The officers seemed preoccupied with concern that they might catch something from Mr. Prude.
但警官們似乎還沉浸在對他們可能被普魯德傳染點什么的擔憂里。
A day earlier, with the coronavirus quickly spreading, the state ordered all nonessential workers to stay at home.
就在案發的前一天,鑒于新冠疫情傳播迅猛,該州剛下令所有非必要的工作人員回家隔離。
"Sir, you don't got AIDS, do you?" one asked.
“先生,您沒有艾滋病吧?”其中一人問道。
Mr. Prude spit on the ground multiple times, and while not aiming at the officers, his action drew their attention.
普魯德還多次向地上吐口水,盡管不是針對警察,但他的行為還是引起了他們的注意。
"Stop spitting," one said.
“不要隨地吐痰,”其中一人說。
"Anybody got a spit sock?" another asked,
“有人帶防吐襪了嗎?”另一個人問到,
referring to the device commonly carried by the police and used by corrections officers.
他指的是警察一般都會攜帶,懲戒人員也會使用的一個裝置。
At 3:19 a.m., an officer unfolded a white hood, approached Mr. Prude from behind and pulled it over his head, where it hung loosely.
凌晨3點19分,一名警官拿出了一個白色頭套,從后面走近普魯德并把它套到了普魯德的頭上,套得并不緊。
Mr. Prude began rolling in the road, pleading for it to be taken off.
普魯德開始在路上打滾,懇求警察把它取下來。
A minute later, after spitting repeatedly inside the hood and shouting, "Give me the gun,"
帶著頭套的普魯德繼續往頭套內吐著口水,繼續喊著,“把槍給我”,一分鐘后,
Mr. Prude seemed to be able to rise to his feet.
普魯德似乎就要站起身來。
Three officers who had been keeping a distance hurried forward and pushed him to the street.
三名原本與普魯德還有一定距離的警官立即上前將他按倒在了馬路上。
One officer, identified as Mark Vaughn, held Mr. Prude's head facedown,
一位名叫馬克·沃恩的警官臉朝下地按著普魯德的頭,
seeming to push it to the street as he held a fistful of the hood.
手上還拿著一把頭套的他似乎想將普魯德的頭按到地上。
Mr. Prude's angry protests turned tearful, then devolved into incoherent grunts and gurgling sounds, according to the video.
視頻顯示,憤怒反抗的普魯德先是哭了起來,后來變成了語無倫次的咕嚕聲和咯咯作響聲。
An officer asked him, "You good, man?"
一位警官問道:“你還好嗎?”
There was no reply.
沒有回答。
"He's puking, just straight water," an officer said.
“他吐了,吐的都是水。”一名警官說。
"You see that water come out of his mouth?"
“你看到水從他嘴里流出來了嗎?”
An ambulance arrived.
隨后來了一輛救護車。
"Roll him on his back," a paramedic instructed as officers searched for a handcuff key.
“把他翻過來面朝上,”一名急救人員在警察翻手銬鑰匙時指示道。
A paramedic began performing CPR as Mr. Prude remained handcuffed.
一名急救人員開始給普魯德做心肺復蘇,普魯德的手銬依然沒有打開。
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