今アメリカで起こっていることについて -人種差別・Police Brutality-　英訳つき

I tend not to write or speak too much about the current news and society as much.

 

 

そして、今日現在起きていることはメモリアルデー(5/25)以降、各地にて毎日状況が変わっているので、書くか書かないか、タイミングも含めて考えていました。

 

And, what is happening today has been changing every day since Memorial day, so I have been thinking about should I write or not including the timing to do so.

 

 

情報を収集してまとめようとすると、膨大な量になりますので、あえてまとめ的なものにはしません。

 

If I try to put the information together, it will be a lot of information so I decided not to do so.

 

 

記事の引用もなしとします。

 

I also won't use articles this time either.

 

 

皆さんも様々なニュースなどで多少なりとも状況は把握しておられるものと思います。

 

I think everyone knows the current situations from need even a little bit.

 

 

我が家は日本人である私と、アフリカンアメリカンである夫、そして私達のミックスで生まれた二人の子供、の構成です。

 

My family consists of my husband, who is African American, and our two children.

 

 

今回のミネソタ州でのGeorge Floydさんの件のみならず、ジョージア州のAhmaud Aubreyさんの件、他にも数え切れないほどにある件は、我が家にとって他人事ではありません。

 

Not only the case of George Floyd in Minnesota, Ahmaud Aubrey in Georgia, and countless of other cases are not someone else's situation to us, our family.

 

 

夫にとって、これから10代になる子供達二人ともにとって、そしてこの三人を家族に持つ私にとって。

 

For my husband, our kids who will be teens soon, and for myself, having all three of them as a family.

 

 

夫の家族や友人、知人、子供達の友人、私の友人やその家族も含めると、全くの他人事ではないのです。

 

Including my husband's families, friends, acquaintances, kids friends, my friends and families. This is not something we can  be unrelatable.

 

 

考えてみてください。

 

Please imagine this.

 

 

今朝、普段通り出掛けていった夫が、子供が、車の運転をしていたら警察に止められ。

 

Your husband or you children, who left the house this morning as usual, was stopped by a police while driving.

 

 

信号だとか、車のライトが切れている、とか。

 

Just because of the traffic light or car's light not working.

 

 

そんな理由で止められたはずが。

 

They were stopped just because of these reasons.

 

 

武器も何も持っていなかったのに、警官によって射殺される。

 

But they were murdered by police officers, although they didn't even have any weapons with them.

 

 

日本だと銃の規制がしっかりされているから、そもそも警察側もアメリカのような反応自体はしない、という考えもありますよね。

 

Maybe, some people think that same doesn't happen in Japan like America, because Japan has a very strict rules with gun possession and police does not react like here in America.

 

 

そして、そうなったのはそりゃその人が何か不審な動きをしたからでしょ、とか思いますよね。

 

And, maybe you would think that probably the person made a strange move and that happened.

 

 

何か悪いことをしたから、そもそも警察に止められたんでしょ、とか。

 

Or, because they did something wrong/bad and stopped by the police to start with.

 

 

私も昔は同じように思っていました。

 

I used to think the same way a long time ago.

 

 

何かしたんでしょ、と。

 

They must have done something.

 

 

もちろん、そういう場合だって皆無ではないです。

 

Sure, there would be some cases like that, can't say there is none.

 

 

しかし、全くの無罪である人間が、社会的に力を持つ警察という立場の人間の思い込み、差別的考え、ステレオタイプなどにより、殺されるに至り、挙げ句に、その判断をし行動に移した側の警官は全くの罪に問われない、ということが数え切れないほどに繰り返されているのです。

 

However, people who are completely innocent get killed because of police officers, who have some power in the society, just because of the officers' way of thinking, discriminations, and stereotypical judgement. And not only that, the officers who made that judgement and took actions would not be charged. This pattern had been happening repeatedly for countless of times.

 

 

これが、日本で日常的に起きたら、どう思いますか？

 

If this happens in Japan on a daily basis, how would you think?

 

 

あなたの家族が、ちょっと見た目が違うから(肌の色だったり、髪質だったり)と判断され、警官に殺されることになった挙げ句、その警官は罪に問われない、ということが起こったとしたら？

 

If your family was judged just because they look different (could be their complexion, hair texture) killed by police officers, and these officers would not be charged?

 

 

George Floydさんの場合、すでに手錠により拘束がされていたにも関わらず、警官により殺された事件なのです。

 

In George Floyd's case, he was already cuffed and under police's custody, but he was killed by the police.

 

 

手錠済みの人間が、銃も持っている警官にとって、何の脅威になりえるのでしょうか？

 

What kind of threat can a cuffed person have to the police officers with guns?

 

 

同じ事が繰り返され続けるこのアメリカ社会には、その人達の人種に限らず皆がFed up、もうこりごりだ、と感じているのです。

 

Everyone here are fed up of this situation, no matter the race is; we are fed up of the society where same things are repeated over and over again.

 

 

平和な形で行われるプロテストが、各地で暴徒化してしまったりしているのも事実。

 

That is true that some peaceful protests became violent.

 

 

各地で夜間外出禁止令が出されています。

 

Many places put curfew for night time.

 

 

アトランタもその1つです。

 

Atlanta is one of them.

 

 

プロテスト参加者の中には、実際には人種差別を支持する人達も参加していて、暴徒化を煽ぐ行動を起こしていることもあります。

 

Some people who joined the protests were actually racists, and these people were causing violence in some cases.

 

 

これまでのロックダウンで溜まったストレスもあり、元々から暴れるつもりで参加していることもあります。

 

There were some people with bad intention, originally thought about getting violent, from the stress of lock down and so forth.

 

 

敢えて州外から参加していることも。

 

Some were joining from out of the states too.

 

 

一部では、実は警官が建物の破壊などを始めていたところもあり。

 

In other cases, police officer actually started the looting.

 

 

プロテストが予定されている場所に、あえて事前にコンクリートブロックなどが積まれていることが目撃されたりもしています。

 

People are reporting that there were concrete bricks piled on the place where protests were planned.

 

 

事件には直接関係のないビジネスなどがターゲットになっており、それは日々エスカレートしてきています。

 

Many businesses that were not directly related to the situations are being targeted of looting and it was escalating.

 

 

破壊、略奪行為においては、認められるべきものでは決してありませんし、それは何の解決にも繋がらない行為でもあります。

 

Destructions and looting should not be justified and that does not solve the situations.

 

 

しかし、今回の事件に関与した元警官全員が逮捕されていないことは事実であり、また唯一逮捕となった元警官においても、現在問われている罪は実際に行ったことの罪の重さとは一致していないのです。

(本記事投稿後日、全員逮捕には至りました)

 

But not all these ex-officers who were involved in the case were arrested, and even with the arrested one, the charge they put on him was not matching with what he actually did.

(After I posted this article, all 4 of them were arrested.)

 

どこまでいけば止まるのか、終わるのか。

 

How far does this need to go to end.

 

 

政治、法律が深く関わる部分であり、そちら側の反応が遅すぎるとも言えます。

 

The politics and laws are also involved, but their actions are taking too long.

 

 

人種差別問題、警察による暴力や殺人はあるべきではないことでありながら、ルーツが深く、また様々な面において異なる問題が何重にも層になっている問題であることは確かです。

 

Racisms and police brutality should not exist. But that is true that the issue has deep roots and layers of different problems.

 

 

しかし、解決されていくべき問題なのです。

 

Nonetheless, this problem must be resolved.

 

 

これまでに繰り返されてきた歴史のように、カオス状態の後でないと、目指すものが得られない可能性もあるのかもしれません。

 

Similar to the past history, maybe the goal cannot be achieved without the chaos.

 

 

アメリカにお住みの方々には、我が家も含めまして、引き続き気をつけて過ごしていただきたいと思います。

 

If you live in the US, including us, please continue to stay safe.

 

 

夫がシェアしていた投稿、英語になりますが、こちらにも記載します。

 

Here's a post my husband was sharing. It's in English but I'd like to share here as well.

 

 

英語がわかるかたはぜひ一度読んでみてください。

 

If you understand English, please try to read this.

 

 

(George Floydさん以前に亡くなった方々のものになっています)

 

🙏🏾 Moment of silence for..

 

#TRAYVONMARTIN (Walking home with iced tea and Skittles. Shot by George Zinneman, who was found not guilty.)

 

#KEITHSCOTT (Sitting in car, reading. Shot by police officer, who was not charged.)

 

#ATATIANAJEFFERSON (Looking out her window, shot by police officer, who is still under indictment for murder.)

 

#JONATHANFERRELL (Asking for help after auto accident. Shot twelve times by police, case ended in mistrial.)

 

#JORDANEDWARDS (Riding in a car. Shot in the back of the head by police officer, who was found guilty of murder.)

 

#STEPHONCLARK (Holdng a cel phone. Shot 8 times, 6 in the back. Officers not charged.)

 

#AMADOUDIALLO (While taking out wallet, officers fired 41 shots by four officers, who were all acquitted.)

 

#RENISHAMCBRIDE (Auto accident, knocked on door for help. Homeowner was found guilty of second-degree murder.)

 

#TAMIRRICE (Playing with toy gun, shot by police officer arriving on scene. Officer was not charged.

 

#SEANBELL (Hosting a bachelor party, 50 rounds fired by police officers, who were found not guilty of charges.)

 

#WALTERSCOTT (Pulled over for brake light, shot in the back by police officer, who pleaded guilty to civil rights violations.)

 

#PHILANDOCASTILE (Pulled over in car, told officer he had a legally registered weapon in car. Officer acquitted of all charges.)

 

#AIYANAJONES (Sleeping, accidentally shot by officer in a raid on wrong apartment. Officer cleared of all charges.)

 

#TERRENCECRUTCHER (Disabled vehicle, shot by police officer, who was found not guilty of manslaughter.)

 

#ALTONSTERLING (Selling CDs, shot at close range while being arrested. No charges filed.)

 

#FREDDIEGRAY (Beaten to death by officers while being transported in police van. All officers involved were acquitted.)

 

#JOHNCRAWFORD (Shopping at WalMart, holding a BB gun on sale, police officer was not charged.)

 

#MICHAELBROWN (Shot by twelve times by officer, including in the back. No charges filed.)

 

#JORDANDAVIS (Killed because he was playing loud music. Shooter found guilty of first-degree murder.)

 

#SANDRABLAND (Pulled over for traffic ticket, tasered and arrested. Suspicious “suicide” while in jail. No charges.)

 

#BOTHAMJEAN (Shot at home, which police officer 5 for her own. Officer found guilty of murder.)

 

#OSCARGRANT (Handcuffed and face-down, officer shot him in the back. Officer found guilty of involuntary manslaughter.)

 

#COREYJONES (Waiting by his disabled vehicle, was shot three times by police officer, who was found guilty of murder.)

 

#AHMAUDAUBREY (Jogging, shot by two men who claimed they suspected him of burglaries. Both men charged with murder and aggravated assault”

 

My prayers goes out to all of their families as well as the families and offspring of those who were not mentioned by name that were insulted, assaulted and killed by the hand of racism and hate 🙏🏾 #IAmStandingForFreedomJusticeAndEquality