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Prosecutors¹ in Colorado lay out their case for hate crime charges in Club Q shooting

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Five people were shot to death and at least 19 were wounded at the queer nightclub in Colorado Springs in November. The defendant³ is claiming mental illness and a history of abuse.

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

Prosecutors in Colorado have started laying out their case for hate crimes charges in the Club Q shooting. You may recall this. The gunfire in November killed five people and wounded more than a dozen others at the LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs. The defendant is claiming mental illness and a history of abuse. Abigail Beckman reports from our member station KRCC.

ABIGAIL BECKMAN, BYLINE⁴: Police say 22-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich posted neo-Nazi content online, along with a video showing mass shootings at mosques⁵ and synagogues. They found a rough, hand-drawn map of Club Q in Aldrich's apartment and evidence of six visits to the club in the last year or so. Patricia Harwood was one of dozens of survivors⁶, family members and friends of shooting victims who filled the courtroom.

PATRICIA HARWOOD: And for him to have been there so many times, I think that was just - to me, I think it was just hateful and spiteful and evil.

BECKMAN: Aldrich uses they/them pronouns. Police say a friend Aldrich made on the internet gave the FBI an image the suspect shared online, showing the sight of a rifle centered over a photo from a gay pride parade. Another online contact told investigators⁷ Aldrich hated police, minorities and LGBTQ people.

HARWOOD: I don't see any remorse⁸ in him at all, and we've been watching all day.

BECKMAN: Aldrich's lawyers say their client made a statement about being gay during the shooting and is nonbinary. They say Aldrich is a victim of abuse and mentally ill and talked about being sorry. The defense⁹ says Aldrich was on nearly a dozen prescription¹⁰ medications for schizophrenia, bipolar disorder¹¹ and anxiety, and used a combination of illicit¹² drugs the night of the shooting. Adriana Vance is the mother of Raymond Green Vance, one of the victims who was 22.

ADRIANA VANCE: The fact they bringing up his mental illness and his drug use and all this - like, to me that has nothing to do with - at the end of the day, he still went in there and killed people and hurt a lot of people.

BECKMAN: Aldrich, dressed in orange jail clothes, cried throughout the daylong proceeding¹³, shaking and rocking back and forth¹⁴.

VANCE: He was crying for himself. But he's going to have a lot more crying to do, so he should save some of those tears right now.

BECKMAN: Among evidence prosecutors presented was a short poem by Aldrich on a yellow pad of paper in childlike handwriting. The final line said, how long must I wait for you to relieve me of this hate? The hearing on whether there's enough evidence to take Aldrich to trial is expected to end today.

For NPR News, I'm Abigail Beckman in Colorado Springs.

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1 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

2 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

3 defendant   

n.被告；adj.处于被告地位的

参考例句：

• The judge rejected a bribe from the defendant's family.法官拒收被告家属的贿赂。
• The defendant was borne down by the weight of evidence.有力的证据使被告认输了。

4 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

5 mosques   

清真寺； 伊斯兰教寺院，清真寺； 清真寺，伊斯兰教寺院( mosque的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Why make us believe that this tunnel runs underneath the mosques? 为什么要让我们相信这条隧洞是在清真寺下？
• The city's three biggest mosques, long fallen into disrepair, have been renovated. 城里最大的三座清真寺，过去年久失修，现在已经修复。

6 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

7 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 remorse   

n.痛恨，悔恨，自责

参考例句：

• She had no remorse about what she had said.她对所说的话不后悔。
• He has shown no remorse for his actions.他对自己的行为没有任何悔恨之意。

9 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

10 prescription   

n.处方，开药；指示，规定

参考例句：

• The physician made a prescription against sea- sickness for him.医生给他开了个治晕船的药方。
• The drug is available on prescription only.这种药只能凭处方购买。

11 disorder   

n.紊乱，混乱；骚动，骚乱；疾病，失调

参考例句：

• When returning back,he discovered the room to be in disorder.回家后，他发现屋子里乱七八糟。
• It contained a vast number of letters in great disorder.里面七零八落地装着许多信件。

12 illicit   

adj.非法的，禁止的，不正当的

参考例句：

• He had an illicit association with Jane.他和简曾有过不正当关系。
• Seizures of illicit drugs have increased by 30% this year.今年违禁药品的扣押增长了30%。

13 proceeding   

n.行动，进行，(pl.)会议录，学报

参考例句：

• This train is now proceeding from Paris to London.这次列车从巴黎开往伦敦。
• The work is proceeding briskly.工作很有生气地进展着。

14 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。