美國東部時間9日,被警察暴力執法致死的非裔男子喬治·弗洛伊德的葬禮在休斯敦舉行。
據美國《國會山報》報道,葬禮上,弗洛伊德的侄女布魯克·威廉姆斯的一席話讓全場動容。“那名警察看著我叔叔的靈魂離開他的身體,卻沒有絲毫悔意,這不僅是謀殺,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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威廉姆斯呼籲美國社會相關制度改弦更張,“為什麼這個制度必須被打破和推倒?美國的法律將非裔美國人置於失敗之境,這些法律需要修改!”
“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.”
“他將改變世界”
當天,在休斯敦讚美之泉教堂,弗洛伊德的家屬、當地議員等約500人參加了告別式。
弗洛伊德的家人 圖源:美聯社
據美聯社報道,弗洛伊德的弟弟羅德尼在葬禮上說,“世界各地的人都會記住他,他將改變世界。”
“But everybody is going to remember him around the world. He is going to change the world.”
休斯敦市市長在葬禮現場講話中表示,他將下令對警察系統進行整改,包括:禁止使用手或器械“鎖喉”和開槍前需發出警告等。
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.
在教堂舉行的儀式後,弗洛伊德的靈柩將由警方開路前往墓地,運往休斯頓郊區下葬,讓他長眠在母親身旁。
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