week5-Ferguson, Michael Brown, Darren Wilson, Missouri

Marchers across US rally to protest police killings

Mon, Dec 15, 2014Reuters, WASHINGTON and NEW YORK

Thousands of demonstrators marched in Washington, New York City and Boston on Saturday to protest killings of unarmed black men by police officers in the US.

Organizers said the marches were among the largest in the recent wave of protests against the killings of black males by police in Ferguson, Missouri; New York City; Cleveland, Ohio, and elsewhere.

The protests were mainly peaceful, although police in Boston said they arrested 23 people who tried to block a highway.

One person was arrested in New York City after two officers were assaulted by protesters, prompting a condemnation from New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, who said the alleged assault marked “an ugly and unacceptable departure from the demonstrations thus far.”

“Those who reject peaceful protest and provoke violence can expect immediate arrest and prosecution,” said De Blasio, who has been sharply criticized by the city’s police officers’ union for not supporting the police department.

Police in Oakland, California, ordered hundreds of demonstrators to disperse on Saturday night after a grocery store was looted.

Decisions by grand juries to return no indictments against the officers involved in the deaths of Michael Brown in Missouri and Eric Garner in New York have put police treatment of minorities back on the national agenda.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2014/12/15/2003606808

Structure of the Lead：

   WHO-thousands of demonstrators

   WHEN-Saturday

   WHAT-thousands of demonstrators marched

   WHY- to protest killings of unarmed black men by police officers in the US.

   WHERE-Washington, New York City and Boston

   HOW-not given

Keywords：

   1. demonstrator：示威者

   2. unarmed：手無寸鐵的

   3. assault：襲擊

   4. prosecution：起訴

   5. departure from：違背

   6. indictment：控告

   7. alleged：所謂的

   8. condemnation：譴責