Recently, a Hunan media sent a reporter to experience life at a rescue station as a homeless man. Unexpectedly, a few minutes after the reporter was sent to the Changsha City Rescue Station, he was tortured and beaten by the rescue station staff. After binding his hands, pressing his feet, and putting his knees on his head, the reporter filled out a form and signed and fingerprinted a form to voluntarily give up rescue. Only then was he able to end this horrific rescue trip.

Yesterday, Changsha responded that the main reason why the reporter was beaten was that the doctor on duty and the security guard suspected that the other party’s bulging trouser pockets contained dangerous goods. During the inspection, they encountered strong resistance. The security guard controlled him for fear of harming the staff. .

Changsha’s response seemed to just emphasize that this was just an individual case and not a routine way to treat homeless people. However, such one-sided words are difficult to convince the public.

Just because you suspect that the other person’s bulging trouser pocket contains dangerous goods, can you forcibly inspect the person, tie him up, beat him, and restrict his personal freedom? So, how should they explain the elderly homeless man whose feet were tied at the rescue station? How should we explain that reporters should fill in the form and voluntarily give up rescue?

Changsha’s simple response cannot dispel the impression that the rescue center treats homeless people violently. On the contrary, this unannounced report helped the public understand the truth about the reluctance of homeless people to go to rescue centers in some places.

For some time, there has been a lot of news about rescue stations. Why do some people freeze to death on the streets in many cities? Why do some rescue stations not only fail to serve as a temporary resting place for vagrants and beggars, but are instead regarded as A fearful path that everyone avoids. The reason may be evident from this report.

Although the "Measures for Custody and Repatriation" were abolished in 2003, rescue stations in many cities still follow the regulatory concept of custody and repatriation and have not really turned to public services. The violence at the Changsha rescue station may be just an extreme case, but it also reminds us of a reality: after the Sun Zhigang incident, the system of beating people to death was abolished, but the phenomenon of violence still exists. Some aid stations do not understand aid as optional help that the government must provide.

The system has changed, but the mentality and philosophy of some regulators have not. They are accustomed to control, but do not like service. They are accustomed to treating homeless people and other vulnerable groups with their fists, but refuse to extend their palms to serve the public.

People who wander and beg in the city should be respected and treated well, and enjoy full civil rights. They have the right to receive assistance and the right not to receive assistance; when receiving assistance, their personal safety and personal dignity cannot be temporarily put on hold because of assistance. No one can be insulted or hurt at will, let alone an aid station that is supposed to provide warmth?

In summary, how does the homeless man’s horrific rescue journey end? On the one hand, city managers need to carefully follow the spirit of laws and regulations and reflect on their own behavior. When necessary, relevant departments must be held seriously accountable to correct inappropriate or even illegal behaviors of relevant staff; on the other hand, it is also necessary to Starting from the comprehensive management of urban and rural areas, we should abandon the control ideas that have been adopted in the past, look at the phenomenon of vagrants and beggars in the city from an open perspective, and fundamentally focus on eliminating poverty to reduce the phenomenon of vagrants and beggars. Of course, for a small number of people who are accustomed to wandering and begging, it is not impossible to treat them with respect and kindness.

As far as this matter is concerned, relevant departments still need to intervene in the investigation to restore the truth.