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Melvin Russell: I love being a police officer, but we need reform
梅尔文·拉塞尔: 我喜欢警察这个职业，但是我们需要改变
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巴尔的摩警察局长梅尔文·拉塞尔说：我们对于警察局的保护职能投入太多以至于我们已经忘了我们是来服务我们社区的。警察变得冷酷无情，不近人情。就任巴尔的摩情况最复杂的区域长官之后，拉塞尔采取一系列措施赢得社区的信任并降低了犯罪率。“执法机构面临危机”他说，“不过想要把城市和国家建设的更好还为时未晚。”
Melvin Russell - Chief of the Community Partnership Division, Baltimore Police Department
Melvin Russell is bringing stakeholders together to work toward the common goal of peace and prosperity for Baltimore City. Full bio
Melvin Russell is bringing stakeholders together to work toward the common goal of peace and prosperity for Baltimore City. Full bio
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00:12
I have been a police officer
for a very, very long time.
for a very, very long time.
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我当警官，当了很长很长的时间。
00:15
And you see these notes in my hand
because I'm also a black preacher.
because I'm also a black preacher.
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而你会看到我手上有笔记，
因为我也是一位黑人牧师。
因为我也是一位黑人牧师。
00:21
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
00:23
And if you know anything
about black preachers,
about black preachers,
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如果你了解黑人传道者，
00:25
we'll close, and then we'll keep
going for another 20 minutes.
going for another 20 minutes.
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我们说完后，还可以再讲二十分钟。
00:28
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
00:29
So I need this to keep
pushing this thing forward.
pushing this thing forward.
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所以我需要这笔记
来推动我的演讲。
来推动我的演讲。
00:31
I've been a police officer
for a very long time,
for a very long time,
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我当警官，当了很长很长的时间。
00:34
and I mean I predated technology.
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甚至早于很多科技的出现。
00:35
I'm talking about before pagers.
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比如传呼机
00:37
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
00:38
Laugh if you want to,
but I'm telling the truth.
but I'm telling the truth.
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想笑就笑吧
但是我说的是真的。
但是我说的是真的。
00:41
I predate War on Our Fellow Man --
I mean, War on Drugs.
I mean, War on Drugs.
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我比同事更早的加入了这场战斗
我指对抗毒品的战斗。
我指对抗毒品的战斗。
00:45
I predate all of that.
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我比所有人都早
00:47
I predate so much
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早很多
00:49
and I've been through ebbs and flows
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我经历过起起落落，
00:50
and I've been through good and bad times,
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我经历过好的坏的时光，
00:53
and still I absolutely love
being a police officer.
being a police officer.
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至今我仍义无反顾地
钟爱成为一位警官。
钟爱成为一位警官。
00:58
I love being a police officer
because it's always been a calling for me
because it's always been a calling for me
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我钟爱成为一位警官
因为那是一份感召
因为那是一份感召
01:01
and never a job.
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而非仅是一份工作。
01:04
And even with that,
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可就算这样
01:06
my personal truth is that
law enforcement is in a crisis.
law enforcement is in a crisis.
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我个人仍然相信
法律的执行现处于危机。
法律的执行现处于危机。
01:11
It's an invisible crisis,
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这是一个无形的危机，
01:13
and it has been for many, many years.
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而且由来已久。
01:16
Even though we in law enforcement say,
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尽管我们在执法机构这样说，
01:18
"You know what?
We can't arrest our way out of this."
We can't arrest our way out of this."
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“你知道什么？
我们不能胡乱地逮捕。"
我们不能胡乱地逮捕。"
01:23
We say in law enforcement things like,
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我们在执法机构中说：
01:25
"Yeah, it's illegal to profile."
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“对，这样描述是非法的。”
01:28
You know what?
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你知道吗？
01:29
In law enforcement, we even agree
that we have to adopt this thinking
that we have to adopt this thinking
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在执法机构，我们同意这样的想法，
01:32
and become more oriented
to community policing.
to community policing.
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更倾向于以社区警察为工作重心。
01:34
And yet all the while, still,
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不过长时间以来
01:37
we continue in the same vein,
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我们继续着另外一种管理方式，
01:39
the same vein that contradicts
everything that we just admitted.
everything that we just admitted.
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那种方式违悖我们承认的一切。
01:45
And so that's the reason for me,
several years ago.
several years ago.
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这导致我数年前作出了一个决定，
01:48
Because I was tired of the racism,
I was tired of discrimination,
I was tired of discrimination,
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因为我厌倦了种族主义和歧视，
01:51
I was tired of the "-isms"
and the schisms.
and the schisms.
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厌倦了各种"主义"和分裂。
01:54
I was just so tired.
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我是多么的疲倦。
01:55
I was tired of the vicious cycle,
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我受够了这个恶性循环，
01:58
and I was tired of it even
in the beloved agency
in the beloved agency
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即使我现在
再我所喜欢的部门下的小组中。
再我所喜欢的部门下的小组中。
02:01
in the department that I still love today.
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我还是受够了。
02:04
And so my wife and I, we sat down
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我和妻子都受够了这些，我们坐下
02:06
and we decided and we targeted
a date that we would retire.
a date that we would retire.
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我们决定了一个我们都退休的日子。
02:10
We would retire and I would
go off into the sunset,
go off into the sunset,
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我们将退休，共度晚年。
02:12
maybe do ministry full time,
love my wife a long time.
love my wife a long time.
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也许当全职牧师，
花更长时间爱我的妻子。
花更长时间爱我的妻子。
02:15
Y'all know what I'm talking about.
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你们懂的。
02:17
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
02:18
But we decided that I would retire.
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但是，在我作出我将退休的决定时
02:20
But then there was a higher power than I.
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被一种比我更伟大的力量所触动。
02:24
There was a love for the city
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那是对这个城市的爱。
02:27
that I loved, that I grew up in,
that I was educated in --
that I was educated in --
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我爱这个城市，在这里长大，
在这里受到教育。
在这里受到教育。
02:30
a city that pulled my heart
back into the system.
back into the system.
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这个城市，
重新让我投身于我的行业。
重新让我投身于我的行业。
02:34
So we didn't retire.
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所以我们没有退休。
02:36
We didn't retire
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我们没有退休。
02:38
and so what happened was,
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接下来，
02:40
over the next -- I would say,
18 months, 19 months,
18 months, 19 months,
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接下来的十八、九个月，
02:45
I had this passion to implement
some radical policing.
some radical policing.
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我带着这份热诚
去实施重大的治安整顿，
去实施重大的治安整顿，
02:49
And so now, over the next 19 months,
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这样下来经过了十九个月，
02:51
I shifted, and I transcended
from being a drug sergeant --
from being a drug sergeant --
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我从一位缉毒警察，
02:56
ready to retire as a drug sergeant --
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作好准备成为一位退休的缉毒警察，
02:58
and went from level to level to level,
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一级又一级地被提拔，
03:00
until I find myself
as a district commander,
as a district commander,
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直到我成为了一位地区总长，
03:03
commander of the worst district
in Baltimore city.
in Baltimore city.
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在巴尔的摩内最恶劣的地区当地区长官。
03:06
We call it the Eastern District,
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我们称之为东区，
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the most violent district,
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最暴力的区域，
03:09
the most impoverished district --
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最贫穷的地区，
03:11
46 percent unemployment in that district.
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百分之四十六的失业率的区域。
03:16
National rating at that time,
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当时在全国的排行榜上，
03:18
national rating, the AIDS
and the tuberculosis [rating],
and the tuberculosis [rating],
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地区爱滋病和肺痨的排行
03:21
was always on the top 10 list
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经常在前十名。
03:23
for zip codes for cities
across the nation,
across the nation,
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无论是按邮编查询还是按城市查询，
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or just zip codes across the nation.
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或就全国地区邮编查询的话，
03:28
The top 10 -- I didn't say state,
I didn't say city --
I didn't say city --
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东区这个小地区，不是州，不是城市
03:31
that little neighborhood.
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永远前十名。
03:33
And I said, you know what?
We gotta do something different.
We gotta do something different.
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我说，你知道吗？我们需要改变。
03:36
We gotta do something different.
We gotta think radical.
We gotta think radical.
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我们需要改变。彻底地改变。
03:39
We gotta think outside the box.
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我们得出奇制胜。
03:41
And so in order to bring change
that I desperately wanted
that I desperately wanted
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所以为了带来我极度想要的
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and I desperately felt in my heart,
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和真正想感觉到的改变，
03:46
I had to start listening
to that inner spirit.
to that inner spirit.
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我需要聆听着内心的呼唤。
03:48
I had to start listening
to that man on the inside
to that man on the inside
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我需要开始聆听着内心的自我，
03:50
that went against everything
that I had been trained to do.
that I had been trained to do.
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那一个反抗习惯的自我。
03:54
But we still did it.
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我们成功了。
03:56
We still did it because we listened
to that inner spirit,
to that inner spirit,
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我们成功了因为我们聆听内心自我的呼唤，
03:58
because I realized this:
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因为我意识到，
04:00
if I was to see real police reform
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如果要真正看到警察的改良，
04:04
in the communities that I had
authority over for public safety,
authority over for public safety,
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在我有权力监管的公共安全区域，
04:08
we had to change our stinkin' thinkin'.
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我们需要改变迂腐的想法。
04:12
We had to change it.
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我们必须要改变。
04:13
And so what we did
is we started to think holistically
is we started to think holistically
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所以我们开始综合地思考
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and not paramilitarily.
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而非用武力对待。
04:18
So we thought differently.
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当我们转换思考方式，
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And we started to realize
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我们开始体会
04:22
that it could never be
and never should have been
and never should have been
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从来不该也从此不该
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us versus them.
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有我们和他们的对抗。
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And so I decided to come
to that intersection
to that intersection
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所以我决定来到双方的中间，
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where I could meet all classes,
all races, all creeds, all colors;
all races, all creeds, all colors;
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在那有所有的阶层、所有的种族、
所有的宗教、各种肤色的同仁，
所有的宗教、各种肤色的同仁，
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where I would meet the businesses
and the faith-based,
and the faith-based,
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在那处我可以遇到商人、信徒、
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and the eds, the meds,
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教者、医者，
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and I would meet all the people
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我可以接触到所有的人，
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that made up the communities
that I had authority over.
that I had authority over.
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他们组成了这个社区，
而我有保护他们的权力。
而我有保护他们的权力。
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So I met them and I began to listen.
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所以我接触他们并开始聆听。
04:43
See, police have a problem.
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警察人员常常会有这个问题。
04:44
Off the top, we want to bring
things into the community
things into the community
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我们高高在上，想为社区谋福祉，
04:47
and come up with these extravagant
strategies and deployments,
strategies and deployments,
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堆砌夸张的策略和部署。
04:50
but we never talk
to the community about them.
to the community about them.
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但我们从来没有
和社区的居民好好的倾谈。
和社区的居民好好的倾谈。
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And we shove them into the community
and say, "Take that."
and say, "Take that."
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我们把社区的规则定好，
然后说：“就这样吧。”
然后说：“就这样吧。”
04:55
But we said we'd get rid
of that stinkin' thinkin',
of that stinkin' thinkin',
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但是我们说过要改变迂腐的想法。
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so we talked to our communities.
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所以我们和社区的居民倾谈。
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We said, "This is your community table.
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我们说：”这是你们的社区圆桌。
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We'll pull up a chair.
We want to hear from you.
We want to hear from you.
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我们拉来了椅子。我们想聆听你们的意见。
05:03
What's going to work in your community?"
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如何让社区更好?“
05:05
And then some great things
started to happen.
started to happen.
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接下来神奇的事情发生了。
05:08
See, here's the thing:
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你看，这包括了：
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I had to figure out a way to shift
130 cops that were under my tutelage
130 cops that were under my tutelage
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我得想出一个办法，
把自己管辖的一百三十位警察
把自己管辖的一百三十位警察
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from being occupiers of communities
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从社区的占据者
05:17
to being partners.
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转变成社区的伙伴。
05:19
I had to figure out how to do that.
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我得想出一个办法完成这项任务。
05:21
Because here's the crazy thing:
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因为这是很难的：
05:23
in law enforcement, we have evolved
into something incredible.
into something incredible.
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在执法机关，我们演化得不可思议。
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Listen, we have become great protectors.
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我们演化成为了伟大的守护者
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We know how to protect you.
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我们懂得如何守护你们
05:30
But we have exercised that arm
so much, so very much.
so much, so very much.
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我们太熟悉用臂膀守护你们
05:34
If I was a natural police department
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如果我人本身是警察部门
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and I represented a police department,
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我代表了警察部门,
05:40
you would see this incredible,
beautiful, 23-inch arm.
beautiful, 23-inch arm.
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你们可以看到这难以置信的、
美丽的，23英寸的臂膀
美丽的，23英寸的臂膀
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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It's pretty, ain't it? It's cut up.
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这很漂亮，对吧？很坚实。
05:48
No fat on it. Mmm it look good.
It just look good!
It just look good!
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没半点脂肪。很好看。特别好看！
05:51
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
05:53
That's a great arm -- protection!
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那是强壮的臂弯，一种保护！
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That's who we are, but we've exercised
it so much sometimes
it so much sometimes
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那就是我们了，
不过因为太执着于保护
不过因为太执着于保护
05:59
that it has led to abuse.
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过犹不及。
06:02
It's led to coldness and callousness
and dehumanized us.
and dehumanized us.
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我们变得冷漠无情，没有人情味，
06:06
And we've forgotten
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我们甚至忘记了
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the mantra across this nation
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我们国家的座右铭
06:09
is to protect and serve.
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乃保卫和服务。
06:12
Y'all don't know that? Protect and serve.
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你们难道不知道吗？保卫和服务。
06:14
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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So you look at the other arm,
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所以当你看到另外一边的手臂，
06:16
and then you look at it
and ... there it is.
and ... there it is.
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再看清楚，就是这边。
06:18
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
06:20
You know, it's kinda weak.
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你看，有些柔弱，
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It looks sickly.
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看起来很无力，
06:24
It's withering and it's dying
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有些萎缩，甚至垂死。
06:27
because we've invested so much
in our protective arm.
in our protective arm.
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就是因为我们太过重于保护，
06:31
But we forgot to treat our communities
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忘记了好好地看待我们的社区。
06:34
like they're our customers;
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待他们如我们的客人，
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like they're our sons and daughters,
our brothers and sisters,
our brothers and sisters,
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如我们的子女和兄弟姐妹，
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our mothers and fathers.
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如我们的父母亲。
06:40
And so somehow, along the way,
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所以不知为何
06:42
we've gotten out of balance.
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我们失去了平衡。
06:44
And because we are a proud profession,
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我们是很自负的专业，
06:47
it is very hard for us to look
in the mirror and see our mistakes.
in the mirror and see our mistakes.
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所以要我们看着镜子
发现自己的问题，很困难。
发现自己的问题，很困难。
06:51
It's even harder to make a change.
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更不用说要做出改变了。
06:53
And so, as I try to hurry
and get through this,
and get through this,
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我得加快表达我的观点，
06:57
I need to say this:
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我必须要说：
06:58
it's not just law enforcement, though.
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警察并不只限于执法，
07:00
Because every one of us
makes up a community.
makes up a community.
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每一个人都是社区内的一份子，
07:03
Everybody makes up a community.
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社区属于每一个人。
07:05
And as communities -- can I say this? --
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既然如此，我想说的是
07:07
we have put too much responsibility
on law enforcement.
on law enforcement.
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我们实在过于倚赖于执法。
07:12
Too much.
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太过于倚赖了。
07:13
(Applause)
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（掌声）
07:18
And then we have the audacity
and the nerve to get upset
and the nerve to get upset
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所以我们执行法律的时候
07:21
with law enforcement
when we take action.
when we take action.
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我们会对法律的实施感到不满
07:24
There is no way in the world
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事实上
07:26
that we, as a community,
should be calling the police
should be calling the police
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不可能就因为有小孩在街上打篮球
07:30
for kids playing ball in the street.
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作为社区成员的我们去报警。
07:34
No way in the world that we
should be calling the police
should be calling the police
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不可能因为
我的邻居家里的音乐太吵，
我的邻居家里的音乐太吵，
07:36
because my neighbor's
music is up too loud,
music is up too loud,
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因为他家的狗
来到了我家的庭院里大小便，
来到了我家的庭院里大小便，
07:38
because his dog came over
to my yard and did a number two;
to my yard and did a number two;
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我就去报警。
07:41
there's no way we should
be calling the police.
be calling the police.
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我们不可能为这些事报警。
07:44
But we have surrendered
so much of our responsibility.
so much of our responsibility.
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其实我们都只是
放弃了自己的责任。
放弃了自己的责任。
07:46
Listen, when I was a little boy
coming up in Baltimore --
coming up in Baltimore --
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当我还是小孩
在巴尔的摩的时候，
在巴尔的摩的时候，
07:50
and listen, we played
rough in the street --
rough in the street --
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我们也是在街上瞎玩的，
07:52
I ain't never see the police
come and break us up.
come and break us up.
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我就从没有看到过
有警察过来赶我们，
有警察过来赶我们，
07:55
You know who came? It was the elders.
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你们知道是谁过来吗？
都是那些长者们。
都是那些长者们。
07:56
It was the parental figures
in the community.
in the community.
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都是社区里我们的父辈。
07:59
It was those guardians,
it was that village mentality.
it was that village mentality.
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他们都是守护者，
是社区里的一种精神。
是社区里的一种精神。
08:02
They came and said, "Stop that!"
and "Do this." and "Stop that."
and "Do this." and "Stop that."
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他们会劝诫我们，
什么该做什么不该做。
什么该做什么不该做。
08:05
We had mentors throughout
all of the community.
all of the community.
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在社区里我们的导师无处不在，
08:09
So it takes all of us, all of us.
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就是我们中的每一位。
08:12
And when I say community,
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当我提说社区的时候
08:13
I'm talking about everything
that makes up a community, even --
that makes up a community, even --
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我是说组成社区的每一个人。
08:16
listen, because I'm a preacher,
I'm very hard on the churches,
I'm very hard on the churches,
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由于我是一位传道者，
我对教会要求非常严格，
我对教会要求非常严格，
08:19
because I believe the churches
too often have become MIA,
too often have become MIA,
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因为我相信教会
常常在行动中就消失了，
常常在行动中就消失了，
08:22
missing in action.
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与社区的联系慢慢就消失了。
08:23
I believe they have shifted
over the last 10, 20 years
over the last 10, 20 years
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在过去十几二十年，
我认为教会转型了，
我认为教会转型了，
08:26
from being community churches,
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从社区型的教会，
08:27
where you walk outside your door,
round the corner and you're in church.
round the corner and you're in church.
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那种你从家里出去，
拐个弯就到了的教会。
拐个弯就到了的教会。
08:31
They shifted from that and became
commuter churches.
commuter churches.
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转变成为方便于往来者的教会。
08:34
So you now have churches who have
become disconnected by default
become disconnected by default
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现在的教会，
因为大家缺席和社区产生了隔离，
因为大家缺席和社区产生了隔离，
08:38
from the very community
where they're planted.
where they're planted.
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明明是从社区里孕育出来的，
08:42
And they don't take care
of that community.
of that community.
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却变得对这个社区没有了关爱。
08:45
I could go on and on,
but I really need to wrap this up.
but I really need to wrap this up.
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我可以一直的说下去，
但我得先专注于我的演讲。
但我得先专注于我的演讲。
08:47
Community and policing:
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社区和警力:
08:50
we've all lost that precious gift,
and I call it relational equity.
and I call it relational equity.
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我们都失去了
那份叫做平等互助的宝贵的礼物。
那份叫做平等互助的宝贵的礼物。
08:55
We've lost it with one another.
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我们都失去了这份相互关爱。
08:57
It's not somebody else's fault --
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那不是别人的过错，
08:59
it's all of our fault.
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那是我们自己的过错。
09:01
We all take responsibility in this.
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我们都得肩起这份责任。
09:03
But I say this: it's not too late
for all of us to build our cities
for all of us to build our cities
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但我认为：我们要
建构自己的城市，永远不会太迟。
建构自己的城市，永远不会太迟。
09:06
and nation to make it great again.
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让国家重新伟大起来，
09:08
It is never too late.
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永远不会太迟。
09:09
It is never too late.
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永远不会太迟。
09:11
You see, after three years
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这是我当社区长官
09:12
of my four-and-a-half-year
commandship in that district,
commandship in that district,
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四年半以来的第三年，
09:16
three years in,
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三年来，
09:17
after putting pastors
in the car with my police
in the car with my police
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车里不仅有警察还有牧师，
09:19
because I knew this --
it's a little secret --
it's a little secret --
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因为我很清楚知道
这是一个小秘密，
这是一个小秘密，
09:22
I knew this:
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我很清楚知道：
09:23
it was hard to stay a nasty police officer
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一个警察很难在牧师旁边
09:26
while you're riding around
with a clergy.
with a clergy.
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做令人厌恶的事。
09:28
(Laughter)
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(笑声)
09:30
(Applause)
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(掌声)
09:38
You'd be getting in and out of the car,
looking to your right, talking about:
looking to your right, talking about:
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上下车辆的时候，
你都得向座位旁的牧师看一看，说：
你都得向座位旁的牧师看一看，说：
09:42
"Father, forgive me, for I have sinned,"
all day long -- you can't do it!
all day long -- you can't do it!
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“请原谅我，因为我都有罪-”
你不可能这样说一天啊！
你不可能这样说一天啊！
09:45
So we came up with some
incredible initiatives,
incredible initiatives,
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所以我们推行了
一些很捧的举措，
一些很捧的举措，
09:47
engagements for our community
and police to build that trust back.
and police to build that trust back.
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让我们的社区和警察重建信任。
09:51
We began to deal with our youth
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我们开始从青年们着手，
09:52
and with those who we consider
are on the wrong side of the fence.
are on the wrong side of the fence.
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尤其是误入歧途的那帮青年。
09:56
We knew we had an economic problem,
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我们知道有经济难题，
09:57
so we began to create jobs.
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所以我们开始创造就业机会。
09:59
We knew there was sickness
in our community
in our community
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我们知道社区
10:01
and they didn't have access
to proper medical care,
to proper medical care,
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而他们没有办法
获得充分的医疗救治，
获得充分的医疗救治，
10:04
so we'd partner up.
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所以我们寻求帮助。
10:05
We got to that intersection
and partnered up
and partnered up
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我们来到社区中间寻找帮助，
10:07
with anybody that wanted
to partner with us
to partner with us
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寻求任何愿意和我们并肩的伙伴。
10:09
and talked about
what we needed holistically,
what we needed holistically,
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一起讨论我们整体上需要什么，
10:11
never thinking about the crime.
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而从来不是着眼于罪行。
10:13
Because at the end of the day,
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因为终究来说，
10:14
if we took care
of the needs of the people,
of the needs of the people,
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只要我们照顾众人的需要，
10:16
if we got to the root cause,
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只要我们从根源上着手，
10:19
the crime would take care of itself.
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犯罪问题不攻自破。
10:22
It would take care of itself.
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会自然消失。
10:24
(Applause)
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(掌声)
10:29
And so, after three years
of a four-and-a-half-year stint,
of a four-and-a-half-year stint,
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所以，在我四年半任期
的第三个年头，
的第三个年头，
10:34
we looked back and we looked over
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我们通过回顾和探索，
10:36
and found out that we were
at a 40-year historical low:
at a 40-year historical low:
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让我们的犯罪数目，谋杀案数量
10:39
our crime numbers, our homicides --
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处于四十年来的史上最低点，
10:42
everything had dropped
down, back to the 1970s.
down, back to the 1970s.
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就像七十年代一样。
10:45
And it might go back further,
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甚至可能像更久远的年代，
10:46
but the problem is, we only
started keeping data since 1970.
started keeping data since 1970.
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但问题是，我们是从
七十年代开始记录犯罪的。
七十年代开始记录犯罪的。
10:49
Forty-year crime low, so much so,
I had other commanders call me,
I had other commanders call me,
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四十年来的罪案低点，非常好，
有其他长官打电话给我：
有其他长官打电话给我：
10:52
"Hey Mel, whatcha doin', man?
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＂嘿，米，你干了些什么，老兄?
10:54
Whatcha doin'? We gotta get some of that!"
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到底干了些什么好事情?
我们也得跟着做才行!＂
我们也得跟着做才行!＂
10:56
(Laughter)
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(笑声)
10:57
And so we gave them some of that.
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所以我们和他们分享了我们的想法。
11:00
And in a short period of time,
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在短时间内，
11:02
the city went to a 30-year crime low.
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城市的犯罪率降到三十年最低。
11:05
For the first time in 30 years,
we fell, Baltimore city,
we fell, Baltimore city,
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三十年来首次，
巴尔的摩的谋杀案数量，
巴尔的摩的谋杀案数量，
11:07
to under 200 homicides -- 197 to be exact.
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降低至少于二百宗，
准确地说只有一百九十七宗。
准确地说只有一百九十七宗。
11:10
And we celebrated,
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所以我们庆祝，
11:11
because we had learned
to become great servers,
to become great servers,
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因为我们学会
如何为大家服务，
如何为大家服务，
11:15
become great servers first.
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学会如何成为好的服务者。
11:16
But I gotta tell you this:
these last few years,
these last few years,
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但我也必须让你们知道：
在刚过去的几年，
在刚过去的几年，
11:20
as much as we had learned
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尽管我们学懂了
11:22
to become great proactive police officers
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成为主动的好警官，
11:25
and great relational police officers
rather than reactive,
rather than reactive,
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也懂得了关爱
而不是被动的反应，
而不是被动的反应，
11:29
these last years have disappointed me.
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但在过去的那些年，
确实很失望、
确实很失望、
11:32
They have broken my heart.
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伤了我的心。
11:34
The uprising still hurts.
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那时的暴力犯罪飙升
11:37
It still hurts my heart,
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现在想起仍然伤了我的心，
11:39
because truly I believe
that it should've never happened.
that it should've never happened.
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因为真心的我相信这从来不应该发生。
11:43
I believe it should've never happened
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我相信这从来不应该发生。
11:44
if we were allowed to continue
along the vein that we were in,
along the vein that we were in,
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假设我们继续
以我们认同的方式，
以我们认同的方式，
11:47
servicing our community,
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服务我们的社区，
11:49
treating them like human beings,
treating them with respect,
treating them with respect,
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以人为本，以人为尊，
11:52
loving on them first.
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爱人为首。
11:54
If we continued in that vein,
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只要当时我们继续，
11:56
it would've never happened.
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那么一切都会很好。
11:58
But somehow, we went back
to business as usual.
to business as usual.
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但是，不知为何
当时的我们没有这样做。
当时的我们没有这样做。
12:01
But I'm excited again!
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可是现在我又兴奋起来了!
12:04
I'm excited again, because now
we have a police commissioner
we have a police commissioner
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因为我们现在的警察长官
12:07
who not only talks
about community policing,
about community policing,
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对于社区里的警务，不会说说而已，
12:11
but he absolutely understands it,
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他们透彻地理解，
12:14
and more importantly, he embraces it.
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更重要的是，也认同这个方式。
12:16
So I'm very excited now.
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所以我很感到兴奋。
12:17
Listen, I'm excited about Baltimore today,
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对于今天的巴尔的摩，我很兴奋，
12:20
because we, as many cities,
I believe shall rise from the ashes.
I believe shall rise from the ashes.
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因为就像很多城市一样，
我相信，我们会置之死地而后生。
我相信，我们会置之死地而后生。
12:25
I believe -- I truly believe --
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我相信 ，我真心相信，
12:28
(Applause)
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(掌声)
12:29
that we will be great again.
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我们会再次崛起。
12:32
I believe,
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我相信，
12:34
as we continue to wrap arms
and continue to say,
and continue to say,
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当我们肩并肩，一起呐喊，
12:37
"We're in this together,"
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“我们同舟共济。”
12:38
because it's not just an intersection:
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因为这不仅仅是
简单的大家聚集在一起：
简单的大家聚集在一起：
12:40
once we meet, we now gotta get
on the same path for the same goals,
on the same path for the same goals,
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当我们聚集在一起，
为同一个目标而努力
为同一个目标而努力
12:44
and this city will become great again.
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这个城市会再好起来。
12:46
This nation will become great again.
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这个国家会再次伟大起来。
12:48
Because we have the same goal:
we all want peace.
we all want peace.
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因为我们有共同目标：
我们心系和平。
我们心系和平。
12:50
We all want respect for one another.
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我们希望互相尊重。
12:52
We all want love.
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我们都希望得到爱。
12:53
And I believe we are back on that road,
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我相信我们已回归到正途，
12:55
and I'm so excited about it.
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我为此感到很雀跃，
12:57
So listen, I thank you for giving me
a few minutes of your time.
a few minutes of your time.
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所以谢谢你们给我的几分钟时间。
13:00
God bless you all.
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愿主保佑所有人。
13:01
(Applause)
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（掌声）
13:02
God bless you.
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愿主保佑各位。
13:03
(Applause)
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（掌声）
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Melvin Russell - Chief of the Community Partnership Division, Baltimore Police DepartmentMelvin Russell is bringing stakeholders together to work toward the common goal of peace and prosperity for Baltimore City.
Why you should listen
Lt. Colonel Melvin T. Russell is Chief of the Community Partnership Division, Baltimore Police Department. Russell joined The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) in 1979 as a police cadet and graduated from the BPD academy in 1981 as the first and only African American class valedictorian.
Russell worked both as a uniform patrol and then an undercover officer for 20 years before re-emerging as an Eastern District Lieutenant in 2007. In this position, Russell turned the worse midnight patrol shift in the city to the best in 3 months and was promoted to Major of the Eastern District 11 months later. It was during this time as Major that Russell created the non-profit “Transformation Team” (TTT), a grassroots organization of community shareholders that are committed to working together to make a better Baltimore.
In January 2013, Russell was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and created the Community Partnership Division.
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