纽约时报 5个多月后 警方才暂停人命案警官职务(3)

Investigations² into police-related killings³ of unarmed civilians⁴ in New York are overseen⁵ by Ms. James’s office,

负责监督有关纽约州警察涉嫌杀害手无寸铁民众调查一事的正是（总检察长）詹姆斯的办公室，

and findings of fact are not publicized until complete.

调查尚未完成，调查结果便不会被公之于众。

In Mr. Prude’s case, Ms. James’s investigation¹ began in April, and is continuing.

詹姆斯办公室4月就已开始着手普鲁德案的调查，目前仍在继续。

Still, in the wake of high-profile police killings around the country,

尽管如此，由于全国各地接连发生备受瞩目的警察杀人案，

including the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, and the shooting of Jacob Blake,

诸如乔治·弗洛伊德之死，布雷娜·泰勒之死，雅各布·布莱克被枪杀等，

the lag between Mr. Prude’s death and public calls for justice by Ms. James and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo —

普鲁德离世与总检察长詹姆斯以及州长安德鲁·M·科莫——两位都是对警察暴力问题颇为直言不讳的民主党人——

both Democrats⁶ who have been outspoken⁷ on the issue of police brutality⁸ — seemed jarring.

公开呼吁为其伸张正义之间漫长的时间间隔便引起了民众极大的不快。

The Monroe County medical examiner ruled Mr. Prude’s death a homicide caused by "complications of asphyxia in the setting of physical restraint," according to an autopsy⁹ report.

尸检报告显示，门罗县法医对普鲁德死亡原因的裁定是过失杀人，是“身体被控制条件下引发窒息并发症”所致。

"Excited delirium¹⁰" and acute intoxication¹¹ by phencyclidine, or the drug PCP, were contributing factors, the report said.

报告称，“兴奋性神志不清”和苯环利啶(PCP)急性中毒也是影响因素之一。

The city did not identify the officers who were suspended.

市政府没有指出被停职警官的身份。

Interviews, police records and body camera footage offer an unusually detailed¹² timeline of what happened the night that Mr. Prude was detained by officers.

就普鲁德被警察拘捕当晚的情形，各种采访、警方记录和警察随身录像镜头给出了一条异常详细的时间线。

A light snow was falling, the streets empty and dark at 3 a.m. on March 23, when the call came in over the police radio:

3月23日凌晨3点，天空飘着小雪，空荡荡的街道漆黑一片，就在这时，警方电台传来了一通报警电话：

A naked man, Mr. Prude, 41, was running outside, under the influence of PCP, and shouting that he had the coronavirus.

一名年龄41岁，姓普鲁德的男子，在PCP的药效下，赤裸着跑出去了，一边跑还一边大喊自己感染了新冠病毒。

The hours leading up to the encounter with the police were troubled ones for Mr. Prude,

对普鲁德而言，与警方冲突之前的几个小时是十分煎熬的几个小时，

who was struggling with some combination of suicidal fantasy and drug use that an hourslong admittance to a hospital did nothing to treat.

当时的他一直在与自杀幻想和药物作用做斗争，强大的药效使得医院长达一个小时的治疗都显得束手无策。

The day before, Mr. Prude had arrived in Rochester.

案发前一天，普鲁德刚来到罗切斯特。

His brother, Joe Prude, had picked him up from a shelter in nearby Buffalo¹³ after Daniel Prude had been kicked off a train from Chicago, where he lived, Joe Prude told the police.

丹尼尔·普鲁德原本居住在芝加哥，他被从芝加哥发出的一列火车上赶下来之后，弟弟乔·普鲁德是从附近布法罗的一个收容所把他接回去的，乔·普鲁德告诉警方。

But soon after, Mr. Prude began behaving erratically¹⁴,

然而不久，普鲁德便开始出现反常举动，

accusing his brother of wanting to kill him and even seemingly trying to take his own life.

不仅指责弟弟想杀他，还会表现出自杀的意图。

"He jumped 21 stairs down to my basement, head first," Joe Prude told the police.

“他从21级楼梯高的地方直接往地下室跳，还是头先着地的，”乔·普鲁德告诉警方。

1 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。

2 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。

3 killings   

谋杀( killing的名词复数 )； 突然发大财，暴发

参考例句：

• His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
• The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。

4 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

5 overseen   

v.监督，监视( oversee的过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He was overseen stealing the letters. 他被人撞见在偷信件。 来自辞典例句
• It will be overseen by ThomasLi, director of IBM China Research Laboratory. 该实验室由IBM中国研究院院长李实恭(ThomasLi)引导。 来自互联网

6 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 outspoken   

adj.直言无讳的，坦率的，坦白无隐的

参考例句：

• He was outspoken in his criticism.他在批评中直言不讳。
• She is an outspoken critic of the school system in this city.她是这座城市里学校制度的坦率的批评者。

8 brutality   

n.野蛮的行为，残忍，野蛮

参考例句：

• The brutality of the crime has appalled the public. 罪行之残暴使公众大为震惊。
• a general who was infamous for his brutality 因残忍而恶名昭彰的将军

9 autopsy   

n.尸体解剖；尸检

参考例句：

• They're carrying out an autopsy on the victim.他们正在给受害者验尸。
• A hemorrhagic gut was the predominant lesion at autopsy.尸检的主要发现是肠出血。

10 delirium   

n. 神智昏迷,说胡话;极度兴奋

参考例句：

• In her delirium, she had fallen to the floor several times. 她在神志不清的状态下几次摔倒在地上。
• For the next nine months, Job was in constant delirium.接下来的九个月，约伯处于持续精神错乱的状态。

11 intoxication   

n.wild excitement;drunkenness；poisoning

参考例句：

• He began to drink, drank himself to intoxication, till he slept obliterated. 他一直喝，喝到他快要迷糊地睡着了。
• Predator: Intoxication-Damage over time effect will now stack with other allies. Predator:Intoxication,持续性伤害的效果将会与队友相加。

12 detailed   

adj.详细的，详尽的，极注意细节的，完全的

参考例句：

• He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
• A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。

13 buffalo   

n.(北美)野牛；(亚洲)水牛

参考例句：

• Asian buffalo isn't as wild as that of America's. 亚洲水牛比美洲水牛温顺些。
• The boots are made of buffalo hide. 这双靴子是由水牛皮制成的。

14 erratically   

adv.不规律地，不定地

参考例句：

• Police stopped him for driving erratically. 警察因其驾驶不循规则而把他拦下了。 来自辞典例句
• Magnetitite-bearing plugs are found erratically from the base of the Critical Zone. 含磁铁岩的岩栓不规则地分布于关键带的基底以上。 来自辞典例句