Zokwanira Ndizokwanira: Miliri Zachiwawa Zapolisi America

Wolemba John W. Whitehead, Marichi 29, 2018.

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"Nthawi zambiri zimachitika kuti kuwomberana kwa apolisi, zochitika zomwe apolisi amawombera anthu wamba, zimasiyidwa pa zokambirana za mfuti. Koma wapolisi wowombera munthu wamba amawerengera ngati ziwawa zamfuti. Nthawi zonse wapolisi akamawombera munthu wosalakwa kapena wopanda zida, amathandizira kuti dziko lino likhale lachiwawa.”

—Mtolankhani Celisa Calacal

Zokwanira.

Kumeneko kunali kudziletsa anaimba mobwereza bwereza ndi zikwizikwi za ziwonetsero zomwe zinasonkhana kuti zitsutsa chiwawa cha mfuti ku America.

Zokwanira.

Tiyenera kuchitapo kanthu pa zachiwawa zomwe zikuvutitsa dziko lathu komanso dziko lathu lapansi.

Zokwanira.

Dziko lapansi likanakhala malo abwinoko kukanakhala zida zochepa zomwe zingaphe, kuvulaza, kuwononga ndi kufooketsa.

Zokwanira.

Pa March 24, 2018, oposa 200,000 achinyamata anatenga nthawi kuguba pa Washington DC ndi mizinda ina m’dziko muno pofuna kuti amve nkhawa zawo pa nkhani ya mfuti.

Mphamvu zambiri kwa iwo.

Ndine wokonda zolimbikitsa, makamaka ngati zimalimbikitsa anthu omwe akhala chete pambali kwa nthawi yayitali kuti adzuke ndikuyesera kulamuliranso boma lothawa.

Komabe, chodabwitsa n’chakuti, ngakhale kuti omenyera ufulu achichepere ameneŵa analankhula mofuula ponena kuti pakhale lamulo loletsa mfuti limene limafuna kufufuzidwa molimba mtima ndi kuletsa mitundu ya zida zogulidwa ndi kugulitsidwa ndi anthu, iwo sanalankhule modabwitsa ponena za chiwawa cha mfuti chochitidwa ndi boma lawo. .

Zokwanira.

Chifukwa chiyani palibe amene akuyang'ana boma la US ngati lomwe limayambitsa ziwawa kwambiri ku America komanso padziko lonse lapansi?

Ziwawa zochitidwa ndi nthumwi za boma zawononga kwambiri anthu aku America komanso ufulu wathu kuposa kuchita zigawenga kapena kuwomberana anthu ambiri.

Chiwawa chakhala khadi loyimbira boma lathu, kuyambira pamwamba ndikutsika, kuchokera kumagulu opitilira 80,000 a gulu la SWAT omwe amachitika chaka chilichonse kwa anthu aku America osazindikira omwe ali ndi zida zankhondo, zobvala zida zakuda komanso kuchulukirachulukira kwankhondo kwa apolisi amderali. dziko kuphedwa kwa ndege zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito polimbana ndi zigawenga.

Zokwanira.

Boma limatumiza ngakhale ziwawa padziko lonse lapansi, zida kukhala zopindulitsa kwambiri ku America.

Zowonadi, tsiku lomwe ziwonetsero zambiri zisanachitike ku Washington DC kutsutsa kuwomberana kwakukulu monga zomwe zidachitika ku Stoneman Douglas High School, Purezidenti Trump adasaina chilamulo chachikulu $ 1.3 thililiyoni yogwiritsa ntchito ndalama zomwe zimathandizira asitikali kulimbikitsa kwambiri kugwiritsa ntchito ndalama muzaka zopitilira khumi.

Zodabwitsa, sichoncho?

Pano tili ndi zikwizikwi za anthu ochita zionetsero okwiya, akulira ndi kufuula za kufunika koletsa anthu wamba aku America kuti athe kugula ndi kukhala ndi zida zankhondo, nthawi yonseyi boma la US - boma lomwelo pansi pa Trump, Obama, Bush, Clinton ndi kupitirira apo akupitirizabe kugwira ntchito ngati shill ndi chishango kwa mafakitale ankhondo-akuyamba ulendo wa imfa woperekedwa ndi okhometsa msonkho umene udzabweretsa mfuti zambiri, ndipo palibe amene anganene kanthu za izo.

Ndichoncho chifukwa chiyani?

Chifukwa chiyani boma limalandira chiphaso chaulere?

ndi ndalama zoposa $700 biliyoni zoperekedwa kwa usilikali, kuphatikiza $ 144.3 biliyoni ya zida zatsopano zankhondo, mutha kuyembekezera nkhondo zambiri zosatha, kumenyedwa kwa ndege, kuphulitsa mabomba, kufa kwa anthu wamba, kuyika zida zankhondo zamtengo wapatali, komanso malipiro amafuta amakampani azinsinsi achinsinsi omwe amadziwa bwino kukweza ma invoice ndikutenga America. okhometsa msonkho kukwera.

Zokwanira.

Mungakhale otsimikiza kuti vuto lazachuma la ufumu wankhondo waku America lidzagwiritsidwa ntchito kukulitsa boma la apolisi pano kunyumba, kuyika mfuti ndi zida zambiri m'manja mwa apolisi am'deralo ndi akuluakulu aboma omwe adaphunzitsidwa kuwombera poyamba ndikufunsa mafunso pambuyo pake.

Pali pano akuti anthu wamba aboma (osakhala ankhondo) okhala ndi zida zapamwamba, zakupha kuposa US Marines.

Ngakhale aku America akuyenera kudumpha kudutsa kuchuluka kwa ma hoops kuti akhale ndi mfuti, the Boma likuletsa antchito ake omwe sali wamba ndi mfuti, zida ndi zida zankhondo, kuwalola kumanga, ndi kuwaphunzitsa njira zankhondo.

Pakati pa mabungwe akuperekedwa ndi zida zowonera usiku, zida zankhondo, zipolopolo, mfuti, ma drones, mfuti zowombera ndi mizinga ya gasi ya LP ndi Smithsonian, US Mint, Health and Human Services, IRS, FDA, Small Business Administration, Social Security Administration, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Dipatimenti ya Maphunziro, Dipatimenti ya Mphamvu, Bureau of Engraving and Printing ndi assortment of public mayunivesite.

Kwambiri, chifukwa chiyani othandizira a IRS amafunikira mfuti za AR-15?

Zokwanira.

Kumbukirani, inali miyezi ingapo yapitayo kuti Purezidenti Trump, mothandizidwa ndi wodalirika wa dipatimenti ya Zachilungamo Jeff Sessions, adabweza ziletso pa pulogalamu ya boma yobwezeretsanso zida zankhondo zokondweretsa mabungwe amphamvu apolisi m'dzikolo.

Mothandizidwa ndi pulogalamu yankhondo iyi "yobwezeretsanso", yomwe idakhazikitsidwa zaka makumi angapo zapitazo ndipo imalola apolisi am'deralo kupeza zida ndi zida zankhondo, kuposa Zida zamtengo wapatali za $ 4.2 biliyoni zasamutsidwa kuchokera ku Dipatimenti ya Chitetezo kupita ku mabungwe apolisi apakhomo kuyambira 1990.

Zodabwitsa ndizakuti otsutsa mfuti akupitirizabe kunena kuti zida zankhondo ziletsedwe, magazini ochulukirachulukira ndi zipolopolo zoboola zida, kufufuza m’mbuyo mowonjezereka, ndi malamulo amphamvu ozembetsa mfuti, asilikali a ku United States amadzitamandira pa zonsezi ndi zina, kuphatikizapo zida zina zimene dziko lonse lapansi lilibe.

M'manja mwa nthumwi za boma, kaya ndi ankhondo, azamalamulo kapena mabungwe ena aboma, zida izi zakhala gawo la moyo watsiku ndi tsiku ku America, zomwe zidachitika m'mbuyomu. zaka makumi angapo.

Kwa zaka 30, apolisi ovala nsapato za jack atanyamula mfuti afala kwambiri m'matauni ang'onoang'ono m'dziko lonselo. Monga atolankhani ofufuza Andrew Becker ndi GW Schulz akuwulula, "Apolisi ambiri, kuphatikiza apolisi omenyedwa, tsopano amakhala ndi mfuti zowombera. Kuphatikiza ndi zida zankhondo ndi zovala zina, Asitikali ambiri amawoneka ngati ankhondo aku Iraq ndi Afghanistan. "

Ngakhale mapulogalamu a federal awa kulola asilikali "mphatso" nkhondo yoyenera zida, magalimoto ndi zipangizo m'madipatimenti apolisi m'nyumba pamtengo wa okhometsa msonkho akugulitsidwa kumadera ngati phindu, cholinga chenicheni ndikupangitsa kuti makampani achitetezo azipeza phindu, abweretse madipatimenti apolisi kuti agwirizane ndi usilikali, ndikukhazikitsa gulu lankhondo loyimilira.

Ndi njira yankhondo yopangira mapulogalamu, kupatula ngati pano, m'malo motanganidwa kwambiri kuti anthu azigwira ntchito, madera aku America akudzazidwa ndi ma drones osafunikira, akasinja, zowombera ma grenade ndi zida zina zankhondo zoyenera kunkhondo kuti zitheke. kunenepa maakaunti aku banki a gulu lankhondo lankhondo.

Tithokoze a Trump, kusinthaku kwa America kukhala bwalo lankhondo kukungoipiraipira.

Konzekerani apolisi ambiri ankhondo.

Kuwombera apolisi.

Zambiri zamagulu a SWAT.

Ziwawa zambiri pachikhalidwe chomwe chadzaza kale ndi chiwawa.

Zokwanira.

Mukufuna kulankhula zachiwawa chamfuti?

Malinga ndi Washington Post, "Munthu mmodzi pa anthu 1 aliwonse ophedwa ndi mfuti amaphedwa ndi apolisi. "

Ngakhale kuti mwaukadaulo akadali ovomerezeka kuti nzika wamba omwe mfuti ku America, yokhala nayo ikhoza kukupezani kukokera apoyasakaanamangidwa, kugonjetsedwa kwa mitundu yonse anaziikakuchitidwa ngati wokayikira popanda kulakwa konse, kuwombera pa ndi kuphedwa ndi apolisi.

Simufunikanso kukhala ndi mfuti kapena mfuti yofanana, monga mfuti ya BB, m'manja mwanu kuti musankhidwe ndikuphedwa ndi apolisi.

Pali zochitika zambirimbiri zomwe zimachitika tsiku lililonse pomwe aku America amawomberedwa, kuvula, kufufuzidwa, kutsamwitsidwa, kumenyedwa ndi kumenyedwa ndi apolisi chifukwa chongoyerekeza kukwinya, kumwetulira, kufunsa, kapena kutsutsa lamulo.

Chiwerengero chochulukirachulukira cha anthu opanda zida chikuwomberedwa ndi kuphedwa chifukwa chongoyimirira njira inayake, kapena kusuntha mwanjira inayake, kapena kunyamula chinthu—chilichonse—chimene apolisi angatanthauzire molakwika kukhala mfuti, kapena kuyambitsa mantha ena m’maganizo mwa wapolisi. izo ziribe kanthu kochita ndi chiwopsezo chenicheni cha chitetezo chawo.

Zokwanira.

ndi kukhazikika kowopsa, amuna opanda zida, akazi, ana ngakhale ziweto zikuwomberedwa ndi apolisi onjenjemera, okhudzidwa kwambiri, olankhula mosavuta omwe amawombera poyamba ndikufunsa mafunso pambuyo pake, ndipo zonse zomwe boma likuchita ndikugwedezeka ndikulonjeza kuchita bwino.

Anaphedwa chifukwa choyimira "kuwombera". Ku California, apolisi adawombera ndikupha munthu wakuda yemwe anali ndi vuto m'malingaliro - wopanda zida - patangopita mphindi zochepa atafika pamalopo, chifukwa adachotsa chida chosuta cha vape m'thumba mwake ndikumupha. anatenga kaimidwe kowombera.

Anaphedwa chifukwa chogwira foni yam'manja. Apolisi ku Arizona adawombera munthu yemwe ankathawa ku US Marshals atakana kugwetsa chinthu idakhala foni yam'manja. Momwemonso, apolisi ku Sacramento anawombera 20 munthu wakuda wazaka 22 yemwe anali ataima kumbuyo kwa agogo ake. atasokoneza foni yake ndi mfuti.

Anaphedwa chifukwa chonyamula mpira wa baseball. Poyankha kuyimba kwa vuto lanyumba, apolisi aku Chicago adawombera ndikupha Quintonio LeGrier wophunzira waku koleji wazaka 19 yemwe akuti anali ndi vuto lamisala ndipo anali atanyamula mpira wa baseball kuzungulira nyumba yomwe iye ndi abambo ake amakhala.

Kuphedwa chifukwa chotsegula chitseko. Bettie Jones, yemwe ankakhala pansi pa LeGrier, nayenso anawomberedwa mwangozi—panthaŵiyi, mwangozi—pamene ankafuna kuwombera. tsegulani chitseko chakutsogolo za apolisi.

Anaphedwa chifukwa chothamangira apolisi ndi supuni yachitsulo. Ku Alabama, apolisi adawombera ndikupha bambo wazaka 50 yemwe akuti adaimba mlandu wapolisi atagwira "supuni yaikulu yachitsulo m'njira yoopseza. "

Anaphedwa chifukwa chothamanga atagwira nthambi yamtengo. Apolisi aku Georgia adawombera ndikupha bambo wazaka 47 wovala zazifupi ndi nsapato za tenisi yekha yemwe, atakumana naye koyamba, adakhala m'nkhalango motsamira mtengo, koma adayamba kuthamangira apolisi. kugwira ndodo “mwaukali."

Kuphedwa chifukwa chokwawa maliseche. Apolisi aku Atlanta adawombera ndikupha munthu wopanda zida yemwe adanenedwa kuti "adachita chipongwe, akugogoda zitseko, kukwawa pansi ali maliseche.” Apolisi anaombera mwamunayo zipolopolo ziwiri zitati anayamba kuwathamangira.

Anaphedwa chifukwa chovala mathalauza akuda ndi jersey ya basketball. Donnell Thompson, wazaka 27 wolumala m’maganizo, wolongosoledwa kuti anali wodekha ndi wamanyazi, anawomberedwa ndi kuphedwa pamene apolisi—amene ankasakasaka munthu woikidwiratu wobera galimoto yemwe akuti anali atavala zovala zofanana—akumana naye. atagona pabwalo loyandikana nalo. Apolisi "okha" adawombera ndi mfuti ya M4 Thompson atalephera kuyankha ma grenade awo ndipo adayamba kuthamanga atamenyedwa ndi zipolopolo.

Anaphedwa chifukwa choyendetsa galimoto ali wogontha. Ku North Carolina, msilikali wa boma adawombera ndikupha Daniel K. Harris wazaka 29-amene anali wogontha- Harris atalephera kukwera pamalo oyimitsa magalimoto.

Kuphedwa chifukwa chosowa pokhala. Apolisi aku Los Angeles adawombera munthu wopanda mfuti atamuwombera analephera kusiya kukwera njinga yakekenako anathawa apolisi.

Kuphedwa chifukwa cholemba nyanga ya nsapato. John Wrana, msilikali wazaka 95 yemwe anali msilikali wankhondo yachiŵiri ya padziko lonse, ankakhala m’malo ochezeramo anthu othandiziridwapo, ankayenda ndi woyenda pansi, ndipo anawomberedwa ndi kuphedwa ndi apolisi amene anaphedwa. analakwitsa nyanga ya nsapato m’dzanja lake ndi chikwanje chachitali mamita 2 ndipo anawombera zipolopolo zingapo kuchokera pamfuti pafupi.

Anaphedwa chifukwa chosweka galimoto yanu pamsewu. Terence Crutcher, wopanda zida komanso wakuda, adawomberedwa ndikuphedwa ndi apolisi aku Oklahoma galimoto yake itasweka m'mphepete mwa msewu. Crutcher anali anaombera kumbuyo kwinaku akupita kugalimoto yake ali mmwamba.

Anaphedwa chifukwa chogwira payipi yamaluwa. Apolisi aku California adalamulidwa kulipira $ 6.5 miliyoni pambuyo pake anawombera munthu yemwe anali ndi payipi ya dimba, kukhulupirira kuti ndi mfuti. Douglas Zerby adawomberedwa maulendo 12 ndipo adadziwika kuti wamwalira pamalopo.

Anaphedwa chifukwa choyimba 911. Justine Damond, mlangizi wa yoga wazaka 40, anali kuwombera ndikuphedwa ndi apolisi a Minneapolis, akutero chifukwa anadzidzimuka ndi phokoso lalikulu lomwe linali pafupi ndi malowo atangoyandikira galimoto yawo yolondera. Damond, atavala zovala zogona, adayimba foni 911 kuti anene za chiwembu chomwe chingachitike mdera lake.

Anaphedwa pofunafuna malo oimika magalimoto. Richard Ferretti, wophika wazaka 52, anali kuwomberedwa ndikuphedwa ndi apolisi aku Philadelphiaamene adachenjezedwa kuti afufuze kalavani ya Dodge yofiirira yomwe inkayendetsa "mokayikitsa" m'deralo.

Kuwombera kasanu ndi kawiri chifukwa chokodzera panja. Keivon Young wazaka khumi ndi zisanu ndi zitatu anali kuwomberedwa kasanu ndi kawiri ndi apolisi kumbuyo akukodza panja. Young anali akungotseka zipi kabudula wake atamva phokoso kumbuyo kwake ndipo kenako adakanthidwa ndi zipolopolo zochokera kwa apolisi awiri obisala. Akuti apolisi anaganiza kuti Young—5'4,” 135 lbs., ndipo analibe mlandu wina uliwonse kuposa kutayira panja—kwa munthu wamtali 6’ wamtali, wofikira 200 lb. woganiziridwa kuti anapha munthu yemwe pambuyo pake anamugwira. Young anaimbidwa mlandu wokana kumangidwa komanso milandu iwiri yomenya wapolisi.

Izi ndi zomwe zimadutsa apolisi ku America lero, anthu, ndipo zikungoipiraipira.

Muzochitika zonsezi, apolisi ndikanathera agwiritsa ntchito njira zosaopsa kwambiri.

iwo ndikanathera achita zinthu mwanzeru komanso mongowerengera m’malo mochita zinthu mongofuna kupha munthu.

iwo ndikanathera ayesa kuchepetsa ndi kuthetsa chilichonse chomwe akuganiza kuti ndi "chiwopsezo" chomwe chinawapangitsa kuti aziopa kupulumutsa miyoyo yawo mpaka kuchitapo kanthu ndi mphamvu yakupha.

M'malo mwake apolisi adasankha kuthetsa mikanganoyi pogwiritsa ntchito mfuti kwa nzika anzawo, akufotokoza zambiri za zomwe zili zolakwika ndi apolisi ku America masiku ano, pomwe apolisi akuvekedwa misampha yankhondo, akuwomberedwa mu luso lakupha lankhondo, ndikuphunzitsidwa. kuyang'ana "munthu aliyense yemwe amakumana naye ngati chiwopsezo cha zida ndi zochitika zonse monga mphamvu yakupha kukumana pakupanga. "

Kumbukirani, kwa nyundo, dziko lonse limawoneka ngati msomali.

Sitikungomenyedwa, komabe.

Tikupha, monga momwe akuphedwera.

Zokwanira.

Mukamaphunzitsa apolisi kuwombera kaye ndi kufunsa mafunso pambuyo pake—kaya ndi chiweto chabanja, mwana wokhala ndi mfuti ya chidole, kapena nkhalamba yonyamula ndodo—adzawombera kuti aphe.

Uku ndiye kugwa kochokera pakuphunzitsa apolisi kuganiza zomwe zili zoipitsitsa kwambiri ndikuchita mantha ndi chilichonse chomwe chingawopsyeze pang'ono (cholingaliridwa kapena chenicheni).

Izi ndi zomwe zimabwera chifukwa chophunzitsa apolisi kuti azidziona ngati asitikali pabwalo lankhondo komanso omwe akuyenera kukhala ngati adani.

Izi ndi zotsatira za kutsika kwa kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka milandu komwe kakulephera kuyankha boma ndi antchito ake chifukwa cha zolakwika.

Mukufuna kupulumutsa miyoyo?

Yambani ndikuchitapo kanthu kuti mupulumutse miyoyo ya nzika zinzanu zomwe zikuwomberedwa tsiku lililonse ndi apolisi omwe amaphunzitsidwa kuwombera kaye ndikufunsa mafunso pambuyo pake.

Mukufuna kulira za miyoyo yomwe idatayika pakuwombera anthu ambiri?

Lirani miyoyo yomwe yatayika chifukwa cha ziwawa zomwe boma la America likuchita kuno ndi kunja.

Ngati omenyera mfuti akufunadi kuti dzikoli liganizirenso za ubale wake ndi mfuti ndi chiwawa, ndiye kuti liyenera kuyamba ndi kukambirana mozama za ntchito yomwe boma lathu lachita ndikupitiriza kuchitapo kanthu pothandizira chikhalidwe cha chiwawa.

Ngati anthu aku America akupemphedwa kuti abwererenso awo zida, ndiye monga ndikufotokozera m'buku langa Nkhondo yaku America: Nkhondo pa Anthu aku America, boma ndi magulu ake—apolisi, mabungwe osiyanasiyana aboma omwe ali ndi zida zankhondo, asilikali, makampani oteteza chitetezo, ndi ena otero—ayenera kuchita chimodzimodzi.

Yakwana nthawi yothetsa ulamuliro wauchigawenga wa boma.

Zokwanira.

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