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暴力执法!纽约爆发示威游行抗议警察“对民众掏枪”“殴打黑人少年”

双语君 中国日报双语新闻 2019-11-14

11月1日,美国纽约爆发示威游行,约有1000名示威者涌入布鲁克林地铁站,抗议纽约市警察过度执法。



据商业内幕报道:


Hundreds of protesters flooded the streets and the subways in Downtown Brooklyn Friday night, in response to a recent city initiative to increase police presence and surveillance to prevent fare evasion in New York City's oft-criticized public transportation system.

11月1日晚,数百名抗议者涌上街头、冲进布鲁克林区地铁站,抗议纽约市增加警力监督防范逃票行为的执法计划。纽约市公共交通系统经常为市民诟病。


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“种族主义者=纽约警察”


据《纽约邮报》报道,当晚7点,抗议活动在布鲁克林的巴克莱中心球馆街道突然爆发。


不少示威者都蒙着面,举着写有“不要让这些猪碰到我们”、“XXX的警察”等反警察标语牌走上街头。



Videos of the demonstration posted to social media show throngs of people marching, jumping turnstiles, and facing off with groups of police. Behind barricades, protesters shouted "How you spell 'racist'? NYPD!"

网上的抗议现场视频显示,成群结队的市民在街上游行、跳过闸机、对抗警察。他们在防护栅后面高喊“‘种族主义者’怎么拼?纽约市警察局!”



憎恨警察的违法者跳上地铁闸门,抗议纽约警察对逃票者的打压


除此之外,愤怒的抗议者开始破坏建筑、路标和公交。


Other videos showed protesters vandalizing buildings, street signs, and buses.



一辆警车被示威者涂上了侮辱性语言——“纽约警察是3K党”。


Pictures from the protest show vandalized police cars, with one saying “NYPD KKK.” An MTA bus was also defaced with “F–k NYPD” and “NYPD KKK.”

示威现场图片显示,警车被涂上“纽约警察是三K党”。一辆纽约大都会运输署的公交写着“XXX纽约警察”和“纽约警察是三K党”。



据《纽约邮报》消息,至少有2名抗议者被捕,理由分别是在警车上写“猪”和朝警察吐痰。


Just one alleged graffitist, Sarah Autz, 25, — who allegedly scrawled “PIG” on a cop car, was arrested.

一名25岁的示威者Sarah Autz因在警车上写“猪”被捕。


A second protester, a 22-year-old man, was issued a summons for allegedly spitting at officers, police said.

另一名22岁的男子因向警察吐口水而被起诉。


抗议者在布鲁克林市区地铁 图源:纽约邮报


面对愤怒的示威者,纽约警察也慌了神,《纽约邮报》报道称“警察保持低调,在愤怒示威者反纽约警察的活动中,犹犹豫豫”



然而,警察此前“高调”的执法,正是引起这场示威活动的根本原因。



警察暴力执法激起民愤


据外媒报道,为了防止逃票,纽约警方近期增加了部署在地铁的警力,而警民之间的矛盾冲突也随之增加。


The outrage came in response to multiple incidents from the last few weeks involving police officers in the subway, who have ramped up their patrols as an initiative to prevent fare evasion.

抗议者的怒火因近几周警察地铁执法的多起事件而起。为了防止逃票,警方增加了巡逻警力。


ramp up:增加

patrol:巡逻

evasion  /ɪˈveɪʒn/ :逃避


近几周,几则纽约警察在地铁“暴力执法”的视频在网上疯转,成为此次抗议示威的导火索。


Over the last month, several videos have emerged of NYPD cops violently arresting seemingly nonviolent subway riders. 

上个月,几则纽约警察暴力抓捕看似非暴力的地铁乘客的视频在网上流传。



其中一条视频是至少10名警察持枪冲进地铁车厢内,对一名19岁黑人男子进行暴力抓捕。警方认定其持有枪支,但实际没有。


Last week, a video went viral of police pointing a gun at a full subway car. The suspect sat calmly with his hands in the air as police officers flooded the car and forced him to the ground. Police said the suspect was thought to be armed and ran into the subway from the street, but that no gun was found on him.

上周,一条刷屏视频显示警察对着一车厢的人举枪,而嫌疑人很镇定地举着手坐在车内,然后一群警察冲进车厢,把他压制在地。警察称怀疑嫌疑人持有武器,他从街道逃进了地铁,不过警方并未在他身上找到枪支。



另一次事件则是有两伙青少年在站台发生争执,纽约警察在逮捕黑人少年时对其进行殴打。


In another video, an officer can be seen punching what affiliates said was a 15-year-old boy after police responded to a fight between two large groups that spilled into the Jay Street-Metro Tec subway station.

在另一则视频中,一名警察被拍到暴揍一名据称是15岁的男孩,当时警察正在制止在Jay Street-Metro Tec地铁站里发生争执的两伙人。



这名15岁的少年叫马歇尔。纽约警方后来指控其袭警、拒捕、扰乱治安等多项罪名。马歇尔和他的父母否认了警方的指控,称当时他只是在站台上找背包,莫名其妙就被警察打了抓了。



这两起事件的视频在美国社交网站疯传,包括一些知名的政治人物也进行了转发,引发纽约许多民众的愤慨。


一名抗议者就称马歇尔被揍是“压死骆驼的最后一根稻草”。


Marshall “was the straw that broke the camel’s back,” one protester told the New York Post. “I mean, it’s monstrous. My tax dollars are going to this? It doesn’t make sense.” 

一名抗议者对《纽约邮报》称,马歇尔“是压死骆驼的最后一根稻草”,“我是说,这太可怕了。我交的税都被拿去干这个了?简直不可思议。”



此前,布鲁克林区长亚当斯(Eric Adams)也谴责了纽约警察殴打青少年的暴力执法行为,认为警察让已经被控制住的局面升级为暴力事件。

“You’re not in a boxing match. He took a chaotic situation that police had under control and he almost turned it into a riot situation based on his actions.”

你这不是在打拳击赛。这个混乱局面本来警察已经控制住了,他上去几拳就把事情几乎变成暴力事件。 


增加警力纠逃票引发争议


示威者抗议的另一个点,是纽约增加了500名警察在交通系统巡逻纠逃票。


Protesters also complained about Gov. Andrew Cuomo's recent decision to add 500 new officers to NYPD's force to patrol the transit system and root out fare evaders. 

抗议者同时也抗议纽约州长安德鲁·库默给纽约市警察局增加500名警察的决定,这一决定是为了加强交通系统巡逻,根除逃票行为。



据了解,纽约地铁逃票现象严重,已导致纽约交通系统每年损失2.4亿美元。今年6月,纽约州长安德鲁·库默推出了增加警力防止逃票(fare evasion)的政策,引发巨大争议。


Cuomo previously stated that the policy was not intended to lead to more arrests; rather, he wanted to deter people from evading the subway fare, a move that has been criticized for disproportionately targeting low-income individuals

库默此前声称这项政策并不是为了让警察抓人,只是想制止地铁逃票行为,而这一举措也遭到批评,被指不平衡地针对低收入人群


可以说,这次示威游行也是纽约日渐凸显的贫富矛盾的一次爆发。



特朗普力挺警察


1日,就在骚乱发生之前几小时,美国总统特朗普连续发推特对纽约州的治理进行了谴责,并力挺警察。

他表示:

NYC is getting dirty & unsafe again, as our great police are being disrespected, even with water dumped on them…
纽约市再度变得肮脏、不安全,因为我们伟大的警察没有得到尊重,他们甚至被人泼脏水。

New York's Finest must be cherished, respected and loved. 
必须珍惜、尊重和热爱纽约这些最美的警察。



编辑:左卓 陈月华

来源:商业内幕 CNN 纽约邮报 每日邮报 


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