美国东部时间9日,被警察暴力执法致死的非裔男子乔治·弗洛伊德的葬礼在休斯敦举行。
据美国《国会山报》报道,葬礼上,弗洛伊德的侄女布鲁克·威廉姆斯的一席话让全场动容。“那名警察看着我叔叔的灵魂离开他的身体,却没有丝毫悔意,这不仅是谋杀,更是仇恨犯罪。”
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“Someone said, ‘Make America great again,’ but when has America ever been great?” she said.
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威廉姆斯呼吁美国社会相关制度改弦更张,“为什么这个制度必须被打破和推倒?美国的法律将非裔美国人置于失败之境,这些法律需要修改!”
“Why must the system be corrupt and broken? Laws were already put in place for the African American system to fail,” Brooke Williams said. “These laws need to be changed.”
“他将改变世界”
当天,在休斯敦赞美之泉教堂,弗洛伊德的家属、当地议员等约500人参加了告别式。
弗洛伊德的家人 图源:美联社
据美联社报道,弗洛伊德的弟弟罗德尼在葬礼上说,“世界各地的人都会记住他,他将改变世界。”
“But everybody is going to remember him around the world. He is going to change the world.”
休斯敦市市长在葬礼现场讲话中表示,他将下令对警察系统进行整改,包括:禁止使用手或器械“锁喉”和开枪前需发出警告等。
Mayor Sylvester Turner of Houston announced from the altar that he would sign an executive order on Tuesday to ban police chokeholds and strangleholds. Among other things, the order would also require police officers to give a warning before shooting.
在教堂举行的仪式后,弗洛伊德的灵柩将由警方开路前往墓地,运往休斯顿郊区下葬,让他长眠在母亲身旁。
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