当地时间4月20日，美国俄亥俄州哥伦布市一名16岁女孩马基亚·布莱恩特被警察开枪射杀。Black teenage girl Ma'kiah Bryant was shot dead by police in Ohio on Tuesday minutes after the officer who killed George Floyd was convicted of murder.
Columbus police released bodycam footage of the shooting据报道，当地警方因收到纠纷闹事的报警电话，于当地时间下午4时30分左右到达事发现场。死者家人透露，事发当时，布莱恩特报警寻求帮助，因为有一群女孩在其住所外打架。但在警方赶到后，因布莱恩特手上持刀，警察向布莱恩特连射四枪，布莱恩特被警察开枪射中后送往医院，随后被宣布死亡。According to Bryant's family, Bryant reported a group of girls was fighting outside her house.But in an image released from police's body-cam video, a teenage girl, foreground, appears to wield a knife during a street fight before being shot by a police officer.When the police arrived, Bryant was shot four times because she was armed with a knife. Bryant was taken to a hospital and announced dead shortly after.
Columbus police hold a late-night press conference after an officer fatally shot a teen
随后当地警方召开记者会，有记者问到当时警察为什么不打腿或者胳膊，一定要造成致命伤。警方表示，警方在平常出勤训练中，如果嫌疑人手持凶器，警方要求必须射击要害。据悉，枪杀布莱恩特的是白人警察尼古拉斯·雷登（Nicholas Reardon），他向布莱恩特开了四枪并致其死亡，目前当局正在进一步调查该事件详情。当地时间4月20日，前警察肖万因跪压非裔男子乔治·弗洛伊德致其死亡一案正式宣判。一波未平一波又起，16岁非裔女孩遭枪杀案在社交网络上引起强烈反响，案发后当地立即爆发民众抗议活动。State law allows police to use deadly force to protect themselves or others, and investigators will determine whether this shooting was such a case, Police Chief Michael Woods said at a late-night press conference.It's believed that Nicholas Reardon, a white police officer, shot Bryant four times and caused her death. Authorities are trying to find out more about what had happened.This incident happened just as the verdict was being announced in the trial for the killing of George Floyd.Multiple protests against this latest act of police violence took place in Ohio.
一名目击者拍摄的视频在社交媒体上疯传，在视频中，受害者身穿牛仔裤和运动鞋，平躺在地上，警察站在她身边。目击者称女孩胸部中枪。
A video taken by a witness went viral on social media. In the video, the victim wearing jeans and trainers was lying motionlessly on the ground as the police officer stood nearby.Witnesses say the girl was shot in the chest.
真不敢相信这个世界居然这么混乱，这是我一生中听到过的最无情的事情之一，而且是从警察新闻发布会上听到的。
人们怎么能如此失去人性？真可悲。
一个16岁的黑人女孩，在她求救后被警察杀害。
警察们到达后，非但没有制止女孩们打架，反而朝报警的女孩开了四枪。
警察没有保护民众，警察反而是施暴者。
A crowd gathered outside of Columbus Police headquarters据美媒报道，来自俄亥俄州立大学的数百名学生在俄亥俄中心（Ohio Union）举行了静坐示威仪式，并要求俄亥俄州立大学与哥伦布市警方断绝联系。在静坐仪式后，人群涌向大街开始游行，并齐喊受害者布莱恩特的名字，手举“生为非裔不应成为被杀的理由”等标语沿着北商业街前行，最终来到俄亥俄州议会大厦。Protesters gathered on Tuesday night at the scene on Legion Lane, where police had shot Bryant, while other demonstrators rallied at the city’s police headquarters.More than 100 people, including Ohio state students, held a sit-in at the Ohio Union to call for justice for the victim.Students want OSU to sever ties with the Columbus Police Department in the wake of the killing of 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant.
白宫新闻发言人普萨基（Jen Psaki）当天表示，总统拜登已经听取了有关这起“悲惨的枪击案”的简报。Press secretary for the White House Jen Psaki said President Joe Biden had been briefed on this "tragic shooting."
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