Sabata ino, akuluakulu aboma adayimba mlandu apolisi asanu ndi mmodzi omwe alipo komanso akale ku New Orleans chifukwa chopha anthu wamba m'masiku ochepa pambuyo pa mphepo yamkuntho Katrina. Anthu asanu ndi mmodziwo samangoimbidwa mlandu wakupha komanso kuchitira chiwembu kubisa upandu wawo kudzera mโmisonkhano yachinsinsi, kubzala umboni, kupeka mboni, kumanga zabodza, ndi kupereka umboni wonama. Apolisi anayi atha kulandira chilango cha imfa.
Ngakhale tsatanetsatane wa milandu yawo ndi yodabwitsa, ambiri atolankhani adaphonya nkhani yeniyeni: katangale ndi ziwawa zafala kwambiri ku NOPD, ndipo kusintha kokulirapo kumafunika osati mwa apolisi okha, komanso machitidwe oweruza milandu mumzindawu.
Masiku Achiwawa
M'masiku angapo pambuyo pa kusefukira kwa madzi ku New Orleans, apolisi adauzidwa kuti akuteteza mzinda womwe unazingidwa ndipo adapatsidwa chilolezo chogwiritsa ntchito mphamvu yakupha mwakufuna kwawo. Panthawiyo, palibe amene ankayangโanira ulamuliro amene ankaoneka kuti anali ndi chidwi chofuna kudziwa zambiri zokhudza amene anaphedwa komanso chifukwa chake.
Kwa zaka zopitilira zitatu, kuphana kwa Katrina kumeneku sikunanyalanyazidwe ndi Woyimira Chigawo wa mzindawu, Woyimira milandu waku Republican ku US, komanso atolankhani akumaloko. Koma kumapeto kwa 2008 ProPublica ndi Nation adasindikiza zotsatira za kafukufuku wa miyezi 18 ndi mtolankhani AC Thompson. Pansi pa utsogoleri watsopano, ndikuyankha zopempha kuchokera kwa oyimira New Orleans, Dipatimenti Yachilungamo idayamba kufunsa mafunso ake atangomaliza lipoti la Thompson.
Othandizira a FBI adapanganso zochitika zaupandu, kufunsa mboni ndi kulanda makompyuta a apolisi. Zivumbulutso zodetsa nkhawa zakhala zikuvumbulutsidwa kuyambira pamenepo, popeza umboni wokulirapo wowatsutsa wakakamiza apolisi ambiri kuulula.
Zina mwazovuta kwambiri:
Pa September 2, patatha masiku anayi Katrina atagwa, Henry Glover anawomberedwa ndi wapolisi mmodzi, ndipo zikuoneka kuti anagwidwa ndi apolisi ena amene anamupha mwachindunji kapena kumuwotcha ali moyo. Mitembo yake yoyaka moto idapezeka patapita milungu ingapo.
Komanso pa Seputembara 2, a Danny Brumfield Sr., bambo wazaka 45 yemwe adasowa ndi banja lake ku New Orleans Convention Center, adagundidwa mwadala ndi galimoto yolondera, kenako adawomberedwa kumbuyo ndi apolisi pamaso pa mboni zambiri pomwe amayesa. kuwagwedeza pansi apolisi kupempha thandizo.
Pa September 4, 2005, pa mlatho wa Danziger ku New Orleans, gulu la apolisi linafika pa anthu wamba angapo opanda zida omwe ankathawa mโnyumba zawo zomwe zinali zitasefukira ndipo anawombera. Anthu awiri amwalira, kuphatikizapo munthu wina wosokonezeka maganizo, dzina lake Ronald Madison, ndipo anayi anavulala kwambiri. Madison adawomberedwa kumbuyo ndi wapolisi Robert Faulcon, ndipo wapolisi Kenneth Bowen adathamangira ndikumumenya ndikumuponda, mwachiwonekere mpaka adamwalira.
A Faulcon ndi Bowen anali m'gulu la omwe akuimbidwa mlandu sabata ino pachiwopsezo cha 27 chomwe chikuwonetsa zochitika zosokoneza pamlatho.
Kupha pambuyo pa Katrina kwapangitsanso ofufuza kuti afufuzenso. Ma feed alengeza kale kuti akuyang'ana milandu yosachepera isanu ndi itatu, kuphatikiza zomwe zidachitika chilimwe chisanachitike Katrina komanso zaka zingapo pambuyo pake. Ndipo monga momwe maofesala apamwamba amavomereza umboni wopanga, kuulula kwawo kumabweretsa kukayikira pamilandu ina yambiri yomwe adagwirapo ntchito.
Chiwawa Chofala
Mgwirizano wa omenyera ufulu wachifwamba wotchedwa Community United for Change (CUC) wapempha kuti boma lifufuze zakupha apolisi ena ambiri omwe adachitika pazaka makumi atatu zapitazi, zomwe olimbikitsa akuti sizinawunikidwe bwino. Otsutsa adatchula milandu yambiri, kuyambira pa imfa ya Jenard Thomas wazaka 25, yemwe anawomberedwa ndi apolisi pamaso pa abambo ake pa March 24, 2005; kwa Sherry Singleton, yemwe adawomberedwa ndi apolisi mu 1980 ali maliseche m'bafa, pamaso pa mwana wake wazaka zinayi.
Makolo angapo ndi achibale ena omwe adazunzidwa ndi apolisi achita nawo ziwonetsero komanso mabwalo ammudzi omwe athandizidwa ndi CUC. Makolo a Adolph Grimes III, omwe adawomberedwa maulendo 14 ndi apolisi patsiku la Chaka Chatsopano mu 2009, ndi ena mwa omwe adalankhulapo. "Tikufuna kuti apolisiwa akhale m'ndende, kuti azikhala nawo ngati tikukhala nawo," adatero abambo a Grimes.
"Izi zikuyimira mwayi weniweni wofunsa mafunso ofunikira okhudza momwe apolisi alili komanso zomwe amachita," atero a Malcolm Suber, woyang'anira polojekiti ndi New Orleans mutu wa American Friends Service Committee komanso m'modzi mwa okonza omwe adapanga Community United for Change. .
Woyimira ufulu wachibadwidwe a Tracie Washington ndi m'modzi mwa omwe akutsogolera kuyitanidwa kuti boma lilowererepo mu dipatimentiyi. โYakwana nthawi yoti boma la US, kudzera muofesi ya nthambi ya Justice of Civil Rights, lilowererepo ndikuchitapo kanthu,โ adatero. "Tikufuna njira yothetsera vuto lomwe limakhudza dongosolo lazovuta."
Akuluakulu a Unduna wa Zachilungamo awonetsa kuti amavomereza kufunikira kwa thandizo la federal. "Kuimba milandu kokha, ndaphunzira, sikukwanira kusintha chikhalidwe cha apolisi," adatero Wothandizira Attorney General Thomas Perez.
Meya Mitch Landrieu adanenanso kuti amavomereza kufunika koyang'aniridwa ndi boma. M'kalata yopita kwa Attorney General Holder, Landrieu adalemba kuti, "Zikuwonekeratu kuti kusintha kulikonse ndikofunikira komanso kofunikira kuti nzika za New Orleans zitetezeke."
Komabe, omenyera ufulu ambiri akuwopa kuti Meya Landrieu akulankhula kuti athandizire kusintha kotero kuti athe kukhalabe ndi mphamvu pakusintha komwe kumayendetsedwa ndi ma feed. Iwo akutsutsa zisankho za Landrieu mpaka pano, monga kusankha kwake munthu wamkati - msilikali wakale wa NOPD Ronal Serpas - pa ntchito ya mkulu wa apolisi, ndipo adandaula kuti sadzaphwanya mbiri ya dipatimentiyi. "Uku ndikusintha kofunda," atero a Rosana Cruz, wothandizana nawo wa VOTE, bungwe lomwe likufuna kulimbikitsa mphamvu komanso kuchitapo kanthu kwa anthu omwe anali m'ndende. "Izi zikufikira pa bar yotsika kwambiri yomwe titha kuyiyika."
Kupitilira Maapulo Oyipa
Ngakhale mawonekedwe ena a federal oyang'anira dipatimenti akuwoneka kuti ndi otheka, a Malcolm Suber sakuganiza kuti kuyang'anira boma ndikokwanira.
"Sindikuganiza kuti tingapemphe boma lomwe limapha anthu padziko lonse lapansi tsiku lililonse kuti libwere kudzayang'anira dipatimenti ya apolisi," akutero. Kwa Suber, ulamuliro wa federal sungapereke kusintha kwakukulu, kowonjezereka kofunikira pazinthu zina zadongosolo. Ngakhale Suber akufuna kuti kufufuzidwa kwina kwa boma kupha apolisi, akufuna kuti kafukufukuyu ayende limodzi ndi kuyang'anira dera komanso kuwongolera dipatimentiyi.
Ngakhale omenyera ufulu sangagwirizane pazantchito yomwe amawona ku boma la federal, chinthu chimodzi chomwe Washington, Suber ndi Cruz amavomereza ndikuti vutoli likukulirakulira kuposa ziphuphu za apolisi. Iwo ati yankho lililonse liyenera kupitilira dipatimentiyi ku mbali zina za dongosololi monga woyang'anira wamkulu wa mzindawu, ofesi ya Loya Wachigawo, Loya wa US ndi Independent Police Monitor, omwe ambiri amawona kuti ndi ochepa chifukwa alibe luso lochita ntchito zawo. kufufuza kwanu.
"Tili ndi coroner yemwe nthawi zonse amapeza kuti apolisi anali olondola," adatero Suber, ponena za Frank Minyard, woimba lipenga la jazz wazaka 80 yemwe amaphunzitsidwa ngati dokotala wachikazi. Minyard wakhala woyang'anira mzinda kuyambira 1974, ndipo wakhala akudandaula kawirikawiri kuchokera kwa omenyera ufulu wawo, omwe amatsutsa kuti adanamizira kupha apolisi. "Ife tinali ndi coroners odziyimira pawokha, madokotala azamalamulo amamutsatira," adatero Suber, "Ndipo tidapeza kuti zonse zomwe adapeza zinali zabodza.
Henry Glover, yemwe adawonedwa komaliza ali m'manja mwa apolisi omwe adapezeka atawotchedwa mpaka kufa m'galimoto, sananenedwe ndi ofesi ya coroner kuti akhoza kupha. Pankhani ina yomwe tsopano ikufufuzidwa ndi boma, mboni zati apolisi adamenya Raymond Robair mpaka kufa. Woyang'anira milanduyo adagamula kuti "adagwa pansi kapena kukankhidwa." "Kugwa" kumeneku kunathyola nthiti zinayi ndikuvulaza kwambiri mkati, kuphatikizapo kuphulika kwa ndulu.
"Mukafunsa maloya aliwonse omwe adayendetsa milandu yakupha apolisi," adapitilizabe Suber, "Akalemba madotolo odziyimira pawokha kuti azitsatira wofufuza milandu wathu, nthawi zisanu ndi zinayi mwa khumi akulakwitsa."
Anthu ochita ziwawa akudandaulanso kuti woimira boma mโboma la mzindawu a Leon Cannizzaro akuchedwa kutsatira nkhani za ziwawa za apolisi. "Loya wachigawo samaimba mlandu," adatero Suber. "Zikakhudza apolisi, sapeza kuti palibe mlandu uliwonse." Woyimira milandu waku Republican waku US Jim Letten nayenso walephera, Suber adawonjezera. "Magulu angapo ammudzi adapita kukakumana naye, adamufunsa kuti afufuze ndipo sanachite chilichonse."
Okonza apereka malingaliro osiyanasiyana okhudza kusintha komwe angafune kuwona, kuphatikiza thandizo la mabungwe pamapulogalamu otsogozedwa ndi anthu monga CopWatch, kuphatikizidwa kwa njira yomasulira zilankhulo, komanso Independent Police Monitor yamphamvu kwambiri. Koma onse amavomereza kuti si dipatimenti yokha, koma dongosolo lonse likufunika kusintha kwakukulu, ndipo kusinthaku kuyenera kuchokera kunja kwa boma la mzinda. "Kodi mutenga bwanji Nkhandwe kuti iyang'anire khola la nkhuku?" akufunsa Adolph Grimes, Jr. "Ndi dongosolo lomwelo lomwe lawonongeka."
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