
据《洛杉矶时报》获得的视频显示,周五上午,一名联邦移民执法人员在北好莱坞的一次行动中掏出手枪,将枪口对准一名旁观者的面部,距离仅几英寸。据视频和一名目击者称,这名旁观者在此次事件中未被联邦官员拘留或逮捕,但在其将另一名特工遗落在街上的喷雾罐扔到马路中间后,一名看似蒙面的联邦特工将他推入灌木丛,并用手枪指着他的脸。国土安全部发言人没有立即回应就此事件发表评论的请求。
A federal immigration agent pulled out a handgun and pointed it just inches from the face of a bystander during an apparent operation in North Hollywood on Friday morning, according to video obtained by The Times. The bystander was not detained or taken into custody by federal officials during the incident, but a person who appeared to be a masked federal agent shoved the man into bushes and pointed the handgun at his face after the bystander tossed a spray canister into the street that had been dropped by another agent, according to video and a witness. A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to a request to comment on the incident.
居民达马里·巴特勒表示,事件发生在上午8时30分前不久,地点位于瓦恩兰街与奥齐戈街交叉路口附近。巴特勒当时正坐在阳台上,他看到一名行人在人行道上被两名蒙面男子摔倒在地,这两人看起来像是美国移民和海关执法局(ICE)的特工。巴特勒说,在被扔进附近灌木丛之前,那名男子似乎没有得到任何警告。这正是促使巴特勒拍摄的原因。“没有人问他的名字,没有出示证件,什么都没有,”巴特勒说。“他们只是抓住了他。”
The encounter occurred just before 8:30 a.m. near the intersection of Vineland Place and Otsego Street, said Damari Butler, a resident. Butler was sitting on his balcony when he said he saw a pedestrian get tackled on the sidewalk by two masked men who appeared to be U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Butler said there seemed to be no warning before the man was tossed into nearby bushes. That's what prompted Butler to record. "There was no asking what his name was, no ID, nothing," Butler said. "They just grabbed him."
视频显示,一名蒙面的ICE特工正在人行道上将一名行人拘留,此时一名牵着两只狗的男子站在附近。几秒钟后,一名穿着战术装备、胸前写着“ICE警察”字样的第二名蒙面人跑过来,一边让牵狗的男子后退,一边将据目击者称是胡椒喷雾的罐子对准他。随后可见,牵两只狗的男子后退了几步,两名特工给人行道上的男子戴上手铐。背景中还可以听到有人大喊“ICE!”。
The video shows a masked ICE agent taking a pedestrian into custody on the sidewalk, as a man with two dogs on leashes stands nearby. After a few seconds, a second masked person wearing tactical gear that says "ICE Police" across the chest runs over, telling the man with the dogs to back up while aiming what witnesses say was a can of pepper spray at him. The man with the two dogs is then seen stepping back as the two agents handcuff the man on the sidewalk. Someone can also be heard yelling "ICE!" in the background.
在特工们架着该男子胳膊将其带走时,视频中可以看到一名特工弄掉了喷雾罐。随后,牵狗的男子冲向那个罐子。一名ICE警官看到这一幕,也冲向他。
As the agents carry the man by his arms, one agent is seen in the video dropping the canister. The bystander with the dogs is then seen rushing toward the can. One ICE officer sees this and races toward him.
那名男子将物体扔向街道。就在那时,第二名警员拔出了枪。“那个遛狗的人,我想他是把胡椒喷雾移开,然后另一名ICE特工跑了过来,”巴特勒说。两人之间的对峙仅持续了极短的时间,因为遛狗男子在扔掉罐子后退后一步,面对他那名特工也停手了。但在那名特工身后,是另一名一直在拘留那名路人的特工。那名戴面具的人用右手拔出枪,瞄准遛狗男子并向他走去。
The man tosses the object away, toward the street. That is when the second officer pulls out the gun. "The guy with the dog, I guess he moved the pepper spray out of the way, and then the other ICE agent ran over," Butler said. The confrontation between the two lasts only a split-second, because the man with the dogs steps back after tossing the canister, and the agent confronting him lets up. But behind that agent was the other one who'd been detaining the pedestrian. That masked person pulls out a gun with his right hand, aims it at the man with the dogs and walks toward him.
随后他伸出左臂将男子推进灌木丛,并俯身压在他身上,枪口距离男子脸部仅几英寸。随后那人后退一步,将枪收回枪套,走回那辆SUV。那名特工对着身份不明的旁观者大喊大叫,将他留在人行道上,而另一名特工则从街上捡起了那个罐子。现场有人可以听到吹哨声,这是一些活动人士用来在ICE出现在该区域时提醒人们的工具。
He then extends his left arm and shoves the man into the bushes and leans over him, holding the gun just inches from the man's face. The person then steps back and reholsters the gun and walks back to the SUV. The agent yells at the unidentified bystander and leaves him on the sidewalk while another agent retrieves the can from the street. Someone in the area can be heard using whistles, a tool that some activists have employed to alert people when ICE is in the area.
与此同时,被拘留的男子躺在街上用西班牙语大声呼救。最终,更多特工赶到,将被拘留男子塞进SUV后座。在遛狗男子和第二名目击者注视下,一名特工走近他们,向遛狗男子喷射胡椒喷雾。那名旁观者被看到逃跑。ICE和国土安全部官员未回应关于被拘留男子身份或为何被拘留的询问。该事件发生在一名联邦法官禁止南加州特工基于种族刻板印象拦截人员、并认定移民官员因人们长相像拉丁裔而在该地区拦截并拘留人员的一天后。南卡罗来纳大学法学教授、前警察塞思·斯托顿表示,该特工对旁观者的反应是不当的。
Meanwhile, the detained man is seen lying on the street yelling for help in Spanish. Eventually, more agents show up and put the detained man into the back of an SUV. As the man with dogs and a second witness look on, an agent approaches them and sprays the man with the dogs. The bystander is seen running away. ICE and Department of Homeland Security officials did not respond to inquiries about the man who was detained, or why he was detained. The incident occurred a day after a federal judge barred agents in Southern California from stopping people based on racial stereotypes, and found that immigration officials had stopped and detained people in the area because they appeared Latino. Seth Stoughton, a University of South Carolina law professor and former police officer, said the agent's reaction to the bystander was inappropriate.
“我能理解特工不希望旁观者持有胡椒喷雾罐,但当特工把枪口对准那名男子时,他已经把罐子扔得很远了,”斯托顿说。巴特勒说,目睹这一事件让人不寒而栗,让该地区居民感到恐慌。“这只能说明我们是多么无力,”他说。“我以为那名男子会死。如果有人扔出一把枪,并把枪口离他的脸那么近,你在那一刻只会预料到最坏的结果。”
“I can understand agents not wanting a bystander to have a canister of pepper spray, but at the point the agent pointed his weapon at the guy, he's tossed it quite a distance," Stoughton said. Butler said the incident was unnerving to witness, and has left residents in the area rattled. "It just shows you how powerless we are," he said. "I thought that man was going to die. If someone is throwing out a gun and putting a gun to his face that close, you just expect the worst to happen at that moment."
此后,视频在社交媒体上流传。“Union del Barrio”社区组织的领导人罗恩·戈切斯说,该组织一直在监控该地区的ICE(美国移民与海关执法局)活动,已收到几段关于北好莱坞事件的视频。市长凯伦·巴斯周五晚间发表声明,称该情况“不可接受”,且“在洛杉矶绝不容忍”。她说,她正在与检察长办公室接洽,要求他们“调查并起诉这些联邦特工的任何不当行为”。
Since then, the video has been circulated on social media. Ron Gochez, a leader with Union del Barrio, a community group that has been monitoring ICE activity in the area, said several videos of the North Hollywood incident have been sent to the group. Mayor Karen Bass called the situation "unacceptable" and something that "will not be tolerated in L.A.," in a statement on Friday evening. She said she was engaging with the Attorney General's office to ask them to "investigate and prosecute any wrongdoing by these federal agents."
“此外,我已将此事转交给美国众议员罗伯特·加西亚的办公室,他是负责监督联邦移民执法滥用行为的民主党首席议员,”她在声明中说。“我们在法庭上击败了特朗普和ICE,新的州法律已实施了针对ICE特工的问责措施,以保护我们的社区。”市议员尼蒂亚·拉曼将在即将到来的选举中挑战巴斯,她也在社交媒体上发布声明,表示对该事件感到愤怒,称ICE在城市街道上的逮捕行动是“绑架”。
"Additionally, I referred this matter to the Office of U.S. Representative Robert Garcia, the ranking Democrat leading oversight on federal immigration enforcement abuses," she said in a statement. "We beat Trump and ICE in court, and new state laws have implemented accountability measures for ICE agents to protect our communities.”Councilmember Nithya Raman, who is running against Bass in the upcoming election, also released a statement on social media, stating she was outraged by the incident, calling ICE arrests in city streets “kidnappings.”
“洛杉矶不是特朗普政权非人道行动的游乐场,安吉利诺人(洛杉矶居民)不应生活在恐惧中,不敢去上班、送孩子上学或正常生活。”代表该地区的市议员阿德林·纳扎良的发言人未立即回应置评请求。
“LA is not a playground for the Trump regime’s inhumane operations, and Angelenos should not have to live in fear of going to work, taking their kids to school, or living their life.”A spokesperson for Councilmember Adrin Nazarian, who represents the area on the City Council, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.