Ngati mudamvetsera ku CNN sabata yatha, mwina mudawonapo msonkhano wa atolankhani ndi NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley ndi woweruza wamilandu, yemwe amadzitcha "sheriff wovuta kwambiri ku America," a Joe Arpaio. Mwina mwagwira Sheriff Joe akufotokoza momveka bwino ndikumwetulira kuti ayi, Barkley sangafunikire "kuvala zovala zamkati za pinki." Unali kutsata malamulo aku America pakuyipitsitsa kwake.
Barkley, wothamanga kwambiri, woledzera komanso wolankhula mokweza mu NBA yemwe adasandulika ndemanga, adachotsedwa pa Disembala 31 chifukwa choyendetsa ataledzera. Katswiri wakale wa hoops adalipitsidwa chindapusa cha $ 2,000, adaweruzidwa ku pulogalamu yamankhwala oledzeretsa ndikulamulidwa kuti akhazikitse cholumikizira choyatsira moto pamagalimoto ake. Anakhalanso masiku atatu kundende ya Sheriff Joe yodziwika bwino ya Tent City. Zimene Barkley anakumana nazo sizinali zachilendo kwa Tent City. Anamโpatsa hema wake, mmene ankadyera payekha payekha. Sanapatsidwe chakudya chochuluka ngati bologna yobiriwira ya kundendeyi kuti adye. Sanafunikire kumvera wailesi yakundende, KJOE, yomwe imasewera nyimbo zonse zomwe Sheriff Joe amakonda. Amatha kuvala tracksuit yofiira ya Nike m'malo mwa jumpsuit yandende. Adachita nawonso msonkhano wa atolankhani pomwe Arpaio adalumikiza buku lake, America's Toughest Sheriff: How We Can Win the War Against Crime.
Ndipo, monga tanenera, sanafunikire kuvala zovala zamkati za pinki zomwe Sheriff Joe amakonda kwa omwe anali pansi pa chala chake. Koma panalinso "Chuck" wochulukirapo samayenera kuchita ngati wokhala mu Tent City. Sheriff Joe samangosangalala ndi chisangalalo chodziwa kuti akaidi ake ndi okongola a pinki. Amadziwika kuti amawonetsa anthu osamukira kumayiko ena omwe alibe zikalata pakati pawo atamangidwa maunyolo, atavala zovala zawo zamkati za pinki zomwe zimaperekedwa ndi boma pamaso pa gulu la alonda okhala ndi zida komanso makamera aku TV. Makanema ambiri sanayende m'chipululu chotentha kuti awonetsere machenjerero a Sheriff Joe. Anabwera chifukwa adalandira zofalitsa, zolembedwa ndi Sheriff Joe mwiniwake. M'modzi mwa "maupangiri" a Sheriff Joe, adalemba za mpanda wamakono wamagetsi, ndikulonjeza kuti "zikadadabwitsa - kwenikweni" kwa aliyense wothawa.
Mzinda wa Tent umaperekanso akaidi ovala zovala zamkati ku kutentha kwa Arizona, chinachake chimene Barkley, yemwe anali pa "ntchito yomasulidwa" kuyambira 8am mpaka 8pm, adatha kupewa. Kukhoza kutentha kwambiri. Kuyankha kwa Sheriff Joe ku nkhawa za chitetezo kunali kunena kuti, "Ndi madigiri a 120 ku Iraq ndipo asilikali akukhala m'mahema, ndipo sanachite zolakwa zilizonse, choncho tsekani pakamwa panu." Maganizo awa ndi chifukwa chomwe County ya Maricopa idayenera kulipira $43 miliyoni motsogozedwa ndi Sheriff Joe pamilandu yakufa molakwika ndi kuvulala.
Koma si aliyense amene ali ndi mwayi wopereka milandu. A Sheriff Joe, bambo yemwe ali ndi pulogalamu yakeyake komanso "zawo wamba," wadzipangira dzina ladziko lonse pokhala pamzere wakutsogolo pakuukira anthu olowa m'mayiko ena omwe alibe zikalata. Njira za a Sheriff Joe zapangitsa kuti Dipatimenti Yachilungamo iwonetse Lachitatu kuti ikufufuza dipatimenti yake chifukwa cha "zitsanzo kapena machitidwe apolisi atsankho komanso kufufuza kosavomerezeka ndi kulanda." A Arizona Republic ati a David Harris, pulofesa wa zamalamulo pa Yunivesite ya Pittsburgh, akukhulupirira kuti ndi kafukufuku woyamba wa dipatimenti ya ufulu wachibadwidwe wokhudzana ndi zokakamiza anthu olowa m'dzikolo.
Nzosadabwitsa kuti Sheriff Joe amalungamitsa kuchitira kwake anthu osamukira kudziko lina pazifukwa zatsankho kwambiri komanso zanzeru. Ananenanso kuti Mzinda wa Tent ndi "njira yodalirika yopezera ndalama kwa okhometsa msonkho omwe alemedwa kale chifukwa cha kuchepa kwachuma komwe kumabwera chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa anthu osaloledwa osaloledwa pazantchito monga maphunziro ndi zaumoyo." Izi zimanyalanyaza mosasamala mfundo yoti ogwira ntchito osalembedwa amabwezera ndalama zambiri kuposa momwe amachotsera, chifukwa amalipira msonkho wa Social Security ndi msonkho popanda kubweza kalikonse.
Barkley adatetezedwa ku zoyipa zenizeni za Sheriff Joe. Koma tsopano popeza watuluka mโndende, wokhala ku Arizona ayenera kuchita zimene amachita bwino kwambiri ndi kunena zakukhosi kwake. Osalakwitsa, Barkley angakhale ndi zonena. Panali nthawi yomwe Barkley anali wa Republican wonyada ndipo adakondwera ndi lingaliro lothamangira bwanamkubwa wa Alabama. M'malo mwake, buku la Sheriff Joe litatuluka mu 1996, mawu osamveka pachikuto chakumbuyo anali ndi matamando ochokera kwa Rush Limbaugh, John McCain ndi, inde, Charles Barkley. Koma kuyambira masiku amenewo, Barkley wasintha. Tsopano akuti a Republican "ataya malingaliro awo." M'chilimwe chatha Barkley adati, "Kodi a Republican amathamangira chiyani? Kutsutsana ndi ukwati wa gay ndi nkhondo yopanda nzeru. Nkhondo yomwe inakhazikitsidwa ndi nzeru zolakwika. Ndizo zonse zomwe amalankhulapo. Izi ndi kusamukira kudziko lina. Mkangano wina watsankho wa ndale phindu."
Barkley ayenera kuti amamvetsetsa kuti ndondomeko zotsutsana ndi anthu othawa kwawo ndizopanda pake, kuti ndale zaumphawi ndizofunika kwambiri ku United States komanso kuti pali zambiri pamoyo kuposa kupeza chuma. Tsopano popeza ali kutali ndi diso loyang'ana la Sheriff Joe, ndi nthawi yoti Barkley agwiritse ntchito mfundozo ndikuyitanitsa kutsekedwa kwa Tent City, kuchotsedwa kwa Sheriff Joe Arpaio komanso kutha kwa mlandu kwa omwe sanalembedwe ngati masewera owonera.
[Dave Zirin ndi mlembi wa "A People's History of Sports ku United States" (The New Press) Landirani gawo lake sabata iliyonse potumiza imelo. [imelo ndiotetezedwa]. Lumikizanani naye pa [imelo ndiotetezedwa].]
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