2015年2月25日 星期三
Reaction to Eric Garner Grand Jury Decision
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Protesters gathered in Midtown Manhattan on Wednesday night after a Staten Island grand jury voted not to indict a police officer in the chokehold death of Eric Garner.
Chanting “I can’t breathe” — Mr. Garner’s dying words — and carrying signs, they blocked traffic in Times Square, pushed against police barricades near the Christmas tree lighting at Rockefeller Center, and lay down en masse at Columbus Circle.
At least 30 protesters were arrested, the police said.
Mayor Bill de Blasio said he understood the protesters’ anger but urged them to remain peaceful.
“Anyone who believes in the values of this country should feel called to action right now,” the mayor said.
Mr. Garner, 43, died in July after officers tried to arrest him for selling untaxed cigarettes. The medical examiner concluded that Mr. Garner died from a chokehold applied by Officer Daniel Pantaleo and the compression of his chest by police officers.
The decision was awaited across the country as tension lingered from a Missouri grand jury’s refusal last month to indict an officer who fatally shot an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson. Mr. Garner was also black and unarmed. His fatal encounter with the police was captured on video.
Structure of the Lead：
WHO-
WHEN-
WHAT-Racial discrimination
WHY-for the death of
WHERE-
HOW-protesters gathered in Midtown Manhattan
Keywords：
1. chokehold：勒頸
2. chant：吟詠
3. barricade：阻塞
4. compression：壓縮
5. linger：徘迴；縈繞
6. indict：起訴
7. fatal：致命的
