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Justice Gets Its Shot at Policeman
司法部門向警察倒打一耙
by Mike Royko
邁克·羅伊克
Joel Smith is in poor health and he is thinking of retiring to a quiet cabin in Tennessee. But a few years ago he was strong and he liked his job as a cop in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont.
喬爾·史密斯身體不好，正在考慮退休，住在田納西州一個安靜的小木屋去。可就在幾年前，他還是壯壯實實的，熱愛自己在芝加哥郊區羅斯蒙特所從事的警察工作。
One day in 1979, he was informed that a man was firing a gun in front of an apartment complex. The man had quarreled with his girlfriend and had fired a gun into the air to scare away people who were interfering. Then he dragged her into his apartment.
1979年的一天，他得知有個男子在一幢公寓大樓前開槍。這人剛和他女朋友吵過架，還朝天開了一槍想嚇退那些正在勸架的人，隨后他就把她拖進了自己的住所。
Smith and his partner hurried there, knocked, and told him to let the girl go. But the man threatened that if they came in, he would blow their rear quarters off. When they kicked the door open, the man shot twice, Smith was hit in the hand and leg. Then the man threw down his gun and surrendered.
史密斯和他的同事匆匆趕到那里，敲門要他放了那女的。那人卻威脅說，他們要是闖進來，他就把他們的屁股打爛。他們把門踢開后，那人開了兩槍。史密斯手上和腿上各挨了一槍。隨后那人就放下槍投降了。
He was Kerry Rudman, 33, and no stranger to trouble. At the time of the shooting, he was awaiting trial for robbing a jewelry store in a suburban shopping mall.
他叫克里·拉德曼，33歲，惹是生非已不是第一次了。就在槍擊事件發生的那陣子，他還因為搶劫郊區購物中心的一家珠寶店而在候審。
Smith spent a week in the hospital and six weeks at home. But by 1981 he had to have further surgery on his hand. And a month later, he suffered a stroke. The doctors said the blood clot could have been the result of the bullet wounds.
史密斯在醫院住了一個星期，又在家休養了6個星期。可是到了1981年，他不得不再次接受手部手術治療。一個月后，他還中了一次風。醫生們說血塊可能是槍傷所致。
