Pussy Riot dedicates new song 'I Can't Breathe' to Eric Garner
By Jethro Mullen, CNN
Updated 0929 GMT (1729 HKT) February 19,
2015
(CNN)The dissident Russian punk band Pussy
Riot has dedicated its first English-language song, "I Can't
Breathe," to Eric Garner.
"This song is for Eric and for all
those from Russia to America and around the globe who suffer from state terror
-- killed, choked, perished because of war and state-sponsored violence of all
kinds -- for political prisoners and those on the streets fighting for
change," the band said Wednesday. "We stand in solidarity."
Garner, an unarmed black man, died in New
York in July after a white police officer put him in a chokehold. A grand jury
in December decided not to indict the officer, Daniel Pantaleo.
Garner's last words, "I can't
breathe," became a rallying cry for protests over police treatment of
minorities in the United States and inspired Pussy Riot's latest song.
The band recorded the track in New York in
December, amid the protests following the grand jury decision not to indict
Pantaleo.
They released two different videos for the
song Wednesday.
One is a compilation of footage filmed at
the site of Garner's death on Staten Island. It shows memorials and
demonstrations after the grand jury decision and features members of Garner's
family.
"It was a cold and militarized winter,
a time of grief and outrage," the band said.
Video references Russia, Ukraine
The other video shows Pussy Riot's two
highest-profile members, Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, gradually
being buried in a grave.
They're wearing blue Russian riot police
uniforms, which the band said was a reference to "the violent clashes of
police and the protesters fighting for change in Russia."
As clumps of soil drop onto the women's
bodies and faces, the song's main refrain repeats over and over, "It's
getting dark in New York City."
The camera then rises up from the filled-in
grave as a voice reads a transcript of the final sentences Garner said to the
police officers who approached him.
That video also includes a reference to the
Ukrainian conflict, showing a pack of "Russian Spring" cigarettes in
its opening moments.
"'Russian Spring' is a term used by
those who are in love with Russia's aggressive militant actions in Ukraine, and
the cigarettes are a real thing," the band said.
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Keywords：
1. dissident 意見不同的
2. punk band 朋克樂團
3. perished 滅亡
4. solidarity 團結
5. chokehold 鎖喉
6. indict 起訴
7. compilation 彙集
8. militarized 軍事化
9. clashes 衝突
10. clumps 團
11. refrain 副歌
12. transcript 副本
I think racial discrimination in the US can't be easily removed, and I think this is why there are so many tragedies like this event are still happening nowadays.
回覆刪除The police perhaps not on purpose or on purpose. Whether the police chokehold the black man with racial discrimination or not? The answer to the question only himself know. How to deal the problem is a hot potato. Hope all the US citizens can face it with calm.
回覆刪除Racial discrimination still exists in the society nowadays. We don't know when it will be removed,and let everyone get together peacefully.
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