
曼哈顿大理石山(Marble Hill)社区的居民周五对联邦移民与海关执法局(ICE)感到愤怒,但同时也感到恐惧,因为一名执法人员开枪射伤了他们的邻居,而当时这名邻居的孩子正坐在他的车后座。
Residents of the Manhattan's Marble Hill neighborhood were furious at federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Friday but also scared after an officer shot their neighbor who had his child in the back of his car.
奥兰多·佩雷斯(Orlando Perez)周四晚上将车停在第225街与大理石山大道(Marble Hill Avenue)的拐角处,目睹了ICE逮捕28岁的奥斯卡·贝尔加尔(Oscar Belgal)。贝尔加尔当时颈部中枪,据称使用的是突击步枪。
Orlando Perez had parked his car on the corner of 225th St and Marble Hill Avenue on Thursday night and witnessed ICE arresting Oscar Belgal, 28, after he had been shot in the neck, apparently with an assault-style rifle.
“我当时以为自己也会被射中,”他周五说道。前一天晚上爆发抗议活动后,街道现已恢复平静,尽管十月初阳光灿烂、天空湛蓝,但这里仍明显比平时安静许多。
"I thought I was going to get shot," he said on Friday, the streets now calm after protests had broken out the night before, were noticeably quieter than normal despite golden early October sunshine under blue skies.
佩雷斯表示,他并未看到针对贝尔加尔的执法人员穿着制服,也没有看到他们佩戴身份徽章或任何表明其属于ICE的装备。
Perez said he did not see that the agents targeting Belgal were not wearing uniforms and he did not see them wearing identification badges or any gear showing that they belonged to ICE.
然而,枪击事件后的视频画面显示,一名男子身穿高可见度的建筑用反光背心,脖子上可能挂着带有徽章的挂绳,并携带着一支突击步枪。视频中可以听到旁观者互相询问:“这是ICE的人吗?”据佩雷斯称,贝尔加尔驾驶的汽车上似乎有弹孔。美国国土安全部部长马克韦恩·穆林(Markwayne Mullin)周五上午在华盛顿特区举行的新闻发布会上表示,联邦执法人员并不知道目标车辆内有儿童。
However, footage of the aftermath of the shooting shows a man in a high visibility construction-type vest, possibly with a badge on a lanyard, and carrying an assault-style rifle. Bystanders can be heard on video asking each other "Is it ICE or not?" The car that Belgal had driven and appeared to have bullet holes in it, according to Perez. The homeland security secretary, Markwayne Mullin, said in a press conference in Washington DC on Friday morning that federal officers did not know there was a child in the target's car.
但佩雷斯补充说,那辆车的车窗仅贴了浅色的膜,ICE“肯定能看到车里有孩子”。
But Perez added that the car had only light tints on the windows and that ICE "had to see that the kid was inside".
纽约市及州的主要政治人物和官员已谴责ICE的此次行动,呼吁展开调查,并要求停止暴力联邦移民执法行为。
Leading New York City and state politicians and officials have condemned ICE's action and called for an investigation and demanded violent federal immigration enforcement cease.
扎卡里·米勒说,周四下午,他在公寓里听到了六声枪响。枪击事件发生在下午4点左右,正值孩子们放学回家的时段。联邦和市政执法部门指出,贝尔加尔此前有犯罪记录,并且因重罪正处于缓刑期。特朗普政府则指控他与帮派有关联。
Zachary Miller said he heard six gun shots from his apartment on Thursday afternoon, when the shooting occurred around 4pm, just when children were streaming home from school. Federal and city law enforcement have listed prior convictions for Belgal and said he was on probation for felony offenses, with the Trump administration accusing him of having gang affiliations.
米勒说,他因常在该社区活动而认识贝尔加尔,并表示:“他是个好孩子。”
Miller said he knew Belgal from being around the neighborhood and said: "He's a nice kid.
“我想不到他会做出这种事,”他说,指的是有关帮派关联以及毒品和武器犯罪的指控。
"I don't see him doing something like this," he said, referring to the accusations of gang ties and drugs and weapons crimes.
米勒在大理石山社区生活了20年。该社区虽然从技术上属于布朗克斯区,但通常被视为曼哈顿的一部分。枪击事件就发生在这里。他说,他从未见过执法部门在此地采取如此暴力的行动。
Miller has lived in the Marble Hill neighborhood – which is technically in the Bronx, but considered part of Manhattan – where the shooting occurred for 20 years and said he had never seen such a violent encounter with law enforcement.
“我有点生气,”他说,“为什么要对这里这样做?”18岁的卡洛斯·马丁内斯说,当时他正在P & P美食熟食店用餐,听到了五到六声枪响。这家店位于枪击和逮捕事件发生地点正对面的街角。“我一开始以为枪声是从店里传来的,所以很紧张,”他说。
"I'm a little upset," he said. "Why do this to this neighborhood?" Carlos Martinez, 18, said that he had heard five or six gunshots while he was eating in P & P Gourmet Deli, which sits on the corner directly across from where the shooting and arrest took place. "I thought the shots came from inside the store, so I was nervous," he said.
和贝尔加尔一样,他来自一个多米尼加家庭,并在布朗克斯长大。他表示,尽管他和家人都是美国公民,但现在回家已不再感到安全。
Coming from a Dominican family, like Belgal, and growing up in the Bronx, he said he longer feels safe at home, despite he and all his family members being US citizens.
“在这里,我们本是一个团结的社区,但个人而言,我感到不安,”他说,“他们偏偏要针对最无辜的人。”贝尔加尔中枪的这个小三岔路口,分布着大约五个公寓楼和一些商铺。
"Over here we are all community, but personally I am uncomfortable," he said. "They want to target the most innocent people." The small three-way intersection where Belgal was shot is home to about five apartment complexes and some businesses.
周五下午,纽约警方拆除了街上的路障,但现场周围仍可见黄色的警戒线。
New York police on Friday afternoon took away street barricades but yellow crime scene tape was still visible around the scene.
另一位长期居住在此的卡洛斯·罗德里格斯表示,美国移民和海关执法局(ICE)出现在他的社区,让他感到“被玷污”。
Another longtime resident, Carlos Rodriguez, said he feels "soiled" by ICE's presence in his neighborhood.
“我需要洗个澡,把那些闯入我生活范围的污秽彻底洗掉,”他说。
"I need to take a shower and clean off the filth that comes into my ambit of being," he said.
他表示,希望纽约进步派民主党市长佐兰·马姆达尼能更公开地批评纽约与移民海关执法局(ICE)之间的紧张关系。
He said he wished that New York's progressive Democratic mayor, Zohran Mamdani, should be more outspoken about ICE tensions in New York.
“在我看来,他应该在这方面表现得更强硬、更频繁,”他说,并补充道,他希望立法者能更主动地对抗执法官员,尤其是当他们前往居民家中要求进入以进行检查或逮捕时。
"From my point of view, he can come out stronger and more often about this," he said, adding that he wanted lawmakers to be more proactive against enforcement agents, especially where they are going to residents' homes and demanding access to make checks or an arrest.
周四晚间,马姆达尼在一次仓促召开的新闻发布会上强烈谴责了ICE,背景中还能听到抗议者的口号声,并呼吁废除该机构。
Mamdani strongly condemned ICE at a hastily arranged press conference on Thursday night, as protesters can be heard chanting in the background, and called for the agency to be abolished.
与此同时,几位当地居民表示,他们看到ICE官员和车辆“驻扎”在附近一个停车场,该停车场服务于大型零售连锁企业塔吉特(Target)旗下的一家商店。罗德里格斯表示,他怀疑这些执法官员是在寻找贝尔加尔。
Meanwhile, several local residents said they had seen ICE officers and vehicles "camped out" in a parking lot nearby that serves a store belonging to the giant retail chain Target. Rodriguez said he suspected the agents were looking for Belgal.
周四深夜,国会议员亚历山德里亚·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯批评塔吉特为ICE提供了便利。
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez late on Thursday criticized Target for accommodating ICE.
据法院新闻网站报道,周五下午,纽约联邦法院预计将举行一场听证会,审理一份要求释放贝尔加尔的人身保护令申请。此前,代表他的公设辩护人律师未能找到他的下落。
A hearing was expected in New York federal court on Friday afternoon in relation to a petition of habeas corpus requesting Belgal's release from custody, after public defender lawyers representing him were unable to trace his whereabouts, Courthouse News reported