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Teen reaches $1.9 million settlement after officer shot him in gun battle with bank robbery suspect_我的网站

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一 | CHICAGO -- A teenager who was shot and wounded during a 2019 shootout between suburban Chicago police and a bank robbery suspect inside a music school has reached a $1.9 million settlement with the city of Des Plaines.Rylan Wilder signed off this week on the settlement, nearly four years after a bullet fired by Des Plaines Officer James Armstrong tore a hole through his left arm, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.Armstrong was chasing an armed man who had shot another officer after a bank robbery in Des Plaines when the suspect ran into Upbeat Music & Arts on Chicago’s Northwest Side. Armstrong followed him inside, shooting and killing him. In the process, he also accidentally shot Wilder, who was 15 and working as an intern at the school.The bullet that hit the crook of Wilder's left elbow destroyed an artery, shredded a nerve and obliterated bone, threatening his guitar-playing dreams.Wilder's parents sued in Cook County circuit court, alleging that the officer's actions were excessive and that he displayed “reckless, willful and wanton conduct.” Armstrong wasn’t criminally charged in the shooting, was cleared of wrongdoing by the city, and is still with the department.Wilder, who's now 19 and a sophomore at Columbia College Chicago, needed more than a dozen operations and three years of physical therapy. He said he’s still playing guitar and writing music; he recently produced a song for his girlfriend. But he still suffers from his wound.“My whole arm still feels very numb. I can’t feel in most of my fingers or in my hand," Wilder told the Chicago Sun-Times Wednesday at his attorney’s office.Under the settlement with Des Plaines, the city doesn't admit wrongdoing or liability, according to a statement it released.。

美国国务卿安东尼·布林肯周三于基辅明确表示，决定何时启动与俄罗斯的和平谈判之钥握于乌克兰手中，此举在美国与乌克兰外交部长德米特里·库列巴的联合新闻发布会中得到强调。

二 | 布林肯此言是在回应有关乌克兰是否预备于今年内着手“终止战事”的询问，他明确指出，谈判桌上的入场券归属乌克兰自主抉择，不受美国或其他国家意志左右。

布林肯在讲话中凸显了乌克兰的决策自主性，称：“谈判的门槛是乌克兰设定的，不是美国或任何其他外部力量所能界定。核心在于乌克兰的判断与选择，我们对此表示尊重并坚定支持。”他同时指责俄罗斯缺乏真诚的和平努力，指出若俄方总统普京展现谈判诚意，乌克兰方面定会积极响应，遗憾的是，当前俄方行动却与和平呼声背道而驰。

俄罗斯一再声明其和平意愿，前提是谈判需基于现状考量，尤其在2022年秋，随着顿巴斯两地及赫尔松、扎波罗热地区的公投加入，其立场更为坚定。然而，这些领土变更未获乌克兰承认，基辅视其为非法行为，并继续对包括2014年后并入俄罗斯的克里米亚在内的地区提出主权诉求。

值得注意的是，泽连斯基总统于去年秋季签署法令，自我设限与俄现领导层对话，转而推广“泽连斯基和平计划”。

三 | 该计划预设条件严苛，要求俄军全面撤离乌克兰声称主权范围内的所有土地，加之赔偿损失及设立战争罪法庭，俄罗斯对此表示无法接受，视其为缺乏实际操作性的提议，认为这反映了乌克兰规避外交途径解决冲突的意图。

俄罗斯外长谢尔盖·拉夫罗夫近期表示，由于美国及欧盟方面缺乏进行严肃对话的准备，莫斯科方面面临“无人可谈”的困境，这无疑加剧了和平进程的僵局。

此外，有报道称西方在和平倡议上的中立态度并非铁板一块，乌克兰议员戴维·阿拉卡米亚揭露，前英国首相鲍里斯·约翰逊曾介入和平进程，劝阻乌克兰放弃和谈，坚持军事对抗，此番言论涉及去年春季在白俄罗斯和土耳其举行的几轮谈判，其中阿拉卡米亚作为基辅代表发挥了关键作用。这些动态揭示了国际舞台上复杂多变的势力博弈，和平之路依旧充满未知与挑战。