Chapter 411: This is America

The street riot finally came to an end, but the investigation and aftermath of this case had just begun.

This shooting incident occurred on the street at the gate of Columbia University, involving many people. Although these street hooligans didn't deliberately plan this shooting, and the shooting was mostly aimed at the sky, many passing students were hit by stray bullets.

Although there were no deaths yet, there were as many as seventeen injured, three of whom were still lying in the intensive care unit.

Of course, the hooligans who created the shooting also suffered heavy losses.

Three of the hooligans who created the shooting on the street were shot and killed by the police who arrived, two were shot and killed by Fred's bodyguards, and the five hooligans in the convenience store were all hammered into the ICU by Miss Luo Quan alone.

Because the situation was quite critical at the time, Miss Luo Quan's shots were a bit heavy, and every move was aimed at these people's vital points. While solving them cleanly and neatly, the damage caused was also very large.

Besides these hooligans, the culprit Hank also entered the ICU.

Because he was afraid of Miss Luo Quan's non-human fighting power, Hank stepped on a soda can while fleeing in a panic and fell to the ground, hitting the back of his head heavily, and fainted on the spot.

After being sent to the hospital for examination, it was found that there was intracranial hemorrhage, and the injury was quite serious, likely to develop into a vegetative state.

Through the surveillance, it could be seen that Hank no longer had the ability to infringe at that time, but Miss Luo Quan also stopped defending at the same time.

So the division of responsibility was quite troublesome, and it was easy to have buck-passing.

In addition, Miss Luo Quan had beaten so many thugs, and the New York police used assisting the investigation as an excuse. Of course, Miss Luo Quan was quickly taken out by the lawyer hired by her father.

However, because the case hadn't ended, she was restricted from leaving the country and could only stay in New York to wait for further questioning.

During this period, the media across the United States went crazy, reporting extensively on this shooting case, and the eyes of all walks of life were focused on it.

It wasn't just the special nature of shooting cases in the United States, but also because the people involved included Miss Luo Quan, the celebrity with the most explosive popularity at the moment.

Miss Luo Quan was at the peak of her fame at this time. It's no exaggeration to say that she could hit the trending list just by sneezing during a live stream, let alone being involved in such a shocking national case.

Not only the United States, but major countries like the UK, China, and Japan also had a large amount of media attention gathered here, just to obtain first-hand information.

Originally, in this case, Miss Luo Quan existed as a victim and a person who saw justice and acted bravely, but after a reporter's report came out, the nature of the entire case suddenly changed.

"In this case, all the armed people beaten down by Miss Luo Quan in the convenience store were black. These unlucky guys didn't point their guns and shoot at the clerk when entering the convenience store, only shooting at the ceiling.

Perhaps it was only after feeling Miss Luo Quan's threat that they were forced to shoot in self-defense. From another angle, did Miss Luo Quan, who possesses high-level fighting skills, launch such a cruel attack on these unlucky guys because of racial discrimination against black people? Perhaps she had a better choice, but just because of racial discrimination, she dealt such a heavy hand?"

As soon as this report came out, public opinion was in an uproar. Even from the most "saintly" perspective, Miss Luo Quan's choice at the time was wise and legal self-defense.

And this report was completely turning black into white, ignoring the truth for the sake of traffic, which was truly contemptible.

But the person who wrote this report clearly wasn't just for traffic.

Soon, under the action of some pusher, this report appeared on the trending lists of major portal websites, and reports about Miss Luo Quan's racial discrimination also appeared one after another.

A large number of media outlets seemed to have organized and premeditatedly started to smear Miss Luo Quan, wanting to forcibly put this hat on her head.

Soon, the public's emotions were finally mobilized.

They were mainly black people, who accused Miss Luo Quan of racial discrimination one after another and demanded that the police investigate and handle it according to the law.

Soon, small-scale protests began to appear on the streets, demanding sanctions against Miss Luo Quan, shouting that she was a murderer.

And such a murderer was now at large, which further aroused the anger of the public. They began to accuse the police of unfair law enforcement, treating Miss Luo Quan, the child of power and white people, specially, and ignoring legal procedures.

Under the pressure of public opinion, Miss Luo Quan, who had been staying at home, was taken back to the police station again.

And at this time, the pusher hiding in the dark finally revealed his fangs.

Hank's father stood up, accusing Miss Luo Quan of intentional injury and racial discrimination, and filed an inspection application with the New York Federal Court, demanding a thorough investigation of the case.

At this time, public opinion in the United States had been accumulated to a very high level. Not only black people, but even some "white leftists" believed that Miss Luo Quan indeed had these problems.

Finally, the New York Federal Court accepted this lawsuit and began to review the relevant evidence submitted by Hank's father.

It is worth mentioning that in order to win this lawsuit, Hank's father, Hancock, hired a lawyer team that could be called a "heavenly group," two of whom had served as legal advisors to the president, and another who had 40 years of litigation experience, each one of the most powerful lawyers in the United States at present.

And now, Hancock had actually gathered three of them to fight his lawsuit; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it presidential treatment.

And on Miss Luo Quan's side, there were also several lawyers around her, all hired by her father, Eric—one from the UK, one from Germany, all veteran lawyers with extremely rich experience, especially the one from the UK, who even held a royal appointment title.

Compared to the serious and nervous lawyers, Miss Luo Quan appeared very relaxed, as if she didn't take such a big matter to heart at all.

Eric and Aunt Luo Ni watched from the side, worried.

"How can this girl still laugh? She doesn't take this matter seriously at all!" Aunt Luo Ni said, hating that she couldn't make her daughter more serious.

"Sister has a clear conscience, so..." Gao Liang smiled, not knowing what to say at this time either.

Angela and her mother and adoptive father were also on the side, their expressions very solemn.

Although everyone here was rich or expensive, racial discrimination is the red line of red lines in the United States. Once touched, even the president would suffer, let alone Miss Luo Quan.

Originally, these were groundless things. It was just that Hank had a rich father who spared no expense to create momentum, wanting to harm Miss Luo Quan.

Once public opinion was stirred up, it wouldn't be so simple to suppress it.

In addition, Eric hadn't expected Hancock to do such an outrageous thing, not only stirring up public opinion but even finding a lawyer team, which could be said to have been planned for a long time.

At this time, Fred walked in.

"How is it? What did your father say?" Gao Liang and Seifert hurried forward to ask.

"My father went to talk to Hancock himself. That side said that as long as his son doesn't wake up, he will keep Miss Luo Quan in jail.

If Hank wakes up, everything is easy to talk about, but now..."

"This old thing is stubborn!" Gao Liang cursed hatefully.

In fact, it wasn't just Fred's father; Angela's adoptive father, Harris, also came forward to talk to Hancock, in the capacity of a victim's family member.

After all, Hank ended up in this state because he pestered Angela. No matter what, the reason was on their side.

The plan Harris gave was not to pursue Hank's responsibility and to provide Hank with the best medical treatment together with Eric as much as possible. The only requirement was to withdraw the lawsuit and public opinion attack against Miss Luo Quan.

Unexpectedly, Hancock admitted his mistake to Harris very straightforwardly and was willing to bear all of Angela's mental damage fees, but there was no room for negotiation regarding Miss Luo Quan.

Eric also let people from the Rothschild family act as lobbyists, thinking that if soft ones didn't work, they would come with hard ones.

Unexpectedly, the Hancock couple didn't eat soft or hard, and directly released words in the media, saying that they would pay with their lives to make the sinner pay the price.

This made the whole country know, and Aubon had no way either.

Cleaning up this couple was very simple for Aubon; he had countless ways to make them disappear from the world, even under the protection of the police.

But now all the public was watching this couple. If something happened, Miss Luo Quan would really be hopeless.

No way, Hancock got a son in his old age and regarded this only son as more important than his own life. Now that Hank might become a vegetative person, it's no wonder Hancock went crazy.

And in the conversation, Hancock also asked Aubon, Eric, Fred's father, and Harris the same question:

"If your son or daughter might become a vegetative person, would you let the murderer go? Even if you could get 10 billion USD in compensation?"

This was a question with no second answer. No father would let go of the murderer who harmed his child, even if they knew it was their child's fault.

Eric sighed: "Now we can only hope that the judge can enforce the law impartially."

Aunt Luo Ni: "If it really doesn't work, let China extradite the daughter back. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has already issued statements many times expressing concern about the case, and the daughter seems to have quite a few connections in China."

Eric sighed again: "It's a pity I don't have any acquaintances there."

Now everyone had basically done what they could do, and for the rest, they could only pray for Miss Luo Quan.

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2018.1.20, this is a day destined to be remembered by people.

On this day, almost the entire United States stopped running because of a trial in New York State. From the president down to the common people, everyone was watching this trial of the century on their phones and TVs.

Never had a case attracted such high attention as this trial. China, the UK, Germany, Japan, and the United States, many major countries broadcast this trial. Before the trial began, the Queen of England even publicly issued a statement, hoping that the presiding judge responsible for this trial could handle the case with an objective and fair attitude.

The police car escorting the defendant slowly drove to the entrance of the court. This place had long been surrounded by countless reporters. The bailiffs tried their best to maintain order at the scene, so that the fanatical reporters didn't break through the guardrails.

The police car opened, and Miss Luo Quan, who had disappeared for many days, finally appeared in front of the camera.

Today she wore an ordinary jacket. Out of protection for the Chanel brand image, she didn't wear Chanel today.

Just like when she first crossed over, the clothes on her body were so ordinary, and her taste was so bad that people wanted to roast it.

However, Miss Luo Quan felt that this was her most real appearance.

Contrary to rumors from the outside world, she hadn't suffered any abuse in the detention center. The female police officer who watched her was very friendly, and the police told her the names of the media that were defending her outside.

She hadn't suffered from insomnia in the detention center, nor had she turned white or lost weight overnight.

Coming down from the police car, her mental state was very good, her face was beautiful, and her smile made people intoxicated.

No matter what situation she encountered, she was the well-deserved world's most beautiful.

It is worth mentioning that the new world's most beautiful face list had been released, but under the pressure of public opinion, TCC hadn't announced the news that Miss Luo Quan had won the championship again, wanting to wait until the case was tried before making plans.

"Miss Luo Quan, do you have anything to say about Mr. Hancock's accusation against you?"

"Miss Luo Quan, what do you think of racial discrimination?"

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Several reporters shouted loudly while Miss Luo Quan was moving forward.

Miss Luo Quan didn't answer, just said: "I love those who love me, and I hate those who hate me."

In this world, there is no Count of Monte Cristo.

But she felt she could be like Edmond Dantès, turning danger into safety and staging a king's return.

Entering the court, all the noise from the outside world was isolated.

Miss Luo Quan's relatives and friends were all sitting in the gallery, and Wen Xia, Junko, and the others were also present.

On the other side, it was the original Mr. Hancock and their lawyer team, among whom was a black lawyer. Looking at the position, he would be the main attacker today.

Miss Luo Quan was brought to the defendant's seat by the bailiff, behind her was a large group of mass jurors, white, black, Latino, and Asian, each accounting for a quarter.

After waiting for about ten minutes, the judge, jurors, and public prosecutors were all in place.

First, the judge asked everyone to stand up, read the court rules, and then officially opened the court.

First, the plaintiff and defendant lawyers read their own evidence and arguments.

After the judge listened and confirmed there was no problem, he let the plaintiff start questioning the defendant's side.

The one who started the questioning was indeed the black lawyer. What surprised everyone was that the object he questioned was Miss Luo Quan's defense lawyer!

"Defense lawyer, do you have racial discrimination against black people?"

As soon as this came out, it shocked almost everyone.

The German lawyer who was asked frowned, thought for a while, and replied: "Of course not, sir. I don't discriminate against black people."

"Judge, this defense lawyer said he doesn't discriminate against black people, but according to the information I have collected, this lawyer has made extremely bad remarks about the black community."

The black lawyer said, providing the judge with a video and document.

The video shown was from more than ten years ago. In it, Miss Luo Quan's defense lawyer did say something discriminating against black people. Just this one sentence was found by the plaintiff's side.

The German lawyer's face turned pale instantly: "I protest, my personal words and deeds have nothing to do with the case of this trial!"

The judge knocked the gavel: "Protest invalid."

The black lawyer pressed on: "I protest, Judge, I don't hope that such a lawyer who discriminates against black people can serve as the defense lawyer for the defendant!"

The judge was expressionless and said: "Protest valid!" ===== CHAPTER 412 =====