【聯合晚報╱美聯社】
紐約地鐵表演者：警察管太多
NYC subway performers: We're being over-policed
Subway acrobats, dancers and musicians on Tuesday decried what they said was heavy-handed policing, gathering outside City Hall to join critics of a police clampdown on minor offenses.
地鐵特技演員、舞者與音樂家周二抨擊警察執法過當，他們聚在市政府外頭，與一群對警方取締輕微違法不滿的民眾一起抗議。
One activist suggested a temporary halt to subway performer arrests, which have spiked this year as officers zeroed in on minor crimes to set a tone of not tolerating lawlessness. But several performers said they just hope to arrange a way to perform without fearing arrest.
一位活動人士建議，暫時停止逮捕地鐵表演者。今年這種案例遽增，警方為了建立維護法治的風氣，把矛頭指向小罪。幾位表演者說，他們只是希望有辦法安心表演，不用擔心被逮捕。
``We dance. We sing. We're not criminals. ... We shouldn't really get locked up for showing our talent,'' said Zenon ``Tito'' Laguerre, a 34-year-old construction worker and subway acrobat who said he was arrested last week.
34歲的建築工人兼地鐵特技演員拉格爾說，「我們跳舞、唱歌，我們不是罪犯... 不該因為表現才藝被關」，他上周被捕。
The police department had no immediate response to the performers' complaints.Mayor Bill de Blasio said last month that subway stunts may not seem like big offenses, ``but breaking the law is breaking the law.''
紐約警察局沒有回應表演者的抗議。白思豪市長上個月說，雖然地鐵表演不是什麼重罪，「但違法就是違法」。
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