美國騎警用繩子拴著黑人遊街！網友暴怒：當這是奴隸制時代嗎？

天下 08-08

Texas police apologise for horseback officers leading black man by rope

得克薩斯州警方為騎警用繩子拉黑人男子一事道歉

來源：BBC 翻譯：世界播

Texas police have apologised after an image of two white officers on horseback leading a handcuffed black man by a rope caused an outcry online.

近日，得克薩斯州兩名白人騎警用繩子牽著一名戴手銬的黑人男子的照片在網上引起了軒然大波，得州警方隨後就此事進行了道歉。

Galveston Police Chief Vernon Hale said on Monday the technique was acceptable in some scenarios, but that "officers showed poor judgment in this instance".

加爾維斯頓警察局局長弗農?黑爾周一時表示，雖然在某些情況下，是允許實施這種做法的，不過「我們的警官在這件事上判斷失誤」。

He said there was no "malicious intent" and has changed department policy to "prevent the use of this technique".

他表示，當事警方並無「惡意意圖」，並表示警局已改變了逮捕政策，以「防止使用這種押送方式」。

Many people on social media said the photo evoked images of the slavery era.

很多人在社交媒體上說，這張照片讓人想起了奴隸制時代。

According to a news release from the Galveston Police Department, the two mounted officers arrested Donald Neely for criminal trespass.

加爾維斯頓警察局發布的一份新聞稿稱，這兩名騎警以非法侵入罪逮捕了唐納德?尼利。

The officers were taking Mr Neely to a police staging area. Police clarified that he was not tied with the rope, but "was handcuffed and a line was clipped to the handcuffs".

當時警官們正準備把尼利帶到一個騎警巡邏隊的集合點。警方澄清說，他並沒有被繩子綁住，而是「戴上了手銬，手銬上還夾著一根繩子」。

Leon Phillips, director of the Galveston County Coalition for Justice, told the BBC the image that went viral on social media was taken by an individual who wished to remain anonymous.

加爾維斯頓郡司法聯盟負責人利昂?菲利普斯告訴BBC，這張在社交媒體上瘋傳的照片是由一位不願透露姓名的人拍攝的。

"This was a stupid mistake," he said. "What I do know is that if it was a white man, there"s no way they would have done that to him."

他表示：「這是一個愚蠢的錯誤，我所知道的是，如果是一個白人，他們不可能這樣對待他。」

He noted that Mr Neely is a mentally ill individual, and officers should have waited regardless of how long it took a vehicle to arrive.

他指出，尼利是一名精神疾病患者，不管警車花了多長時間才到逮捕現場，警官們都應該耐心等待。

Mr Phillips said he plans to file an open records request at city hall this morning to look at law enforcement policies.

菲利普斯表示，他計劃今天上午向市政廳提交公開檔案申請，以研究執法政策。