抗议再起!美国警察“意外”射杀非裔,据称把手枪当成电击枪……
当地时间11日下午,明尼苏达州布鲁克林中心市一名非裔男子在驾车途中被警察拦下,并在交涉过程中遭警察开枪击中,随后死亡。
据CNN报道,这名非裔男子为20岁的丹特·莱特(Daunte Wright), 而此案的发生地距弗洛伊德案的审理地仅10英里左右。
受害者丹特·莱特 图源:Katie Wright
At around 2 pm local time, police say they were trying to take a man into custody after they determined he had outstanding warrants during a traffic stop. He got back into his vehicle and an officer shot him, police said. He then drove several blocks before striking another vehicle, police said.
据警方声明,当地时间下午2点左右,他们在确定一名被拦下的司机有未执行的逮捕令后正试图将其逮捕,然而该司机却重新回到车上。一名警察随即开枪,击中了他。随后,这名司机驾车驶过几个街区后撞上了另一辆车。
outstanding adj. 杰出的;显著的;未解决的;未偿付的
Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon said police and medical personnel attempted life-saving measures following the crash, but the man died at the scene.
据布鲁克林中心市警察局局长蒂姆·盖农称,尽管警察和医疗人员努力施救,但莱特仍然当场死亡。
涉案警官误将手枪当电击枪
当地时间12日,美国警方在发布会上公布了警察随身摄像头拍摄的画面。
据美联社报道,布鲁克林中心市警察局局长盖农表示,本次致命枪击是“意外拔枪”。警官将电击枪与手枪混淆,开枪击中了被捕时抵抗的非裔男子莱特。
Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon described the shooting death Sunday of 20-year-old Daunte Wright as “an accidental discharge.” It happened as police were trying to arrest Wright on an outstanding warrant.
4月12日,在纪念弗洛伊德的地点附近有人写下“为丹特·莱特伸张正义” 图源:纽约时报
“I’ll Tase you! I’ll Tase you! Taser! Taser! Taser!” the officer is heard shouting on her body cam footage released at a news conference. She draws her weapon after the man breaks free from police outside his car and gets back behind the wheel.
在警方发布会上公布的视频中,可以听到这名女性警官大喊,“我会电你的! 我会电你的! 电击枪!电击枪!电击枪!” 随后这名警官在该男子挣脱束缚回到驾驶座后拿出了武器。
After firing a single shot from her handgun, the car speeds away, and the officer is heard saying, “Holy **** ! I shot him.”
在这名女性警员用手枪开了一枪后,汽车飞驰而去,可以听到她这时说:“天哪!我打中他了。”
美国多地爆发游行示威
这起枪击案再度引发民众抗议,11日晚,示威者与警方爆发冲突,被警方用催泪瓦斯和橡皮弹驱离,当地一个商业中心的约20家企业遭到破坏。
4月11日晚,警察驱赶下四散的抗议人群 图源:CNN
据今日美国报道,该事件发生后,关于警察暴力执法的紧张事态进一步加剧,多地爆发抗议示威。
Communities across the nation marched and mourned for the third consecutive night Tuesday in memory of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man who was fatally shot by a police officer after a traffic stop over the weekend.
全国各地的居民连续第三晚走上街头,悼念这位11日在驾车途中被警察拦下后遭枪击身亡的20岁非裔男子丹特·莱特。
Police and protesters faced off again in Brooklyn Center after nightfall, with hundreds of protesters gathered in the city's heavily guarded police headquarters, now ringed by concrete barriers and a tall metal fence, and where police in riot gear and National Guard soldiers stood watch.
夜幕降临时,警察和数百名示威者再次在布鲁克林中心市展开对峙。如今该警察局总部被水泥路障和高高的金属栅栏所围住,戒备森严,防暴警察和国民警卫队已被部署在此地。
4月12日,抗议者在布鲁克林中心市聚集 图源:CNN
纽约时报称,此次枪击事件为正在经历弗洛伊德案审理第三阶段的双子城地区带来更多的失望与焦虑。
The shooting injected more frustration and anxiety into the Twin Cities region, where the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with murdering George Floyd, is now in its third week.
丹特·莱特的母亲 图源:CNN
据报道,当地时间13日,涉案警官及布鲁克林中心市警察局局长宣布辞职。
The police officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb and the city's police chief have resigned, the mayor announced Tuesday.
来源:中新网 今日美国 纽约时报 路透社 CNN
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