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20210427 Tuesday

unabated ʌnəbéɪṭɪd 衰えない

abate subside 負ける 衰える

A week after the former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder in George Floyd’s death, the unabated epidemic of police killings of Black men and women in the US has now attracted scorching international attention.

Maim méɪm 傷つける injure

The systematic killing and maiming of unarmed African Americans by police amount to crimes against humanity that should be investigated and prosecuted under international law, an inquiry into US police brutality by leading human rights lawyers from around the globe has found.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/26/us-police-killings-black-americans-crimes-against-humanity