As police across the United States shut down protest over the Israel-Hamas war, journalists say they are also being targeted.
随着美国各地的警察镇压针对哈以战争的抗议活动,记者们表示他们也成了攻击目标。
Here four officers detain and handcuff columnist Robin Epley of California Sacramento Bee covering protesters during a recent city council meeting.
在最近的一次市议会会议上,四名警察拘留并铐住了报道抗议者的《萨克拉门托蜜蜂报》专栏作家罗宾·埃普利(Robin Epley)。
This one in particular though is so egregious because the people who were doing this to me are the people who are supposed to keep us safe.
这令人震惊,因为对我这样做的人本该保护我们的安全。
The police department is supposed to uphold the law and in reality what they were doing was breaking it.
警察局应该维护法律,而实际上他们的所作所为却是违法的。
Sacramento police in an email blamed Epley for not wearing a newly created city press credential.
萨克拉门托警方在一封电子邮件中指责埃普利没有佩戴新设立的市新闻记者证。
But Epley and others say police violated a 2021 California law that specifically protects journalists covering protest.
但埃普利和其他人表示,警方违反了2021年加州的一项法律,该法律专门保护报道抗议活动的记者。
California state Senator Mike McGuire wrote the law in response to the protest over the 2020 police murder of unarmed African-American George Floyd.
2020年警察谋杀手无寸铁的非裔美国人乔治·弗洛伊德,为了回应民众的抗议,加州参议员迈克·麦奎尔制定了这项法律。
McGuire says at that time police assaulted and arrested the press for doing their jobs.
麦奎尔说,当时警察袭击并逮捕了履行职责的记者。
And in many cases journalists put their own lives on the line to be able to bring all of us at home the story and so what we know is that SB98. It provides some of the strongest press protections in all of America.
在许多情况下,记者冒着生命危险,才能让我们了解新闻,我们所知道的是蜜蜂报提供了全美最强有力的新闻保护措施。
Conflicts between police and journalists during George Floyd protest led to police policy changes in Minnesota, Los Angeles, New York and elsewhere but the problem persists.
乔治·弗洛伊德抗议期间,警察与记者之间的冲突导致明尼苏达州、洛杉矶、纽约等地的警察政策发生变化,但问题仍然存在。
According to the US press freedom tracker, the group's data show police arrested or detained 36 journalists, covering Israel-Hamas demonstrations since October.
美国新闻自由追踪组织的数据显示,自10月以来,警方逮捕或拘留了36名报道哈以示威活动的记者。
What is at stake here is our constitutional rights, our human rights. You know, the First Amendment freedom of speech, freedom of the press. That's there is no regard for that from law enforcement.
这关系到我们的宪法权利和人权,关系到第一修正案的言论自由、新闻自由。执法部门对此毫不在意。
Farina shot this video of a journalist knocked down and then arrested by New York police.
法里纳(Farina)拍摄了一段视频,视频中一名记者被纽约警方击倒后逮捕。
She's covering the May protest at Columbia University. He's captured other instances of New York police assaulting reporters.
她正在报道哥伦比亚大学5月份的抗议活动。他还拍摄了纽约警察袭击记者的其他案例。
The New York Police Department hasn't responded to VOA's emailed and phone request for comment.
纽约警察局尚未回应美国之音通过电子邮件和电话提出的置评请求。
NYPD recently paid $1 million to settle a 2021 lawsuit brought by journalists and protesters, who say police assaulted and arrested them without cause during 2020's George Floyd social justice protest.
纽约警察局最近支付了100万美元,以和解记者和抗议者在2021年提起的诉讼,他们称在2020年的乔治·弗洛伊德社会正义抗议期间,警察无故殴打并逮捕了他们。
It was not only a monetary settlement but we sought equitable relief.
这不仅是一笔金钱上的和解,而且我们寻求公平的救济。
We wanted the police to do things and change their policies and change their training, regarding how at least journalists were treated.
我们希望警察采取行动,改变他们的政策和培训,至少要改变记者的待遇。
These police and press conflicts during protests aren't unique to the US.
抗议期间警察和新闻界的这些冲突并非美国独有。
UNESCO finds that covering protests anywhere in the world is one of a journalist's most dangerous assignments.
联合国教科文组织发现,报道世界各地的抗议活动是记者最危险的任务之一。
The UN adds police forces are a critical part of that danger journalist face.
联合国补充说,警察部队是记者面临的危险的重要组成部分。