据福克斯新闻报道,当地时间5月30日,在美国西雅图一场抗议活动上出现了让所有人都愤怒的一幕。
一个不到10岁的孩子遭美国警察辣椒水袭击。被袭击后,小女孩撕心裂肺地哭喊,场面令人十分心痛。
上周末,一名小女孩边咳嗽边哭泣的画面在社交媒体上流传。旁边的人把一种类似牛奶的液体倒进她的眼睛里,以清出化学物质。
Images begancirculatingon social media over the weekend of a little girl who was coughing and crying while bystanders poured a milk-like substance into her eyes to flush out the chemicals.
英国《独立报》报道称,抗议者们与喷射女孩的警察发生冲突,并质问警察的警徽号码,但据称一名警察拒绝提供。
The footage also shows protesters confronting the officers allegedly involved in spraying the girland asked for their badge numbers. One officer allegedly refused to give the protesters his badge number.
该视频的拍摄者埃文·赫拉(Evan Hreha)在接受美国新闻网站Buzzfeed采访时介绍了现场的具体情况。他表示:“在催泪喷雾事件之前,抗议是和平的。”
据他回忆说,在警察冲向人群并用催泪喷雾喷射民众之前,一名牧师正在主持一场祈祷会。
Mr Hreha said the protest was peaceful prior to themacing incident.He recallsa priest leading a prayer sessionbefore police rushed the crowd and began sprayingpeople.
“接下来的事情你们知道,小女孩和其他人尖叫着跑了出来,他们被催泪喷雾袭击了,我是从那时候开始记录的,”赫拉先生说。“在街道左边的每个人都说是坎贝尔警官(他使用了催泪喷雾)。”
"The next thing you know, the little girl and others were running out screaming. They had been maced and that's when I started filming," Mr Hreha said. "Everybody on the left side of the street we all saying that is was officer Campbell [who used the mace]."
美国新闻网站Buzzfeed报道称,最初的注释显示孩子“9岁”。
...the original caption identified the child as "a 9-year-old."
赫拉先生说,他走到警察面前,要找“坎贝尔”。当时一名姓坎贝尔的警察在场,从抗议活动的录像中可以看出他正在使用催泪喷雾,但这名警察没有回应赫拉的提问。
在视频中,其他被抗议者询问的警察给出了他们的警徽号码。
Mr Hreha said he walked over to the police officers and asked for "Campbell." An officer with the last name Campbell was present, and footage from the protests shows he was carrying mace, but the officer did not respond to Mr Hreha's questioning.
In the video, other officers questioned by protesters give their badge numbers when asked.
议员莎玛·萨万特(Kshama Sawant)在市议会周一的新闻发布会上说:“我们有成百上千普通民众对西雅图警察局令人无法接受的行为的控诉。西雅图警察不加区别地对和平抗议者,过度滥用催泪瓦斯、催泪喷雾、闪光弹和其他类型武力。”
"Seattle police officers indiscriminately used tear gas, mace, flash bang grenades and other types of excessive use of force on the peaceful protesters."
不过网友除了对施暴的警方的声讨,也有人认为这么小的孩子不应该参加充满危险的示威活动,她的父母非常不称职。