My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 633

“A normal person might feel disgust, but it wouldn’t lead to murder.”

“But didn’t you say it’s a group? That they do it when they gather?”

“More precisely, when a group grows and is granted impunity, or when their individuality is diminished, that disgust turns into mass slaughter.”

Politicians, especially those who want to overturn the country, exploit that point. Just because a country is experiencing tribal warfare, does that mean there’s no punishment for murder?

But if they lack the ability to enforce it, and the opposing forces don’t accept it, the other side tries to secure their victory through ethnic cleansing.

“So, peace without power is a false peace.”

“That’s right. But in special cases, this hatred manifests.”

“Like what?”

“I mentioned it earlier, right? That if they’re sure they won’t get caught, that hatred manifests. And if it goes beyond hatred to pure loathing, it can also manifest.”

“Wait, that…….”

In that moment, one of the profilers realized something.

“……Isn’t that terrorism?”

“That’s right.”

“This is terrorism?”

“Not mass murder?”

“Terrorism is ultimately a crime against unspecified individuals for political or personal purposes. And its nature is very different.”

“Different?”

At Park Do-joon’s words, the police officers looked at the existing profilers. It seemed they wanted to confirm, as they hadn’t yet worked with the newly arrived Park Do-joon.

“Yes, very different. The direction is completely different. Murder and terrorism are… Ugh, why didn’t I think of that?”

Everyone clicked their tongues in realization and looked at Park Do-joon.

“Is it that different?”

But the majority of the police officers still didn’t understand. Park Do-joon had no choice but to give them a sufficient explanation.

“Simple murder often involves a specific target.”

Murder is committed for reasons of resentment or gain. And almost all murder cases in Korea fall within this category.

“In contrast, in the case of terrorism, the target has two purposes. First, political symbolism. Second, social shock.”

“Social shock…….”

Certainly, the whole country is in an uproar right now.

“But the political symbolism is weak, isn’t it? What meaning do ordinary people have?”

“That’s where the problem arises. The standard for judging political symbolism isn’t us, but the perpetrator.”

“The perpetrator judges?”

“Yes, for example, let’s take the Boston Marathon bombing.”

In the Boston Marathon, dozens of people were killed or injured when a bomb exploded. But is the Boston Marathon a politically motivated event? No. Apart from having a long history and being socially recognized because of it, the Boston Marathon itself has no political purpose.

Nowhere in the event is there an image of boasting about Western capabilities or civilization.

“Didn’t Islam target that?”

Park Do-joon clicked his tongue at someone’s words.

“It’s not something to judge so easily.”

“It’s not?”

“First of all, it’s true that the perpetrators were Muslims. It’s also undeniable that Islamic forces often use bomb attacks. But apart from that, the truth is different.”

In fact, the end of the information that many people know was that the Boston Marathon bomber was a jihadist influenced by Islam.

Because the religion was actually Islam. But from an analytical point of view, that was a kind of excuse.

“Looking at it from a profiling perspective, although they are Islamic forces, it’s not a full-fledged jihad [holy war], an Islamic holy war, but simply revenge on the world for their ruined lives.”

“That’s, definitely…….”

“Yes, it’s similar to a random killing.”

But the difference is that it manifested in the form of terrorism.

They learned how to make bombs through the internet, made bombs with it, and then carried out the terrorism. In the process, they used the expression jihad, but no contact or connection with terrorist groups was found.

“Isn’t that just a lie?”

“No. From a profiling perspective, the terrorism is actually clumsy.”

“The terrorism is clumsy?”

“Yes.”

If they were really connected to a terrorist organization, they wouldn’t use homemade bombs made from pressure cookers.

In the first place, they didn’t just have one bomb. They had seven more identical bombs and testified that they actually intended to use them later.

“But if it’s a terrorist organization, they wouldn’t divide them up and use them.”

Because they would know that if they were severely chased by the US government, they might not have the opportunity to use them.

“Rather, they would have used all seven of them at the scene.”

The moment it explodes, people will evacuate to both sides, and if they time it well and detonate it, the number of victims could probably increase to hundreds.

In other words, there are too many clumsy things to see it as terrorism to show political purpose.

“Self-generated terrorism in which dissatisfaction and hatred for society are expressed in the form of jihad. In other words, a lone wolf type of terrorism.”

“Is that related to this case? Even if this case is terrorism, the victims have no meaning to be terrorist targets.”

“Let’s go back to what I said earlier. Terrorism has a purpose. It’s different from random killings.”

In other words, when choosing a target, they don’t just choose it without a reason. It may seem like nonsense to others, but the criminal has a purpose.

“To them, the Boston Marathon doesn’t just mean there are a lot of people.”

A marathon, sports, is a hobby enjoyed by people who have the means to enjoy leisure. It is impossible for the working class, who struggle to make a living every day, to run a marathon as a hobby.

Because once you run a marathon, you lose energy and have to rest for at least three days.

“Moreover, it is a world-renowned competition; in other words, it is the domain of the mainstream.”

It is a condition that can be seen politically by non-mainstream criminals.

“And when we apply that to this case, what the perpetrator is trying to target through terrorism is poor people.”

“What?”

“Poor people? On what basis?”

“They voluntarily set a trap to take food containing poison. But basically, if you have the means, you don’t bother taking it.”

“Why?”

“Because there is a charge of embezzlement of lost property in Korea.”

Embezzlement of lost property is a crime that is established when someone takes away an item that the owner has not managed, that is, a lost item. In fact, there were many people who committed fraud using it, so it is a crime that is surprisingly widely known to the public.

“So, people with means don’t bother taking it.”

Depending on the food, they wouldn’t want to be punished later for stealing something that costs 20,000 won [approximately $15 USD] for cheap ones and 40,000 won [approximately $30 USD] for expensive ones.

“But the fact that they took it means there are two possibilities.”

Either they don’t know about the embezzlement of lost property, or they are poor.

“And if they were rich, they wouldn’t try to take it even if it was unattended.”

It’s not a matter of who’s watching or not, it’s a matter of pride.

“From that point of view, the perpetrator would have calculated that poor people or ordinary commoners would take it.”

“So, what Park Do-joon is saying is that the perpetrator is trying to kill poor people?”

“Yes, the perpetrator probably has hatred beyond disgust for poor people, that is, people below the common people.”

“What nonsense…….”

Someone muttered as if it didn’t make sense, but Lee Ji-soo said firmly to him.

“Hatred of the poor is one of the oldest hatreds.”

“What?”

“Why do you think hatred of Gypsies arose?”

Gypsies refer to people who wander around without settling in one place. It is actually a race, but in another sense, it also means wandering people.

“Being poor is highly likely to be treated as evil socially.”

Being poor and unable to eat and live means that the opportunity for growth is virtually deprived, and as a result, the choices they make are usually to commit crimes and live off the profits.

“The form of slums is at least a fixed slum, so if the administrative power is sufficient, they can arrest criminals within it, but not Gypsies.”

They commit crimes and leave for other regions or even other countries, so tracking is impossible.

“No, wouldn’t it be possible to settle them down?”

“It’s not that there haven’t been attempts. But sudden settlement was impossible for them, whose way of life was already fixed.”

How can people who have wandered and begged or stolen for a living all their lives work properly if they are told to settle down and work?

The government gives them houses, but the people who have to hire them are reluctant because they are Gypsies, so they steal and run away again to live, and start Gypsy life again.

“The important thing is that hatred of the poor is very severe worldwide. Honestly, isn’t that true? Isn’t the media creating hateful words like ‘Hyugeo’ even if you just live in rental housing?”

“That’s…….”

Humanism is a rental apartment brand created by the government for the common people. But people don’t even treat them like people just because they live there.

Even the media combines Humanism and beggar, hides that they created the word without knowing it, and induces discrimination by saying that discrimination is a problem while saying ‘Hyugeo’ or something.

Even now, they are creating the word ‘attendance beggar’ beyond Hyugeo, creating an image that if you faithfully attend school, you are a poor beggar and putting it on you.

“These days, they shorten basic livelihood recipients to ‘Gisaengsu’ [parasite].”

It literally means treating them like parasites who live by parasitizing others.

“Hmm.”

Everyone was speechless at that. It was hard to deny that. In fact, if you have a little insight, you can’t help but know that these social problems are arising.

“In that situation, it’s not strange that there are guys who have hostility or hatred towards poor people.”

“No way.”

“It’s not no way. You must have seen what we reported and uploaded, right? That person is not a chaebol [family-owned conglomerate] family’s son, or a managing director-level chaebol, right?”

If he is the manager of an apartment construction site, he can be seen as successful to some extent, but in the end, he is just a worker who gets paid.

“But he showed a very hostile attitude towards the people working there.”

“Why is that?”

Someone tilted their head, as if they didn’t understand at that moment.