导读:目击者拍摄的一段视频显示,一名警察将一名只穿比基尼的非裔女孩反复摁倒在地上,用膝盖抵住她使其不得起身。
The 15-year-old bikini-clad teen who was wrestled to the ground by a police officer at the Texas pool party last year has spoken out.
去年,在德克萨斯州的一个泳池派对上,一个穿比基尼的15岁非裔女孩被白人警察摁倒在地上。一年之后,这个女孩公开说出这件事情。
Dajerria Becton said she was enjoying the pool party when dozens of uninvited guests showed up.
这位名为Dajerria Becton的女孩说在参加泳池派对的时候,突然出现几十个不速之客。
“I was just really shocked and confused,” she told Inside Edition.
“当时,我大吃一惊,根本没弄清是怎么回事,”她告诉《新闻内幕》。
Security at the community pool called police and that’s when things got ugly. Officer Eric Casebolt tackled and wrestled Becton to the ground in a move caught on video. He then restrained her by kneeling on her back.
社区游泳池的安保人员报了警,事情就变糟糕了。视频中,Eric Casebolt警官抓住Becton,一下子把她摔倒在地,然后用膝盖抵住她使其不得起身。
“I was terrified what he was going to do to me,” Becton said.
“他对我做的一切让我感到恐惧,”Becton说。
Tracey Carver was also caught up in the chaos and accused of shouting racial slurs at the kids. She says she got death threats and was forced to leave town. She relocated to California.
Tracey Carver也被卷入这场混乱之中,她被指控朝着孩子们喊了一些种族歧视的话。她说自己受到了死亡威胁,被迫离开德州,搬到加州。
“I intervene to break it up,” she claims. “My kids were terrified. You can hear them screaming. I was trying to diffuse the situation.”
“我插手想要阻止混乱的局面,”她说。“我的孩子们非常害怕。你能听到他们在尖叫。我试图去控制住局势。”
She says she did not use racial slurs in the uproar.
她表示并没有在混乱中说种族歧视的话,
Officer Eric Casebolt was suspended after footage of the melee went viral.
打斗的视频在网上传开之后,Eric Casebolt警官被停职。
Last week, a grand jury decided he would not be charged with a crime. He has since resigned from the department.
上周,大陪审团判定Eric Casebolt警官无罪。他已经辞去了警局的职务。
“It makes me angry,” Becton said. “They just let him off. There should have been consequences.”
“我非常生气,”Becton说。“他们就这么放了Eric Casebolt,他应该为此付出代价。”
Becton’s attorney Kim Cole says she plans to file a lawsuit against the cop and the town of McKinney, Texas.
Becton的律师Kim Cole计划起诉警官和德克萨斯州的麦金尼市。
“What Eric Casebolt did was excessive, unnecessary and inappropriate,” the lawyer said.
“Eric Casebolt的做法很过分,完全没有必要,而且非常不合适。”律师说道。
At a community meeting Monday night, the police chief reassured people that a lot has been learned from the pool party mayhem.
在周一晚上的社区会议上,警察局长表示已经从泳池派对的混乱中学到了很多,大家不用担心。
The chief assured: “We have policies in place. We have solid policies in place. We have to make sure our practices match our policies.”
局长保证说:“我们的政策非常到位,且坚固可靠。我们必须确保行动紧跟政策。”