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How a small town mechanic took his revenge?
小镇机械师如何报仇？
On Friday, June 4th, 2004, a local welder and small business owner named Marvin Heemeyer smashed through the walls of his own garage with a self-made tank and headed toward the small town of Granby, Colorado.
2004年6月4日，星期五，当地焊工兼小企业主Marvin Heemeyer驾驶一辆自制坦克撞破自家车库的墙壁，朝科罗拉多州格兰比小镇驶去。
The product of over 18 months of work, Heemeyer's tank was a modified Komatsu D355A bulldozer.
Heemeyer的坦克是经过18个月精心打造的，是一辆改装的小松D355A推土机。
That was covered in thick armor plating, which he nicknamed the MK Tank or Marvin Komatsu Tank.
坦克覆盖着厚厚的装甲板，他将其昵称为Marvin Komatsu坦克（MK坦克）。
As an experienced welder and former United States Air Force serviceman, he was more than capable of creating this devastating weapon.
作为一名经验丰富的焊工和前美国空军军人，他完全有能力制造这种毁灭性的武器。
Concrete in some places over a foot or 300 millimeters thick was sandwiched between tool steel to create an effective DIY composite armor.
在一些地方，采用内外两层工具钢，中间浇筑一层厚度超过一英尺或300毫米的混凝土，相当于是一种临时制作的复合装甲。
The bulldozer was able to withstand more than 200 rounds of ammunition and stun grenade explosions fired from local and state police forces.
这辆推土机能够抵御当地和州警察部队发射的200多发子弹和爆音弹爆炸。
Even the SWAT team was forced to walk helplessly behind Heemeyer, as he drove his tank through the heart of Granby, destroying numerous businesses along the way,
甚至特警队也只能无助地跟在Heemeyer身后，看着他驾驶坦克穿过格兰比市中心，一路摧毁了众多企业，
starting with the hated cement factory and then moving on to buildings which included the town hall, library, bank and local news headquarters.
先是令人憎恶的水泥厂，然后是市政厅、图书馆、银行和当地新闻总部等建筑。
They were all severely damaged by the makeshift tank and things became so out of hand that the police were forced to use the reverse 911 emergency system to warn residents to leave the area immediately.
这些建筑都被这辆临时坦克严重损坏，情况变得一发不可收拾，连警方都被迫使用反向911紧急系统警告居民立即离开该地区。
In all, the destruction of the town lasted over 2 hours and only stopped when Heemeyer accidentally drove his dozer into the basement of a hardware store.
总之，对这个城镇的破坏持续了两个多小时，直到Heemeyer不小心将推土机开进一家五金店的地下室后才停止。
But what set Heemeyer off? What caused this 52-year-old automobile muffler repair shop owner to snap and lay waste to his local community.
但是，是什么激怒了Heemeyer？是什么让这位52岁的汽车消声器修理店老板发狂并毁掉当地社区。
Varying accounts of the infamous incident which was later coined killdozer on the internet offered different takes.
互联网上对这起臭名昭著的事件有不同的看法，后来该坦克被称为“杀人推土机”。
Many people consider Marvin Heemeyer a hero, a true American patriot, who stood up against the tyranny and bureaucracy he faced by taking matters into his own hands.
许多人认为Marvin Heemeyer是一位英雄，一位真正的美国爱国者，他通过亲自动手来反抗他所面临的暴政和官僚主义。
He has become a symbol of resistance for the little man, who often goes unrepresented in a system that routinely and habitually favors those with money and prestige.
他已经成为小人物反抗的象征，而在一个惯常偏袒有钱有势者的体制中，小人物往往得不到代表。
People look at his actions with admiration and are quick to point out all the injustices he faced in dealing with the Granby City Council.
人们钦佩他的行为，并迅速指出他在与格兰比市议会打交道时面临的所有不公正。
However, there are others such as Patrick Brower, author of Killdozer: The True Story of the Colorado Bulldozer Rampage, who claim that Heemeyer's actions are truly disturbing and indicative of a twisted mind.
然而，也有其他人，如Killdozer: The True Story of the Colorado Bulldozer Rampage一书的作者帕特里克·布劳尔（Patrick Brower），声称Heemeyer的行为确实令人不安，表明他心智扭曲。
Brower was working in Granby at the local news station when the rampage began and distinctly remembers having to flee his workplace as killdozer barreled towards him.
暴行发生时，布劳尔正在格兰比的当地新闻台工作，他清楚地记得，当推土机向他冲过来时，他不得不逃离工作场所。
In his eyes, Marvin's woes as a small business owner were in no way unique to him and his decision to cause $7 million of property damage was selfish and damaging to the other business owners in Granby.
在他看来，Marvin作为一名小企业主的困境并非他独有，他造成700万美元财产损失的决定是自私的，对格兰比的其他企业主也造成了伤害。
Red tape and frustrating back and forth conversations with local officials explains Brower are a part of every business owner's experiences.
布劳尔解释说，繁文缛节以及与当地官员令人沮丧的反复对话是每个企业主都会经历的一部分。
But in examining Heemeyer's story, one should ask how much red tape are we talking about.
但在研究Heemeyer的故事时，我们应该问我们谈论的繁文缛节有多少。
To begin with, it's important to recount Marvin Heemeyer's history in Granby, Colorado.
首先，重要的是要讲述Marvin Heemeyer在科罗拉多州格兰比的历史。
Originally, he moved to Grand Lake, Colorado in 1992. This is another town roughly 20 minutes away by car from Granby.
最初，他于1992年搬到了科罗拉多州的大湖城。这是另一个距离格兰比约20分钟车程的小镇。
In the following year he bought two acres of land in Granby to put his mechanical skills to use and operate out of his own automobile muffler repair shop.
第二年，他在格兰比购买了两英亩土地，以发挥他的机械技能，并经营自己的汽车消声器修理店。
Marvin had retired from the military and quit a job as a mechanic working for someone else to live the American dream and have his own business.
Marvin从军队退役，辞去了为别人打工的机械师工作，实现了美国梦，拥有了自己的事业。
He was able to use his impressive skills as a welder to work on cosmetic repairs to vehicles and grow his small town shop.
他能够利用自己出色的焊工技能对车辆进行外观修复，并发展他的小镇商店。
Heemeyer enjoyed a reputation as the best welder in the area and by all accounts his business was successful.
Heemeyer享有该地区最佳焊工的声誉，而且据说他的生意很成功。
He had purchased the land where his shop was for only $42,000 from the Resolution Trust Corporation and enjoyed steady work.
他从重组信托公司以仅42000美元的价格购买了他商店所在的土地，并拥有稳定的工作。
Many describe him as a generous, happy man, who was devoted to his friends and cared about his community.
许多人形容他是一个慷慨、快乐的人，他对朋友很忠诚，关心社区。
Although unmarried, he had a girlfriend and would go snowmobiling and hot-tubbing regularly with her and his friend group.
虽然未婚，但他有一个女朋友，经常和她以及朋友一起去骑雪地摩托、泡热水澡。
Life seemed to be going well for him, until 1999 when the Docheff family closed a deal on a plot of land that surrounded his shop.
他的生活似乎很顺利，直到1999年，多切夫家族达成了一笔交易，买下了他店铺周围的一块土地。
Nestled right off West Meadow Road, Heemeyer shop was just outside of town and had open land all around it.
Heemeyer的店铺坐落在West Meadow Road旁，就在城外，周围都是空地。
Marvin used an easement road through his unclaimed land to get to work every day and his shop was only accessible to customers if they used the easement road as well.
Marvin每天使用一条穿过他无人认领土地的地役权道路去上班，只有使用地役权道路的顾客才能进入他的店铺。
In anticipation of owning the land some day, Marvin allegedly outbid Cody Docheff years prior to 2000 for the property.
据称，为了有朝一日拥有这块土地，Marvin在2000年之前的几年里以高于科迪·多切夫（Cody Docheff）的价格买下了这块土地。
Nonetheless, the land was sold to the Docheff family and a lifelong feud between Cody and Marvin was born.
尽管如此，这块土地还是卖给了多切夫家族，从此科迪和Marvin终生结下了梁子。
Marvin believed he had been unfairly left in the dark about the sale of the land and petitioned the Granby City Council.
Marvin认为，自己对这块土地的出售一无所知，这不公平，因此向格兰比市议会提出申诉。
