種族歧視紛爭在世界各國越演越烈,黑人的權益和生活受到衝擊和不平待遇…
近日,名為Kai Agyepong、年僅12歲的男童,他在家中把玩玩具槍時,竟遭鄰居報警檢舉,更令人驚訝的是,警方竟大動作出動25名武裝鎮壓警察、衝入Kai的家要逮捕他!
事情是這樣的,那天午後,Kai和媽媽Alice單獨在家,當時Alice就和Kai坐在同一張沙發,Alice正在打盹,而Kai依偎著她把玩著手中的玩具BB槍,裡頭就連BB彈都沒有裝。
但當時,由於窗簾沒有拉上,街道上的鄰居從外頭看進室內、看見了Kai手上有槍,想也不想就直接打電話報警,對警方說,「有黑人男子持槍。」警方獲報後,出動了近25名武裝警察衝進Kai的家。
Huffpost"Met Police Defends Officers Who Arrested 12-Year-Old Boy Over BB Gun.Kai Agyepong was left "terrified" and led away in handcuffs after 25 police officers and snigger dogs raided his family's house in London." What exactly is a snigger dog? https://t.co/6PDozf4KpU
— pgarwood (@pgarwood) July 26, 2020
當下,Alice先是注意到窗外有紅外線光源照射進來、瞄準Kai的頭部,接著母子倆都被衝進屋的大批員警嚇壞!警方進到屋後,很快就察覺所謂的「持槍黑人男子」竟然只是12歲的Kai,而且還只是一把塑膠玩具槍,馬上對Alice道歉,也趕緊安撫嚇到發抖哭泣的Kai。
12 year old Kai Agyepong was ARRESTED for playing with a toy gun in Camden. He was de-arrested once they realised it was a toy, but Kai and his family feel traumatised and threatened as the cops were armed. This wouldn’t have happened if he was white. The UK is just as racist. pic.twitter.com/TUr18xXkoq
— auggie kotaro(@mulleteuk) July 27, 2020
事後警方也向Alice母子解釋,表示他們是接到不夠明確的通報,才會有這次的烏龍逮捕行動。
但Alice相當生氣,一來是Kai顯然已經因這件事產生了巨大的陰影,二來是她認為鄰居、他人對他們仍抱有嚴重的歧視。