liang Bide attracted a large number of Chinese protests, and of course some Chinese petitioned in the White House.

Although the White House's reply email can't change the judicial process, at least the public's influence has played the biggest role. In the end, Officer Liang's manslaughter charge was not established, and it was inevitable to be sentenced to five years' probation and 8 hours of community service.

In the case of YINGYING ZHANG's disappearance, his family also launched a petition on the White House website.

Although it has not been signed by 1, people, its social influence is enormous. These public support activities? On the one hand, it will strengthen the momentum and appeal to the society, on the other hand, it will also unite the community forces and unite overseas Chinese groups.

However, many people still don't know the petition procedure. The homepage will give a brief introduction:

It has suffered great harm and produced extremely bad social impact, and it can't be effectively solved through legal and other channels.

After meeting the above conditions, let's first find the White House petition website: click or paste the following address to the browser:

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/

then enter your email address, name and zip code, answer a random question and submit. (Fill in your name in both Chinese and English)

Then you will receive an email in the mailbox. After receiving the reply, copy the website provided in the letter, return to the White House website, click sign the petition

and follow the prompts on the website to complete it step by step.

Although the power of White House petition is limited, this online petition form directly reflects the important position of direct democracy in the federal government system of the United States. Therefore, this form of creation is undoubtedly of long-term value. When overseas students encounter some thorny problems or unfair treatment, they can consider the White House petition to safeguard their own interests.

It may not be able to effectively solve your problem every time, but every voice like this will arouse the attention of the outside world to our group of international students and make American society pay more attention to the needs of international students.

However, despite all these examples of petitions, the home page still doesn't want you to petition in the White House, because once you apply, it means that you are in an intractable and irreconcilable trouble. I hope you don't use this way and everything will be fine.

Finally, I hope Chen Yijing can get a just verdict for her mother's death as soon as possible!