陳果仁- Wikipedia

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陳果仁（英語：Vincent Chin, 1955年—1982年6月23日），美籍華人，1982年在底特律被誤為日本人，遭一對白人父子以球棒擊死；80年代日本進口汽車暢銷美國，導致底特律景氣蕭條，大量被解僱的汽車廠員工進而仇恨亞裔。密歇根州韋恩縣法官Charles Kaufman判刑時說「這些不是該被派遣到監獄的人。我們不用罪行來考慮處罰;我們用罪人來考慮處罰。」兇手二人被Kaufman法官罰3780美元。 1984-1987年Ebens被重審，最後獲判無罪，從沒坐過牢。陳果仁被殺事件，華裔族群發出抗議，但未受到主流媒體的重視，[1]也沒有政權曾對美國施加壓力。[2]

(see: http://www.asianweek.com/061397/feature.html)

The Trials of Vincent Chin

June 19, 1982 - Vincent Chin attends his bachelor party at Fancy Pants, a strip club in suburban Detroit. Autoworkers Ronald Ebens and his stepson, Michael Nitz, enter the bar. Ebens taunts Chin, who he mistakenly thinks is Japanese and blames for the ailing U.S. auto industry. A fight ensues. After the fight is broken up, Chin leaves the club. Twenty minutes later, Ebens and Nitz find Chin in front of a McDonald's. Ebens knocks Chin down and beats him with a baseball bat.

June 23, 1982 - Vincent Chin dies as a result of his injuries.

March 16, 1983 - Wayne County Judge Charles Kaufman finds Ebens and Nitz guilty of manslaughter after a plea bargain and sentences each of them to three years probation, a $3,000 fine, and $780 in court fees. The prosecuting attorney is not present and neither Chin's mother nor any witnesses is called to testify.

November 1983 - The U.S. Justice Department, following an FBI investigation, files charges and a federal grand jury indicts Ebens and Nitz on two counts - one for violating Chin's civil rights, the other for conspiracy.

June 1984 - Ebens is found guilty of violating Chin's civil rights but not of conspiracy. He is sentenced to 25 years in prison, but is released on a $20,000 bond. Nitz is cleared of both charges.

September 1986 - Ebens' conviction is overturned by a federal appeals court on a legal technicality; an American Citizens for Justice attorney is accused of improperly coaching prosecution witnesses.

April 1987 - Under intense public pressure, the Justice Department orders a retrial, but this time in a new venue: Cincinnati.

May 1987 - The Cincinnati jury clears Ebens of all charges.

July 1987 - A civil suit orders Ebens to pay $1.5 million to Chin's estate as part of a court-approved settlement. However, Ebens disposes of his assets and flees the state. He has not paid any of the settlement.

September 1987 - Disgusted with the country's legal system, Lily Chin, Vincent Chin's mother, leaves the U.S. and moves back to her native village in Guangzhou province in China.