United States: Anti-Torture Exhibition Held in New York, Passerby Who Understands Persecution Volunteers to Help Out

At the Times Square anti-torture exhibition site, I helped distribute materials that clarify the facts about Falun Gong to those who passed by.

At around 1pm, when I tried to explain the facts about Falun Gong to a gentleman, he said, "You should not exhibit the torture methods on the streets. It's not good for children to see." He pointed to several young practitioners and said, "Such as those children." For a while, I did not know how to reply.

At that moment, another gentleman who was passing by came over and said, "How come it is not good? They are approved by police, so it is appropriate for children. Children also live in this world and they should also have the right to learn the truth. All of these things are happening around you and you should also be aware of them." The first gentleman said, "No, they are not taking place around me," to which the second person responded, "Then are you living on the earth? Isn't China located on the earth?"

I thanked the second gentleman for helping me explain the situation and I chatted with him a while. It turned out that he came from Israel and is Jewish. He told me that I did not have to explain anything to him for he had a deep understanding of what we were trying to say. When seeing those practitioners who were hung up and beaten, those who were tied on the Tiger Bench [a form of torture illustrated in the photo below] and so on, he said in an agitated tone, "It's so horrible!" He said that we should have some western practitioners come and help. I told him that we were shorthanded.

He then stayed and voluntarily helped us. He asked his two friends who came with him to sign the petition. In addition, he said to all the people passing by, "Hi, did you sign the petition? Did you sign it?" He said, "You don't need to pay a penny. You don't even need to write down your address. Your signature could help stop this persecution."

He stood there and kept asking people to sign the petition. He stayed there and did all of this voluntarily for about an hour before he left. When he was leaving, he shook my hand and said, "I hope the persecution will end as soon as possible."

On my way home, I told my daughter and son the story about the gentleman from Israel and asked them what they thought about it. In fact, I wanted to learn their feelings about the torture exhibit. At first, my daughter did not know what to answer. Later, when seeing some magazines and advertisement sold or displayed on the streets, my daughter said, "Those are not appropriate for children to see, but holding the torture exhibit is the right thing to do."

Live torture re-enactment
Passersby pay attention to the persecution

Passersby sign a petition to help stop the persecution of Falun Gong