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Inde, anayenera kufa, sichoncho? Adamenya, adathamanga, adagwira chifuwa cha wapolisi ndikuwachotsa. Ndipo adamuledzera, mwachidziwikire. Ndipo amatchinga magalimoto.
"Ngati msilikali agwidwa ndi Taser, minofu yake yonse idzatsekedwa, ndipo sangathe kusuntha ndi kuyankha," adatero mkulu wa boma la Georgia, ponena za kuphedwa kwa Rayshard Brooks ku Atlanta pa June. 12. “Uku kudali kuombera koyenera.
Mokwanira. Kulungamitsidwa.
Pakati pa mkwiyo wapadziko lonse wokhudza kupha apolisi ndi omenyera ufulu wa apolisi pali chopanda—chopanda kugwirizana kotheratu—chomwe chiyenera kuthetsedwa. Kupha kwa Rayshard Brooks, monga kuphedwa kwa amuna ndi akazi ambiri amitundu kwazaka zambiri komanso masabata aposachedwa, kumangolungamitsidwa kuchokera pamalingaliro ocheperako: Kodi adaphwanya malamulo amasewera? Kawirikawiri "kuphwanya" kwina, ngakhale kochepa kapena kosafunika, kungapezeke ndipo, voila, kuwombera kuli koyenera.
Chomwe chikusoweka kwambiri pamalingaliro otsekeredwa amilanduwa-kusokonekera kwazaka zisanu kapena zisanu ndi chimodzi zapitazi ndi kuchuluka kwa makanema omwe amatumizidwa pawailesi yakanema omwe nthawi zambiri amasokoneza nkhani ya apolisi pazomwe zidachitika - ndi malingaliro aumunthu kwa wozunzidwayo ndipo, kupitilira apo. , kufunitsitsa kuvomereza zachiwawa zaku America zachiwawa, zamagulu ndi zina.
"Rayshard Brooks anaphedwa kutatsala tsiku limodzi kuti akonzekere kukondwerera tsiku lobadwa la mwana wake wamkazi," CNN imatiuza. "Maloya am'banja amati mwana wamkazi wazaka 8 adadikirira abambo ake m'mavalidwe ake obadwa m'mawa womwewo. Koma sanabwere kunyumba.”
China chake chalakwika kwambiri.
Abdullah Jaber, mkulu wa bungwe la Council on American-Islamic Relations-Georgia, ananena kuti: “Foni yonena za mwamuna amene wagona m’galimoto siyenera kukhala yowombera apolisi.” Akupitiriza, kuwonetsa kuti kuwombera munthu kumbuyo pamene akuthawa ndi chitsanzo cha nkhanza za apolisi, koma ndikuganiza kuti mfundo yaikulu ndi yakuti mavuto ang'onoang'ono a chikhalidwe cha anthu - mwamuna wotseka msewu wodutsa ku Wendy - sayenera kukhala. kukambidwa m’njira yoti chiwawa chakupha chitheke.
Izi ndi zomwe apolisi amachotsa ndalama:
kuchotsera ndalama dongosolo lomwe limawona kuti chikhalidwe cha anthu chikumvera maulamuliro ankhondo;
zomwe zikuchulukirachulukira zankhondo;
zomwe ziribe chidziwitso chovuta cha khalidwe laumunthu;
ndipo izo ziri ndi mizu yozama mu tsankho loyera, lomwe silimangobwerera zaka mazana ambiri koma liri ndi moyo komanso pakalipano, mwa mawonekedwe a umphawi, kuponderezedwa kwa ovota ndi tsankho losatha.
Zowonadi, monga momwe Trevor Noah ananenera pa “The Daily Show”: “Kusankhana mafuko kuli ngati chimanga cha anthu. Zili m'zonse."
Kubwezera ndalama apolisi ndi gawo lalikulu la kukonzanso chikhalidwe cha anthu. Sikutanthauza kungosiya kusungitsa dongosolo la anthu kapena kuchotsa chilichonse chimene apolisi amachita, koma kumatanthauza kuchotsera zida—kuchotsa asilikali—kwambiri, ngati sikokwanira, kwa kukonza kumeneko; kubwezeretsanso ndalama zamagulu m'mapulogalamu omwe amathandiza anthu kusintha miyoyo yawo, kusiyana ndi kuwalanga chifukwa chophwanya malamulo osiyanasiyana; ndikuwona dongosolo la anthu ngati chinthu chomwe chimakhudza anthu okha, kotero kuti tonsefe, osati okhawo omwe ali ndi mabaji, mfuti ndi maulamuliro ovomerezeka, ndife otenga nawo mbali pa ntchitoyi.
"Kutiteteza" ndi njira yothandizira anthu pagulu, ndiko kuti, bodza, lomwe limagwiritsidwa ntchito kuteteza komanso kupitiriza nkhondo komanso nkhondo, zapadziko lonse lapansi komanso zapakhomo. Pakatikati pake, pamakhala mdani, wokonzedweratu kuti imfa yake ikhale yolondola nthawi zonse. Kulungamitsidwa ndikosavuta mukamalingalira mwana wazaka 8 womenyedwa akumuyembekezera.
Ndipo monga Noah Berlatsky akunenera, akulemba ku Foreign Policy: "... kuika patsogolo asitikali ndi
Nkhondo imatanthauza kuchotseratu zinthu zomwe zimapangitsa kuti mtendere ukhalepo, monga maphunziro. Momwemonso, Black Lives Matter ndi American Civil Liberties Union apempha kuti abweze ndalama apolisi kuti atumizenso ndalama kuzinthu zamaganizo ndi mabizinesi m'madera akuda - mwachitsanzo, masukulu. Apolisi nawonso afotokoza momwe akhalira ntchito yomaliza, akulimbana ndi vuto lazovuta kwina. ”
Peza? Pamene tikuchotsa ndalama m'mapulogalamu omwe amathandizadi anthu, umphawi ukupitirirabe ndipo chipwirikiti, kuphatikizapo umbanda, chikufalikira, zomwe zimachititsa kuti apolisi aziwonjezeka nthawi zonse, ndipo pamapeto pake, apolisi akuwonjezeka. Madera osauka, magulu amitundu, tsopano ayenera kulamulidwa ndi magulu ankhondo omwe akukhalamo. Umu ndi momwe zilili pano - zomwe mwadzidzidzi zikukumana ndi mkwiyo wapadziko lonse lapansi ndipo zikusokonekera ngakhale pomwe oteteza ake amayesetsa kuti agwirizane.
Koma ponena za magulu ankhondo: "Asilikali amapindulanso mwachindunji, ndipo amadalira, kusungitsa ndalama zapakhomo ndi umphawi," Berlatsky akulemba. "Mabungwe onyamula zida amayang'ana kwambiri ntchito yolembera anthu apakati komanso mabanja osauka .... Maboma amanyalanyaza ntchito zothandiza anthu komanso kugwiritsa ntchito ndalama zamaphunziro m'madera osauka ndi ochepa. Amawononga ndalama zambiri kwa apolisi omwe amaimitsa ndikuzunza anthu akuda m'maderawa pafupipafupi mochititsa mantha. Kenako asitikali opeza ndalama zambiri amakhazikitsa malo olembera anthu m'madera osauka kuti adzaze magulu awo, popeza ana omwe ali ndi njira zina zochepa amalembetsa kuti apite kukawombera ena ndikuwomberedwa nawo pankhondo zakunja za United States. ”
Zonse zomwe zimanditsogolera ku chisankho chatsopano cha Woimira US a Barbara Lee pamaso pa Congress, ndikuyitanitsa ndalama zokwana $ 350 biliyoni zowononga ndalama zankhondo - pafupifupi theka la bajeti yapachaka ya Pentagon. Kudula kungaphatikizepo kutseka mabwalo ankhondo akunja, kuthetsa nkhondo zathu zosatha, kuchotsa nthambi yankhondo ya Trump yomwe akufuna ku Space Force ndi zina zambiri.
"Zida za nyukiliya zosafunikira, maakaunti omwe amawononga mabuku, komanso nkhondo zopanda malire ku Middle East sizititeteza," adatero Lee. "Makamaka panthawi yomwe mabanja m'dziko lonselo akuvutikira kulipira ngongole - kuphatikiza mabanja ankhondo opitilira 16,000 pa masitampu a chakudya - tifunika kuyang'anitsitsa dola iliyonse ndikubwezeretsanso anthu."
Reinvest mwa anthu? Kodi ndife okonzekadi ku mlingo umenewo wanzeru? Z
Robert Koehler ([imelo ndiotetezedwa]), wophatikizidwa ndi PeaceVoice, ndi mtolankhani komanso mkonzi wopambana mphoto ku Chicago. Iye ndi mlembi wa Courage Grows Strong at the Wound.