in Baytown, Texas,

在得克薩斯州的貝城。

Isaiah Benavides saw his friend being pulled over.

Isaiah Benavides看到他的朋友被拉過來。

He took out his phone and pressed record.

他拿出手機，按了錄音。

- 'Cause he's Black, huh?

- 因為他是黑人，嗯？

- I didn't do nothing.

- 我什麼也沒做

- You're cussing in public.

- 你在公共場合罵人。

Put your hands behind your back.

把你的手放在背後。

- As he filmed, the incident got pretty violent.

- 隨著他的拍攝，事件變得相當激烈。

- Put your hands behind your back.

- 把你的手放在背後。

And if you don't get back, I'ma break your shit.

如果你不回來，我就打碎你的東西。

- But it didn't end there.

- 但這並沒有結束。

Isaiah posted the video online.

以賽亞在網上發佈了這段視頻。

It went viral and set off a string of consequences

它的傳播，引發了一連串的後果。

for Isaiah,

為以賽亞。

his friends,

他的朋友。

the local police,

當地警方。

and the city of Baytown.

和拜城市。

All from one video clip and one snap decision to hit record.

所有的一切都來自於一個視頻片段和一個點擊記錄的決定。

- Shit just went down, bro.

- 糟糕的是，兄弟。

I think they're probably gonna try to get me next.

我想他們可能是下一個想抓我的人。

- It all started after Isaiah

- 這一切都始於以賽亞書之後

and his two friends, Skylar Gilmore

和他的兩個朋友，Skylar Gilmore

and Isaiah Phillips, left a barbecue.

和以賽亞-菲利普斯，留下了一個燒烤。

- Well, Jostin was leaving

- Jostin要走了

and we were going to get more beers

而我們要得到更多的啤酒

from the store for the barbecue.

從店裡買來的燒烤。

And Jostin got pulled over in his car.

而Jostin在他的車裡被攔下了。

- We noticed Officer Brown pulling over our friend.

- 我們注意到布朗警官攔下了我們的朋友 We noticed Officer Brown pulling over our friend.

- Their friend, Jostin Moore,

- 他們的朋友Jostin Moore

had been pulled over for a traffic violation.

曾因交通違章被攔下。

- That's Officer Brown.

- 那是布朗警官

- All of Baytown recognizes Officer Brown.

- 全灣鎮的人都認可布朗警官。

- Officer Brown is known in Baytown

- 布朗警官在貝鎮是有名的

for doing some shady stuff.

因為做了一些不光彩的事情。

So we just wanted -- I just wanted to make sure

所以，我們只是想... 我只是想確保。

that our friend Jostin was alright.

我們的朋友Jostin很好

- They pulled him over just 'cause he's Black.

- 他們把他拉過來只是因為他是黑人。

- That's fucked up, bro.

- 這是性交了，兄弟。

- Black lives matter.

- 黑人的生命很重要。

- Officer Nathaniel Brown

- Nathaniel Brown警官

had previously been accused

曾被指控

of targeting and harassing Black Baytown residents.

的目標和騷擾黑人灣鎮居民。

- Like, we started talking about how

- 就像，我們開始談論如何

he was doing this shady stuff

他在做這些骯髒的事情

in the past, how he sicced a dog on somebody.

在過去，他如何sicced一個人的狗。

- He's the one that sicced the dog.

- 就是他把狗咬死的。

Oh, 'cause you Black, bro.

哦，因為你是黑人，兄弟。

A hundred percent 'cause you Black.

百分之百是因為你是黑人

- I guess he overheard us talking about him.

- 我猜他聽到我們在談論他。

- He clearly had a problem with us basically watching him.

- 他顯然對我們基本上是看著他有意見。

- He proceeded to walk up to Skylar

- 他繼續走到斯凱勒身邊。

and I was just standing there behind Skylar

而我只是站在那裡 斯凱勒後面

like that's not right.

像這是不正確的。

- I didn't do nothing.

- 我什麼也沒做

- You're cussing in public.

- 你在公共場合罵人。

Put your hands behind your back.

把你的手放在背後。

- Whoa, whoa, whoa.

- 哇，哇，哇。

- I get thrown against a wall, thrown onto the ground,

- 我被扔到牆上，扔到地上。

and then I get kneed in the face.

然後我的臉就被跪了。

- Put your hands behind your back,

- 把你的手放在背後。

hands behind your back.

手放在背後

- What happened next?

- 接下來發生了什麼？

I mean, he basically got up from Skylar,

我是說，他基本上是從斯凱拉那裡爬起來的。

walks over to the other officer and he says,

走到另一個軍官身邊，他說：

"Just to make things fair across the board."

"只是為了讓所有的事情都公平。"

- I gotta be fair across the board.

- 我必須要公平的對待所有的人。

- And grabs the other officer's handcuffs,

- 並抓住另一名軍官的手銬。

and then that's when he grabbed Isaiah.

然後這時他就抓住了以賽亞。

- Turn around.

- 轉身

- They're arresting him for nothing.

- 他們無緣無故逮捕他。

- They slammed me and left a dent on my face.

- 他們打了我一巴掌，在我臉上留下了一個凹痕。

- If you don't get back, I'ma break your shit.

- 如果你不回來，我就打碎你的東西。

- I'm not doing nothing to you.

- 我不是什麼都不做給你看。

- I was hoping they didn't draw their guns.

- 我希望他們不要拔槍。

That's all I was thinking in my head.

我腦子裡想的就是這些。

They cannot draw their guns on me today.

他們今天不能對我拔槍。

- What surprised me is that

- 令我驚訝的是

I was getting arrested for talking on the sidewalk.

我因為在人行道上說話被逮捕了。

- I was confused, but I was enraged at the same time.

- 我很困惑，但同時我也很憤怒。

So I had to use my mind,

所以我不得不動用我的頭腦。

take a step back, and keep using the camera that I used.

退一步說，繼續使用我用的相機。

And that's how we got that video out like that.

所以我們才會有這樣的視頻出來。

- Skylar and Isaiah Phillips were arrested

- Skylar和Isaiah Phillips被逮捕了

for disorderly conduct for using profanities in public.

因在公共場合使用髒話，行為不檢點。

Jostin was arrested for the traffic violations

Jostin因違反交通規則而被捕

and a prior warrant related to a car accident.

以及與車禍有關的逮捕令。

What happened next is the reason we know this story

接下來發生的事情就是我們知道這個故事的原因了

and so many others like it.

和其他很多人一樣。

Later that night, Isaiah and another friend,

當天晚上，以賽亞和另一個朋友。

Dajone Mitchell, posted the video online.

達瓊-米切爾，在網上發佈了這段視頻。

- Isaiah and Skylar were in jail.

- 以賽亞和斯凱勒在監獄裡。

From there, Dajone put the video to Twitter,

從那以後，大勇就把視頻放到了微博上。

and I put it on Facebook.

我把它放在Facebook上。

- By the time we got to see the video,

- 到了我們看到視頻的時候。

it already had a couple million views.

它已經有幾百萬的意見。

- Not even 24 hours later,

- 連24小時後都沒有。

we had, like, eight news interviews back to back to back.

我們有一樣，八個新聞採訪 背對背。

- After the incident went viral,

- 事件傳開後，。

the friends joined other victims of police brutality

這些朋友加入了其他警察暴力受害者的行列。

in Baytown to stage a protest.

在拜城舉行抗議活動。

- The march was organized

- 遊行的組織者是

due to several incidents

由於幾起事件

involving the Baytown Police Department.

涉及貝鎮警察局。

- And that really made our cause bigger,

- 而這也真正讓我們的事業變得更大。

and that ended up causing the petition to form itself.

而最終導致了請願書的自行形成。

We ended up getting Officer Brown fired.

我們最終讓布朗警官被解僱了

- The charges against Skylar and Isaiah Phillips

- 對Skylar和Isaiah Phillips的指控。

were also dropped.

也被放棄。

The Verge was unable to reach Officer Brown for comment.

The Verge無法聯繫到布朗警官進行評論。

- We're happy that it went viral

- 我們很高興它被傳播了

because our justice is gonna be served soon,

因為我們的正義很快就會得到伸張

but at the same time, like, that's not the video

但在同一時間，喜歡，這不是視頻

you wanna be known for going viral.

你想被稱為去病毒。

- Isaiah had never filmed the police

- 以賽亞從來沒有拍過警察

before this moment.

在此刻之前。

- I'ma get out and record.

- 我要出去錄音

- So what made him hit record now?

- 那麼是什麼讓他現在創下了紀錄呢？

- He was by himself without any other recording on him,

- 他是自己一個人，身上沒有任何其他的錄音。

then they could do whatever they want.

他們就可以為所欲為了。

Normally, it's supposed to be “he says, she says,”

一般來說，應該是 "他說，她說"

but if you say something and the officer says something,

但如果你說什麼，官員說什麼。

it doesn't go that way.

它不走那條路。

It's the officer said something and that's it.

就是那個官員說了些什麼，就這樣了。

- When they see a cellphone being pulled out,

- 當他們看到手機被掏出。

I think law enforcement are aware

我想執法者都知道

of the potential accountability

潛在的問責制

that may come with these recordings.

可能與這些錄音一起出現。

- Chaz Arnett teaches law

- Chaz Arnett教授法律

at the University of Maryland,

在馬里蘭大學。

and he studies the role of technology

他研究技術的作用

in situations like this one.

在這種情況下。

- Typically, what we see --

- 通常情況下，我們看到的 --

we see this in some of the footage

我們在一些鏡頭中看到了這一點

from most recent Black Lives Matter protests --

最近黑人生命至上的抗議活動 -- -- --

is that when cameras are introduced in these scenarios,

是，在這些場景中引入攝像頭時。

law enforcement oftentimes take that as a threat

執法部門往往將此視為一種威脅。

to what they are doing.

到他們在做什麼。

- That's what Isaiah thinks happened

- 這就是以賽亞認為發生的事情

with Officer Brown.

與布朗警官。

- He clearly had a problem with us basically watching him.

- 他顯然對我們基本上是看著他有意見。

I feel like that's the exact reason why everything happened.

我覺得這正是一切發生的原因。

I feel like he was angry that we weren't letting him do

我覺得他很生氣，因為我們不讓他做。

what he wanted to do, so he came and took it out on us.

他想做什麼，所以他來了，把它拿出來給我們。

- I mean, I think that's a reflection of law enforcement

- 我的意思是，我認為這是執法的反映。

knowing that there is some level of power connected

明知故犯

with being able to document these episodes.

與能夠記錄這些情節。

It is seen as a way of attempting to take away

它被認為是一種試圖奪走的方式。

and flip on its head that imbalanced power relationship.

並顛覆了這種不平衡的權力關係。

- Skylar and Isaiah Phillips' lawyers

- Skylar和Isaiah Phillips的律師。

believe the video was key

相信視頻是關鍵

in getting the charges promptly dropped.

迅速撤銷指控。

But using technology this way

但這樣使用技術

can have scarier consequences, too.

也會有更可怕的後果。

- For the next couple of weeks,

- 在接下來的幾周裡。

we were getting, like, watched by the officers.

我們得到的，喜歡， 看著由人員。

At the beginning, there was just one cop car

一開始，只有一輛警車

that would be watching us, and now after the protests,

會看著我們，現在抗議之後，

that's whenever they'd have different types of cop cars

每當他們有不同類型的警車的時候

that would watch us at different times.

會在不同的時間看著我們。

It made me feel like I was gonna get picked up

這讓我覺得我是要去被接走了

by a black van one day.

有一天，被一輛黑色麵包車。

- Anytime an individual is attempting to document

- 當一個人試圖記錄

or speak to what is happening in terms of law enforcement

或者說在執法方面發生了什麼？

and police abuse, they become targets.

和警察濫用，他們成為目標。

- The Verge reached out

- The Verge聯繫了

to the Baytown Police Department

灣鎮警察局

but did not receive a response before publishing this story.

但在發表這篇報道之前，並沒有收到回覆。

- Yeah, we've been getting a lot of anxiety.

- 是啊，我們已經得到了很多的焦慮。

Could barely even sleep.

幾乎連覺都睡不著。

Every time I see a cop, I'm not even doing nothing wrong

每次我看到警察，我都不會做錯事的。

and I'm just already, like, my heart's already racing.

我只是已經一樣， 我的心臟已經在比賽。

It brings stress to not only us but to our families.

它不僅給我們帶來了壓力，也給我們的家庭帶來了壓力。

I mean, they're scared 'cause this simple matter,

我的意思是，他們害怕，因為這個簡單的問題。

it can cost us our lives.

它可以讓我們付出生命的代價。

- In spite of everything that happened,

- 儘管發生了這麼多事

Isaiah feels like he did the right thing.

以賽亞覺得自己做得很對。

- I don't regret any of it.

- 我一點也不後悔。

I feel like it would have been swept under the rug

我覺得這一切都會被掩蓋掉的

like nothing happened.

就像什麼都沒發生一樣。

Because that's what happens almost every day

因為這幾乎是每天都會發生的事情

whenever somebody... even if somebody gets a video of it.

每當有人... 即使有人得到它的視頻，

- Recording the police

- 記錄警方的情況

can be a risky and painful act.

可能是一種風險和痛苦的行為。

But as we're seeing across the country, it is also powerful.

但正如我們在全國各地看到的那樣，它也是強大的。

- Particularly with the killing of George Floyd,

- 尤其是喬治-弗洛伊德被殺後。

I think that video has ignited and set off

我想這段視頻已經點燃並引發了

these global reckonings with law enforcement.

這些全球算計與執法。

- And that movement

- 而這一運動

clearly helped Baytown residents have their own reckoning.

顯然幫助灣鎮居民有了自己的算盤。

- This incident really changed how our community

- 這件事真的改變了我們的社會

really does things because everybody really took a part in

真正做的事情，因為每個人都真正參與了

taking the movement and making it into something else.

把運動和使它變成別的東西。

The more people across the country doing good

全國各地做好事的人越多

and making more protests,

並提出更多的抗議。

the more my community and other communities

我的社區和其他社區越是

would do the same just simply because

就因為

other people are doing it.

其他人都在做。

- I feel like more people should record the police,

- 我覺得應該讓更多的人去記錄警察。

not even if it's just their problem.

即使這只是他們的問題。

I feel like even if you see somebody else

我覺得即使你看到別人

that's in a problem, I feel like you should record it.

這是在一個問題，我覺得你應該記錄它。

Because nobody is gonna believe our voices.

因為沒有人會相信我們的聲音。

The whole world believed the video, though.

雖然全世界都相信這段視頻，但。

This video was part of a larger project at The Verge

這個視頻是The Verge的一個大項目的一部分。

that looks at the power and consequences

審視權力和後果

of filming police violence

拍攝警察暴力事件

Our other YouTube channel Verge Science

我們的其他YouTube頻道Verge Science

looks at what police body cameras don't always show you

看一看警方的人體攝影機並不總是向你展示。