"Tangshan Violent Incident" Girl Calling Police: Calling the police is the only thing I can do

If it was the attention of netizens that made this matter go forward, then now I believe that the law will take the baton from netizens and continue to help these girls until the day when justice is realized.

At 14:26 on June 11, 2022, Tangshan police issued the latest notice that all nine suspects have been arrested. Image source: Screenshot of Tangshan Police Weibo

Text丨Beijing News reporter Xu Xuefei

Editor丨Chen Xiaoshu

Proofreading丨Lucy

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According to the Tangshan police report, at about 2:40 a.m. on June 10, 2022, a case of violent beating occurred at a barbecue restaurant near Airport Road in Tangshan, Hebei. Surveillance circulating online showed that four women were surrounded and beaten by six men inside and outside the barbecue shop.

The girl Xiaowen was at the scene at the time, and she witnessed the whole process. At 2:43, Xiaowen called 110 to call the police.

Xiaowen tried to come forward several times to help, but was pulled by his friends. She said it was one of the things she regretted. Last night's incident detonated the Internet. She stayed up all night and kept asking herself, why didn't she go up to help the girl besides calling the police? But she also knew clearly that even if she went up, she would only be beaten.

Calling the police was the only thing she could do.

The following is Xiaowen's self-report:

I kept crying and finally called the police secretly

That night, my friends and I sat at the table next to the four girls. When my two friends went to checkout, a boy in green clothes walked in from the door and harassed a girl. He also touched the girl. His waist made a rather disgusting move towards her.

I heard a girl at the girl's table say something to him, ask him "what's up" and say he's "ill". The man in green wanted to continue harassing at this time, but the girl in white asked him to get up, and the man slapped the girl.

At that time, the girl in black sitting opposite the harassed young lady's first reaction was to protect her friend, so she picked up the bottle and beat him. Then, a man broke in at the door of the barbecue shop, kicked the girl in black, and then they all came in together. Many people punched and kicked the girl who just held the bottle, and even pulled up stools to fight. I was already blinded by then.

Later, the man in green went to beat the little sister he harassed, and the girl was dragged out of the door. At the time, at least six of their nine were involved in the violence.

What the surveillance video did not capture was that one of the four girls who were eating at the same table had a long-haired girl running to the side of the road to make a phone call. Later, when the girl who was harassed was dragged out of the store, the girl with long hair ran over to ask them what they wanted to do after seeing it, and then the man who first harassed the girl in green clothes hit the girl with long hair, and the girl with long hair suddenly When I lay down on the steps, I should have knocked (the steps), and I heard a thud.

I saw blood all over the head of the girl in the white dress. When I watched the video yesterday, I recalled that when the green clothes hit the girl outside, I turned around and wiped the blood on my hands with a paper.

My friends pulled me out at the time, they didn't want me to cause trouble, because I was also drinking a little bit of alcohol at the time, I kept crying, and finally I secretly called the police.

After calling the police, my friend wanted to take me away, but I was a little uneasy. About 15 minutes later, my friend brought me back to watch from a distance, saw the police coming, and made sure they were safe before I left.

Screenshot of the police officer Xiaowen. Photo courtesy of the interviewee

I don't know what is the correct way for girls to face this?

In fact, it is not the first time that similar disputes have occurred on the Internet. But like this time, so many men beat girls, and they beat them so badly. This is the first time I have seen them, and I didn't expect them to be so close to me.

Later, the monitoring of the barbecue restaurant spread on the Internet, and I watched the monitoring many times over and over again, and the more I watched it, the more difficult it was to fall asleep. I don't think I'm alone, there are probably many girls who couldn't sleep like me last night. Yesterday I saw a girl post, and I think she was right. She said, "The reason why this thing frightens us is because it makes us feel that this thing may happen to anyone." And I am more I witnessed the scene, and the impact this event brought to me is unimaginable.

I am a native of Tangshan. Before this incident, I always thought that going out to eat at night was a normal thing, but now I have a psychological shadow, and I think the girls who have seen surveillance will have the same problem as me. Such a psychological shadow.

On the one hand, I will be glad that it is not me who is being harassed. On the other hand, this luck does not make me feel happy. All I feel is fear and fear.

Some netizens said that they felt that the people around them were so indifferent. To tell the truth, I can understand everyone's anger, but I can understand the fear of the people present. It's hard to make judgments and know what to do when things are really happening around you.

In fact, I also regret it, and I will also ask myself, why didn't I go up to help the girl besides calling the police? But I also know that after I go up, I will only be beaten, and calling the police is the only thing I can do at that time.

I also saw some netizens suggest that if you encounter such a harasser, you can choose to add him as a friend first, then wait until he walks away, and then refuse to pass. But after thinking about it, I felt like this kind of reckless person, this method is not feasible at all.

I want to break my head, but I can't think of a solution that will save these four girls from being beaten. Is it like what netizens said, girls have to obey when they are bullied, so they can't have self-protection behaviors? When we are touched, can we only obey?

I also want to know, what is the correct way for girls to face this? But I really can't think of the answer, is it because all of us girls are born to be the weak side and are naturally bullied.

Surveillance showed that several suspects dragged the victim outside the store to continue the violence. Video screenshot

I think being on the hot search is the best help for these four girls

The only good thing about this incident is that it has become a hot search. I think being on the hot search is the best help for these four girls. If this matter hadn't been on the hot search, without the help of netizens, it would have been impossible to get so much attention now.

When things first started to ferment, I also saw some rumors about the perpetrators on the Internet. I was really worried at the time, terrified that it would be over.

In fact, I believe that every normal person, like me, is very reluctant to see these things happen, but there is nothing we can do to stop them. For us ordinary people, all we can do is pay attention.

I also saw a comment yesterday that if the hot search goes down, netizens will still forget it. But actually I think he is wrong, at least I will always remember.

I've been following this news since yesterday and I've been asking myself, what would have happened if I had started (helped) at that time? I also wondered, what would have happened if everyone in the room had gotten started at that time? Now that I don't want to, all I can do is not forget about it.

At 7am this morning, I saw the latest announcement from my friend that three more suspects have been arrested, and I think I can finally sleep in peace.

At 5 o'clock this afternoon, I received another call from the police station, informing me to make a transcript.

If it was the attention of netizens that made this matter go forward, then now I believe that the law will take the baton from netizens and continue to help these girls until the day when justice is realized.

I'm watching, we're all watching.