Thaum 1:15 teev sawv ntxov hnub tim 21 lub Tsib Hlis, nyob rau sab hnub poob ntawm Olympia, Washington, tub ceev xwm dawb Ryan Donald tau tua ob tug tub hluas uas tsis muaj tub rog, Andre Thompson, 24, thiab Bryson Chaplin, 21. Cov neeg nyob hauv Olympia no pib mob hnyav nyob ze. tsev kho mob hauv Tacoma thiab Seattle. Thompson tau raug tso tawm hauv tsev kho mob tsib hnub tom qab raug tua, tab sis tseem muaj cov tav thiab cov kev raug mob sab hauv. Raws li Lub Rau Hli 4, Chaplin tseem nyob hauv tsev kho mob thiab tuag tes tuag taw ntawm lub duav nrog ib lub mos txwv nyob hauv nws tus txha nraub qaum.
Raws li cov ntawv xov xwm hauv zos, lub Olympian, thaum lub Tsib Hlis 22 ob kwv tij tau caij skateboarding ntawm ib lub tiaj ua si hauv zos ua ntej mus rau Safeway supermarket nyob ze. Lawv tau khaws qee lub npias, tab sis raug nres los ntawm ib tus neeg ua haujlwm ntawm Safeway hauv lub khw, ze ntawm qhov nkag thiab dhau los ntawm cov ntawv sau nyiaj ntsuab. Thaum sib tw, lawv tso npias thiab tawm sai sai ua ntej 1:00 AM. Safeway ces hu rau Olympia tub ceev xwm department. Tub ceev xwm Ryan Donald teb thiab pom Thompson thiab Chaplin ob peb feeb tom qab ntawd, txog ib nrab mais sab qaum teb ntawm Safeway, nyob ze ntawm cov kwv tij lub tsev. Raws li thawj zaug tub ceev xwm ceeb toom, Donald tau tawm ntawm nws lub tsheb tub ceev xwm me ntsis ua ntej 1:15 AM thiab raug liam tias tau tawm tsam los ntawm ib tus kwv tij nrog lub skateboard. Donald tau tua ib tug kwv tij, uas tom qab ntawd ob leeg tau khiav mus rau thaj chaw ntoo nyob ze. Thaum lawv tshwm sim, Donald tau tua lwm tus kwv tij ntau zaus. Raws li tus kws lij choj rau Chaplin thiab Thompson, ob tug kwv tij raug tua tom qab (tus Olympian, Lub Rau Hli 4). Tsis muaj ib tug kwv tij tau ua tub rog thiab Donald tsis raug mob, yog li kev tua thawj zaug zoo li tsis ncaj ncees lawm. Nco ntsoov peb tab tom tham txog cov neeg raug liam nyob rau hauv qhov teeb meem kev nyiag khoom uas Safeway muaj duab. Yog tias Donald ntshai raug tawm tsam, nws tsis tas yuav tawm ntawm nws lub tsheb tub ceev xwm thiab tuaj yeem tos rov qab. Yog tias ob tus kwv tij raug tua nyob tom qab, qhov no ua rau muaj kev tsis ntseeg ntxiv ntawm thawj zaj dab neeg uas Donald tau raug tawm tsam nrog skateboard. Qhov kev txhaj tshuaj thib ob tau tshwm sim ob peb lub sijhawm tom qab thawj zaug thiab tuaj yeem suav hais tias yog rooj plaub ntawm kev sim tua neeg. Donald tsis tuaj yeem lees tias nws nyob rau hauv qhov xwm txheej yuav tshwm sim thaum nws raug rho tawm haujlwm zaum ob.
Tus tub ceev xwm Donald tau muab ntau tshaj tsib hnub ua ntej nws raug xam phaj los ntawm tub ceev xwm thiab nws cov qauv ntawm qhov tshwm sim tseem tsis tau tshaj tawm rau pej xeem.
Donald, muaj hnub nyoog 35 xyoos, tau ua haujlwm ntau lub luag haujlwm ua ib feem ntawm Asmeskas tub rog hauv Iraq thiab Afghanistan thiab kuj tau ua haujlwm rau US Border Patrol ua ntej dhau los ua tub ceev xwm Olympia. Raws li ib tus neeg nyob hauv Olympia tau hais tawm ntawm kev tawm tsam rau hnub ntawm kev tua, Ryan Donald tau ua haujlwm hauv cov tsev haujlwm uas yos hav zoov "cov txiv neej ntawm cov xim" yog cov qauv. Muaj ib qho teeb meem tseem ceeb ntawm cov tub ceev xwm uas rov qab los ntawm Teb Chaws Asmeskas kev ua tsov ua rog txawv teb chaws thiab muaj tub rog ciam teb, thiab tom qab ntawd muaj kev xav tias cov neeg nyob hauv zos muaj kev phom sij lossis "tus yeeb ncuab" thiab tua yog tias muaj kev hem thawj me ntsis.
Ntau tus neeg dawb nyob hauv Olympia, Washingtonโlub nroog me me uas muaj kev ywj pheej ntawm 50,000โhais rau kuv tom qab tub ceev xwm tua Sean Bell, John Williams, Timothy Russell thiab Malissa Williams, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, Eric Garner, Akil Gurley, Antonio Zam brano- Montes hauv Pasco, Washington, Walter Scott, Freddie Grey - thiab Daniel Covarrubias hauv Lakewood, Washington - tias kev tua tub ceev xwm phem no tsis tuaj yeem tshwm sim hauv Olympia vim nws yog lub nroog "liberal". Qhov no yog qhov yuam kev ntawm Olympia exceptionalism. Tub ceev xwm tua, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog cov txiv neej Dub thiab Dub, tuaj yeem tshwm sim nyob txhua qhov chaw hauv Tebchaws Meskas. Peb tsis nyob hauv ib haiv neeg tom qab haiv neeg.
Hais Txog Ntau Tshaj Ib Txhis
Muaj tsawg tab sis loj hlob African Asmeskas cov pej xeem hauv Olympia. Raws li kev suav pej xeem xyoo 2010, 2 feem pua โโโโntawm Olympia yog Dub, 5 feem pua โโโโntawm tus kheej txheeb xyuas li ntawm 2 lossis ntau haiv neeg, 80 feem pua โโโโyog dawb thiab 13 feem pua โโโโyog Latino/a, Neeg Esxias-Asmeskas, lossis Native American. Cov neeg Asmeskas-Asmesliskas muaj feem ntau dua li cov neeg dawb yuav tsum raug txwv los ntawm tub ceev xwm, raug ntxub ntxaug - hauv khw muag khoom thiab thaum taug kev - kom raug qhuab ntuas thiab taug qab hauv cov tsev kawm ntawv pej xeem thiab ntsib kev ntxub ntxaug lwm haiv neeg hauv kev xauj tsev thiab yuav tsev hauv Olympia. Yog li kev ntxub ntxaug lwm haiv neeg hauv Olympia yog ntau tshaj li cov tub ceev xwm tua ob tug tub hluas dub uas tsis muaj tub rog uas xav tias yuav nyiag khoom.
Kuv tau nyob hauv Olympia tau 27 xyoo thiab paub ntau tus tub ntxhais hluas cov neeg dawb uas tau muag npias los ntawm Safeway tshwj xeeb. Tau kawg, tsis muaj leej twg raug tua. Yog tias raug ntes tau, feem ntau raug tso tseg tom qab ceeb toom lossis ib tsab ntawv ceeb toom kom tshwm sim hauv tsev hais plaub. Qhov no kuj tsis yog thawj rooj plaub ntawm tub ceev xwm ua phem phem hauv Olympia. Xyoo 1989, Danny Spencer noj qab nyob zoo, uas yog siab rau LSD, raug ntes, hogtied thiab raug ntaus los ntawm ob tug tub ceev xwm Olympia. Zoo ib yam li rooj plaub ntawm Freddie Grey, nws raug coj mus rau tub ceev xwm chaw nres tsheb tsis yog mus rau tsev kho mob thiab tuag. Nyob rau hauv 2002, Stephen Edwards tau rov tazered tom qab shoplifting steak los ntawm ib lub khw loj hauv plawv nroog Olympia thiab nws tuag vim raug tazered. Xyoo 2008, Jose Ramirez-Jimenez raug tua los ntawm ib tug qub tub ceev xwm Olympian, Paul Bakala, uas kuj tau koom nrog kev tua Stephen Edwards rau xyoo dhau los. Hauv tag nrho cov xwm txheej no, tub ceev xwm los ntawm Olympia thiab cov zej zog ib puag ncig tau tshawb xyuas qhov kev tua thiab pom tias tsis muaj kev ua txhaum cai. Txog qhov kev tua tam sim no ntawm Bryson Chaplin thiab Andre Thompson, Olympia Tub Ceev Xwm Tus Thawj Coj Ronnie Roberts tshaj tawm tias " pab pawg xwm txheej tseem ceeb," coj los ntawm Thurston County tub ceev xwm, nrog rau tub ceev xwm los ntawm ob lub nroog nyob ib puag ncig thiab tub ceev xwm hauv xeev yuav tshawb xyuas qhov kev tua. . Qhov no yog cov tub ntxhais hluas lub network ntawm tub ceev xwm tshawb nrhiav lawv tus kheej tsis yog kev tshawb nrhiav ywj pheej los ntawm cov neeg sawv cev ntawm pawg xws li NAACP thiab ACLU hauv Washington State.
Kev Tiv Thaiv Thiab Kev Pom Zoo
Nyob rau ob peb teev ceeb toom, ib pawg neeg me tau teeb tsa kev tawm tsam thiab taug kev mus rau lub chaw nres tsheb Olympia tseem ceeb rau hnub ntawm kev tua. Mobilization yog los ntawm Facebook. Kwv yees li 800 tus neeg, feem ntau yog cov hluas thiab cov neeg dawb (raws li cov pej xeem), tau hla ib qho ntawm txoj kev loj hauv Olympia, hu nkauj "Black Lives Matter," thiab hais lus muaj zog tawm tsam tub ceev xwm tua thiab txhawb nqa thiab txhawj xeeb rau ob. cov neeg raug tsim txom. Ntau - thiab feem ntau - yog cov tub ntxhais kawm ntawm Evergreen State College. Nrog rau qhov muaj peev xwm tiag tiag ntawm kev tawm tsam loj ntawm lub cev nrog cov neeg sab xis thiab cov tub ceev xwm, thiab vim muaj kev sib faib hauv zej zog kev loj hlob, lwm lub peb hlis ntuj mus rau Donald lub tsev raug hu rau hnub tom qab, los ntawm Olympia Group Abolish Cops thiab Ciam Teb (ABAC ). Nws raug muab tso tseg.
Cov ntawv xov xwm hauv zos, lub Olympian, tau sim txo qis kev txhawb nqa rau Andre Thompson thiab Chaplin thiab kev thuam ntawm tub ceev xwm los ntawm kev luam tawm hauv cov ntawv xov xwm hauv lawv lub Tsib Hlis 23 qhov teeb meem, cov ntaub ntawv raug ntes me me ntawm ob tug kwv tij. Qhov no yog kiag li tsis tseem ceeb. Qee cov neeg nyob hauv Olympia tau sib cav tias ua ntej tawm tsam, peb yuav tsum tos kom qhov kev tshawb nrhiav tiav. Qhov no tsis lees paub qhov tseeb tias txawm tias tub ceev xwm lees tias Chaplin thiab Thompson tsis muaj riam phom thaum lub sijhawm tua.
Ntau tus neeg nyob hauv Olympia, zoo li lwm qhov chaw hauv Asmeskas, muaj kev ntshai los yog tsis pom zoo ntawm cov neeg tawm tsam tawm tsam thaum lawv cov kev tawm tsam txuas ntxiv thiab nquag tua neeg los ntawm tub ceev xwm ntawm African-Asmeskas, Latinos, Native Americans, thiab lwm tus yog txwv lossis tsis muaj. Hmoov zoo, muaj ntau lwm tus uas xav sawv ntsug rau kev ncaj ncees ntawm haiv neeg. Lub Tsib Hlis 26, muaj kev tawm tsam sab nraum Olympia City Council lub rooj sib tham txhua lub lim tiam. Pawg Council Chambers tau ntim nrog cov neeg nyob hauv, thaum ntau tus neeg saib xyuas cov txheej txheem kaw hauv TV kaw. Tag nrho 2 teev tau sau nrog cov lus tim khawv muaj zog los ntawm 40 tus neeg, 39 leej neeg thuam cov tub ceev xwm tua. Tub ceev xwm Tus Thawj Tub Ceev Xwm Ronnie Roberts tau raug thuam hnyav heev rau kev hais hauv Olympian, (Tsib Hlis 22): "Tsis muaj qhov qhia tau tias haiv neeg yog qhov tseem ceeb."
Ntau tus neeg nyob hauv tau hais txog lawv cov kev paub dhau los nrog kev ntxub ntxaug sab hauv thiab sab nraud Olympia thiab lawv cov kev paub tsis zoo nrog tub ceev xwm. Cov neeg nyob ze uas nyob ze qhov kev tua raug thuam tsis yog tsuas yog tua Thomson thiab Chaplin xwb, tab sis kuj yog qhov kev phom sij tsis zoo uas tshwm sim los ntawm Tub Ceev Xwm Donald tau tua ntau qhov kev txhaj tshuaj nyob rau hauv ob lub foob pob hluav taws hauv thaj chaw nyob. Ib qho ntawm cov mos txwv tau hla lub qhov rais hauv pem teb thib ob ntawm lub tsev nyob ze. Nws yuav zoo li tau ntaus ib tus neeg nyob hauv yog tias lawv tsis tau ducked thaum hnov โโโโqhov kev txhaj tshuaj.
Kuv tau ua cov lus thov hauv qab no rau Lub Nroog Council ntawm lawv lub rooj sib tham May 26:
- Rau kev tshawb nrhiav ywj pheej ntawm lub Tsib Hlis 21 tub ceev xwm tua nrog cov pov thawj qhia rau pej xeem raws sijhawm
- Rau pawg thawj coj saib xyuas pej xeem uas muaj lub hwj chim los tshawb xyuas thiab qhuab qhia tub ceev xwm, qhov twg cov tswv cuab ntawm pawg saib xyuas pej xeem tsis muaj kev ywj pheej ntawm tub ceev xwm thiab sawv cev feem ntau yog cov uas yuav raug tsim txom los ntawm tub ceev xwm ua txhaum cai.
- Vim tsis muaj nqi them rau Chaplin thiab Thompson
- Rau lub nroog them tag nrho cov nuj nqis uas tshwm sim los ntawm Chaplin thiab Thompson, suav nrog cov nqi kho mob thiab cov nyiaj poob haujlwm.
- Rau tub ceev xwm nqa lub cev lub koob yees duab
- Rau ntau haiv neeg sawv cev City Council thiab tsoom fwv
Neo-Nazis hauv Olympia
Lub lim tiam tom qab lub Tsib Hlis 21 tub ceev xwm tua, muaj tsawg heev tab sis yuav luag txhua hnub muaj cov tub ceev xwm tawm tsam, ob peb tus neeg tau paub cov neeg dawb huv. Thaum Lub Tsib Hlis 30, ib pab pawg neeg dawb dawb uas coj los ntawm ib pab pawg me me ntawm neo-Nazis-Volksfront-tshaj tawm kev tawm tsam thiab tawm tsam txhawb pab tub ceev xwm Olympia thiab tawm tsam "Black Lives Matter" Movement. Ib pawg neeg ntau haiv neeg ntawm 200 tus neeg tawm tsam thaum taug kev hauv plawv nroog Olympia thaum Lub Tsib Hlis 30, pom 15 neo-Nazis thiab hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua, ntau tus neo-Nazis raug ntaus thiab thim rov qab rau lawv lub tsheb, qee qhov. ntawm nws lub qhov rais tau tawg los ntawm cov neeg tawm tsam kev ntxub ntxaug raws li cov dawb supremacists khiav. Tub ceev xwm Olympia tau pom qhov kev sib tw no tab sis tsis cuam tshuam. Raws li ntau tus tswv cuab ntawm Volksfront tuaj tawm ntawm cov neeg dawb dawb hauv tsev loj cuj hauv Oregon, muaj kev txhawj xeeb txog kev tawm tsam lub cev los ntawm cov neo-Nazis rau cov pej xeem uas lawv paub tias ntxub-Dub tshwj xeeb, tab sis kuj yog cov neeg Yudais, cov neeg tsiv teb tsaws chaw, cov neeg muaj xim, LGBT. , thiab anti-racist activists. Cov xov tooj hotline tau teeb tsa kom tib neeg hu tau yog tias lawv xav tias lawv nyob hauv qhov xwm txheej. Nyob rau hauv lub zej zog activist, muaj qhov sib txawv loj ntawm kev xav txog yuav ua li cas nrog cov neeg dawb huv. Ntau tus, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog cov neeg ua haujlwm laus, xav tias kev sib ntaus sib tua yuav ua rau lawv muaj kev kub ntxhov ntau dua thiab / lossis kev tawm tsam lawv tsis yog. Txawm li cas los xij, tsis muaj teeb meem dab tsi tau coj los hais txog kev cuam tshuam nrog cov neo-Nazis, qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws yog qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws hauv Olympia tseem nyob ntawm cov ntsiab lus tseem ceeb thiab kev ntxub ntxaug, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog kev ntxub ntxaug ntawm kev ncaj ncees txhaum cai.
Cov kauj ruam tom ntej
Muaj kev qhia-hauv Evergreen State College hauv Olympia thiab Evergreen tsev kawm ntawv hauv Tacoma thaum Lub Tsib Hlis 27 uas txuas nrog tub ceev xwm tua hauv Olympia rau lub Plaub Hlis 21, tub ceev xwm tua neeg tsis muaj tub rog-Asmeskas, Daniel Covarrubias, hauv Lakewood, Washington, nyob ze Tacoma. Ntawm qhov kev qhia-hauv, muaj kev hu rau kev tsim lub phiaj xwm mus ntev los daws kev ntxub ntxaug nyob rau hauv thiab tawm hauv tsev kawm ntawv. Tsis tas li ntawd, ib pab pawg uas nyuam qhuav tsim "Olympia rau Txhua Tus" tshaj tawm tias lawv tab tom khiav ob tus neeg sib tw, Rafael Ruiz thiab Ray Guerra, rau Olympia City Council thiab tus neeg sib tw thib peb, Marco Rossi rau tus kav nroog. Tag nrho peb tus neeg sib tw tau hais hauv lub rooj sib tham xov xwm tias tub ceev xwm lav ris thiab kev hu xov tooj rau pawg saib xyuas pej xeem yuav yog qhov tseem ceeb ntawm lawv txoj kev sib tw, zoo li lawv txoj kev cog lus los ua ib feem ntawm kev txav mus rau kev koom nrog Olympia. Qhov no yuav suav nrog kev txhawb nqa $ 15 cov nyiaj hli tsawg kawg ib teev thiab txoj cai rau txhua tus kom muaj vaj tsev nyob. Qhov no yog kev vam meej.
Qhov kev sib tw hauv Olympia, ib yam li lwm qhov chaw, yog tsim kom muaj kev sib tw tsis tu ncua thiab kev sib tham dav dav uas teb rau qhov kev npau taws ncaj ncees ntawm tub ceev xwm tua hauv Olympia.
Peb xav tau cov koom haum ywj pheej, radical, suav nrog thiab cov koom haum uas txhawb nqa lawv tus kheej, qhov twg cov neeg Dub ua lub luag haujlwm tseem ceeb hauv kev tawm tsam tawm tsam kev ntxub ntxaug lwm haiv neeg thiab rau kev lag luam thiab kev ncaj ncees. Txhua pab pawg yuav tsum ua kom muaj kev ncaj ncees ntawm haiv neeg thiab kev sib luag yog ib feem ntawm lawv txoj haujlwm thiab kev ua ub no.
Kev txhawb nqa los ntawm Facebook yog qhov tseem ceeb thiab tsim nyog, tab sis nws tsis hloov pauv rau kev sib tham tiag tiag, kev kawm, thiab kev teeb tsa thiab tsim cov phiaj xwm tsis tu ncua thiab yeej cov kev xav tau zoo uas txhim kho tib neeg lub neej.
Qhov no yog lub sijhawm nyuaj hauv Olympia thiab lwm qhov chaw. Muaj ntau tus neeg paub txog kev nom kev tswv nyob ntawm no nrog lub siab xav ua ib yam dab tsi, tab sis tsis yog ntau pawg neeg tawm tsam kev ntxub ntxaug thiab koom haum. Tawm ntawm qhov xwm txheej no, muaj lub sijhawm los tham txog kev ntxub ntxaug lwm haiv neeg, hais txog lub neej Dub, thiab hais txog yuav ua li cas los tsim kev tawm tsam loj uas tuaj yeem cuam tshuam kev ntxub ntxaug dawb thiab txhua hom kev tsis sib xws.
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Peter Bohmer qhia kev lag luam kev lag luam ntawm Evergreen State College hauv Olympia, WA thiab tau ua ib tus neeg ua haujlwm hauv kev txav mus rau kev hloov pauv hauv zej zog txij li xyoo 1967.