Source: The Intercept
Pamene Mike Schmidt anatenga ofesi monga wozenga mlandu watsopano wa County Multnomah, Portland inali miyezi iwiri mu ziwonetsero zomwe zikupitilira mpaka lero. Schmidt, wopita patsogolo yemwe adapambana kwambiri m'boma lomwe limaphatikizapo Portland, Oregon, amayenera kutenga udindo Januware wamawa, koma omwe adamutsogolera adalengeza masiku opuma pantchito pachiwonetserocho. Pofika nthawi yomwe Schmidt adatenga ulamuliro, anthu pafupifupi 550, kuphatikiza atolankhani, owonera zamalamulo, ndi ambiri ochita ziwonetsero zamtendere, anali atamangidwa usiku uliwonse ndi apolisi - ambiri pamilandu yotsika, yopanda chiwawa.
Mliriwu komanso kuchuluka kwa ziwawa zachiwawa zinali zitathetsa kale milandu ya khothi, ndipo ambiri mwa omwe adamangidwa paziwonetsero amayenera kudikirira miyezi kuti amve. Chifukwa chake pa Ogasiti 11, masiku 10 paulamuliro wake, Schmidt analengeza kuti ofesi yake ikana kuimba mlandu anthu ochita ziwonetsero pamilandu yambiri yolakwika yomwe amamangidwa, kuphatikizapo kuphwanya malamulo, kusamvana, komanso kusokoneza wapolisi. Ozenga milandu angakanenso kuimba mlandu wochita zachiwawa, wopalamula, pokhapokha ngati ali ndi milandu yowonjezereka. M'malo mwake, ofesiyo imayang'ana kwambiri milandu yokhudzana ndi ziwonetsero, monga kuwonongeka kwa katundu, kuba, kugwiritsa ntchito kapena kuwopseza mphamvu.
“Awa ndi anansi athu okha, omwe ali ndi nkhawa ndi zomwe akuwona kuti sizili bwino ndi kayendetsedwe ka milandu. Palibe chitetezo pagulu pakuzengedwa kwawo. ”
"Panali lingaliro lenileni loti milandu yopanda chiwawa imatha kusokoneza dongosolo, ndiye tiyeni tiganizire zomwe ndizofunikira kwambiri kuziganizira. Ngati ndiyenera kupereka ndalama zokwanira, ndikufuna kuziyika pamilandu yomwe ingakhale ndi zotsatira zabwino pachitetezo cha anthu, "anandiuza Schmidt pondifunsa posachedwapa. “Awa ndi anansi athu okha, omwe ali ndi nkhawa ndi zomwe akuwona kuti sizili bwino ndi kayendetsedwe ka milandu. Palibe chitetezo pagulu pakuzengedwa kwawo. ”
Koma panalinso lingaliro lofunikira kwambiri lomwe linali pachiwopsezo, Schmidt adati. Ziwonetsero za ku Portland zidabwera mkati mwa mbiri yakale yokhudza tsankho mdziko muno, ndipo machitidwe oweruza milandu anali kuyang'aniridwa mwapadera. M'mayiko ambiri, akuluakulu awonjezeka anthu amene amamangidwa chifukwa cha zionetsero, kuwaimba milandu yophwanya malamulo komanso nthawi zina uchigawenga. "Kukhala m'dongosolo lomwe likutsutsidwa kwambiri, komanso kukhala ndi mwayi wogwiritsa ntchito dongosololi kuletsa zionetsero za anthu ndizosagwirizana," Schmidt adandiuza. "Zinkangowoneka ngati kumangidwa kwina komwe tikuwona kungathe kusokoneza mawu, ndipo tinkafuna kuwonetsetsa kuti sitikuchita nawo."
"Zinali zomveka bwino komanso momwe angathere ngati woimira boma," atero a Crystal Maloney, loya komanso womenyera ufulu wawo. "Monga wosuma mlandu, uyenerabe kutsata malamulo ngakhale mukupita patsogolo bwanji, koma samangoyang'ana pamilandu yotsika kwenikweni, yomwe ndi ambiri."
Bobbin Singh, wamkulu wa Oregon Justice Resource Center, gulu lomenyera ufulu wachibadwidwe, adanenanso kuti milandu yambiri yokhudzana ndi ziwonetsero imatha miyezi ingapo asanachotsedwe kapena ozenga milandu asanazengedwe mlandu. "Choncho zomwe akunena ndikuti, ndigwiritsa ntchito zomwe zili muofesiyi kuti ndizengere milandu yayikulu ndikuyika chidwi chake, osalimbana ndi anthu ambiri ochita ziwonetsero ndikugwiritsa ntchito maola mazana ambiri pamilandu yomwe ingachitike. pamapeto pake sizikutuluka. ”
Koma apolisi sanachedwe kudzudzula chigamulo cha Schmidt. Mu a mawu, Mkulu wa apolisi ku Portland, Chuck Lovell, adanena kuti ndondomeko yatsopanoyi "sikusintha lamulo." "Ziri kwa iye ngati Loya Wachigawo asankha kutiimba mlandu omwe timatumiza ku ofesi yake," anawonjezera Lovell. "Portland Police Bureau ipitiliza kugwira ntchito yomwe anthu ammudzi amayembekezera kwa ife." Daryl Turner, Purezidenti wa bungwe la apolisi mderali, anauza Schmidt kuti "inde ndikugwira ntchito yako."
M'misewu, apolisi ananyalanyaza ndondomekoyi ndikupitiriza kugwira anthu, nthawi zambiri mwankhanza, kupereka nthawi ndi antchito kuti agwire ochita ziwonetsero ndikuwasunga pa milandu yomwe akudziwa kuti sangazengedwe.
"Apitilizabe kumangidwa pamilandu yonse yomwe ndinanena kuti sindinganene, ndipo zikuwoneka kuti achitanso zochulukirapo," adatero Schmidt, yemwe adati milandu pafupifupi 851 yokhudzana ndi ziwonetsero idatumizidwa kuofesi yake. kuyambira pakati pa mwezi wa September, "ambiri" chifukwa chosokoneza wapolisi, mlandu womwe umaperekedwa mosavuta kwa aliyense amene amanyalanyaza malamulo apolisi oti abalalike. Ofesi ya Schmidt ikutsata milandu 111 mwa milanduyi. Pafupifupi milandu 300 ikukambidwa kapena ikuyembekezera kufufuzidwanso.
Apolisi a Portland Bureau sanayankhe mndandanda wa mafunso.
Schmidt adavomereza kuti kuchuluka kwa anthu kudasintha m'masabata aposachedwa, makamaka magulu akumanja komanso othandizira Purezidenti Donald Trump adayamba kuwonekera poyankha ziwonetserozi. Pa Ogasiti 29, Aaron J. Danielson, munthu wogwirizana ndi gulu lakutali la Patriot Pemphero, adawomberedwa ndikuphedwa mumzinda wa Portland pomwe otsatira Trump adalimbana ndi otsutsa. Michael Forest Reinoehl, wodzitcha yekha wotsutsa-fascist komanso wokayikira kwambiri pakupha kwa Danielson, nayenso adawomberedwa ndikuphedwa ndi apolisi patatha masiku asanu. Koma pamene misonkhano yausiku ikukulirakulira komanso chipwirikiti, komanso momwe magulu otsutsana adakumana m'misewu, apolisi akuwoneka kuti achepetsa kuyankha kwawo pazochitika zazikuluzikulu. Otsutsa amati izi ndi dala ndipo zikuwoneka kuti cholinga chake ndi kupanga malingaliro kuti ndi mfundo za Schmidt zomwe zadzetsa chipwirikiti.
"Zomwe mukuwona sizongoyang'ana pazamalamulo omwe akutsata zomwe zikuwononga," adatero Singh. “Umboni ukusonyeza kuti akuchita dala kuti Mike azioneka woipa. Nkhani yomwe yanenedwa ndi apolisi apa ndikuti Mike akupanga kusamvera malamulo. "
"Akukakamira," adatero a Gregory McKelvey, womenyera ufulu wa Portland komanso woyang'anira kampeni wa Sarah Iannarone, yemwe adzakumana ndi Meya wa Portland Ted Wheeler pazisankho mu Novembala. "Amayesa kusokoneza anthu ammudzi kuti anene, izi ndi zomwe zimachitika ukadziteteza, ndizomwe zimachitika tikakhala osatetezeka. Akuganiza kuti izi ziwathandiza, koma ndikuganiza kuti zikuchita mosiyana. ”
Kulanga Otsutsa
Ochita zionetsero mwamtendere anaona kuti apolisi akuwoneka kuti achulukitsa kaŵirikaŵiri pa ntchito yawo, kuwamanga mwachiwawa komanso kuwaimba mlandu wachiwawa.
Forrest Woods, yemwe wakhalapo pafupifupi zionetsero zonse m'miyezi inayi yapitayi ndipo posachedwapa anamangidwa kwa nthawi yoyamba, adati apolisi akuwoneka kuti ayankha ndondomeko ya Schmidt pochotsa kukhumudwa kwawo kwa otsutsa. "Monga, ngati DA sidzatiteteza, tiyenera kupita kumeneko kukalanga otsutsawa," adatero.
"Sabata yomwe adalengeza kuti sadzaimba mlanduwo, ndikumva ngati adachita nkhanza," adatero Rachel Myles, wotsutsa wina, yemwe anali wachiwawa. kukokedwa ndi apolisi kupyola mumsewu masiku pambuyo poti ndondomekoyi idalengezedwa pazakhalidwe zomwe Schmidt adanena kuti sangazengere mlandu.
Woods, wazaka 31 wazaka zamasewera ku Portland, adamangidwa atanyalanyaza malamulo oti abalalitsidwe pamodzi ndi ena angapo. Anaimbidwa mlandu wosokoneza wapolisi komanso kusachita bwino, zolakwika zomwe zili m'gulu lazomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito mosavuta paziwonetsero. Atasungidwa maola angapo atamangidwa, wapolisi wina anamubwerezanso kumuimba mlanduwo. Kenako, wapolisiyo anatenga zikalata zake zozenga mlanduwo n’kuwonjezera “chipwirikiti” pafupi ndi milandu yomwe inalipo. Pambuyo pake Woods adafunsa wapolisi wina kuti ndi chiyani kwenikweni chomwe chimayambitsa zipolowe. “Mkaziyo sanandiuze,” iye anatero. "Zomwe adandiuza ndikuti udali mgulu la C."
Milandu yonse yotsutsana ndi Woods idathetsedwa patatha masiku angapo - ngakhale adati amayenera kuyimba manambala angapo kuti adziwe. “Koma panthawiyo zili ngati, ndili m’ndende chifukwa cha mlandu pompano,” anawonjezera motero. "Maganizidwe ake amtunduwu mukakhala m'ndende ... zimangokupangitsani kukakamizidwa."
Myles, wanthabwala wina yemwe wakhala akuwonekera paziwonetsero akumazungulira wokamba nyimbo kuti aziyimba nyimbo, adatinso adakumananso ndi zomwezi. Wamangidwa katatu kuyambira pomwe ziwonetserozi zidayamba, kawiri ndondomeko ya Schmidt itakhazikitsidwa. Milandu yomwe amamuimbayo idachotsedwa nthawi zonse, kuphatikiza kamodzi pomwe adalandira imelo yomudziwitsa pomwe akudikirira pa intaneti kuti akazengedwe mlandu wake kukhothi. Myles adati apolisi amasunga zinthu zomwe adamulanda pomwe adamangidwa posachedwa, ponena kuti ndi "umboni" ngakhale palibe mlandu womutsutsa. Ndipo monga momwe zinalili ndi Woods, adanenanso kuti apolisi adawonjezera zachiwawa mphindi yomaliza.
"Sindikudziwabe kuti apolisi aku Portland amagwiritsa ntchito chiyani kuti anene zachiwawa," adatero Woods. "Ndakhala ndikuchita zionetsero pomwe amati izi ndi chipwirikiti chapachiweniweni ndipo pakadutsa masekondi 15, adzanena kuti izi zakhala zipolowe, ndipo pamasekondi 15 palibe chomwe chachitika. Sipanakhale zophulika, palibe ziwawa. Koma zikadziwika kuti zachiwawazo, ndiye kuti milandu ya chipolowe imaloledwa.”
Popeza kuti zipolowe ndi mlandu waukulu, womwe ukhoza kukhala ndi zotsatirapo zambiri, ochita ziwonetsero amakhulupirira kuti apolisi akugwiritsa ntchito mlanduwu momasuka pofuna kuwaletsa. "Nthawi zonse ndimaganiza kuti nditha kumangidwa ndikapita kumeneko," adatero Woods. "Koma pali anthu omwe akakhala ndi mwayi womangidwa koyamba, sabwereranso."
"Msonkhano wa a Trump utadutsa ndipo bamboyo adaphedwa kutawuni, apolisi amawaperekeza ngati gulu."
Ndicho chifukwa chake Schmidt anasankha kuti asatengere milandu yachiwawa, pokhapokha atatsagana ndi kuwononga katundu kapena makhalidwe ena oipa omwe akuzengereza. “Mawu akuti 'chipwirikiti' amadzutsa maganizo amenewa. Ndamva anthu akunena kuti, ‘Sindikukhulupirira kuti mukulola zipolowe kuti zichoke,’ anandiuza choncho. "Chifukwa mukaganiza zachiwawa, mumaganiza kuti mafoloko, miyuni."
M'malo mwake, pansi pa malamulo a Oregon, munthu akhoza kuimbidwa mlandu wochita zipolowe ngati "akuchita nawo anthu asanu kapena kuposerapo munthuyo achita zinthu zaphokoso komanso zachiwawa." Pazionetsero, apolisi nthawi zambiri amatcha gulu la anthu chipolowe chifukwa munthu amayatsa zinyalala kapena kuponya miyala - ndiyeno amaimba mlandu munthu wina aliyense amene wamangidwa chifukwa cha zipolowe, ngakhale munthuyo sanachite nawo zachiwawazo. Schmidt wati ofesi yake idzazenga mlandu anthu omwe akuchita zoyipa, koma osati omwe amangopezeka kuti ali pamalo pomwe wina ali. Iye anati: “Zimenezi sizabwino kukupatsirani mlandu.
Apolisi atsutsa izi, ponena kuti ochita ziwonetsero mwamtendere akukana kuti abalalikire akuletsa apolisi kuti afikire anthu omwe ali pagulu lomwe akuchita zinthu zovulaza ndipo kuti kumanga ndikofunikira kuti achotse m'misewu kuti akafike kwa iwo. Koma omwe akuchita zipolowe nthawi zambiri amapita pomwe apolisi amanga aliyense wowazungulira, adatero Schmidt. Ofesi yake wapereka milandu yochita zipolowe pamilandu 29 mpaka pano - yonse yokhudza milandu ina yayikulu.
"Chiyembekezo chinali, ngati nditumiza chizindikiro kuti ndikuika chuma cha ofesi yanga pa ziwawa zachiwawa, ndiye kuti apolisi atengera zomwezo," adatero, ponena kuti apolisi sangataye nthawi kumanga munthu chifukwa cha ziwawa. kukhala ndi chamba chochepa ngati woimira boma wanena kuti sangazengereze milandu yotereyi. Koma, iye anawonjezera kuti, “Ndilibe ulamuliro pa apolisi; apolisi atha kumanga anthu movomerezeka mdera lathu. Ndingonena zomwe ndichite zikangondifikira."
Otsutsa motsutsana ndi Apolisi
Kusamvana pakati pa ozenga milandu ndi apolisi omwe amagwira nawo ntchito sikwachilendo, ndipo otsutsa ambiri omwe adasankhidwa m'zaka zaposachedwa akumana nawo. kubwereranso koopsa kuchokera kwa apolisi ndi mabungwe awo.
Schmidt adathamanga mopanda manyazi ndipo adapambana 77 peresenti ya mavoti patatsala masiku ochepa kuti George Floyd aphedwe ku Minneapolis. Amayembekeza kukankhira kumbuyo kwa apolisi, koma akuyembekeza kuti kupambana kwake kudzatumiza uthenga kwa apolisi ndi akuluakulu ena kuti madera awo akufuna kusintha. "Chiyembekezo changa chikanakhala kuti apolisi aku Portland anganene kuti, Hei, tiyenera kuganiziranso momwe timachitira zinthu. Tiyeni tigwire ntchito limodzi ndi woimira boma wopita patsogolo ameneyu yemwe ali ndi udindo wochokera mdera lathu,” adatero. “Tsoka ilo, sikunakhaleko kulandiridwa mpaka pano.”
M’malo mwake, pamsonkhano waposachedwapa ndi apolisi, wapolisi woyamba kulankhula anamuuza kuti, “Sindikukhulupirira chilichonse chimene mumachita kapena kunena chifukwa ndinu wotsutsa.” Purezidenti wa bungwe la apolisi akumaloko adamudzudzula kuti "adathandizidwa ndi George Soros."
Apolisi ndi owatsatira nawonso achitapo kanthu kuti agwirizanitse udindo wa Schmidt ndi ziwawa zomwe zikuchulukirachulukira ku Portland, ngakhale ziwonetsero ndi ziwawa zisanachitike. M'masabata aposachedwa, mikangano yakula pambuyo pamisonkhano yambiri yotsatizana ndi othandizira a Trump ndi magulu akumanja, komanso poyembekezera kusonkhana kwa Proud Boys, gulu lakumanja, lachiwawa, lomwe lakonzekera ku Portland kumapeto kwa mwezi uno. . Pakadali pano, apolisi asiya ziwonetsero za mapiko akumanja okha, zomwe zimawalola kuyendetsa mzindawo ndi ma laisensi ophimbidwa komanso kuwombera otsutsa ndi mfuti za paintball ndi tsabola.
Schmidt adati akuganiza kuti ndizodabwitsa kuti apolisi amamuneneza kuti akuyambitsa chipwirikiti pokana kutsutsa zolakwa zazing'ono za anthu ochita zionetsero mwamtendere pomwe maofesala akunyalanyaza zomwe zidachitika ndi azungu omwe ali ndi zida. “Ili ndi gulu lina. Iwo akubweretsa mfuti ku ndewu. Ndipo ngakhale zonena zawo zina ndizotsatira zamalamulo ...
Kwa ochita zionetsero, zikuwoneka kuti apolisi ali kumbali ya gulu lankhondo la pro-Trump, lomwe likuwopseza kwambiri chitetezo cha anthu.
"Msonkhano wa a Trump utadutsa ndipo bamboyo adaphedwa kutawuni, apolisi amawaperekeza ngati gulu," adatero Woods. “Winawake anaphedwadi. Ndikuwona ngati izi ziyenera kukhala zazikulu kuposa momwe anthu akupopera nyumba zopumira. ”
Nkhani zofananira zomwe zimadzudzula ziwonetsero zotsutsana ndi ziwawa za apolisi chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa umbanda zakhala zikunenedwanso m'dziko lonselo. "Kunena kuti ozenga milandu ofuna kusintha akubwereketsa izi sizingakhale zopanda pake, koma anthu azitengera izi, anthu omwe ali ndi zolinga zawozawo zolimbana ndi kusintha," adatero Schmidt, akulozera kumavuto omwe akukhudza dzikolo ngati kufotokozera kopikisana. "Tonse tikudziwa kuchokera kwa Willie Horton ndi zokumana nazo zina kuti nkhaniyi imatha kupangidwa."
Koma mpaka pano, zikuwoneka kuti Portlanders sakugula izi. Mavoti aposachedwa adathandizira ziwonetsero zamtendere mumzinda pa 92 peresenti ndi gulu la Black Lives Matter pa 76 peresenti. Makumi asanu ndi limodzi mphambu asanu ndi limodzi mwa anthu 26 aliwonse omwe adafunsidwa adati akukhulupirira kuti pali mavuto amchitidwe ndi apolisi ku Portland, ndipo XNUMX peresenti yokha adawona a Meya Wheeler, yemwenso ndi Commissioner wa apolisi, bwino.
"Anthu a kuno alankhula kale," adatero Singh. "Kwa ine, chododometsa kwambiri ndi chifukwa chake atsogoleri amizinda ndi meya sakuzindikira izi."
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