2025.06.17 16:37World eye

反トランプデモ取材中のAFPカメラマン、ゴム弾で顔面負傷 LA

【ロサンゼルスAFP=時事】米カリフォルニア州ロサンゼルスで、ドナルド・トランプ政権が不法移民を標的にするよう命じた米移民・税関捜査局(ICE)の摘発に端を発する抗議デモを取材していたAFPカメラマンが、治安部隊にゴム弾で顔と脚を撃たれて負傷した。16日時点で、快方に向かっている。(写真は、米ロサンゼルスでドナルド・トランプ政権に抗議する「ノー・キングス〈米国に王はいらない〉」デモが行われる中、プラカードと星条旗を掲げる参加者)
 同カメラマンは、全米で反トランプデモが行われた14日、ロサンゼルスで抗議活動を取材していた。その際、デモ隊を解散させようとした治安部隊にゴム弾を2発撃たれて顔と脚を負傷。病院での治療を余儀なくされた。
 ロサンゼルス警察は、このカメラマンにゴム弾を撃ったことは認めていないが、集会は違法だと参加者に呼び掛けて排除を試みたと説明。
 「解散命令に従わず、その場を離れない人々を排除するため、非致死性弾を使用した」とAFPに主張した。
 同じくデモの警備に当たっていたロサンゼルス郡保安局は、事件の際の映像を確認中だとした上で、「保安局員が関与していたかどうかは定かではない」と付け加え、「意図的に報道関係者を標的にする行為は容認しない」との考えを示した。
 抗議デモの取材中、他のジャーナリストも負傷しており、英ガーディアン紙は、同国のカメラマンが7日に非致死性弾で脚を撃たれ、緊急手術を受けたと報じた。
 オーストラリアの記者は8日、テレビでの生放送中に脚をゴム弾で撃たれた。事態を受け、アンソニー・アルバニージー首相は非難を表明した。
 ニューヨーク・ポスト紙は、同じく8日にデモ隊と治安部隊が衝突した際、同紙のカメラマンがゴム弾で頭を撃たれたと報じている。【翻訳編集AFPBBNews】
〔AFP=時事〕(2025/06/17-16:37)
2025.06.17 16:37World eye

AFP photographer shot in face with rubber bullet at LA protest


An Agence France-Presse photographer was recovering Monday after he was shot in the face with a rubber bullet by law enforcement during their standoff with protesters in downtown Los Angeles.
The photographer was covering demonstrations on Saturday -- part of the many rallies across the country against US President Donald Trump.
He was struck twice by rubber bullets fired by authorities when they abruptly moved in to disperse protesters, and had to be treated in hospital for his injuries.
I was covering the protest ... approximately 90 feet away from the police when I received the impact of a rubber bullet in my face and another one in my right arm, he recalled.
The photographer, who asked to remain anonymous, said he was clearly identified as a journalist.
I was working with two cameras, a helmet with AFP stickers on it and also, I had a big patch on my chest that said 'Press,' he added.
Los Angeles Police Department did not acknowledge firing at the photographer but said it had sought to clear protesters after declaring an unlawful assembly.
Following the dispersal order, less-lethal munitions were used to clear the area of those who refused to comply and leave the area, it told AFP in a statement.
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, which also policed the protest, said it was reviewing footage of the incident but added it was not clear whether our personnel were involved.
The LASD does not condone any actions that intentionally target members of the press, it said.
Saturday's rally was the largest of the protests that began in Los Angeles on June 6 and have continued daily ever since.
They first erupted in anger at raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which has been ordered by the Trump administration to target undocumented migrants across the sprawling, heavily Latino city.
The demonstrations have been mostly peaceful and confined to a small section of downtown Los Angeles.
But at times they have spiraled into violence that Trump has pounced on to send 4,000 National Guard and 700 Marines into the city -- a move loudly protested by local officials.
Other journalists have also been injured during the protests.
The Guardian newspaper reported that a British photographer had to undergo emergency surgery after he was shot in the leg by a non-lethal round on June 7.
Meanwhile, an Australian reporter was hit in the leg by a rubber bullet while she was reporting on live television on June 8, an incident slammed by the country's prime minister as horrific.
And the New York Post said its photographer was shot in the head with a rubber bullet, also during the June 8 clashes.

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