Ukubuyisa iMali “egwetyelwe” ukubulala

NguRobert Koehler, nge-20 kaJuni, 2020

Ewe, wayefanelwe kukufa, akunjalo? Walwa, wabaleka, wabamba i-taser yomlingisi kwaye wayidubula. Kwaye enxila, ngokucacileyo. Kwaye wayevimba ithrafikhi.

"Ukuba igosa libethwe kuloo mntu, yonke imisipha yakhe iya kutshixwa, kwaye iya kuba nakho ukushukuma kwaye iphendule," utshilo I-Georgia County sheriff, ebhekisa ekubulaweni kukaRayshard Brooks e-Atlanta ngoJuni 12.

Ngokugqibeleleyo. Ilungisiwe.

Phakathi kwengqumbo yomhlaba malunga nokubulawa kwamapolisa kunye nabakhuseli bamapolisa kukho ukungaphumeleli - ukusilela ngokupheleleyo komhlaba oqhelekileyo - ekufuneka uwele. Ukubulawa kukaRayshard Brooks, njengokubulawa kwabaninzi bamadoda nabasetyhini bemibala kule minyaka idlulileyo kunye nakwiiveki ezisandula ukwenziwa, kuye kwalungiswa kuphela kwimbono emxinwa: Ngaba waphule imithetho yomdlalo? Ngokwesiqhelo "ulwaphulo-mthetho," nokuba luncinci okanye alufanelekanga, lunokufumaneka kwaye, i-voila, ukudubula kufanelekile!

Yintoni ephambuke kabuhlungu kule meko-ivaliweyo-sisimo-esiphazamise kule minyaka mihlanu okanye mithandathu idlulileyo kukuxhaphaka kweevidiyo ezithunyelwe kumajelo eendaba ezihlala zilitshitshisa ibali lamapolisa ngento eyenzekileyo- ingumbono wobuntu kwixhoba kwaye, ngaphaya koko Ukuzimisele ukwamkela inqanaba lobundlobongela lase Melika.

"URayshard Brooks wabulawa kusuku olungaphambi kokuba acwangcise ukubhiyozela usuku lokuzalwa kwentombi yakhe," sitsho i-CNN. "Amagqwetha osapho athi Intombi eneminyaka esi-8 walinda utata wakhe kwisinxibo sakhe sokuzalwa ngaloo ntsasa. Kodwa khange abuye ekhaya. ”

Kukho into ephosakeleyo.

UAbdullah JaberUmlawuli omkhulu weBhunga kwi-American-Islamic--Georgia uthi: "Umnxeba malunga nendoda elele emotweni awufanelanga ukuba uye kudutyulwa ngamapolisa." Uqhubekeka, echaza ukuba ukudubula umntu ngasemva njengoko abalekayo kuyimpatho yenkohlakalo yamapolisa, kodwa ndicinga ukuba eyona nto iphambili kukuba iingxaki ezinje zentlalo - indoda evimba umgaqo wokuqhuba u-Wendy's - kufuneka ze kusonjululwe ngendlela yokuba ubundlobongela obunobungozi bunokwenzeka.

Le nto ukubuyisa imali emapoliseni imalunga noku: ukubuyisa imali ngenkqubo ethile elawula ucwangco ngokuthobela amagunya axhobileyo; oko kukhula ngokukhula komkhosi; oko kungenakuqonda okuntsonkothileyo kokuziphatha komntu; kwaye lonto ineengcambu ezinzulu kubuhlanga obuMhlophe, engagcini nje emva kwiinkulungwane kodwa iphilile kwaye ikwangoku, ngokwentlupheko, ukucinezelwa kwabavoti kunye neendlela ezingapheliyo zocalucalulo. Ewe, njengoko uTrevor Noah wabeka kwi- "Umboniso wemihla ngemihla": "ubuhlanga bufana isiraphu yengqolowa yoluntu. Kuyo yonke into. ”

Ukubuyisa amapolisa yinxalenye yenkqubo enkulu yokwakhiwa ngokutsha koluntu. Oko akuthethi ukulahla konke ukugcinwa kocwangco kwezentlalo okanye ukuphelisa yonke into eyenziwa ngamapolisa, kodwa kuthetha ukukhupha izixhobo - ukukhulula - ubukhulu becala, ukuba ayisiyiyo yonke loo nto yolondolozo; ukuvuselela intlalontle kwiinkqubo ezinceda abantu baphucule ubomi babo, ngokuchasene nezohlwayo ngenxa yokwaphula imithetho eyahlukeneyo; kunye nokujonga ucwangco esidlangalaleni njengento ebandakanya uluntu ngokwalo, ukuze sonke, hayi nje abo banebheji, imipu kunye nabasemagunyeni abaseburhulumenteni, sithathe inxaxheba kule nkqubo.

“Ukusigcina sikhuselekile” luphawu lobudlelwane boluntu, oko kukuthi, ubuxoki, obusetyenziselwa ukukhusela kunye nokuqhubeka okungapheliyo komkhosi kunye nemfazwe, ngaphakathi nangaphakathi elizweni. Kwisiseko sayo, kuhlala kusoloko kukho utshaba, oluchanekileyo ebantwini ukuze ukufa kwakhe kusoloko kufanelekile. Izizathu zilula kakhulu xa ungacingi ukuba intombi yexhoba eneminyaka esi-8 imlinde kwingubo yakhe yokuzalwa.

Kwaye UNowa Berlatsky Ucacisa ukuba, ngokubhala kuMgaqo-nkqubo Wezangaphandle: ". . . ukubeka phambili ezomkhosi kunye nemfazwe kuthetha ukuthoba izibonelelo ezenza ukuba kubekho uxolo, njengemfundo. Kwangolo hlobo lunye, iBlive Lives Matter kunye neAmerican Civil Liberties Union bacele ukubuyisa imali kumapolisa ukuze baphinde bathumele imali kwiinkonzo zempilo yengqondo kunye notyalo-mali kwiindawo zabantsundu - umzekelo, kwizikolo. Amapolisa ngokwawo achaze indlela abaye baba yenkonzo yokugqibela, bezabalaza ukujongana nokuzinyanzela kwenye indawo.

Yifumane? Njengoko sikhupha imali kwiinkqubo ezinceda abantu, intlupheko ihlala ingabanjwa kwaye iphazamisekile- kubandakanya nolwaphulo-mthetho olusasazekayo, sithethelela uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali lwamapolisa oluthi njalo, ekugqibeleni, babe ngamapolisa omkhosi. Uluntu olungachaphazelekanga, uluntu olunombala, ngoku kufuneka lugcinwe phantsi kolawulo kunye nemikhosi yokuhlala. Le okwangoku sisimo esijongene nawo - esijongene nengqumbo yehlabathi jikelele kwaye isiya iza ngapha nangokuba abakhuseli bayo bezama ngamandla ukumbamba.

Kodwa xa ndithetha ngemikhosi yezomkhosi: “Umkhosi nawo uxhamla ngokuthe ngqo, kwaye uxhomekeke, ekusasazeni intsholongwane kunye nentlupheko,” ubhala uBeratsats. "Iinkonzo ezixhobileyo zigxile kwimizamo yokugaya kumakhaya asezikumgangatho uphantsi kunye nakumakhaya ahluphekayo. . . . Oorhulumente bebaleka kwiinkonzo zentlalo-ntle kunye nenkcitho yemfundo kuluntu oluhlwempuzekileyo noluncinci. Bachitha ngokudlamkileyo emapoliseni abo banqumamisa kwaye bahlukumeze abantu abantsundu kule ndawo bahlala rhoqo. Kwaye umkhosi oxhaswe ngemali useka izikhululo zokuqesha kwiindawo ezihlwempuzekileyo ukuze zigcwalise uluhlu lwazo, njengoko abantwana abambalwa abanokukhetha ukuya kudubula abanye badutyulwe kwiimfazwe zamanye amazwe ezingapheliyo eUnited States. ”

Konke oku kundikhokelela e-US PhendulaBarbara LeeIsisombululo esitsha phambi kweCongress, sibiza ukuba kususwe imali ezibhiliyoni ezingama-350 zeedola kwinkcitho yezomkhosi- phantse isiqingatha sohlahlo-lwabiwo mali lwePentagon. Ukucofa kuya kubandakanya ukuvala iziseko zomkhosi phesheya, ukuphelisa iimfazwe zethu ezingapheliyo, ukupheliswa kwecandelo lomkhosi kaTrump okwacetywayo kunye nokunye okuninzi.

"Izixhobo zenyukliya ezingafunekiyo, ii-akhawunti ezichithwa ngaphandle kweencwadi, kunye neemfazwe ezingapheliyo kuMbindi Mpuma azisenzi sikhuseleke," utshilo uLee. "Ngakumbi ngexesha apho iintsapho kwilizwe liphela zizabalazela ukuhlawula amatyala - kubandakanya iintsapho zasemkhosini ezingaphezu kwe-16,000 kwizitampu zokutya - kufuneka sijongisise yonke idola siphinde singene ebantwini."

Phinda ungene ebantwini? Ngaba sikulungele ngokwenene ukuba kwinqanaba eliqhelekileyo?

URobert Koehler (koehlercw@gmail.com), edibeneyo PeaceVoice, ngumlobi we-Chicago kunye nomhleli we-Chicago. Ungumbhali weNkalipho ekhula ngokuGqibeleleyo kwiNxeba.