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美国总统拜登与美国前总统特朗普，15日同意出席由美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）于6月27日在亚特兰大举办的首轮美国总统大选辩论。 JACKSON, Miss. -- The Mississippi sheriff who leads the department where former deputies pleaded guilty to a long list of state and federal charges for the torture of two Black men has asked a federal court to dismiss a civil lawsuit against him. Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker were abused in a case of extrajudicial violence that even the sheriff they're suing called the worst case of police brutality he had ever seen. But Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey's attorney argues Jenkins and Parker's $400 million lawsuit against Bailey should be dismissed because the sheriff is entitled to “qualified immunity,” a legal concept that often shields police officers from civil penalties for alleged abuses. Court records show that attorney Jase Dare asked to dismiss the lawsuit on Oct. 6, just one day after a settlement conference was filed with the court. A settlement conference is scheduled when the parties in a lawsuit try to settle a case before trial. On Friday, Jenkins and Parker's attorneys, Malik Shabazz and Trent Walker, called Dare's motion “meritless.”“We believe that the totality of the evidence shows the brutality of the ‘Goon Squad’ was a longstanding problem. The brutality was not just limited to these five deputies, and it’s something that has existed during the entirety of Bryan Bailey’s tenure as sheriff," Walker said. In January, five white former Rankin County deputies and a police officer from a nearby department burst into a house without a warrant after someone phoned one of the deputies and complained that two Black men were staying with a white woman.The officers handcuffed and assaulted Jenkins and Parker with stun guns, a sex toy and other objects. The officers also used racial slurs over a 90-minute period that ended with former deputy Hunter Elward shooting Jenkins in the mouth during a “mock execution.” Then, the officers devised a cover-up that included planting drugs and a gun, leading to false charges that stood against the victims for months. Prosecutors say some of the officers nicknamed themselves the “Goon Squad” because of their willingness to use excessive force and cover up attacks.In March, an Associated Press investigation linked some of the deputies to at least four violent encounters with Black men since 2019 that left two dead and another with lasting injuries. One of those men was Pierre Woods, who was shot and killed by Rankin County deputies in 2019. A family member sued Bailey over Woods' death. Court records show a settlement agreement for an undisclosed amount has been reached through the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' mediation program. The settlement still must be approved by a chancery court. At least two of the deputies who shot at Woods, Elward and Brett McAlpin, went on to participate in the illegal raid in January. For months, Bailey said little about the episode. After the officers pleaded guilty to civil rights charges in August, Bailey promised to change the department. In his motion, Dare said Jenkins and Parker do not allege that Bailey personally participated in the events but failed to train the deputies adequately. He said internal department policies show the deputies underwent training that complies with the law. He also said none of the allegations are enough to overcome qualified immunity and hold Bailey liable for the illegal actions of his deputies. The law enforcement officers include former deputies McAlpin, Elward, Christian Dedmon, Jeffrey Middleton and Daniel Opdyke, and a former Richland police Officer Joshua Hartfield, who was off-duty during the assault. They agreed to sentences recommended by prosecutors ranging from five to 30 years, although the judge isn’t bound by that. They are scheduled to be sentenced on Nov. 14. ___Michael Goldberg is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. Follow him at @mikergoldberg.。而这次辩论的形式、时间、场所都打破了几十年来总统辩论的传统，并可能成为美国现代历史上在选举年最早进行的总统辩论。15日，美国总统拜登率先发布视频对特朗普发出挑战，敦促特朗普接受CNN在6月27日举行的总统辩论。

二 | 美国总统拜登：特朗普在2020年输掉了两次与我的辩论，自那以后他还没有进行过辩论。现在他装作他想再次与我辩论，好吧，那就成就我的一天吧，朋友。我甚至可以进行两次辩论，唐纳德，让我们选一个日期，我听说你周三一般有空。随后特朗普立即接受了挑战，他通过社交媒体发文称，愿意在6月和9月与“骗子”拜登进行辩论，准备开战。特朗普称拜登是最差辩手，两句话都说不清楚，还是史上最差美国总统。特朗普强烈建议举行两场以上的辩论，并且为了现场气氛，最好在一个非常大的场地。特朗普还建议辩论聚焦于边境政策、电动汽车强制政策、通胀、高税收以及外交政策。由于对美国总统辩论委员会的诸多不满，包括2020年允许特朗普在身体不适的情况下出席辩论，之后特朗普确诊新冠，拜登团队质疑美国总统辩论委员会的专业性。几周以来，拜登团队开始酝酿新的辩论方式，希望绕过美国总统辩论委员会提前举行辩论，并且希望辩论场地在演播室，没有现场观众。当辩论者讲话时间结束时，麦克风会自动关闭。