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The article in Time on April 7th 2019, Deportation Looms for Liberians

mentions that many liberians living in the U.S. arrived fleeing civil war and its aftermath. The Trump Administration’s decision to end DED designed to protect them will send some 4,000 people back to a country they may no longer know.Civil rights advocates have sued the Administration on behalf of the Liberians, calling the program’s termination racially motivated.

最新一期的美國《時代》周刊題為《利比里亞人好日子到頭了》的文章提到，當年很多利比里亞人是為了逃避戰亂才來到美國。特朗普當局決定終止“延期強制離開”項目的舉措將迫使大約4000名利比里亞人回到讓他們感到陌生的祖國。民權人士代表利比里亞人就此起訴特朗普當局，稱該項目存在種族主義動機。

The article with the title saying When police kill unarmed black males,the law still trumps video and protests in Washingtonpost on April 1st, 2019,mentioned that shootings of unarmed black males captured with ubiquitous smartphone or police body cameras have crystallized anger in communities rocked by killings,and several similar incidents have created expectations among some that video and social outrage should be enough to put officers in prison. Those hopes dim when officers lean on the inherent danger of their work and invoke laws that allow broad authority for violence.

2019年4月1日的《華盛頓郵報》一篇題為《殺黑人，不償命》的文章稱, 在美國，手無寸鐵的黑人男性遭到警察槍擊身亡。無處不在的智能手機或警察身體攝像頭捕捉到的這一幕引發了公眾的憤怒情緒。幾起類似的事件讓人想當然地認為：視頻和社會憤怒應該足以將警察收監。但是，當警察以其工作固有的危險為由，援引可以針對暴力行為實施廣泛權力的法律時，將涉案警察定罪的希望就變得渺茫了。