近日,美国再一次出现黑人遭警察枪杀的事件。对此,中国外交部发言人华春莹15日深夜在推特上发文称:我无法呼吸,再一次……
据哥伦比亚广播公司(CBS)、《纽约时报》等报道,当地时间13日,密歇根州大急流城警察局(Grand Rapids)曾公布一段视频,视频中显示,26岁的非洲裔男子帕特里克·利奥亚在与一名警察搏斗的过程中,被警察开枪击中头部身亡。
Lyoya, 26, was shot and killed on April 4 by a police officer in Grand Rapids, Michigan, after a struggle in which the two men appeared to be fighting over the officer's Taser.
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据美媒报道,4月4日清晨,涉事的白人警察截停了利奥亚驾驶的汽车,说车牌不匹配。随后,利奥亚下了车,警察告诉他回到车里并出示驾照。利奥亚站在车外,关上了车门。警察多次询问利奥亚是否会说英文并要求其出示驾照。利奥亚表示驾照在车上。
In the videos, the officer, who is White, pulls Lyoya over for driving with mismatched plates. Lyoya gets out of his car and the officer, who was not identified, immediately tells him to stay in the car. Lyoya remains outside of the car and shuts the door. The officer asks if Lyoya speaks English and for his license several times. Lyoya tells him the license is in the car. The officer then instructs Lyoya to get it.
利奥亚似乎叫车上同行的人拿驾照,但该乘客并不知道驾照在哪里。利奥亚随后往乘客方向走,警察让他停下来并抓住了他。经过短暂的挣扎,利奥亚跑开了,警察开始追他。随后,警察在草坪上抓住利奥亚。
Lyoya appears to then ask a passenger to get the license, but the passenger seems to not know where it is. As Lyoya tries to walk to the passenger side of the car, the officer tells him to stop and grabs him. After a short struggle, Lyoya manages to get free and a foot chase ensues. The officer tackles Lyoya on a nearby lawn and the two struggle on the ground for an extended period of time as the officer repeatedly tells Lyoya to stop. 
两人搏斗中,警察试图按住利奥亚并掏出了电击枪,利奥亚开始抢夺。警察这时拔出手枪朝利奥亚头部开了一枪。
With Lyoya face down on the ground, the officer manages to get on top of him. The officer …takes out his gun and shoots Lyoya in the head.
在公开这个视频的发布会上,大急流城警察局局长埃里克·温斯特伦表示,子弹击中了利奥亚头部,但没有公布涉事警察的名字。

在该事件发生后,一连几天,数百人聚集在大急流城市中心举行抗议活动,要求公平正义。
抗议者手中举着“黑人的命也是命”“为帕特里克·利奥亚伸张正义”的标语牌,还一度在大急流城警察局外停留,他们高呼“没有正义,就没有和平”的口号,指责警方对嫌疑人过度使用武力和种族歧视。
华春莹15日晚的推特中,也配上了大急流城抗议者为帕特里克·利奥亚举行示威的现场照片。
2020年,非洲裔男子乔治·弗洛伊德遭白人警察暴力执法窒息死亡,曾引发全美“黑人的命也是命”的大规模抗议。据独立调查项目“警察暴力地图”数据显示,在弗洛伊德遇害后一年内,又有181名黑人在警察执法中死亡。
15日晚,华春莹在另一条推文中引用了一组数据:“根据‘美国城市联盟’今年发布的报告,非裔美国人只享有白人73.9%的平等对待,他们在教育、社会公正和公民参与等方面远远落后于白人。”
“在马丁·路德·金发表《我有一个梦想》演讲59年后,这一梦想仍未实现。”
编辑:胡雨濛
中国日报(ID:chinadailywx)综合环球网、CBS报道
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