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X-WR-CALDESC:On June 4\, 1989\, the world was focused on Tiananmen Square i
 n China\, where peaceful free speech\, free press\, and pro-democracy prot
 est turned bloody as the Chinese military and police stormed the Square an
 d started shooting the people assembled. On the anniversary of that bloodb
 ath\, we will screen the short film 'Tank Man' and speak with its creator\
 , actor/director and FIJA Vice Chairman Robert Anthony Peters.\n\nTwo year
 s ago\, Robert debuted this film commemorating an unforgettable moment fro
 m the historic Tiananmen Square protest. Inspired by the iconic image of a
 n unnamed man single-handedly blocking a line of Chinese army tanks\, Robe
 rt's film is a dramatic imagination of what could have happened earlier in
  that man's day that led up to that moment. We will discuss with Robert ho
 w historic and current events in China are intertwined and what relevance 
 Tank Man's example holds for us—especially as jurors—today.\n\nHong Kong w
 as transferred from British control back to Chinese control in 1997\, and 
 Macau was transferred from Portuguese back to Chinese control in 1999. The
 se two areas were to be treated as Special Administrative Regions operatin
 g under the principle of 'one country\, two systems'. This dual-system arr
 angement would theoretically allow each to continue to operate their own g
 overnmental\, legal\, and economic affairs independently of mainland China
 .\n\nBut a lot has happened in the last two years since Tank Man debuted..
 . Among other things\, we have witnessed the destruction of Hong Kong's co
 mmon law jury system and the criminalization of memorial events commemorat
 ing the Tiananmen Square protests in both Hong Kong and Macau—the only two
  cities in China that have been allowed to publicly recognize the annivers
 ary in past years.\n\nAfter watching this 14-minute film together\, we'll 
 discuss with Robert developments in the criminal legal systems in China an
 d the United States in the last couple of years and what jurors here in th
 e United States and around the world can learn from Tank Man's example.\n
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DESCRIPTION:On June 4\, 1989\, the world was focused on Tiananmen Square in
  China\, where peaceful free speech\, free press\, and pro-democracy prote
 st turned bloody as the Chinese military and police stormed the Square and
  started shooting the people assembled. On the anniversary of that bloodba
 th\, we will screen the short film 'Tank Man' and speak with its creator\,
  actor/director and FIJA Vice Chairman Robert Anthony Peters.\n\nTwo years
  ago\, Robert debuted this film commemorating an unforgettable moment from
  the historic Tiananmen Square protest. Inspired by the iconic image of an
  unnamed man single-handedly blocking a line of Chinese army tanks\, Rober
 t's film is a dramatic imagination of what could have happened earlier in 
 that man's day that led up to that moment. We will discuss with Robert how
  historic and current events in China are intertwined and what relevance T
 ank Man's example holds for us—especially as jurors—today.\n\nHong Kong wa
 s transferred from British control back to Chinese control in 1997\, and M
 acau was transferred from Portuguese back to Chinese control in 1999. Thes
 e two areas were to be treated as Special Administrative Regions operating
  under the principle of 'one country\, two systems'. This dual-system arra
 ngement would theoretically allow each to continue to operate their own go
 vernmental\, legal\, and economic affairs independently of mainland China.
 \n\nBut a lot has happened in the last two years since Tank Man debuted...
  Among other things\, we have witnessed the destruction of Hong Kong's com
 mon law jury system and the criminalization of memorial events commemorati
 ng the Tiananmen Square protests in both Hong Kong and Macau—the only two 
 cities in China that have been allowed to publicly recognize the anniversa
 ry in past years.\n\nAfter watching this 14-minute film together\, we'll d
 iscuss with Robert developments in the criminal legal systems in China and
  the United States in the last couple of years and what jurors here in the
  United States and around the world can learn from Tank Man's example.\n
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LOCATION:Join us for a live Zoom webinar which will be livestreamed to the 
 FIJA Facebook page. (Note that the event time listed is for the Mountain z
 one. Convert to your time zone accordingly.)
SUMMARY:What Can Jurors Learn from Tank Man?
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