警方和全国有色人种协进会（NAACP）得克萨斯州埃尔帕索分会正在谴责一群人，其中可能包括青少年，他们在现已在社交媒体上疯传的视频中身穿类似三K党的白袍和头套。视频显示这群人在一条社区街道上行走，警方表示该地点位于埃尔帕索。在其中一个视频中，拍摄者可以听到笑声，并对这群人说：“Y’all gotta yell something, güey.”（“Güey”是西班牙语俚语，最常用于墨西哥，类似于英语中的“dude”即“哥们/伙计”。）
Police and the El Paso, Texas, branch of the NAACP are condemning a group of people, possibly including youths, who were shown wearing Ku Klux Klan-style white robes and hoods in now-viral social media videos. The videos show the group walking on a neighborhood street, which police indicated is in El Paso. In one video, the person recording can be heard laughing and telling the group, “Y’all gotta yell something, güey.” (“Güey” is Spanish slang, most commonly used in Mexico, akin to “dude” in English.)
NAACP埃尔帕索分会主席卡尔·B·德怀尔二世周一上午举行新闻发布会，谴责这一展示对黑人美国人造成了深深的伤害，因为对他们而言，三K党自内战以来一直是实实在在的恐怖。“许多人认为这只是个玩笑，”他在支持者齐唱《举起每一个声音歌唱》——这首常被称为“黑人国歌”的圣诗——之后说道。“这很伤人，”德怀尔说，“真的很伤人。”
Carl B. Dwyer Jr., the NAACP’s El Paso branch president, held a news conference Monday morning to denounce the display as deeply hurtful to Black Americans, for whom the KKK has been a real-life terror since the Civil War. “Many believe that it’s just a joke,” he said after supporters joined in to sing “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” the hymn often referred to as the “Black National Anthem.”“It hurts,” Dwyer said. “It hurts.”
埃尔帕索警察局长彼得·帕西拉斯在一份声明中表示，警方正在调查这群“据报包括年轻人”是否违反了任何法律，包括扰乱公共秩序“或其他适用罪名”。“与三K党相关的象征和语言代表着恐怖、暴力和种族仇恨的历史，”他说。“它们在我们社区没有立足之地。将那段历史视为服装或玩笑是不可接受的，也违背了定义埃尔帕索的尊重与安全价值观。”
El Paso Police Chief Peter Pacillas said in a statement that the department was looking into whether the group, “reportedly including young people,” violated any laws, including disorderly conduct “or other applicable offenses.”“Symbols and language associated with the Ku Klux Klan represent a history of terror, violence, and racial hatred,” he said. “They have no place in our community. Treating that history as a costume or a joke is unacceptable and contrary to the values of respect and safety that define El Paso.”
埃尔帕索锡安浸信会牧师阿蒂·C·麦克斯韦尔二世也在周一的新闻发布会上发言，为这座曾短暂同情邦联的城市提供了历史背景。“我们可能以为这是个玩笑，但当涉及到先人生命时，这绝不是玩笑，”他说。“上帝啊，有那么多人死在穿着那些服装之人的手中。”帕西拉斯呼吁知情者站出来提供线索。
Pastor Artie C. Maxwell Jr., of El Paso’s Mount Zion Baptist Church, also spoke during Monday’s news conference and provided historical context for a city that briefly sympathized with the Confederacy. “We may think that it is a joke, but it’s not a joke when it comes to the lives that have come before us,” he said. “God, that many have have died at the hands of those who have worn those costumes.”Pacillas invited those with information on the incident to step forward.
“当言论自由越界为威胁公共秩序或他人安全的行为时，就有了界限，”局长说。德怀尔敦促当地教育工作者提醒学生铭记历史及其对当下的影响。“我们呼吁所有学监、所有学区，请发声。请对此采取行动，”他说。
“Free expression has limits when it crosses into conduct that threatens public order or the safety of others,” the chief said. Dwyer urged local educators to remind students of history and its influence on the present. “We’re calling on all of the superintendents, all of the school districts, please, speak up. Please, do something about this,” he said.