#EZTALK #你不知道的美國大小事
#種族 #RayshardBrooks
America Is Still Burning🔥
美國怒火蔓延：一波未平，一波又起
繼上次 #佛洛伊德之死，美國喬治亞州又發生一起白人警察射殺黑人的憾事
進入文章之前，還記得 protestor 是什麼意思嗎？🤔
1. in response to …「作為……的回應」
2. pat sb. down「搜某人身」：pat本是「輕拍」的意思，pat down就是從頭拍到尾的意思，也就是「搜身」的意思，名詞寫法：pat-down或patdown。
3. sobriety test「酒測」：名詞 sobriety 是 sober「清醒的」的狀態。「（警察）給人做酒測」就說 give sb. a sobriety test，「接受酒測」就說 take a sobriety test。
4. fail「沒通過；不及格」
5. Taser「電擊槍」
6. Opinions about … are divided.「關於……的意見不一。」
7. justified「正當的」
8. in any case「無論如何；反正」
9. engulf in flames「被火吞噬」
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Just weeks after George Floyd lost his life at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, another African-American man has been fatally shot by police outside of a Wendy’s restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia.
佛洛伊德死在明尼阿波利斯警察手上的事情才過去沒幾週，在喬治亞州的亞特蘭大，又發生一起非裔美國人在溫蒂漢堡外面被警察射殺的事件。
On the evening of June 12, police arrived at the Wendy’s parking lot in response to a call about a car blocking the drive-through lane. Finding 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks asleep in his car, Officer Devin Brosnan wakes him up and asks him if he’s been drinking. Brooks admits that he has, and after checking his driver’s license, Brosnan calls for backup.
六月 12 日晚上，警察抵達溫蒂漢堡的停車場，因為他們收到一通電話，通報有台車擋住了得來速車道。原來是 27 歲的雷沙德布魯克斯睡在車內，警察迪文布洛斯南將他叫醒，問他是否喝醉了。布魯克斯承認自己酒醉，而在檢查他的駕照之後，布洛斯南呼叫支援。
When Officer Garrett Rolfe arrives several minutes later, he pats Brooks down and gives him a sobriety test, which he fails. “I think you’ve had too much to drink to be driving,” Rolfe tells Brooks. “Put your hands behind your back.” But when Rolfe tries to handcuff Brooks—who was calm and cooperative up till then—he begins resisting arrest.
警察葛內特羅爾夫幾分鐘內抵達現場，他對布魯克斯搜身，並讓他做酒測，而布魯克斯酒測沒過。「我覺得你喝太多，不能開車。」羅爾夫告知布魯克斯，「把雙手放在背後。」正當羅爾夫將布魯克斯上銬時，布魯克斯開始掙扎拒捕，而在這之前，他一直表現得相當平靜且合作。
After a struggle with the two officers, Brooks manages to grab Brosnan’s Taser and escape. As Rolfe chases Brooks, he turns around and fires the Taser at the officer. Rolfe then draws his gun and fires three shots, two of which hit Brooks in the back. An ambulance arrives for Brooks several minutes later, but he dies during surgery shortly thereafter.
與兩名警察一番掙扎之後，布魯克斯奪走布洛斯南的電擊槍並掙脫逃跑。羅爾夫追捕布魯克斯時，布魯克斯轉身以電擊槍攻擊警察，接著羅爾夫拔槍射了三槍，兩發擊中布魯克斯的背部。救護車在幾分鐘內到達，但布魯克斯稍後在手術中死亡。
Opinions about the shooting are divided. Many believe the use of lethal force against Brooks wasn’t justified, while others feel that Rolfe made the right decision in shooting a fleeing criminal who’s just taken a police weapon and fired it at him.
針對這起槍殺事件的意見分歧。許多人認為，運用致死手段制服布魯克斯並不合理，而部分人則認為，羅爾夫對一名搶走警察武器並朝他開槍的逃犯做出開槍的決定是正確的。
In any case, the Atlanta police chief resigned the next day, Rolfe was fired, and Brosnan was placed on desk duty. That same evening, protesters began gathering at the Wendy’s where Brooks was shot, and within hours the restaurant was engulfed in flames. Yes, America is still burning.
無論如何，亞特蘭大警察局長隔天請辭，羅爾夫被解雇，布洛斯南被調任文職。當天晚上，示威者開始聚集在布魯克斯被射殺的溫蒂漢堡前。數小時內，那間餐廳便被火吞沒。沒錯，美國人的怒火持續延燒中。
