PBS高端访谈:关于警察杀人事件的民众抗议仍在进行中

 　　GWEN IFILL: Racial tensions and police use of force dominated the nation's agenda today, after the latest high-profile case involving a white officer and a black victim. This time, it happened in New York. But new calls for calm and new cries of anger echoed across city after city.

　　Around the country, protests built as the day wore on. In Pittsburgh, people laid down in the street, blocking traffic. And, in New York City, with more rallies starting this evening, Mayor Bill de Blasio again urged calm.

　　BILL DE BLASIO, (D) Mayor of New York: As we said yesterday, we will not tolerate violence or disorder¹. But we think, by showing respect for the democratic process, it's one of the right ways of setting a tone that keeps the protests peaceful.

　　GWEN IFILL: Eighty-three protesters were arrested last night in New York, but, as in many cities and on many college campuses, the demonstrations² were largely peaceful. They began after a grand jury decided³ against indicting⁴ police officer Daniel Pantaleo in the killing⁵ of Eric Garner⁶ last July.

　　Viral video showed police stopping Garner on Staten Island for suspicion of selling untaxed cigarettes.

　　ERIC GARNER: I did nothing. We were sitting here the whole time minding our business.

　　GWEN IFILL: When Garner balked⁷ at being arrested, Pantaleo wrapped his arm around Garner's neck, wrestling and holding him down. Garner, who had asthma⁸, pleaded that he was suffocating⁹.

　　ERIC GARNER: I can't breathe. I can't breathe.

　　GWEN IFILL: Garner died later at a hospital.

　　A medical examiner ruled it a homicide by a banned chokehold. But, today, the head of the city's police union called Pantaleo's action a textbook maneuver¹⁰.

　　PATRICK LYNCH, President, Patrolmen's Benevolent¹¹ Association: This was a police officer who was sent to that location to do a difficult job, had to bring a person to the ground that said, I'm not going, and was resisting arrest.

　　While bringing that person to the ground, yes, they said, "We can't breathe." But the police officers and the EMS did what they're supposed to do at that time. If you're speaking, you can breathe.

　　GWEN IFILL: Mayor de Blasio disagreed. He said today he's ordering a retraining program for the city's police. And civil rights leaders, including the Reverend Al Sharpton, focused on the legal system's handling of the cases in New York, and in Ferguson, Missouri.

　　REV¹². AL SHARPTON: We need to centralize and make clear that we want the Justice Department and the federal government to deal with the fact that grand jury systems on a state level are broken and seem to lack the capacity to deal with police.

　　GWEN IFILL: Attorney General Eric Holder¹³ has already ordered a civil rights investigation¹⁴ in the Garner case. And today in Cleveland, he announced findings that that city's police use excessive force far too often.

　　ERIC HOLDER, Attorney General: I think we certainly see patterns that have emerged through the investigations¹⁵ that we have done, where you see inadequate¹⁶ training, where you see resource deficiencies, where you see cultural — cultural problems that exist within police departments.

　　GWEN IFILL: That review began even before an officer shot and killed a 12-year-old boy last month who turned out to be carrying a toy gun.

　　A new agreement calls for a court-appointed monitor to oversee¹⁷ reforms in the Cleveland police force. Civil rights figures are also making plans for a march and summit in Washington later this month.

1 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。

2 demonstrations   

证明( demonstration的名词复数 )； 表明； 表达； 游行示威

参考例句：

• Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
• The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。

3 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

4 indicting   

控告，起诉( indict的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• But Moreno-Ocampo stressed he was not indicting President Bashir. 但是奥坎波强调，他并不是在起诉巴希尔总统。
• He says that indicting the journalists is just another move at Washington. 尹德民说，起诉这两名记者就是针对华盛顿的另一个行动。

5 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

6 garner   

v.收藏；取得

参考例句：

• He has garnered extensive support for his proposals.他的提议得到了广泛的支持。
• Squirrels garner nuts for the winter.松鼠为过冬储存松果。

7 balked   

v.畏缩不前，犹豫( balk的过去式和过去分词 )；（指马）不肯跑

参考例句：

• He balked in his speech. 他忽然中断讲演。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• They balked the robber's plan. 他们使强盗的计划受到挫败。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

8 asthma   

n.气喘病，哮喘病

参考例句：

• I think he's having an asthma attack.我想他现在是哮喘病发作了。
• Its presence in allergic asthma is well known.它在过敏性气喘中的存在是大家很熟悉的。

9 suffocating   

a.使人窒息的

参考例句：

• After a few weeks with her parents, she felt she was suffocating.和父母呆了几个星期后，她感到自己毫无自由。
• That's better. I was suffocating in that cell of a room.这样好些了，我刚才在那个小房间里快闷死了。

10 maneuver   

n.策略[pl.]演习；v.(巧妙)控制；用策略

参考例句：

• All the fighters landed safely on the airport after the military maneuver.在军事演习后，所有战斗机都安全降落在机场上。
• I did get her attention with this maneuver.我用这个策略确实引起了她的注意。

11 benevolent   

adj.仁慈的，乐善好施的

参考例句：

• His benevolent nature prevented him from refusing any beggar who accosted him.他乐善好施的本性使他不会拒绝走上前向他行乞的任何一个乞丐。
• He was a benevolent old man and he wouldn't hurt a fly.他是一个仁慈的老人，连只苍蝇都不愿伤害。

12 rev   

v.发动机旋转，加快速度

参考例句：

• It's his job to rev up the audience before the show starts.他要负责在表演开始前鼓动观众的热情。
• Don't rev the engine so hard.别让发动机转得太快。

13 holder   

n.持有者，占有者；(台，架等)支持物

参考例句：

• The holder of the office of chairman is reponsible for arranging meetings.担任主席职位的人负责安排会议。
• That runner is the holder of the world record for the hundred-yard dash.那位运动员是一百码赛跑世界纪录的保持者。

14 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

15 investigations   

（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究

参考例句：

• His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
• He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。

16 inadequate   

adj.(for,to)不充足的，不适当的

参考例句：

• The supply is inadequate to meet the demand.供不应求。
• She was inadequate to the demands that were made on her.她还无力满足对她提出的各项要求。

17 oversee   

vt.监督，管理

参考例句：

• Soldiers oversee the food handouts.士兵们看管着救济食品。
• Use a surveyor or architect to oversee and inspect the different stages of the work.请一位房产检视员或建筑师来监督并检查不同阶段的工作。