Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 723 Leeks

The British law serves the nobility and the bourgeoisie. Although the British also say that everyone is equal before the law, the "people" here are also divided into different classes. Rich people can hire famous lawyers, which is indeed better. To protect their own rights and interests, poor people can't even understand the legal provisions, and they have no way to talk about protection.

The "unintelligible" here is not a joke. The UK does not have universal compulsory education.

As part of the Commonwealth of Nations, southern Africa has a legal system that is inherited in one line and essentially serves the nobility and the bourgeoisie.

It's just that compared with the British mainland, southern Africa has an additional legal aid system, which ensures that even ordinary people can better protect their own interests in front of the powerful.

Roque is the Deputy Minister of Justice, and the legal aid system was established by Roque himself.

Those ordinary people who were injured in this accident, if they were in the UK, most of them would not be able to receive good medical services, and compensation is even more unnecessary. An imperial marshal can easily suppress this matter , there will be no follow-up at all.

This is not the case in Nyasaland. Even if Hopkins is still the Minister of Defense, he must perform his responsibilities according to the existing legal procedures. Let alone the criminal responsibility, the civil part should be resolved first, which will also help reduce the criminal part. responsibility.

Rock and Stoudemire didn't stay in the hospital for too long. Stoudemire went out of the hospital to visit the scene of the accident, and Rock followed him.

A cordon has been put up around the accident site. The damaged cars and statues have not been cleaned up. There are still eye-catching blood stains on the ground, and there are almost no brake marks. The police from the accident department are busy taking pictures and collecting evidence. Rock, Stoudemire, and Shan Ruolu, the chief of the Little Rock Police Department who was on the scene, came over immediately.

"The situation has been basically confirmed. Major Brett Hopkins drove out of control and caused an accident. The vehicle and statue have been completely damaged. The injured have been sent to the hospital for treatment, and the scene is still being investigated." Shan Ruolu, who is in his early thirties, is also a Ke's older brother, a former Cape Town Police commando.

"Clean it up when you're done, and restore order as soon as possible." Rock followed up with Stoudemire after a sentence, and Stoudemire was silent next to the completely toppled statue.

It's really a bit miserable. The original statue is Cecil Rhodes in military uniform, with a classic Martini Henry rifle on his shoulders, and his hands stretched across a map of Africa drawn on the ground. However, the sculptor who performed the knife is still from Italy. Italians are not good at fighting, but sculpture, painting, and opera are their old professions.

Now the statue has been completely damaged, the leg was directly broken, and one arm was also broken. The statue was presented in front of Rock and Stoudemire with its face on the ground in an embarrassing posture.

Rock was a little embarrassed, and one could imagine how angry Stoudemire was.

"In the future, all statues will need to have more bases, and fences will be installed around them—" Rock raised his hand and called Shan Ruolu over.

Shan Ruoduo was depressed, this matter belongs to the urban construction, in fact, it has nothing to do with the police station.

But Shan Ruolu was the only official present, so Shan Ruolu remembered it first, and then passed it on to the urban construction department.

"I must kill Brett Hopkins—" Xiaosi's eyes were bloodshot, and he didn't care that Shan Ruolu was by his side.

It was indeed a bit arrogant to say this in front of the chief of police, but Shan Ruolu didn't even feel embarrassed at all, instead he showed empathy and approval.

"Cecil, we'll talk about this later." Rock had a headache, and decided to settle Xiaosi in a while, and then reminded Hopkins to get Brett Hopkins away, preferably far away.

"Let's go, go drink with me, I need alcohol very much now." Stoudemire said as if he was drunk.

Rock wanted to say that drinking hurts his body, and Brett Hopkins didn't drink because of drinking, and he wouldn't get into trouble after drinking.

But now is obviously not the time to emphasize this, let Xiaosi be appeased first.

Hopkins did not need Roque to remind him that Brett Hopkins had been undergoing surgery for six hours. Hopkins was sent on the train, which was said to be sent directly to Port Edward, and then returned to the British mainland by boat.

Strictly speaking, this is an illegal act in Nyasaland. Although Brett Hopkins was seriously injured, because he committed a crime in Nyasaland, he must be tried in Nyasaland, and then he should pay compensation and serve a sentence Serve the sentence and not leave Nyasaland until the sentence is over.

But because Hopkins was involved, everything was handled specially. Shan Ruolu was not stupid, and he didn't stop Hopkins from sending him away at all. When Brett Hopkins was sent to the train, Shan Ruolu Ruolu reported this to Rock.

Rock finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the news, and he will definitely not punish Shan Ruolu for this incident. It doesn't matter whether sending Brett Hopkins away violates the law, as long as Brett Hopkins As long as Kings didn't die in Nyasaland, even if Brett Hopkins died on the boat, it has nothing to do with Nyasaland.

As for how Stoudemire will deal with Brett Hopkins in the future, this has nothing to do with Rock, it is a matter for Stoudemire and Hopkins.

Rock is not in the mood to care about Brett Hopkins. With the increasing popularity of cars, the "Traffic Law" will be released soon. This does not need to be applied to the federal government. The Nyasaland State Government also has the right to make legislation. Conflict with the British Constitution and the Federal Constitution.

The biggest difference between Nyasaland law and British law and federal government law is the level of punishment.

In fact, the laws of this era are almost in vain. As long as there is no tax evasion or murder, there is basically no death penalty, and nobles can even substitute fines for any criminal punishment.

The principle is the same in Nyasaland, except that the punishment in Nyasaland is higher. In the UK, crimes that only require fines are mostly punished in Nyasaland. Criminal acts in Nyasaland are basically the kind that can almost pass through the prison.

The same is true for the "Traffic Act". Neither the British mainland nor the federal government of Southern Africa has any laws in this area. Nyasaland has stipulated six crimes that can be punished with the death penalty, including drunk driving that endangers the lives of others. Safety.

Note that it is only a threat, not an actual cause, which means that as long as there is such a possibility, the death penalty can be imposed, and the standard of sentencing depends on how the court determines.

"Is it overkill?" Anton disagreed.

"Why is it overcorrecting?" Rock felt that it was not enough. In fact, it was not enough to be vigilant. The purpose of legislation is to prevent, and there is a long way to go in this regard.

"If the regulations are so strict, I'm afraid it will cause controversy." Anton is also very helpless, there are some things he can do but can't say.

There are more and more cars in the UK, but there are no formal laws on cars in the UK. The main reason is that cars are still toys of powerful families and have not yet entered ordinary families.

Since it is just a toy for the powerful family, there is no need to pay too much attention to it. You can’t give the rich and powerful too many restrictions. Only after the car enters the ordinary family will the corresponding legislation be started to restrict it. This is what can be done but not said.

Anton is also worried about the same. In Nyasaland, except for the state government and the military police, the only people who can buy cars now are rich people. To put it bluntly, they are all vested interests. These people were originally Rock’s loyal supporters. However, if the newly released "Traffic Law" restricts cars too much, it will not only affect the popularity of cars, but also affect the support of Rock and the state government.

"Don't worry, it's not a restriction, it's to protect us all. If the policeman who was hit by Brett Hopkins was Angie, would you think it's overkill?" Rock hit the nail on the head, all magnanimity It's all because the matter has nothing to do with oneself. If you really want to hurt your own interests, or even just possibly hurt, then everyone will take it seriously.

The policeman injured by Brett Hopkins was not seriously injured, and he was discharged after only receiving simple treatment in the hospital.

But this is not serious, and it does not mean that Brett Hopkins' behavior is not bad.

"We must be severely punished!" Sure enough, Anton's attitude immediately became firm.

In fact, the law is really not to protect the rich, but to protect everyone. Cecil Rhodes Square is the commercial center of Little Rock. The square is surrounded by headquarters of large companies, shopping malls, hotels, museums and libraries. Cultural Center, so most of those who can stroll around Cecil Rhodes Square and feed pigeons have some wealth. Among the injured by Brett Hopkins are Rand Bank executives,

Anton is not stupid, Nyasaland's laws are not very binding on the rich and powerful, such as drunk driving, it has nothing to do with the real rich and powerful, everyone has a driver when they go out, and there is more than one driver, so Drunk driving has nothing to do with people.

What the law really wants to restrain is the so-called "middle class". This class is really superficial, but in fact it is a standard leek, such as tax evasion. This kind of fact has little to do with ordinary people. Nyasaland stipulates The tax payment standard is an annual income of one hundred rand or more. This income standard is also the so-called "middle class" standard. Most ordinary people have an annual income of less than one hundred rand and do not need to pay taxes at all. There are all sorts of legitimate ways to reduce taxes, and the ones who really have to pay taxes, and cannot escape, are the middle class.

Therefore, the "Traffic Law" was submitted for the first time, and it was passed in the third instance of the Nyasaland State Assembly.

(End of this chapter)