USenator Thad Cochran, uSihlalo
USenator uBarbara Mikulski, uSekela Sihlalo weKomiti yeSenethi kuLwabiwo-mali
Amalungu eSenathi abathandekayo:
Ngamana 25, 2016
Simele inkululeko yoluntu, uluntu kunye nemibutho yezenkolo exhalabileyo malunga nenkxaso-mali yombutho womkhosi kwaye ngamanye amaxesha ucalucalulo lwamapolisa ngamanye amaxesha.
Inkxaso-mali ecetywayo kuNyaka-mali ka-2017 iquka ukuthotywa kwenkcitho okubalulekileyo – ukusuka kwizigidi ezingama-600 ukuya kwizigidi ezingama-330 zeedola – kwinkqubo yesibonelelo seSebe lezoKhuseleko lweLizwe eyaziwa ngokuba yi-Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI). Eli linyathelo eliya kwicala elifanelekileyo, kwaye ukusikwa kufuneka kuhambe kakhulu. Imali ye-UASI ikhawulezise ukuxhotyiswa kwamapolisa kunye nokungaphenduli kuluntu lwethu.
Uninzi lwee-arhente zogcino-mthetho ezixhaswa zizibonelelo ze-UASI ziqhuba imisebenzi ejongene nolwaphulo-mthetho oluqhelekileyo. Kodwa, ngokufuna uqeqesho oluxhaswa zezi mali zomdibaniso ukuze ziqulathe “i-nexus kubugrogrisi,” i-UASI isebenza ekuphembeleleni inkcubeko eyingozi yobundlobongela obugqubayo kumasebe ase-US. I-UASI ikwadala iqhina lolwakhiwo phakathi konyanzeliso lomkhosi kunye nezibonelelo ezibalulekileyo zokusabela kwintlekele kunye nabasebenzi.
Ngokwenyani, izibonelelo ze-UASI zihlala zinikezelwa kwizixeko ezisekwe kuphela ekwandiseni iinkqubo zazo zokulwa nobunqolobi, hayi ukulungela olungxamisekileyo oluphangaleleyo. Isibhengezo seRhuluneli yaseNew York u-Andrew Cuomo ngoJulayi wowama-2014, umzekelo, sixoxe “i-18 yezigidi zeerandi [eza]kwabelwa isiXeko saseNew York ukusuka kwisabelo sikaRhulumente se-FY2014 yesibonelelo se-UASI, ekuthatheni ingqalelo indawo eyodwa yesiXeko ngokwamandla akhoyo. izisongelo ezivela kwizinto ezinxulumene nobunqolobi” (1). (ugxininiso longeziwe)
Olu mkhosi lubonakaliswa ngcono yi-Urban Shield, uqeqesho oluxhaswa ngezimali yi-UASI kunye nomboniso wokurhweba ngezixhobo obanjwa minyaka le ukususela ngo-2007 e-Alameda County, California. I-Urban Shield ngumnyhadala womkhosi obonisa iimeko 'zentlekele' ze-Islamophobic, abathengisi bezixhobo abaphambili berhweba amapolisa iimpahla zabo, kunye nentengiso ezothusayo zobuhlanga. Imivuzo yenkqubo yamaqela e-SWAT ikhuthaza “ukudubula kuqala, buza imibuzo kamva” inqobo yokuziphatha.
Umthetho onjalo ubonakaliswa kukusasazwa kweSWAT ngobuhlanga ekujoliswe kuzo ngokungafanelekanga kwiintsapho zabaNtsundu. I-American Civil Liberties Union yafumanisa ukuba ngaphezu kwesiqingatha sabo bonke abantu abachatshazelwa yi-SWAT deployments babeMnyama okanye baseLatino, kwaye ezimbini zohlaselo lwe-SWAT lwaluyiziqinisekiso zokukhangela iziyobisi (2). Kukwakho nemizekelo emininzi yohlaselo lweqela le-SWAT. Yaba zezi ziphumo zoqeqesho lweqela le-SWAT lomkhosi oluqhube uqhanqalazo oludlamkileyo noluqhubekayo lwabahlali kunye nenkxalabo enyanzelise iSixeko sase-Oakland ukuba siyeke ukubamba i-Urban Shield ngo-2014, nangona isaqhubeka ukubanjelwa kwihlomela-dolophu elikufutshane.
Olu qeqesho - olwenzeka kwiindawo zedolophu ezixineneyo ezingama-29 kulo lonke ilizwe - zondla ngokuthe ngqo kuhlaselo lwe-SWAT olungaphezulu kwe-100 olwenzeka mihla le e-United States - uninzi lwabantsundu kunye noluntu lwaseLatino.
UMaria Calvillo oneminyaka elishumi elinesithathu ubudala walila njengoko wayebalisa ibali losuku ngo-2014 xa amagosa eqela lase-Oakland SWAT angena kwikhaya losapho lwakhe, amkhomba ngompu, agqogqa usapho lwakhe, kuquka nodade wabo oneenyanga ezintathu ubudala. ebesongelwe ngengubo yomntwana. “Amapolisa ayenetanki phambi kwendlu yethu, itanki yokwenene. Bendicinga ukuba ndikwimuvi… Indenze ndanomsindo kuba bebekhangela
usana lwam,” utshilo uCalvillo.Iqela lase-Oakland SWAT lithathe inxaxheba kulo lonke ukhuphiswano lwe-Urban Shield ukusukela oko lwaqala ngo-2007.
Njengoko obu bungqina busenza kucace, iimali ezifak’ isandla kule nto, endaweni yokuba zilwe “uloyiko,” zisebenze njengetshekhi engenanto yokuphembelela uloyiko nogonyamelo. Imali kufuneka ifakwe ekulungiseleleni okungxamisekileyo kubaphenduli bokuqala, kungekhona ngeSebe lezoKhuseleko lwelizwe kunye nemigaqo-nkqubo yempi.
Amasebe amapolisa ayaqhubeka ukufumana iimoto ezininzi ezixhobileyo, izixhobo ezitsha zokucupha, kunye noqeqesho lwe-SWAT. Urhulumente womanyano kufuneka endaweni yoko axhase iinkqubo zemfundo, izindlu, uqeqesho lomsebenzi, impilo yengqondo, kunye nezinye izixhobo ezijongana neemfuno zoluntu lwethu. Siyakubongoza ukuba uxhase ukucuthwa okucetywayo koLawulo kwi-UASI, kwaye uhambise ezi nkxaso-mali kulungiselelo olungxamisekileyo olunganxulumananga nezinto eziphambili zokulwa nobunqolobi.
Ozithobileyo,
American Friends Service Committee War Resisters League
UMqulu wamaLungelo weKomiti yoKhuselo iNtsebenziswano yoXolelwaniso
Iimfazwe zase-Iraq malunga neMfazwe
Ukubonisa ubulungisa bobuhlanga
Umanyano lweMedia
Isenzo sikaMoana Nui kunye neManyano yezeNdalo ezichasene neMfazwe iMalcolm X Grassroots Movement International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network Eastside Arts Alliance
Uluntu oluManyeneyo lweProjekthi yokuBuyiselwa kwiSimo soBulungisa boBulungisa
Arab Resource Organising Centre
National Lawyers Guild
Iqela eliSebenzayo laBucala lase-Oakland
Xicana Moratorium Project
Berkeley Copwatch
I-Baptist Peace Fellowship yaseMntla Melika iCodepink Women for Peace
World Beyond War
Iprojekthi ye-Anti Police Terror
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(1) https://www.governor.ny.gov/
(2) I-American Civil Liberties Union, iMfazwe ibuyela ekhaya: i-Militarization egqithisileyo yoBupolisa baseMelika, ngoJuni 2014.
