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社论转载:录像带不撒谎
Worth repeating: The tale of the tape
(2009-03-05 下午05:46),
如果没有Robert Dziekanski死前的录像,一个冲突事件的真像永远不会大白于天下。Dziekanski先生的死就会像其他死于警察电击枪下的冤魂一样,白白送命。而且,我们将一如既往地站在警察的一边。所幸的是,由于一个旁观者将发生在2007年10月份的机场冲突录了像,事件中的两个皇家骑警将有待老老实实地交待他们在温哥华机场同一个不知所措的乘客发生冲突时的真实过程。这两名骑警不仅在冲突事件发生后写了报告,而且在就冲突中造成Dziekanski先生丧命的法庭聆讯中作证。
Without the video of Robert Dziekanski’s death, the facts of the confrontation would never have been known. Mr. Dziekanski would have just been another faceless fatality at the hands of taser-wielding police in this country. Our trust in the constabulary would have been undiminished. But fortuitously a bystander did record the events that day in October, 2007, and the video shows that RCMP officers, both in their statements recorded immediately after the incident, and in their testimony at the inquiry into the killing, have yet to provide a credible account of their confrontation with the disoriented visitor at Vancouver International Airport.
冲突事件中多次电击Dziekanski先生的皇家骑警官Kwesi Millington在事后的报告中写道,第一次电击后,Dziekanski先生并没有倒下。这与事实不符。警官说经过扭打,Dziekanski才被制服,压在地下。这也与事实不符。在他的书面报告中,还有其他与事实不符的东西。警官的报告似乎是为自己和他的同事作辩护、警方用电击枪5次电击了这个摸不清南北的人。
The officer who repeatedly tasered Mr. Dziekanski, RCMP Constable Kwesi Millington, reported that he had not gone down after the first taser discharge, which is untrue. The officer said Mr. Dziekanski had to be wrestled to the ground, also untrue. And there are other discrepancies in his written record. The constable’s report seems designed to justify his and his colleagues’ actions, and the use of a stun gun five times on the distressed man.
随后的问题是Millington的证词。他声称在整个事件过程中,他很害怕。他害怕什么呢?Dziekanski先生当时是在机场乘客下机的地区,你实在想不出警察会在这种地方碰上带武器的人。但警察却认为他手中有武器。当警察逼近Dziekanski先生时(警察自己已经武装到牙齿,而且还穿着防弹服),他抓起一个办公用的订书机。显然,这就是警察所害怕的武器。
Then there is the matter of Constable Millington’s claim that he was scared during the incident. Scared of what? Mr. Dziekanski was in the arrivals area of an international airport. It is hard to imagine any place where police are less likely to encounter an armed man. Except that he was armed! As the Mounties (themselves armed to the teeth and wearing bullet-proof vests) approached Mr. Dziekanski, he grabbed an office stapler, the apparent object of this fear. |