Source: Counterpunch
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A ranar 5 ga Disamba, 2020, New Orleans ta zaɓi Babban Lauyan Gunduma na farko. Jason Williams, wanda ya kasance lauya mai kare laifuka sama da shekaru 20 kafin a zabe shi, ya maye gurbin tsohon DA Leon Cannizzaro, wanda jaridun New Orleans suka bayyana a matsayin. na gargajiya tauri kan masu gabatar da kara. Gamayyar kungiyoyin adalci da ba a taba yin irinsu ba sun taru sama da shekara guda kafin zaben, kamar yadda Jam'iyyar Peoples DA Coalition, don taimakawa wajen faruwa.
Jam'iyyar Peoples DA Coalition, wanda ya ƙunshi ƙungiyoyin shari’a sama da 30 na cikin gida, sun yi aiki sama da shekara guda don “ƙirƙirar ofishin Lauyan Gundumar da ke da ɗa’a, mai adalci, mai tausayi, da kuma bin diddigin al’amura ga dukan waɗanda suka kafa ta domin mu iya kawo karshen zamanin daurin jama'a a New Orleans. "
Nan da nan da ya hau ofis, Lauyan gundumar New Orleans Jason Williams ya nuna dalilin da ya sa yake kan hanyar zama mai gabatar da kara. Ya kafa a sashin kare hakkin jama'a mai karfi don sake duba hukuncin da ake tuhuma, ya fara rage abubuwan inda masu gabatar da kara suka bukaci belin kudi, daina amfani da dokar laifi ta al'ada ta Louisiana, yawanci ya dakatar da gurfanar da yara a gaban kotun manya, sallamar daruruwan na ƙananan matakan miyagun ƙwayoyi, da an ba da sababbin gwaji ga mutane da dama da aka yanke wa hukunci da alkalai marasa rinjaye. Ƙarin canje-canje suna zuwa.
Ta yaya aka zaɓi irin wannan ɗan takarar mai ci gaba a Louisiana, jihar kudu mai zurfi wacce ta daɗe tana da shekaru kulle fiye da 'yan kasarta fiye da kowa?
Akwai maɓallai uku don New Orleans zaɓen mai gabatar da kara na farko. Biyu na gargajiya ne. Na uku ba a taba yin irinsa ba. Na farko, wanda ya lashe tseren, Jason Williams, ya kasance ƙwararren mai fafutuka kuma sanannen ɗan takara da ake girmamawa. Amma ya fuskanci kalubale saboda ya yi takara a baya kuma ya sha kasa kuma yana fuskantar rashin tabbas saboda fice zargin harajin laifi na tarayya. Na biyu, ya taimaka da cewa mai ci ya yi ritaya a minti na karshe. Amma sauran masu rike da mukamai sun yi ritaya a baya kuma babu wani mai gabatar da kara da ya kawo gyara. Na uku shi ne gagarumin fitowar a hadin gwiwar tushen ciyawa mai karfi mara bangaranci na kungiyoyi da dama da ɗimbin masu fafutuka waɗanda suka gano muhimman al'amura, sun ilimantar da al'umma, da kuma kunna mutane su jefa ƙuri'a don babban sauyi a cikin tsarin shari'ar laifuka.
Ƙungiyar da ta jagoranci al'ummar New Orleans ƙoƙarin da ba na bangaranci ba don zabar mai gabatar da kara shine Jama'ar DA Coalition. Ya kawo ɗimbin tushen ciyawa tsari da kuzari don babban gyara cikin tsarin shari'ar laifuka a New Orleans a cikin mayar da hankali kan wannan zaɓe.
Tun kafin zaben ya fara ne watanni 14 kafin zaben. Wasu ƴan masu fafutukar aikata laifuka sun yi mamakin ko zai yiwu a ƙirƙiri haɗin gwiwar al'umma mai fa'ida don ilmantarwa da kunna masu jefa ƙuri'a don yin zaben 2020 na Babban Lauyan gundumar New Orleans a matsayin kuri'ar raba gardama kan sauye-sauye masu ban mamaki a cikin tsarin shari'ar laifuka? Akwai wasu ci gaban jihar baki daya game da gyara a cikin ƴan shekarun da suka gabata, me ya sa ba za a yi gyare-gyare mai ƙarfi a cikin gida ba? Nan da nan suka yanke shawarar cewa babu wata kungiya da za ta iya dawo da irin wannan yunƙurin don haka suka haɗu da sauran ƙungiyoyi masu yawa don yin mafarki da tsarawa da aiki don kawo canji na gaske.
The Jama'ar DA Coalition ya girma ya haɗa da ƙungiyoyin al'umma sama da 30 da ɗaruruwan masu fafutuka. Manufar su daya ita ce zabar Babban Lauyan Gundumar wanda ke da gaske game da canza tsarin shari'ar aikata laifuka da kuma zama masu jin kai ga mutanen New Orleans. The kungiyoyin da abin ya shafa sun haɗa da waɗanda mazauna da aka daure a da, waɗanda suka tsira daga aikata laifuka, mutanen da aka yanke musu hukunci bisa kuskure, iyalai tare da ƴan uwansu da ake tsare da su, haƙƙin baƙi, da sauransu sun mai da hankali kan sake fasalin shari'ar aikata laifuka a New Orleans.
Tare waɗannan ƙungiyoyi guda talatin sun amince da damar ƙirƙirar sabon hangen nesa ga Ofishin Lauyan Gundumar New Orleans. Suka nema "Mai gabatar da kara mai gyara wanda ya rungumi hanyoyin adalci, mafi aminci, mafi inganci ga shari'ar laifuka."
Gamayyar dai ta ki mara baya ko adawa da wani takamaiman dan takara. Sun kasance a fili. Manufar su ita ce su saurara da tsarawa tare da ƙungiyoyi na asali da kuma kawo sauyi mai tsanani a yadda tsarin shari'ar laifuka ke aiki a New Orleans. yaya? Ta hanyar ilimantar da al'umma a duk faɗin birni da kuma wayar da kan jama'a don fitowa da kuma jefa ƙuri'a ga gagarumin gyara a tseren neman masu gabatar da kara. Shirinsu shi ne, duk wanda aka zaba ya zama alhaki ga jama’a.
Tsohon kotun laifuka Alkali Calvin Johnson an bukaci ya jagoranci kawancen. Alkali Johnson babban shugaban shari’a ne wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin farfesa na shari’a, tsohon babban alkali na Kotun Lardin Laifuka ta Orleans Parish kuma bayan ya yi ritaya daga benci, mai kula da shari’ar laifuka na birnin New Orleans.
Mai shari'a Johnson yana sane da buƙatar sauye-sauye masu ban mamaki a cikin tsarin shari'ar laifuka fiye da shekaru 50. "A cikin 1962, lokacin ina dan shekara 14 kacal, an tuhumi wani matashin dan wasan kwallon kafa a garinmu na Plaquemine tare da gurfanar da shi gaban kotu bisa zarginsa da cin zarafin budurwarsa farar fata. Na tuna zaune a barandar kotun ina kallon yadda aka hana wannan matashin Bakar fata wani abu kusa da shari'a ta gaskiya. A lokacin ne na fahimci yadda tsarin ke da matsala. Wannan lokacin ya aike ni a kan tafiya ta rayuwa don ba da shawara ga tsarin da ba ya azabtar da mutane kawai don zama Baƙar fata."
Me yasa Alkali Johnson ya yarda ya jagoranci wannan takamaiman ƙoƙarin? "A matsayina na tsohon alkali wanda ya shafe yawancin rayuwata na girma yana aiki a cikin tsarin, zan iya bayyana cewa babu shakka. lauyan gunduma shi ne mutum daya da ya fi kowa karfi a tsarin shari’ar laifuka. Idan har da gaske muke yi game da canza yanayin tsarin da ya wuce gona da iri na ‘yan sanda, da gurfanar da shi a gaban kotu da kuma tsare shi, to dole ne mu zabi lauyan gunduma wanda a zahiri zai yi gyara.”
The Jama'ar DA Coalition ta kafa kanta a matsayin mara riba mai rangwame haraji, in ji Johnson, kuma tun da farko ba ta amince da kowane dan takara ba. Ya iya tada wasu kudaden gida da na kasa daga daidaikun mutane da gidauniyoyi don daukar ma'aikata biyu. Sun tambayi 'yan asalin Louisiana Victoria Koyi zuwa a matsayin kodineta. Launin canji, kungiyar kare hakkin launin fata ta kasa, ta ha] a hannu don taimakawa a matakai da yawa ciki har da taimakawa ƙirƙirar gidan yanar gizon kungiyar, tsara dabarun, da gudanar da fasaha don online forums.
Mafi wuya kuma mafi mahimmancin aikin farko na haɗin gwiwar shine kawar da tsarin manufofin da mutane za su iya samu a baya. Ƙirƙirar dandali mai mahimmanci wanda ke nuna hangen nesa na ƙungiyoyi da dama yana da ƙalubale. Sama da watanni takwas na tarurrukan, membobin sun shirya kansu zuwa ƙungiyoyin aiki daban-daban guda goma sha biyu, kowannensu yana aiki kan batun shari'ar laifuka guda ɗaya, suna samar da cikakkun jerin abubuwan damuwa da buƙatun aiki.
A cikin waɗannan watanni, Ƙungiyar Jama'ar DA ta ci gaba da haɓaka da faɗaɗawa. Ƙarin ƙungiyoyi sun shiga. Ministoci sun shiga. Yawancin matasa. Alkali Johnson ya lura "Abin farin ciki ne ganin duk wadannan matasa da suka jajirce kuma suna cikin dakin suna aiki da su."
Daga karshe kungiyar Peoples DA Coalition ta amince da kashi goma sha biyu dandalin siyasa wanda ya haɗa da takamaiman buƙatu 70 na gyarawa. Kowanne daga cikin ‘yan takarar da za a zaba DA za a tambaye shi matsayinsa a kan kowanne. Al'ummar sun dage cewa ci gaba DA na New Orleans suna gudanar da ofishinsu ta sabbin hanyoyi masu ban mamaki. Misali, DA zai yi alkawarin ba zai nemi hukuncin kisa ba? Shin DA zata iya rage buƙatun belin kuɗi da kuma tsarewar da aka yi gaban shari'a? Shin ofishin zai yi amfani da tsarin adalci na maidowa inda zai yiwu? Shin DA za ta saurari, sanarwa da sadarwa tare da waɗanda suka tsira daga laifuka? Shin DA za ta dakatar da bututun makarantar zuwa gidan yari ta hanyar ƙin tuhumar halayen da za a iya aiwatar da su ta tsarin makaranta? Shin DA za ta ƙirƙiri tsarin bita na yanke hukunci na kuskure? Shin DA za ta horar da duk masu gabatar da kara da ma'aikata a kan ci gaba game da wariyar launin fata? Da wasu da dama.
A lokacin rani na 2020, mutane biyar akai-akai ana ambaton su a matsayin 'yan takara. DA Leon Cannizzaro, Jason Williams, da tsoffin Alkalai uku Arthur Hunter, Keva Landrum, da Morris Reed.
Yayin da cancantar ke gabatowa, ƙungiyar Peoples DA Coalition ta kasance ba ta da bangaranci. Duk da cewa wasu ‘yan kungiyar sun fifita daya ko fiye daga cikin ‘yan takara, ita kanta kungiyar ta mayar da hankali kan batutuwan da suka ki amincewa da tsayawa takara. Dole ne kawancen ya yi hakan, in ji alkali Johnson, domin “ko da wanene aka zaba, muna son a yi masa hukunci. Duk wanda aka zaba, za mu yi wa jama’a alhakin wanda aka zaba.”
A ranar karshe don cancantar shiga zaben, lauyan gunduma Leon Cannizzaro ya sanar da cewa ya kasance ba zai gudu ba domin sake zabe.
"Mun yi mamakin lokacin da zama DA ya fita, amma mun ci gaba," in ji Johnson.
A ranar 18 ga Agusta, 2020, Ƙungiyar Jama'ar DA a bainar jama'a sanar dalla-dalla part 70 dandamali. "Lokaci ya yi da za mu sami mai gabatar da kara, DA wanda ya gane cewa manufar tsarin shari'a ita ce inganta mutane," in ji alkali Johnson a lokacin kaddamar da dandalin ta yanar gizo. “Don inganta garinmu. Domin kyautata tsarin adalci. Aikin mai gabatar da kara ke nan. Aikin mai gabatar da kara ke nan. Kuma jam’iyyar DA Coalition za ta kama mai gabatar da kara.”
A watan Satumba, kawancen ya gudanar da wani taron yanar gizo don 'yan takara don mayar da martani ga tsarin manufofin. Victoria Coy ta ce mutane 900 ne suka halarta. Yan takara duka yi alkawarin don "kashe hukuncin da ba daidai ba, dakatar da gabatar da tuhumar aikata laifuka kan ma'aikatan jima'i, yin amfani da dokokin aikata laifuka na yau da kullun da ajiye gidan yari kafin shari'a don manyan laifuka."
Ba a koyaushe ana kallon mayar da hankali kan sake fasalin tsarin da kyau ba. Rafael Goyeneche, tsohon mai gabatar da kara kuma shugaban kungiyar hadin gwiwar manyan laifuka, mai ra'ayin mazan jiya a kan masu sa ido kan laifuka, lokacin da ya yi hira da shi. Matt Sledge na Nola.com, "ya bayyana wasu shakku kan duk maganar "gyara". "'Reform' ba lallai ba ne yana nufin mafi kyau," in ji Goyeneche. "Ya kamata 'yan takarar su gane cewa ba za su zama lauyoyin masu kare laifuka ba, aikinsu ba zai kasance ga wadanda ake tuhuma ba amma ga jama'a, ga wadanda abin ya shafa da kuma 'yan kasa."
A makonnin da suka gabato zaben, kawancen ya kai hari a unguwannin ilimi da kuma wayar da kan jama'a. Membobin sun kwankwasa kofa, sun yi dubunnan kira da aikewa da sakonni domin jin ta bakinsu game da muhimmancin zaben da kuma muhimman batutuwan da suka shafi takarar DA.
Masu lura da al'amuran siyasa sun yi tsammanin za a raba kuri'ar garambawul tsakanin Jason Williams da alkali Arthur Hunter, alkalin kotun laifuka mai ritaya. Kuri'ar al'adar ta zama kamar mai shari'a Keva Landrum mai ritaya wanda ya sami amincewa fiye da kowane ɗan takara. Alkali Morris Reed ya ci gaba da zama a kan kuri'ar amma bai yi yakin neman zabe da gaske ba kuma ba a sa ran zai tsaya takara ba.
The zaben watan Nuwamba 3 ya kare ne inda tsohon alkali Keva Landrum ya lashe kashi 35 na kuri'un da aka kada yayin da Jason Williams ya kawar da alkali Hunter da kashi 29 zuwa 28.
Kafofin yada labarai na cikin gida ya bayyana zaben a matsayin "zabi tsakanin lauya mai kare wanda da wuya ya kasa yin Allah wadai da abin da yake gani a matsayin tsarin shari'ar laifuka na wariyar launin fata da kuma wanda ke aiki a matsayin babban dan majalisar birni, da kuma karin gyare-gyaren da wani gogaggen mai gabatar da kara da alkali ya gabatar. ”
Landrum mutane da yawa sun gani a matsayin "dan takara mafi matsakaici" yayin da Williams "ya jefa kansa a matsayin mai ci gaba wanda ke gwagwarmaya don samar da tsarin shari'a mai adalci da mutuntaka ga dukan aikinsa."
A wasu rahotannin kafofin watsa labarai duka 'yan takarar sun yi magana game da ci gaba da sauye-sauye, amma matsayinsu da bayanansu sun nuna rarrabuwar kawuna a yadda za su iya kusanci zama DA. Williams ya yi alƙawarin ƙarin hutu mai tsabta tare da ladabtar da ofishin da ya gabata da rungumar dandali na Jama'a DA da haquri. "
Mambobin kungiyar sun ci gaba da aiki tukuru domin wayar da kan mutane game da ’yan takara da kuma yin aikin shigar masu kada kuri’a. Fasto Gregory Manning, dan jam’iyyar Peoples DA Coalition ya bukaci jama’a da su kada kuri’a. Manning, wani fasto a unguwar Broadmoor ya ce: "Muna kan tsaka-tsaki a cikin al'ummarmu." "Ba zai iya zama kawai mu ci gaba da kulle mutane ba tare da barin tsarin shari'a na masu laifi da tsarin gidan yari da kuma mai bayar da belin su amfana da kudi ta hanyar tsare mutanenmu, musamman jama'ar Amurkan Afirka, mutane masu launi."
Daga karshe, mambobin jam’iyyar Peoples DA Coalition sun yi kira sama da 90,000, sun buga daruruwan kofofi tare da aika dubunnan rubutu zuwa ga masu son kada kuri’a, a cewar Coy.
A ranar 5 ga Disamba, 2020, Jason Williams ya lashe tseren da rata mai gamsarwa, 58% zuwa 42%.
Gaskiyar cewa Williams, dan takarar da ya fi samun ci gaba, ya yi nasara ya zo da mamaki zuwa da yawa. Tallafin da ya yi ya bi abokin hamayyarsa da sama da $150,000. Ya sami ƙarancin amincewa da yawa daga dillalan wutar lantarki na birni. New Orleans ba ta taɓa zaɓar mai gabatar da ƙara mai ci gaba ba.
Tun hawansa mulki, kamar yadda muka fada a sama, Lauyan gundumar Williams ya dauki mataki. Yana da ba adawa da buƙatun sababbin gwaji ba ga waɗanda aka yanke wa hukunci a New Orleans ta hanyar yanke hukunci 10-2. Yana da sallamar daruruwan na ƙananan ƙwayoyi da kuma lokuta na zamani. Ya halitta sabo Sashin Haƙƙin Bil Adama don bincika shari'o'in sanyi da kuma mayar da hukuncin da ba daidai ba. Yana da juya siyasa na ofishin kuma baya neman rayuwa a gidan yari ga matasa da aka samu da laifin kisan kai.
Duk da gagarumin aikin da masu jefa ƙuri'a suka ba su, bisa ga al'ada masu ra'ayin mazan jiya masu tsaurin ra'ayi a kan masu sukar laifuka kamar Rafael Goyeneche, waɗanda ba magoya bayan tsare-tsare na garambawul ba ne kafin zaben. matukar damuwa yanzu. "Wannan babban gwaji ne kuma lokaci ne kawai zai nuna yadda wannan gwajin zai kasance," in ji Goyeneche. "Ina tsammanin kuna yin kasada ta gaske tare da jama'a da amincin jama'a."
Jam'iyyar Peoples DA Coalition manufa ya kasance iri ɗaya. "Manufarmu ita ce samar da ofishin Lauyan Gundumar da ke da da'a, da adalci, da tausayi, da kuma bin diddigin al'amuransa domin mu kawo karshen zaman kurkukun jama'a a New Orleans." Ya kamata a mai da hankali kan tsaro, ba ga kurkuku da kurkuku ba.
Amma duk da cewa an gama zaben. Tsara don samun canji na gaske kuma mai dorewa ba haka bane. The Jama'ar DA Coalition da kuma Launin canji suna bin alkawarin da suka yi na ganin cewa za su hukunta wanda ya yi nasara a gasar.
A ranar Alhamis 8 ga Afrilu, Launi na Canji da Ƙungiyar Jama'a DA Coalition sun shirya taronsu na farko tare da Lauyan Gundumar Jason Williams. Suna da niyyar tattauna batun beli, tsarewar da ake yi kafin shari’a, nuna gaskiya, yin lissafi da kuma shari’ar yara, kamar yadda suka yi alkawari. Masu karatu za su iya yin rajista don shiga wannan tattaunawa online.
Duk da yake ba zai yiwu a faɗi ainihin tasirin da ƙungiyar Peoples DA Coalition suka yi a tseren ba, alkali Calvin Johnson ya taƙaita shi. “Zan cika shekara 74 nan ba da jimawa ba. Don ganin inda muke dangane da yadda wannan al'umma ke tunanin adalci da mutane? Wannan abin mamaki ne.”
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