2016年10月31日星期一

Man Who Filmed Fatal NYC Police Chokehold of Eric Garner Sues City

Published at 6:08 PM EDT on Jul 27, 2016

The New York City man whose cellphone video captured the fatal police chokehold of unarmed black man Eric Garner is suing the city for $10 million over a drug arrest that he says was police retaliation.

Ramsey Orta was arrested last June after authorities say he sold an undercover officer $40 worth of the party drug known as Molly. The charges were later dropped.

Lawyer Andrew Plasse tells the Daily News Orta feels he was "unjustly singled out for arrest." The lawsuit filed Tuesday in Manhattan Supreme Court claims it was an effort by the NYPD to "discredit" Orta's video.

The July 17, 2014 video showed Garner calling out "I can't breathe" as New York City police officers pinned him down, one holding him in an apparent chokehold, after the 43-year-old man was stopped for selling loose untaxed cigarettes. In the video, Garner tells officers to leave him alone and refuses to be handcuffed.

Officer Daniel Pantaleo is seen putting Garner in an apparent chokehold, which is banned under NYPD policy, as he was taken to the ground. Garner, who was heavyset and had asthma, was later pronounced dead at a hospital. The medical examiner's office later ruled Garner's death a homicide. His dying words, immortalized by the footage, became a rallying cry at protests nationwide over police killings of black men amid a nationwide debate over police use of force.

A New York grand jury declined to indict Pantaleo in 2014 and he remains on desk duty while police officials await the outcome of an ongoing federal civil rights probe. Pantaleo's attorney has maintained his client didn't violate Garner's civil rights and that he was performing his duties, which he was trained to do.

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Man-Who-Filmed-Fatal-NYC-Police-Chokehold-Sues-City--388476262.html

Who: Eric Garner

What: The New York City man whose cellphone video captured the fatal police chokehold of unarmed black man Eric Garner.

Key words:
Chokehold 掐脖子
Discredit 使丟臉、敗壞……的名聲
Asthma 氣喘
Unarmed 未武裝的、無武器的、徒手的
pin 壓住、按住、使不能行動

2016年10月25日星期二

Aylan Kurdi Fund

Aylan Kurdi Fund

Posted on September 3, 2015 by Ranj Alaaldin

On 2 September 2015 the world was provided with a stark reminder of the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the Middle East. 3-year old Aylan Kurdi and his 5-year old brother, Galip, were escaping Syria, where four years of war has led to the worst humanitarian crisis in a generation. They both drowned, along with their mother and at least eleven others.

The image of Aylan washed up on a beach has prompted outcry around the world. That image symbolizes the collective failure of the international community as a whole. The sad reality is that Aylan is not the first child victim of conflict in Syria and will certainly not be the last. Tens of thousands of children have been killed as a result of conflict in Syria. Millions have been forced from their homes, are living in over-stretched or poorly serviced refugee camps and are unable to go to school.

This fund has been set-up to honour the pursuit of peace, well-being and education that many thousands of children have bravely undertaken and continue to undertake, children like Aylan and his brother that, all too often, are let down by humanity at large. The Aylan Kurdi Fund will engage in a number of fund-raising work over the coming period and, for its inaugural campaign, is donating all proceeds to Hand In Hand For Syria, a UK registered charity that has been at the forefront of humanitarian aid in Syria since the conflict began. The organisation’s work has been widely reported, including by the BBC, Guardian and Channel 4 News.

https://aylankurdi.com/2015/09/03/aylankurdi/

When: on 2 September 2015

Where: in the Middle East

Who: Aylan Kurdi and his 5-year old brother, Galip

What: the world was provided with a stark reminder of the humanitarian crisis unfolding

Key words:
Humanitarian 人道主義者
Prompt 促使
Honour 正義感、榮譽 (=honor)
Inaugural 就任的
Campaign 競選活動、戰役
Forefront 最前方、最前線

2016年10月17日星期一