ニューヨーク・タイムズさんのインスタグラム動画 - (ニューヨーク・タイムズInstagram)「Violin vigils across the country honor the memory of #ElijahMcClain, a Black 23-year-old who played the violin and died while being detained by the police in Colorado last summer. On June 27, dozens of string musicians gathered in Aurora, Colorado, to play songs including “Amazing Grace” and “Hallelujah.” Onlookers recorded videos of the performance, which members of the McClain family attended, and also captured footage of the Aurora Police Department intervening with riot gear and tear gas canisters after officers declared the gathering unlawful. Demonstrators locked arms in a circle around the players. Two days later, a similar vigil was scheduled in New York; then there was one in Boston the next day, and another in Portland, Oregon — a dozen in 2 weeks. In cities including New Orleans and Bowling Green, Ohio, musicians and community organizers have continued to host violin vigils — almost 20, and counting — in honor of McClain, attracting hundreds, sometimes thousands, of participants. Because the pandemic has shuttered concert halls and events, there are hordes of classically trained performers at the ready, and audiences eager to listen. In the video above, musicians in Chicago played “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” which is important to the Black community. “We had no idea this was going to happen,” said Ashanti Floyd, who helped organize the Colorado event. “We didn’t think we’d create these waves. But I guess that’s what happens when you’re a musician and all you have is time on your hands.” Video by @carlosjavierortiz.」7月16日 10時38分