Apolisi Ndi Bodza

Ndi David Swanson, World BEYOND War, June 24, 2022

Ndinalemba buku zaka zapitazo lotchedwa Nkhondo Ndi Bodza, kutsutsana kuti zonse zomwe timauzidwa zomwe zimathandizira kupanga nkhondo sizowona.

Kufanana komwe kulipo pakati pa dongosolo la ndende ya apolisi ndi ndende ndi dongosolo lankhondo ndi lalikulu. Sindikutanthauza kugwirizana kwachindunji, kuyenda kwa zida, kuyenda kwa asilikali akale. Ndikutanthauza kufanana: kulephera mwadala kugwiritsa ntchito njira zapamwamba, malingaliro achiwawa omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito kulungamitsa malingaliro oyipa, ndi ndalama ndi ziphuphu.

Si chinsinsi kuti zokambirana ndi malamulo, mgwirizano ndi ulemu, chitetezo cha anthu opanda zida ndi kuchotsa zida zimagwira ntchito bwino kuposa nkhondo, zimakhala ndi zotsatirapo zoipa, zimapanga njira zothetsera mavuto, ndipo zimawononga ndalama zochepa kwambiri.

Ngakhalenso palibe chinsinsi chilichonse chakuti kuchepetsa umphaŵi, chitetezo cha anthu, ntchito zabwino, kulera bwino makolo, masukulu, ndi maprogramu a achichepere amaletsa upandu kuposa mmene amachitira apolisi ndi ndende, pamene akuwononga zocheperapo ndi kuwononga pang’ono.

Inde, Woyimira Chigawo ku San Francisco adangokumbukiridwa ndi ovota chifukwa chosakhala "waupandu". Koma ndiye mfundo yake. Iye anachepetsa upandu, komabe anthu amene amakhulupirira kusatsa malonda amaona kuti kukhala “waupandu” kungakhale bwinoko kusiyana ndi kuchepetsa umbanda. Awa ndi anthu omwewo omwe angasangalale ndi nkhondo iliyonse yomwe amasangalala nayo pawailesi yakanema, kwa miyezi 20 kapena kupitilira apo, pambuyo pake adzalengeza kuti siziyenera kuyambika ngakhale kutha kudzakhala chipongwe kwa asitikali omwe. afunika kupitiriza kupha ndi kufa m’menemo kosatha.

Otsutsa omwe ndi andale abwino, monga Kamala Harris, amalemba mabuku okhudza zomwe zingagwire bwino, osachita bwino. Koma chakuti wina ngati Harris akhoza kulemba buku lotchedwa Anzeru pa Zaupandu kukana upandu waupandu kumakuuzani kuti zosafunika kwenikweni zimakhala zobisika. Monga momwe Irvin Waller akunenera m'buku lake Sayansi ndi Zinsinsi Zothetsa Uwawa Wachiwawa, United Nations ndi maboma osiyanasiyana amalengeza poyera zolinga zawo zakuchita zimene zikufunika kuchepetsa upandu wachiwawa; iwo samachita izo basi.

"Tsatirani sayansi!" nthawi zambiri amadzudzulidwa ponena za ndondomeko ya chilengedwe, yomwe imapitiriza kunyalanyaza sayansi. Koma palibe ngakhale kunamizira zikafika pakutsimikizika kwa zida zopanda chiwawa mu mfundo zakunja kapena zida zomwe zimadziwika kuti ziletsa umbanda m'malo mochita mosasamala.

Buku la Waller limapereka chiwongolero champhamvu pakusintha kwakukulu pamachitidwe. Mu 2017, akulemba kuti, anthu 17,000 anaphedwa ndipo 1,270,000 anagwiriridwa ku United States. Zida zomwe zachepetsa kwambiri ziwawa zomwe zayesedwa sizimaganiziridwa. Pakadali pano kuwonjezeka kwa apolisi - kosagwirizana ndi umbanda wocheperako koma wochulukirapo - kumabwerezedwa mopanda nzeru, nthawi iliyonse kuyembekezera zotsatira zosiyana. Ndende, zomwenso sizigwirizana ndi umbanda wocheperako, zimamangidwa zazikulu komanso zazikulu. Monga momwe zinalili ndi nkhondo, United States imaposa 96% ya anthu pomanga ndende m'dzina lolankhula ndi chiwanda chosalekezacho, "chibadwa chaumunthu."

Mofanana ndi kusuntha ndalama kuchoka ku usilikali kupita ku zopanda chiwawa, timafunikira ndalama zomwe zimachokera ku polisi ndikutsekera m'ndende kupita ku njira zamphamvu kwambiri.

Waller akudabwa chifukwa chake magulu omenyera ufulu wa anthu amaika patsogolo kuchotsedwa kwa anthu omangidwa chifukwa cha ziwawa zopanda chiwawa, pamene omwe ali m'ndende chifukwa cha ziwawa ndi gulu lalikulu, ndipo chidziwitso cha momwe angapewere milandu yotereyi chikupezeka mosavuta. Kodi iyi ndi njira yanji yochotsera ndende?

Mosakayikira funsoli ndi lopanda pake, koma ndiyankha. Pali chikhulupiliro chamatsenga chofala mu kuipa kwachilengedwe ndi kosatha ndi kosawongoleredwa kwa omwe ali ndi ziwawa zachiwawa, komanso chikhulupiriro chopanda pake chakuti kuwongolera miyoyo ya achinyamata kuti aletse upandu wamtsogolo kutsutsana ndi zilango zoyipa, zobwezera, ndi zolungama zakale. milandu. Kuti tipitilize kudana ndi zigawenga, tiyenera kupewa kudziwa kuti nyumba zabwino ndi masukulu zikadawapanga kukhala osakhala zigawenga, monga momwe zilili ndi udindo wathu, omwe amadana ndi a Putin kuti apachike aliyense amene anganenepo njira zina zosinthira pang'onopang'ono mpaka posachedwa. nkhondo.

Nkhondo, ndithudi, ndi bizinesi yaikulu. Nkhondo zimamenyedwa pakupanga zida, ndipo zimayambitsa zida zinanso. Mtendere ndi woyipa kwambiri kwa bizinesi ya zida. Ndipo makampani opanga zida zankhondo amakopa poyera kuti akhazikitse mfundo zankhondo.

“Chilungamo” ndi bizinesi yaikulu. Maboma ang'onoang'ono amataya chuma chawo kupolisi monga maboma amitundu kunkhondo. Ndipo "chitetezo" chachinsinsi ndi bizinesi yayikulu kwambiri. Mabizinesi awa amafunikira umbanda monga momwe Lockheed-Martin amafunikira nkhondo. Palibe amene amagwira ntchito molimbika kuchotsa ozenga milandu omwe akuchepetsa umbanda (pochepetsa dongosolo la "chilungamo") kuposa momwe apolisi amachitira.

N’chifukwa chiyani timapirira? Vuto siliri chabe kukonda dziko lako ndi nyimbo zankhondo. Zinthu zimenezo sizimapita ku upolisi ndi kumangidwa. Vuto lalikulu, ndikuganiza, kuchirikiza nkhondo ndi apolisi (komanso kutsatsa kwankhondo ngati njira yapolisi yapadziko lonse lapansi) ndikukhulupilira komanso kugwirizana ndi ziwawa, zonse zomwe zimaganiziridwa kuti zikwaniritse komanso chifukwa chake.