Five Memphis police officers who were fired last week over the death of Tyre Nichols, a Black man who died after an encounter with the officers,
上周,五名孟菲斯警察因与黑人男子泰尔·尼科尔斯发生冲突并致其死亡而遭到解雇,
were in custody and indicted by a grand jury on Thursday on charges including second-degree murder.
目前他们已被拘留,并于周四被大陪审团以二级谋杀等罪名起诉。
Nichols, a 29-year-old father of a 4-year-old boy, died in a hospital on Jan. 10,
今年29岁的尼科尔斯是一位4岁男孩的父亲,于1月10日在医院去世,
three days after sustaining injuries during a traffic stop by the five police officers.
而在三天前,他在一次交通拦截中被五名警察拦下,遭到了持续殴打。
In a video posted on Wednesday, the city's police chief asked for calm when the bodycam footage is made public.
在周三发布的一段视频中,孟菲斯市警察局局长呼吁,在这些警察的随身摄像头拍摄的视频公开时,公民要保持冷静。
"I expect you to feel what the Nichols family feels.
“我希望你们能体会尼科尔斯一家的感受。
I expect you to feel outrage in the disregard of basic human rights.
我希望你们对这种无视基本人权的行为感到愤怒。
I expect our citizens to exercise their First Amendment right to protest, to demand action and results, but we need to ensure our community is safe in this process."
我希望我们的公民行使他们的第一修正案权利来抗议,要求采取行动和结果,但我们需要确保我们的社区在这个过程中是安全的。”
The five former police officers also face two counts of official misconduct, one count of aggravated assault and two counts of aggravated kidnapping.
这五名前警察还面临两项渎职罪、一项严重伤害罪和两项严重绑架罪的指控。
Officials also said that other Memphis police officers remain under investigation for policy infractions.
政府官员还表示,孟菲斯市的其他警察也仍在因违反政策而接受调查。