【美版連儂牆？】白宮加設圍欄嚴防騷亂　卻遭貼滿示威標語

立場新聞 2020/06/10 15:28

    美國黑人男子弗洛伊德（George Floyd）被警員壓頸致死事件引發全球反種族歧視浪潮，美國多個城市舉行示威聲援，有民眾直闖白宮表達不滿。上周起，白宮外圍加設 2.5 米高鐵欄，嚴防騷亂。此舉無阻市民表達訴求的欲望。短短數日間，鐵欄貼滿各式示威標語，儼如「連儂牆」。
    上月底開始，白宮附近的聖約翰聖公會教堂（St John's Episcopal church）成為華盛頓示威民眾的集中地。5 月 31 日晚，教堂外牆被人塗鴉破壞，更一度縱火。白宮遂於上周一（6 月 1 日）出動警力，以催淚彈等武器驅散仍然留守的示威者，被指「為總統開路」。美國總統特朗普隨後到聖約翰聖公會教堂，並拿起一本聖經拍照，更觸發新一輪民憤。
    為嚴防示威者繼續靠近，白宮遂築起約 2.5 米高、3 公里長的鐵欄，僅在賓夕法尼亞大道（Pennsylvania Avenue）、拉法耶特廣場（Lafayette Squae）、橢圓形草坪（The Ellipse）等地點設立出入口，並由警方駐守看管。圍欄築起後，民眾最接近白宮範圍也隔著 180 米。雖然如此，民眾的怒火阻擋不了。

    The fence outside the White House has been converted to a crowd-sourced memorial wall — almost like an art gallery — to black men and women who lost their lives at the hands of police.

    Hundreds are strolling, looking, adding names and paintings and posters. pic.twitter.com/mXlZpfMAeX

    — Hannah Natanson (@hannah_natanson) June 7, 2020
    短短幾日之間，圍欄化身「連儂牆」，貼滿示威標語，成為展示創意的地方。內容不只向弗洛伊德致敬，有的控訴警暴，有的聲援「Black Lives Matter」運動，非常壯觀。就像非裔美籍手術支援人員 Kai Gamanya 也在那裡掛上畫作，「全堵圍牆都在哭泣，有如整個國家都在哭泣」。

    This wall of commemoration and protest around the White House remains very much a work in progress. People do not appear to think this moment is finished.#DCProtests pic.twitter.com/pM6TSqoYxh

    — Michelle (@lengthofrope) June 9, 2020

    NEW: Most of the fencing and barriers around the White House expected to be taken down today, reopening parts of Lafayette Park and most of the walkways near the White House. https://t.co/uSSaR0PFrq pic.twitter.com/46qySBNVze

    — ABC News (@ABC) June 9, 2020

    The New White House walls Covered In Protest Art paintinghttps://t.co/MS5PhRUfxv pic.twitter.com/CeN3IqFP44

    — Kashmir women corporate (@12kwc) June 9, 2020

    I've been careful about drawing too many comparisons between what's happening in DC and Hong Kong, but there's a corner of the AFL-CIO headquarters plastered with protest art that's been giving me serious Lennon Wall vibes along with the White House fence. pic.twitter.com/pXImjmuEDT

    — Alejandro Alvarez (@aletweetsnews) June 8, 2020

    Protesters cover new White House fence with posters and art about racial injustice:
    The additional fencing erected around the White House last week has quickly become a wall of protest signs and artwork memorializing George Floyd.@TODAYshow

    -Justice has many faces#Biden2020 pic.twitter.com/YyVUneI7Re

    — Jeff Rabinowitz (@rxjef77) June 8, 2020
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