Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Sheriff Scott Franklin o Jena e hoʻāʻo ʻo ia e hoʻopau i kona kaiāulu i nā lāʻau lapaʻau. Ua ʻōlelo ka poʻe hoʻohewa e ʻimi nei ʻo ia i ka hoʻopaʻi kūʻē i ke kaiāulu ʻeleʻele o ke kūlanakauhale.
Ma ka hora eha o ka la 9 o Iulai o ka makahiki i hala aku nei, ua oi aku mamua o 150 mau luna mai na keena like ole he 10 i akoakoa mai ma kahi halepapaa nui mawaho ae o Jena, Louisiana. ʻO ka lā ka hopena o ka hoʻokolokolo ʻana i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka Makai Nui Scott Franklin e hoʻomau nei no kahi kokoke i ʻelua makahiki. Ua kono ʻia ka pāpāho kūloko, a ʻike ʻia kahi wikiō o ka Makai Nui e kamaʻilio ana i ka ʻaha ʻāwīwī ma ka pūnaewele.
Ua kapa aku ka Makai Nui i ka hui "Operation Third Option," a ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e pili ana i ka hakakā ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau. Eia naʻe, ʻōlelo nā lālā o ke kaiāulu ʻo ka hana a Sheriff Franklin he ʻāpana o ka hoʻopaʻi hoʻopaʻi no nā kūʻē kīwila kūloko i lanakila i ke kūʻokoʻa no ʻeono mau haumāna kula kiʻekiʻe ʻeleʻele - i ʻike ʻia ma ke ao holoʻokoʻa ʻo ka Jena Six - i hoʻopiʻi ʻia no ka hoʻāʻo pepehi kanaka no ka hakakā kula.
Hoʻokahi mea i maopopo: ua hoʻohana ka Makai Nui i nā waiwai nui; ʻaʻole naʻe i hopu nā luna i nā mea paʻa. Me ka Loio Apana Reed Walters, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Sheriff Franklin e ʻimi nei ʻo ia i nā hoʻopaʻi kiʻekiʻe loa no ka poʻe i hoʻopiʻi ʻia me nā hewa liʻiliʻi. Eia kekahi, i loko o kahi hale pule he kanawalukūmālima pākēneka keʻokeʻo, ʻo kāna mau hana ua aneane pili wale i nā ʻAmelika ʻAmelika.
Kaona o Bagdad
Wahi a kekahi hōʻike mai ka nūpepa ʻo Alexandria's Town Talk, ua hoʻomākaukau ʻo LaSalle Parish Sheriff Scott Franklin i ka lehulehu i ʻākoakoa ʻia no kahi lā ʻino. "He ʻoihana koʻikoʻi kēia a mākou e hoʻoponopono nei e hana," wahi a Sheriff Franklin. "Inā manaʻo ʻoe he hana hoʻomaʻamaʻa kēia a inā manaʻo ʻoe he mau keikikāne maikaʻi kēia mai ka ʻāina ʻāʻī ʻulaʻula a e hele wale ana mākou i ke keikikāne maikaʻi iā lākou i loko o nā lima lima, ua hewa ʻoe. ʻAʻohe mea e nalowale ai kēia poʻe. ʻike lākou he kiʻekiʻe ka pili."
"E like ana ia me Baghdad i waho o kēia kaiāulu i ka ʻelima kakahiaka," hoʻomau ʻo ia me ka hoʻomau ʻana, me ka wehewehe ʻana ʻo kā lākou pahuhopu ʻo Darren DeWayne Brown, 37 ona makahiki, nona kahi hale ʻuʻuku - kekahi o nā ʻoihana ʻeleʻele wale nō ma ke kūlanakauhale - a me kona mau "Lutanela," ka mea a Franklin i olelo ai ua hoolako mai i kanawalu hapahaneri o na narcotics no ekolu mau halepule. "E ʻae mai iaʻu e haʻi aku iā ʻoe ma kēia ʻano," wahi a ka Makai Nui, "Ke ʻōlelo mai ke kanaka, 'ʻAʻole mākou e kūʻai aku i ka dope i kēia lā,' ʻaʻole e kūʻai ʻia ka dope."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Makai Nui Franklin ʻo ka koho mua no ka poʻe kūʻai lāʻau a me nā mea hoʻohana e haʻalele, ʻo ka koho ʻelua ka neʻe ʻana, a ʻo ke koho ʻekolu e hoʻolilo i ke koena o ko lākou ola i loko o ka hale paʻahao. A ʻo kēia lā e pili ana i ke koho ʻekolu. "E hoʻokomo ʻia lākou i loko o nā pūlima lima, waiho ʻia ma hope o nā kaola i kēia lā a ʻaʻole ʻike hou i ka mālamalama o ka lā ke ʻole lākou e hele i ke kahua pāʻani i loko o ka hale paʻahao," wahi āna.
I ka pau ʻana o ka lā, ua hopu ʻia he ʻumi mau kānaka no ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana mai ka hoʻowahāwahā ʻana i ka ʻaha a hiki i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka marijuana, hydrocodone, a i ʻole cocaine. ʻOiai ka hopu ʻana i ka poʻe i hoʻopiʻi ʻia me ka pīhoihoi me ka hoʻouka ʻana i ke kakahiaka nui, kahi i hoʻopau ʻia ai nā puka e nā pūʻulu SWAT i ka wā e lele ana ka helikopter ma luna a laila lawe ʻia nā hui ʻimi e hoʻokaʻawale i nā hale a me nā ʻoihana, ʻaʻohe lāʻau a i ʻole nā mea hōʻike kino ʻē aʻe i kiʻi ʻia.
ʻO nā hōʻike āpau i nā hihia mai ka hōʻike ʻana o Evan Brown o Jena, he iwakāluakūmākolu makahiki, ʻo ia hoʻi i kāʻei i kahi kāmela huna i ka wā o ka hoʻokolokolo ʻana i ʻōlelo ʻia e nā luna o ka pā hale e hāʻawi i nā hōʻike ʻike ikaika. "Ua ʻoluʻolu loa mākou i nā hopena," wahi a LaSalle Sheriff's Narcotic Chief Robert Terral, nāna i hōʻole i ka ʻōlelo hou aku no ka hana.
ʻO Lasalle Parish kahi hoʻopaʻa kālaiʻāina ʻo ia ma ke komohana ʻākau o Louisiana. Ua loaʻa iā Clansman David Duke ka hapa nui o nā balota kūloko i kona holo ʻana i kiaʻāina i ka makahiki 1991—ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua loaʻa iā ia ka pākēneka kiʻekiʻe o nā balota ma LaSalle Parish ma mua o nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka mokuʻāina.
Ua kaulana ka Parish i ka makahiki 2007 no ka hihia o ka Jena Six. Ma nā hōʻikeʻike i kapa ʻia ʻo ka hānau ʻana o kahi hui pono kīwila 21st Century, ua manaʻo ʻia he 50,000 poʻe i hele ma Jena. Ke kūʻē nei lākou i ke ʻano o ka racism systemic a me ka hoʻopiʻi hoʻokae. ʻO nā ʻōpio ʻeono a pau, ka poʻe i kū i mua i ke ola i loko o ka hale paʻahao, ua kākau inoa ʻia lākou i ke kulanui a i ʻole ke hele nei.
Ua haʻi ka Makai Nui i ka Jena Times ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hoʻomākaukau no ka Operation Third Option i Nowemapa o 2007, ma lalo o ʻelua mahina ma hope o nā kūʻē kūʻē.
He Kakahiaka Weliweli
ʻO Catrina Wallace, 29, e hiamoe ana ma kona wahi moe me kāna keiki muli loa i ka wā i wāwahi ʻia ai kona puka a ala ʻo ia i ka manaʻo o ka pu i kona poʻo. I kona wehe ʻana i kona mau maka, ua piha kona hale liʻiliʻi i nā mākaʻi. "ʻAʻole au i ʻike i kēlā mau mākaʻi he nui i ka manawa hoʻokahi," i hoʻomanaʻo ai ʻo ia. "Ma nā wahi a pau aʻu i ʻike ai he mākaʻi wale nō. ʻEono a ʻehiku paha i loko o koʻu lumi moe. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, ua kuhikuhi aku nā mākaʻi i nā pū i kāna mau keiki liʻiliʻi a ʻaʻole ʻae iā ia e hōʻoluʻolu iā lākou.
ʻO Catrina Wallace ke kaikuahine o Robert Bailey, kekahi o ka Jena Six. Me kona makuahine, ʻo Caseptla Bailey, ʻo ia kekahi o nā alakaʻi o ka hoʻolaha e hoʻokuʻu i nā ʻōpio i hoʻopiʻi ʻia, a ua hoʻonohonoho ʻo ia i nā hālāwai a me nā kūʻē no nā mahina. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Wallace, ʻo kāna hana kālai'āina i lilo iā ia i pahuhopu. "He kanaka kūʻokoʻa au," wahi āna. “Ke paio nei au no ka pono o na kanaka. ʻAʻole au i pilikia.
E like me nā hale ʻē aʻe i hoʻouka ʻia i kēlā lā, ʻaʻole i loaʻa i nā mākaʻi nā lāʻau lapaʻau ma ka home o Wallace. Wahi a Wallace, ua ʻōlelo mua nā mākaʻi ua loaʻa iā lākou ka marijuana ma luna o kāna papaʻaina, akā ma hope ua ʻike lākou ua ʻohi lākou i nā kumu broccoli, koena mai ka ʻaina ahiahi i ka pō i hala.
ʻOiai ʻo ka nele o nā hōʻike, a me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ua noho ʻo ia i kona ola holoʻokoʻa ma Jena a ke hānai nei i ʻekolu mau keiki liʻiliʻi, ua paʻa ʻo ia no kahi palapala kālā $150,000 wale nō. ʻO kāna kaʻa, he Mitsubishi Gallant 1999, ua hopu pū ʻia e nā mākaʻi, nāna e hoʻomau i ka paʻa ʻana i loko o kahi ʻāpana impound. Inā makemake ʻo ia e hoʻihoʻi, pono e uku ʻo Catrina i ʻumikūmālua kālā i ka lā i ka hailona no kēlā me kēia lā mai ka wā i hopu ʻia ai, i Iulai o ka makahiki i hala - he huina i ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o ka waiwai o ke kaʻa.
ʻO Tasered a Traumatized
E hiamoe ana ʻo Samuel Howard ma kona wahi moe, ʻaʻohe kapa, i ka wā i wāwahi ai nā mākaʻi i kona puka ma ka hola ʻelima. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Howard, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻo ia e nā mākaʻi i ʻekolu manawa, ʻelua ma ke kua a hoʻokahi ma kona lima, a kuhikuhi pū i kāna mau keiki ʻekolu. Ua lawe olohelohe mai lakou ia ia mai kona hale aku, a lawe aku la iaia i ke kahua kinipopo, me na poe i hopuia mai ia la mai. Ma laila ʻo ia i ʻōlelo ai ua hoʻopau ʻo ia i kahi hola ʻē aʻe me ka ʻole o ka lole, e kū pū ana me nā mea paʻa ʻē aʻe, a hiki i ka wā i lawe mai ai nā mākaʻi iā ia i kahi lele hale paʻahao ʻalani.
"Ua mālama lākou iā mākou e like me mākou he poʻe pepehi kanaka koʻikoʻi," wahi a Howard, ka mea i ʻōlelo ma kahi kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi e like me Jena kahi i ʻike ai nā mea a pau, ʻaʻole i koi ʻia kēlā ʻano hana ʻino. "Ua ʻike ka makai nui iaʻu," wahi āna. “Ua hele pū mākou i ke kula. ʻIke ʻo ia ʻaʻole wau he kanaka kolohe.
Hoʻopiʻi ʻia ʻo Howard me ʻekolu mau helu o ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka cocaine. Hoʻolālā ʻia kāna hoʻokolokolo no Mei 24 (ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia ʻo Catrina Wallace no ka pule hoʻokahi). E like me nā mea hoʻopiʻi ʻē aʻe, ʻo ka hōʻike wale nō e kūʻē iā ia ʻo ka hōʻike a me ka wikiō mai ka mea hoʻolaha mākaʻi. ʻO Howard, ka mea i ʻike i nā hōʻike, ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻaʻole pili i ka wikiō.
Ua pau loa kona hale i ke ahi ia la, me he mea la mai na ahi ahi a na makai i ki mai ai i loko, a ua pau kona mau puka makani. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Howard, nāna e hana i kekahi hana hoʻoponopono kaʻa, ʻo kāna mau kaʻa ʻehā - me ʻelua mau kaʻa kahiko i holo ʻole - ua hopu pū ʻia e nā mākaʻi.
Hoʻoikaika Lahui
ʻO ka nui o nā kamaʻāina ʻEleʻele o Jena e ʻōlelo nei ʻo ka mana keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo o ke kūlanakauhale - me ka DA, Sheriff, a me ka mea hoʻoponopono o ka nūpepa kūloko - makemake e hoʻopaʻi i ka poʻe ʻeleʻele ma ke kūlanakauhale i kū a hakakā me nā hoʻopiʻi pono ʻole. Ke hoʻopiʻi nei lākou ma ke kūlanakauhale i keʻokeʻo nui, ʻo ʻEleʻele wale nō ka poʻe i hopu ʻia, a ʻo ka poʻe i hopu ʻia ma ka pepa o ke kūlanakauhale he ʻeleʻele. ʻO ka mākaʻi "Makemake wale nō e hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ka poʻe," wahi a Caseptla Bailey, ka makuahine o Wallace, "ʻO ka poʻe ʻAmelika ʻAmelika." ʻO Sammy Franklin ka mea hoʻoponopono a me ka mea hoʻopuka o ka Jena Times, ka pepa wale nō o ke kūlanakauhale, nona ka pepa mai ka makahiki 1968. ʻO kāna keiki ʻo Sheriff Scott Franklin.
Ke kūʻai aku nei kekahi hale kūʻai keʻokeʻo ma ke kihi mai ka hale hoʻokolokolo ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Jena i nā pālule e hoʻomanaʻo ana i ka Operation Third Option, me kahi hoʻolālā o ke kanaka ma hope o nā kaola. Wahi a nā kamaʻāina ʻeleʻele o Jena, ua hōʻike ʻia kahi ʻano mua o ka pālule i kahi monkey ma hope o nā kaola. Ua ʻōlelo lākou ua hauʻoli nā kamaʻāina keʻokeʻo o Jena i ka hopu ʻana.
ʻEhā o ka poʻe i hopu ʻia ma ia lā i ʻae i ka hewa. ʻO Chelsea Brown, ka mea i hopu ʻia no ka hoʻowahāwahā ʻana i ka ʻaha hoʻokolokolo, ua loaʻa iā ia ka hoʻopaʻi o 25 mau lā. ʻO Devin Lofton, ka mea i hoʻopiʻi hewa i ka hui kipi e puʻunaue, ua loaʻa iā ia he ʻumi makahiki. ʻO Adrian Richardson, 34, nāna i hoʻopiʻi i ka hewa ma ʻApelila 23 i ʻelua mau helu o ka hāʻawi ʻana, ua loaʻa iā ia he iwakāluakūmālima mau makahiki. ʻO Termaine Lee, he iwakāluakūmālua makahiki ʻaʻohe moʻolelo ma mua akā ua kū ʻo ia i ʻeono helu o ka hāʻawi ʻana, ua loaʻa iā ia he iwakālua makahiki.
Ua hoʻolimalima kekahi o ka poʻe i hoʻopiʻi ʻia i nā loio, a ʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe ua koho ʻia nā mea pale aupuni. Eia naʻe, ʻōlelo ka poʻe a pau e kānalua nei hiki iā lākou ke loaʻa kahi hoʻokolokolo kūpono ma LaSalle. Ua ʻōlelo lākou ua loaʻa i nā mea hoʻopiʻi keʻokeʻo me nā hoʻopiʻi like a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi aʻe i nā palapala paʻa haʻahaʻa, a ke alo nei lākou i nā ʻōlelo liʻiliʻi. “He kekee ia,” wahi a Howard. "ʻAʻole lākou e pāʻani pono ana ma ʻaneʻi, ʻo ia wale nō."
ʻO Marcus Jones, ka makuakāne o Mychal Bell, kekahi o nā ʻōpio ʻo Jena ʻEono, ʻaʻole ʻōlelo iki. "He mea hoʻoikaika lāhui kēia," wahi āna. "He hoʻopaʻi." Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, ʻo ka pilikia ʻoiai ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia nā ʻōpio ʻo Jena Six, ʻaʻohe hopena no ka Makai Nui a i ʻole DA. "ʻAʻole anei e hana ʻia kēia inā i hana ʻia ka hoʻopono e like me ka mea i manaʻo ʻia," wahi āna.
ʻAʻole ʻo Jones i waena o ka poʻe i hopu ʻia, akā ma kahi kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi e like me Jena, ʻike ʻo ia i nā mea a pau e pili ana. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua haʻalulu ʻo ia i nā waiwai a nā mākaʻi i lawe mai ai. "No ke aha ʻoe i makemake ai i nā helikopter a me nā mea kaua?" ninau mai la ia. "Ua hiki iaʻu ke ʻike inā ʻoe e hopu iā Noriega a i ʻole ka Mafia, akā he poʻe kēia me nā keiki i ko lākou mau home. ʻAʻole i loaʻa i ke keʻena o ka Makai Nui ka hoʻouka kaua me kekahi o kēia poʻe."
Manaʻo ʻo Jones ʻo ka hoʻolaha holoʻokoʻa a Sheriff Franklin he hōʻailona ia o ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka mana ma luna o ke kaiāulu ʻEleʻele, a kāhea ʻo ia i kahi hoʻokolokolo federal o ka ʻoihana Makai Nui a me DA.
'Ōleloʻo Samuel Howard, i kēia manawa, noho nuiʻo ia i ka home me kāna mau keikiʻekolu,ʻo 12, 14, a me 15 makahiki. kona hopuia. "Ua hoʻoweliweli iā lākou a make," wahi āna. "Ke kamaʻilio nei lākou a hiki i kēia lā."
"Ua ʻike lākou ua hewa lākou," wahi a Howard, e pili ana i ka Makai Nui a me DA, "ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke haʻi iaʻu ʻaʻole lākou i ʻike."
He mea kākau moʻolelo ʻo Jordan Flaherty, he mea hoʻoponopono o Left Turn Magazine, a he limahana me ka Louisiana Justice Institute. ʻO ia ka mea kākau mua i lawe mai i ka moʻolelo o ka Jena Six i ka lehulehu lehulehu a ua ʻike ka poʻe hoʻolohe a puni ka honua i nā hōʻike televise āna i hana ai no Al-Jazeera, TeleSur, GritTV, a me Democracy Now. E hoʻokuʻu ʻo Haymarket Books i kāna puke hou, NĀ LĀINA: Kaiāulu a me ke kū'ē mai Katrina a i ka Jena Six, kēia kau wela. Hiki ke loaʻa iā ia ma [pale ʻia ka leka uila].
Loaʻa iā Marcus Jones, Catrina Wallace, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe ma Jena no nā nīnauele.
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