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Baltimore mayor asks residents to stop shooting each other so coronavirus
patients can have hospital beds
騰床給肺炎患者 巴爾的摩市長籲市民勿槍戰
https://washex.am/2WxqZbh 華盛頓觀察家報 Madison Dibble記者 2020年3月18日

Baltimore Mayor Jack Young pleaded with his city to stop filling hospital
beds with gunshot wound victims.
巴爾的摩市長傑克楊懇求他的城市別讓醫院病床塞滿槍傷者。

A mass shooting in a park on Tuesday left seven Baltimore residents
hospitalized. In a statement about the shooting, Young said hospitals don't
have room to tolerate gunshot victims as the coronavirus pandemic sweeps
across the United States.
本週二的公園大規模槍擊案讓7位巴爾的摩市民住院，楊市長對槍擊案發表聲明時表示，
冠狀肺炎肆虐全美之際，醫院沒有空間容納槍傷者。

"We cannot clog up our hospitals and their beds with people that are being
shot senselessly, because we’re going to need those beds for people who
might be infected with the coronavirus," Young said on Wednesday. "And it
could be your mother, your grandmother, or one of your relatives. So take
that into consideration.”


He added, "I want to reiterate how completely unacceptable the level of
violence is that we have seen recently. We will not stand for mass shootings
and an increase in crime.”
他還補充「我想再次重申，近期我們所見的暴力程度有多麼無可容忍。我們絕不支持開
槍濫殺和犯罪增加」。

Young said that the city would be looking to arrest those responsible for any
shootings that take place, saying, "For those of you who want to continue to
shoot and kill people of this city, we’re not going to tolerate it. We’re
going to come after you, and we’re going to get you.”
楊市長指出，該市將戮力逮捕犯下槍擊案的人，表示「致你們這些想要繼續開槍殺害本
市民眾的人，我們不會容忍的。我們要追捕你們，還要抓到你們」。

There has been an uptick in gun violence since Friday, according to Baltimore
Police Commissioner Michael Harrison. The mass shooting on Tuesday night left
all seven victims in serious, but stable, condition. One responding officer
was also shot during the incident, and the department is still searching for
the gunman.


Young declared a citywide emergency and urged people to stay inside.
Baltimore had five positive cases of the coronavirus as of Wednesday.
楊市長宣布全市進入緊急狀態，敦促民眾待在家中。巴爾的摩截至星期三時有5人確診。

Homicides and gun violence have long been a problem for Baltimore. Young has
been criticized for not taking responsibility for the problems in his city.
He has brushed off such criticisms, saying, "I'm not committing the murders …
 It’s not any lack of leadership on my part. I’ve been moving this city
forward.”


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