跟进：埃尔帕索疑似青少年穿三 K 党服装引谴责，众议员埃斯科瓦尔称“令人不安、不可接受”，当地 NAACP 定于周一开记者会
埃尔帕索消息：据《埃尔帕索时报》报道，一群疑似青少年身穿三 K 党长袍出现在埃尔帕索一场疑似万圣节聚会上的视频与照片在社交媒体流传后，引发美国众议员维罗妮卡·埃斯科瓦尔与埃尔帕索全国有色人种协进会（NAACP）分支的谴责。社交媒体视频与照片显示，约 6 名身穿尖顶白袍者先出现在一处后院，随后成群走在一条黑暗的社区街道上；FitFam El Paso 社交媒体页面称事发地点为该市东区。
埃尔帕索 NAACP 分支定于周一（10 月 26 日）举行记者会，正式回应此事。埃斯科瓦尔10 月 25 日周日在脸书发表声明说：“有关青少年穿着三 K 党服饰并据称在我们社区高喊种族歧视口号的报道令人深感不安、不可接受。”她还说：“三 K 党代表着白人至上、种族恐怖以及针对黑人美国人和其他有色人种社区暴力的可耻历史，把这段历史当作服装不是玩笑。”
她表示，埃尔帕索是一个建立在多样性、韧性与尊重邻里基础上的社区，没有人应该因为身份或长相而害怕被针对或骚扰。据该报介绍，三 K 党是可追溯至 1865 年的白人至上仇恨团体；该报档案显示，三 K 党 100 多年前曾在埃尔帕索公开推举市长等市级公职候选人，并在 1923 年的选举中落败。
'Disturbing, Unacceptable': KKK Costumes Spark Outrage in El Paso; Rep. Escobar Condemns Incident as Local NAACP Schedules Monday News Conference
EL PASO — A group of possibly teenagers costumed in Ku Klux Klan robes at what appears to be a Halloween gathering in El Paso has drawn condemnation from U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar and the El Paso branch of the NAACP, the El Paso Times reported. Video clips and photos on social media depict about six persons in pointy white KKK robes, first in what appears to be a backyard and then walking as a group down a dark neighborhood street; the FitFam El Paso social media page claimed the location was the East Side.
The El Paso branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is scheduled to hold a news conference on Monday, October 26, to formally address the incident. In a statement posted on Facebook on Sunday, October 25, Escobar said: "The reports of teenagers wearing Ku Klux Klan regalia and allegedly shouting racial slurs in our community are deeply disturbing and unacceptable." She added: "The KKK represents a shameful history of white supremacy, racial terror, and violence against Black Americans and other communities of color. Treating that history as a costume is not a joke."
She said El Paso is a community built on diversity, resilience and respect for neighbors, and that no one should have to fear being targeted or harassed because of who they are or what they look like. The Ku Klux Klan is a white supremacist hate group dating back to 1865, the paper noted; its archives show the Klan openly fielded candidates for mayor and various other city offices in El Paso more than 100 years ago and lost in the election of 1923.
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