一支自称的英国民间警戒团体被指骚扰印度学生，并在夜间巡逻时命令他们离开公园，称该区域仅供儿童和家庭使用。据《都市报》报道，该团体自称“切姆斯利伍德爱国者”，其成员在伯明翰附近切姆斯利伍德的梅里登公园对印度学生进行了对峙并拍摄了视频。成员们身着黑色衣装，称因有关失踪儿童和强奸案的报道，他们正在该地区巡逻以保护妇女和儿童。
A self-styled vigilante group in the UK has been accused of harassing Indian students and ordering them to leave a public park during a night patrol, claiming the area was meant for children and families. According to a report by Metro, the group, which calls itself the “Chelmsley Wood Patriots”, filmed its members confronting the students at Meriden Park in Chelmsley Wood, near Birmingham. Dressed in black, the group claimed it was patrolling the area to protect women and children amid reports of missing children and rapes.
然而，当地居民和反种族主义活动人士指责该团体基于种族针对人群。在一段现已删除的视频中，团体成员被看到在质问这些自称是印度学生的年轻男子。当一名成员问他们为何来到英格兰时，一名学生据称解释说他当天刚搬到该地区，之前曾在伯明翰居住过。另一名学生表示，他来英格兰是为了攻读硕士学位，并在该国已居住两年。
However, locals and anti-racism activists accused the group of targeting people based on their ethnicity. In a now-deleted video, members of the group were seen questioning the young men, who identified themselves as Indian students. When one member asked why they had come to England, a student reportedly explained that he had moved to the area that day and had been in Birmingham previously. Another student said he had come to England to pursue a master’s degree and had been living in the country for two years.
随后，团体的一名成员警告这些学生远离公园。“你需要做的是远离儿童公园。不要再来这里。不要再被看到在这里。这是你的最后警告，”他在视频中被听到这样说，据《都市报》报道。“回你家去吧，远离这里。回到你他妈的住处去，然后回到HMO，回家，回家，”他补充道。团体称其在保护妇女和儿童在一则现已删除的Facebook帖子中，切姆斯利伍德爱国者声称其成员在夜间发现这些男子在公园后才上前接近。
One of the group members then warned the students to stay away from the park. “What you need to do is stay away from a children’s park. Do not come round here again. Do not be seen here again. This is your final warning,” he was heard saying in the video, as per Metro.“Go back to your house yeah and stay away. Take yourself back to where you f****g live then yeah. Back to the HMO, go home, go home,” he added. Group claims it was protecting women and childrenIn a now-deleted Facebook post, the Chelmsley Wood Patriots claimed its members had approached the men after spotting them in the park at night.
该团体称其成员曾走近一名男子，拍了拍他的肩膀并询问他在那里做什么，随后在厕所附近发现了另外两名男子，据称他们正躲在树丛中。团体称这些男子对自己在公园的存在给出了“截然不同”的说法，并说他们是“礼貌地”被要求离开。
The group alleged that its members had walked up to one man, tapped him on the shoulder and asked what he was doing there, before discovering two more men near the toilets, allegedly hiding among the trees. The group claimed that the men gave “very different stories” about their presence in the park and said they were “politely” asked to leave.
“公园是为儿童和家庭而设的，而不是让三个成年男人在黑暗中坐着拍摄，尤其是当我们目前面临如此多的不确定性时，”该组织在其帖子中表示，据Metro报道。（印度裔英国警察因企图强奸和故意勒颈被起诉）绿党谴责事件索利赫尔绿党谴责了所谓的骚扰行为，称除了学生的种族之外，没有明显理由说明他们为何被接近。
“Parks are for children, family units, not three grown men sitting in the dark filming when we have so many uncertainties at present,” the group said in its post, per Metro.(Indian-origin UK police officer charged with attempted rape, intentional strangulation)Green Party condemns incidentThe Solihull Green Party condemned the alleged harassment, saying there was no apparent reason for the students to have been approached other than their ethnicity.
该党还表示，正试图找到这些男子以检查他们的福祉。绿党议会候选人谢什·谢沙巴特尔告诉BirminghamLive，这些学生没有做错任何事。“学生有权在户外会面和散步，他们完全有权这样做。除了他们的肤色之外，我们看不出他们被针对的其他原因，”他说，并补充道：“没有人应该因为他们的肤色或口音而受到不同对待。”
It also said it was trying to locate the men to check on their welfare. Green council candidate Shesh Sheshabhatter told BirminghamLive that the students had done nothing wrong. “Students are allowed to meet and walk outside, and they have every right to do so. We can see no reason they were targeted other than the colour of their skin,” he said, adding, “Nobody should be treated differently because of their skin or their accent.”“The actions of people calling themselves ‘patriots’ are tarnishing the reputation of Chelmsley Wood, the community we live in and love. Real patriotism means standing up for your neighbours, not intimidating them,” Sheshabhatter said.(er there’: Indian doctor compares healthcare in India, UK after husband falls ill)Police responds to incidentWest Midlands Police said it was aware of reports relating to the incident and that an appropriate policing response was underway.
“自称为‘爱国者’的人的行为正在玷污切姆斯利伍德的声誉——我们生活和热爱的社区。真正的爱国主义意味着为邻居挺身而出，而不是恐吓他们，”谢沙巴特尔说。（“er there’：印度医生在丈夫生病后比较印度和英国的医疗）警方回应事件西米德兰兹警察表示，他们已知晓有关该事件的报道，并且适当的警务响应正在进行中。索利赫尔警察的珍妮·威莱茨警司告诉BirminghamLive，警方已知晓有一伙人在切姆斯利伍德地区活动，以及一段社交媒体视频，显示男子在梅里登公园被拦下。“停止和搜查的权力仅属于根据具体法律（如1984年《警察和刑事证据法》）行事的警察，”她说。警方补充称，他们不支持、纵容或鼓励该团体的活动，也不与其成员合作。
Insp Jenny Willetts of Solihull Police told BirminghamLive that officers were aware of a group operating in the Chelmsley Wood area, as well as a social media video showing men being stopped in Meriden Park.“Stop and search powers belong exclusively to the police acting under specific statutory legislation such as the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984,” she said. The police added that they did not endorse, condone or encourage the group’s activities and did not work with its members.
该声明表示：“保障当地社区人员安全是我们的首要任务，一旦有人向我们报案，我们将采取适当行动。”
“Keeping people in our local communities safe is our priority, and we will take appropriate action when a crime is reported to us,” the statement said.