Daga Robert C. Koehler, Yuni 24, 2020
daga Abubuwa masu yawa
Wataƙila Seattle's CHOP (Zanga-zangar Ma'aikata ta Capitol Hill) ba zai daɗe ba, amma wani abu yana canzawa. Tunanin rukuninmu na ƙasa, kamar yadda irin wannan tabbataccen tabbaci a cikin rabin karnin da ya gabata ta hanyar siyasa ta tsakiya da kuma kafofin watsa labarai na yau da kullun, da alama yana rugujewa a idanunmu.
Kuma yayin da tunanin rukuni ya ruguje, an buɗe wayar da kan jama'a. Tunanin ci gaba yana neman hanyar komawa cikin tattaunawar gama gari, yana barin al'umma su fara jujjuya yanayin al'ada - kun sani, 'yan sandan soja suna kiyaye mu, wariyar launin fata wani abu ne na baya, da sauransu, da sauransu - da buɗe yiwuwar hakan. za mu iya fara ƙirƙirar makoma mai cike da tausayi.
Wannan karamin farkon ya samo asali ne daga kisan 'yan sanda na George Floyd da kuma tashin hankalin duniya da ya biyo baya. Kafofin yada labarai da shugabannin siyasa da na kamfanoni da dama, maimakon su hada kai don mayar da masu zanga-zangar saniyar ware, kamar yadda suka saba yi a baya (tare da taimakon ‘yan sanda, ba shakka), suna zaune a cikin wani katon yarjejeniya: Eh, wani abu ya faru. ba daidai ba. Dole ne mu yi canje-canje.
Ku yi imani da ni, ba ina cewa matsayin siyasa ya zama mai tsattsauran ra'ayi ta kowace hanya ba, ko kuma cewa canje-canjen da ake buƙata suna da sauƙi kuma a bayyane - komai! Duk da haka . . .
Bari mu yi la'akari da "ƙwaƙwal" kwanan nan na yanki mai shinge shida a cikin garin Seattle da aka sani da Capitol Hill. Unguwar ta kasance cibiyar zanga-zangar birnin kuma a wani lokaci a farkon watan Yuni, a cikin arangama tsakanin 'yan sanda da masu zanga-zangar, 'yan sanda sun yi watsi da unguwar. Daga nan ne masu zanga-zangar suka ayyana wani karamin yanki da aka killace a matsayin wanda babu ‘yan sanda. Da farko da aka fi sani da CHAZ - Yankin Capitol Hill mai cin gashin kansa - a ƙarshe ya zama CHOP, don zanga-zangar Capitol Hill. Kuma yankin ya ba da wani tsari na cin gashin kansa - cikakke tare da ma'aikatan jinya da ma'aikatan jinya, tare da mahalarta da yawa tare da ajanda masu ban sha'awa - na makonni da yawa.
Har ila yau, wurin da dama ne harbe-harben, daya daga cikinsu, da ban tsoro, ya yi sanadiyar mutuwar wani matashi mai shekaru 19, Horace Lorenzo Anderson. Ba a sami wanda ake zargi ba.
Shin kisan ya kasance sakamakon gaskiyar cewa CHOP ba ta da 'yan sanda? A'a, tabbas a'a. Kisan kai yana faruwa ne a lokacin da kuma a inda ya faru, ko da yaushe, sai dai wannan misali, a yankunan da ‘yan sanda ke sintiri. Kuma a wasu lokuta, ba shakka, ’yan sanda ne da kansu suke yin tashe-tashen hankula. 'Yan sanda masu tsaron gida da abin fashewa hakkin siyasa, ba shakka, nan da nan ya yi kuka "na gaya muku haka!" bayan kisan gillar, ta ayyana CHOP ta koma cikin rudani da mulkin ’yan daba, ba tare da wani mai tsira ba.
Abin mamaki shi ne an bar wa Trump dama stew da kanta. Shugaban na iya yin tweet "'Yan ta'addar cikin gida sun mamaye Seattle" tare da yin barazanar tura sojoji. Amma magajin garin Seattle, Jenny Durkan, ta mayar da martani a shafin twitter: “Ka sa mu tsira. Koma zuwa bukin ku."
Kuma kafofin watsa labaru ba su rufe CHOP tare da irin wannan korarriyar, tunanin rukuni wanda ya kasance halayyar ɗaukar hoto na . . . ya allah . . . yake-yaken mu na karni na 21, mahaukatan kasafin kudin soja, kura-kurai marasa adadi. Wani abu ya bambanta a yanzu. Shin hakan zai yiwu? Shin zai iya kasancewa akwai wayar da kan jama'a - haƙiƙa, haɗaɗɗiyar hankali - da ke cikin wannan ɗaukar hoto wanda ke nuni da canji mai canzawa?
Wataƙila ina yin yawa da wannan. Amma la'akari, alal misali, wannan Washington Postt labarin, ta ɗan jarida mai bincike Meryl Kornfield, a sakamakon harbe-harben CHOP. Ba tare da tunanin cewa masu zanga-zangar suna da laifi kuma suna ci gaba da nuna zaman lafiyarsu, alal misali, jami'an agajin gaggawa na al'umma sun kai wadanda aka kashen zuwa asibiti. Wannan ba rudani ba ne, kawai wani tsari na zamantakewa na daban.
Kornfield ya yi hira da wani mazaunin tanti na CHOP, wanda ya yi nuni da cewa: “Yawanci a cikin yanayin harbi lokacin da ‘yan sanda ke da hannu, sun bar mai harbi ya kare harsashi sannan suka shiga wurin. Hakan bai faru ba a nan. Da aka yi harbe-harbe, mutane sun shiga tsakani, kuma akwai tawagar likitoci a wurin nan da nan. Ba mu buƙatar sirens da ƙarin bindigogi don yin aikin.”
Hatta matsalolin CHOP na gaske an tattauna su tare da buɗe ido. Alal misali, mazaunin ya gaya mata: “Na haɗu da wani ƙaramin yaro da ke da bindiga kuma yana so ya bar abokinsa ya harbe ta don bikin. Ina gaya masa wannan ba zai iya zama irin wannan yanayin ba; muna kokarin yin zanga-zanga. Yin amfani da bindigogi ta kowace hanya ko salon zai kawo buƙatu da sha'awar 'yan sanda su dawo. "
Sannan akwai labari a cikin Seattle Times, yana kwatanta ƙaramin bangare guda na keɓancewar CHOP. Wani matashi mai horar da ƙwallon kwando mai suna Dari Arington, yana buƙatar mafita don fushinsa da yanke kauna game da mutuwar George Floyd (da kuma rashin aiki a lokacin bala'in), ya ƙirƙiri wani aiki mai suna Shoot 4 Change, “inda ya nemi mutane da su sanya buri na canji. a kan takarda, ball shi sama kuma a harba cikin bokitin filastik,” ɗan jarida Jayda Evans ya rubuta.
Arrington ya gaya wa mahalarta: “Da zarar kun cika abin da kuka rubuta, wannan yana wakiltar zuciyar ku. Haka kuma zuciyar kowa da ta dakushe a duniya saboda hargitsi da ake yi. Dukanmu muna da waɗannan zukata da aka murƙushe. Amma abin da ke cikin zukatanmu saƙo ne mai kyau. Kyakkyawan mafarki. Kyakkyawan fata ko menene. Kuma ina son jama’a su taru cikin hadin kai don fafutukar kawo sauyi.”
Arrington ya gaya wa Evans: "Haɗin gwiwa a cikin CHOP yana da lumana da kuzari. Mutane da gaske suna magana game da motsi na Black Lives Matter kuma yana sa ni jin kamar ina cikin kumfa mai ƙirƙira inda mutane ke neman yin amfani da muryar su cikin haske mai kyau don yada saƙo mai ƙarfi. Ba sa son dainawa kwata-kwata. Za mu ci gaba da yin hakan har sai da gaske canji ya zo.”
Ba shi da sauƙi a rufe kumfa mai ƙirƙira. Duk wani abu, mai kyau ko mara kyau, na iya faruwa a nan. Amma wannan shi ne inda gutsuttsura na gaba ke ta daɗaɗawa. CHOP, a fili, yanzu an soke shi. Abin da ya kasance yayin da yake dadewa, wani kasko na yiwuwar, wanda yawancin kafofin watsa labaru, sa'a, sun zaɓi rubutawa maimakon watsi da su.
Yiwuwar har yanzu tana raye.
