美國警方公開求贊：集齊1.5萬個贊，通緝犯就會自首…

Fugitive"s deal with police: I"ll surrender if my wanted poster gets 15,000 likes

通緝犯與警方達成交易：如果我的通緝令得到15,000個贊，我就自首

來源：《衛報》 翻譯：世界播

A Connecticut police department has reached a deal with a fugitive that would have him surrender if enough people respond to a wanted poster on social media, an agreement that at least one expert calls unethical.

康涅狄格州警察局與一名通緝犯達成協議，如果有足夠多的人對社交媒體上的通緝令做出回應，他就會自首。至少有一位專家稱該協議不道德。

Jose Simms, 29, who is believed to be somewhere in New York, has seven arrest warrants and is being sought as a fugitive after failing to appear in court on charges that range from breach of peace to risk of injury to a child.

據稱，29歲的喬斯?西姆斯現如今正躲在紐約的某個地方，他身負7張逮捕令，他因未出席審判法庭，被當局以逃犯的身份通緝。他目前面臨從擾亂治安到可能傷害兒童等多項罪名指控。

Lt Brett Johnson of the Torrington police posted on the department』s Facebook page on Wednesday that Simms had contacted him through the social media site and agreed to turn himself in if the post containing his poster got 15,000 likes.

周三，托靈頓警方的布萊特?約翰遜中尉在警察局官方臉書頁面上發帖稱，西姆斯通過社交媒體網站與他取得了聯繫，並提出條件說如果這條關於他通緝海報的帖子獲得1.5萬個贊，他就自首。

Johnson said he negotiated Simms down from 20,000 likes.

約翰遜表示，他在與西姆斯的談判中想要將點贊數從2萬個降到1萬個。

「It will be difficult but is doable,」 Johnson wrote.

約翰遜寫道：「這很困難，但不一定辦不到」。

He also suggested that if anyone knows where Simms is hiding, they could let police know.

他還建議，如果有人知道西姆斯的藏身之處，請告知警方。

But Maki Haberfeld, an expert in police ethics and procedure at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said Simms is using social media to manipulate both the news media and police, who she said have no business negotiating a deal with a suspect, never mind one that involves likes on Facebook.

但約翰?傑伊刑事司法學院的警察倫理和程序專家馬基?哈伯菲爾德表示，西姆斯正在利用社交媒體操縱新聞媒體和警方。她指出，警方根本就沒必要同嫌疑人談條件，更不用說這種在臉書上集滿贊就自首的行為了。

「It turns this into a joke,」 she said. 「People will start looking at these various violations of law as a game.」

她表示：「這已經變成了一個笑話，人們可能會慢慢地把這些各種各樣的違法行為視為兒戲。」

Simms, contacted by the Associated Press through Facebook, said he is serious about the offer.

美聯社通過臉書聯繫到了西姆斯，他說他對這個提議是認真的。

「I wanted to give them a little incentive for all the hard work they put in to catch me,」 he wrote.

他回復道：「我只是想給他們一點激勵，讓他們為抓到我不惜一切代價。」

Torrington police did not immediately respond to a request for further comment.

托靈頓警方沒有立即回應進一步置評的請求。

Simms said he was prepared to live up to his end of the agreement, insisting he was a 「man of my word」.

西姆斯表示，他準備履行自己的承諾，他堅稱自己是「信守諾言的人」。

Haberfield said Simms was clearly getting a lot of attention, and that is exactly what he wants.

哈伯菲爾德表示，西姆斯顯然得到了很多關注，這正是他想要的效果。

「This is 100% manipulation,」 she said. 「And for police, it』s not an ethical thing to do.」

「這屬於100%的操縱行為」，她指出：「這對警察來說，求贊的舉動不合乎道德。」

喜歡這篇文章嗎？立刻分享出去讓更多人知道吧！