美国新冠疫情日记5/27/2020 Police Brutality And Social Injustice

  Police Brutality And Social Injustice

A man named George Floyd from Houston, Texas, was pushed down to the ground and suffocated by four Minneapolis policemen yesterday. Later he died upon arrival at the hospital.

Thousands of protesters went to the street demanding justice. Floyd’s brother in Houston said that they treated him worse than they would treat an animal.

The Mayor of Minneapolis Jacob Frey hosted a news conference to apologize to the citizens and immediately removed all four policemen from their duty.

In Houston, Chief of Police Art Acevedo also issued a statement saying that when bad policing happens, it disproportionately impacts communities of color and poor communities.

It is very sad that when the coronavirus is still attacking our land, we are facing the highest rate of unemployment in modern history. The lines of people asking for food are getting longer. And we don’t see any economic recovery in the near future. We are so very worried that the poor communities will have more social unrest.

The presidential election is drawing closer. Both the Republican and Democrat parties argue whether or not people can vote through the mail and whether both parties can even get delegates together for their conventions?

All the politicians will use their power to try and convince the voters. President Trump and challenger Biden are still urging use of the masks. Meanwhile, Twitter adds Fact Check to Trump’s Twitter account.

We are urging all the community leaders to unite and carefully examine what each candidate is saying. We are the country founded on freedom, liberty and human dignity. When we look at the police brutality, it is so sad to see such sarcasm in light of our highest values.

           警察暴力与社会不公

明尼苏达州首府明尼阿波罗市昨晚在市中心发生一场大型之抗议游行，主因是一名来自德州休斯敦的非裔人士乔治佛洛伊德日前在明尼阿波罗市被四名警察追捕后，把他压在地上因窒息而不治，这次警察暴力事件，引起全国各界的高度关注。该市市长弗莱尔在事后之记者招待会上向全体市民表示深切之抱歉，并立即革除四名警察之职务，休斯敦警察局长艾索瓦多也发表谴责，指出此种不当之执法行為受害者多半是在非裔及少数族裔社区，佛洛伊德居住在休市的兄弟说，这些警察对待我的兄弟比禽兽都不如，我们一定要以谋杀罪名来追究他们。

今天，新冠病毒仍然在我们各社区猖狂传播，失业人口还在继续上升，政府各阶层对於经济下滑也束手无策，在广场上等待领取食物的车辆越来越长，联邦纾困方案对底层社会之帮助有限，我们忧心受灾之社会将导致更多的动乱。

美国大选在即，到底是否可通讯投票，两党之大会如何举办，都还是未定，但可预见未来六个月双方角力必将白热化，两党都将再度操弄族群意识，开出各种政见支票，争取选票。

川普总统和民主党挑战者拜登近日来因是否要戴口罩互呛不休，社交媒体推特今天发表声明，在其网站上发表之文章，在未经证实或揑造者都将加上待求证之字样，其中包括川普之推特在内。

我们呼吁这是我们社区应该觉醒之时侯了，这也更是我们以选票来表达我们意愿之关键时刻，我们在强力谴责警察暴行之同时， 有无数之社会不公继续在社会各阶层上演，我们号称是人权自由立国，是何等之讽刺和悲哀啊。