Chimene masiku ano chimadziwika kuti Atlanta chinali malo ochita malonda a Amwenye Achimereka. Mu 1821, boma la federal linayamba kukakamiza fuko la Muscogee kuchoka ku Atlantans yomwe tsopano imatchedwa South River Forest kumwera chakum'mawa kwa mzindawu.
M'mwezi wa Marichi, mkati mwa sabata yochitapo kanthu kuti nkhalango isachotsedwe kuti imange malo akuluakulu ophunzitsira apolisi omwe amadziwika kuti "Cop City," atsogoleri achikondwerero a Muscogee adabwerera kumayiko a makolo awo. Adavina movina m'malo mwa nkhalango ya South River, yomwe imadziwika kuti nkhalango ya "Weelaunee" - kutanthauza "madzi abulauni." Iwonso analowa bungwe la Atlanta Regional Commission pa Marichi 8 kuti lipereke chidziwitso chothamangitsidwa ndikuyitanitsa kutha kwa ntchito yomanga malo ophunzitsira. "Georgia ndi malo obadwira apolisi opondereza omwe adachokera ku Trail of Misozi ndi kugwidwa ndi ukapolo kwa mbadwa za ku Africa kufunafuna ufulu wawo," anatero mtsogoleri wa Muscogee pamene Meya wa Atlanta Andre Dickens anatuluka mwamsanga.
Si a Muscogee okha omwe amasonkhana m'nkhalango ya Weelaunee, malo obiriwira olumikizidwa kumadera a Atlanta ndi DeKalb County omwe azungulira mtsinje wa South River.
Kuyambira Seputembara 2021, pomwe Khonsolo ya Mzinda wa Atlanta idavomereza dongosolo la Cop City, yakumana ndi kulira kwakukulu. Gulu la "Stop Cop City" kapena "Defend the Atlanta Forest" limapangidwa ndi mabungwe oyandikana nawo, magulu okhazikika achilengedwe, masukulu am'deralo, mabungwe osankhana mitundu ndi apolisi ndi zina zambiri. "Oteteza nkhalango" ochokera ku Atlanta ndi kwina adayambitsanso msasa wa zionetsero kumapeto kwa chaka cha 2021, akukhala m'nyumba zamitengo komanso pansi pankhalango m'malo ankhalango pafupi ndi polojekiti yomwe idakonzedwa mpaka nthawi yozizira iyi, pomwe adathamangitsidwa ndi apolisi motsatizana. za ziwawa zachiwawa.
Amayi ake a protestanti ophedwayo adakhala pansi ndi miyendo yopingasa ndipo manja ali m'mwamba kumaso kusonyeza momwe mwana wawo analili ataphedwa.
Pambandakucha m'mawa wa Januware 18, apolisi adawombera ndikupha Manuel Paez Terรกn wazaka 26, yemwe amadziwika kuti "Tortuguita," m'hema wawo, zomwe zidawapanga kukhala woyamba wotsutsa zachilengedwe kuphedwa ndi apolisi m'mbiri ya US. Ziwonetsero zachitika m'mizinda yopitilira 40 kuphatikiza New York. Zomwe zidayamba ngati mkangano wakumaloko zakhala nkhani yadziko lonse komanso chowunikira chaposachedwa kwambiri powerengera za George Floyd za tsogolo la apolisi ku America.
"Atlanta ndiyofunikira pang'ono chifukwa imagwirizanitsa nkhani za kagwiritsidwe ntchito ka nthaka, kusintha kwa nyengo ndi apolisi ankhanza," anatero Pulofesa Alex Vitale, wolemba mabuku. Mapeto a Apolisi ndi wogwirizira wa Brooklyn College's Policing and Social Justice Project.
SABATA ZOCHITA
Poyankha kwa kuukira koopsa, Omenyera ufulu wa Stop Cop City adapempha anthu kudera lonselo kuti alowe nawo kwa sabata limodzi mu nkhalango ya Weelaunee Marichi 4-11. Gululi limagwiritsa ntchito a zosiyanasiyana of njira ndipo amadzitcha yekha "olamulira ndi wopanda mtsogoleri.โ
Matthew Johnson, director of Beloved Commune, adalankhula pamsonkhano woyambira sabata yochitapo kanthu. โPali zinthu zambiri zimene sitigwirizana,โ Johnson anayamba motero, โkoma tonse tinabwera kuno ku chiyani?โ anapitiriza. "Kuti tiimitse Mzinda wa Cop!," khamu la anthu linakuwa poyankha. Gulu la anthu pafupifupi 300 kenaka linaguba kupita ku Intrenchement Creek Park - lotchedwa Weelaunee People's Park (WPP) - gawo la nkhalango ya Weelaunee yomwe posachedwapa idalandidwa ndi oteteza nkhalango.
Anthu ochita nawo msonkhanowo atafika pamalowo, ena anapita kukamanga msasa mโnkhalango pomwe ena ankacheza pamithunzi mโmalire a nkhalangoyi. M'munda waukulu wolekanitsidwa ndi khomo ndi nkhalango yaying'ono, Sonic Defense Committee inamanga siteji ndi bar kwa chikondwerero cha nyimbo zaulere za masiku awiri. Pambuyo pake madzulo omwewo, anthu amakhazikitsa mlonda wa Tortuguita ndi makandulo ndi maluwa. Sitimayo inkayenda ola limodzi mkati mwa mlungu wonse ndikuwatengera anthu kunkhalango. Mwini wa pakiyo* yagwetsedwa njira ya konkriti ndi gazebo polowera ndikudula mitengo mu Disembala kuti aletse ziwonetsero, koma otsutsa a Cop City anali atapenta zidutswa za konkriti wosweka ndikuzigwiritsa ntchito popanga njira yodutsa pamalo oimikapo magalimoto. Mayi wina wovala malaya a kampeni ya anthu osauka akuyamwitsa ndudu pampando wopinda m'njira. Amuna aลตiri achikulire onyamula njinga anadya masangweji pansi pa nkhalangoyo, ndipo khanda lomwe linali mโchikwama linaona mwachidwi chipwirikiticho.
โMonga wogwirizira mโderali, kuyesetsa kuti anthu asunthe pa nkhani yopulumutsa mitengoyo kuli ngati kudutsa mโmatope, choncho kuyesayesa konseku kuti ndipulumutse nkhalango kwa ine kuli ngati kuwomberedwa mโmanja โ ndizosangalatsa chabe. Ikuphulika. Zochita zimapangitsa kuti pakhale zochitika zambiri, "adatero Stephanie Coffin, katswiri wazomera wodziwika padziko lonse lapansi The Indypendent.
Pakati pa sabata la zochitika, zochitika zambiri zinkachitika tsiku lililonse m'nkhalango pamene zina zinkachitika kudera lonse la Atlanta. Izi zinaphatikizapo maulendo a m'nkhalango tsiku ndi tsiku, maphunziro a capoeira, phwando la Purim, msonkhano wa atolankhani wa atsogoleri achipembedzo motsutsana ndi Cop City, ziwonetsero zazikulu mumzinda wa Atlanta pa Marichi 9, ziwonetsero pamaso pa Dekalb County Jail, kuguba kwa ana ndi zina zambiri.
Chochitika chofala kwambiri m'nkhalango chinali South River Music Festival. Mazana a achichepere makamaka anatembenukira ku nyimbo zachikale, motsatiridwa ku punk ndi kumvetsera mwachidwi ku ma seti a phokoso oyesera. Oimba achichepere omwe akubwera omwe ali otchuka mu Atlanta's underground plug rap rap anachita; panali zida zomaliza za ng'oma ndi bass, nyumba, ndi techno. Panthawi ina, nyimbo za gulu lolimba mtima zinamveka mโnkhalango yozungulira: โKugonjetsa chikondiโฆ ndi nkhondo yauzimuโฆโ Chikondwererocho chinakongoletsedwa ndi chikwangwani cholembedwa kuti, โMโmaso mwa Boma, onse amene amakana ulamuliro wa azungu. , atsamunda, kusankhana mitundu, kulimbikitsa anthu, ndiponso kulimbikitsa apolisi ndi Zigawenga Zapakhomo.โ
Madzulo a tsiku lachiwiri la chikondwererochi, gulu la anthu ochita zionetsero pafupifupi 300 atavala zovala zakuda komanso zobisala zomwe amabisala adayenda mtunda wa kilomita imodzi kuchokera ku WPP kupita ku Old Atlanta Prison Farm, komwe ntchito yomanga ku Cop City idayamba mu Disembala.. Iwo adayimba "Stop Cop City" ndi "Viva, viva tortuguita." Pamene galimoto yodutsa inakakamizika kuima pamene gululo linali kuwoloka msewu, dalaivala wokwiyayo anafunsa zimene anthu anali kuchita. Munthu wina woyenda panyanja anayankha kuti, โAnapha mnzathuyo!โ
โO,โ anayankha motero dalaivalayo, akufeลตa pangโono.
Ochita zionetsero adawolokera pamalo omwe achita lendi ndi a Atlanta Police Foundation (APF), ndikugwetsa mbali ya mpanda wa 12-foot-link-link-link wawaya waminga womwe umazungulira dera lomwe ntchito yomanga ikuchitika. Anthu ambiri ochita zionetsero adalowa m'derali ndikuponya moto kuti apolisi asawatseke, ndipo adawotcha nyumba ziwiri zomangira, bulldozer ndi zida zina zomwe adagwiritsa ntchito pochotsa nkhalango. Kenako, mwamsanga anazimiririka mโnkhalango.
Apolisi adayang'anira ziwonetserozo nthawi yonseyi, koma sanalowerere anthu ochita ziwonetsero atadutsa katundu wa APF, kuthyola mpanda wolumikizidwa ndi unyolo, kuyatsa makina kapena kuyamba kubwerera.
M'malo mwake, pafupifupi ola limodzi pambuyo pake chiwonongeko cha katundu chinachitika, adazungulira chikondwererocho pamene Faye Webster, wojambula wotchuka wa ku Atlantan wojambula nyimbo, adayimba gulu la anthu pafupifupi chikwi. Kusamvana kudakula kwambiri ndipo apolisiwo adathamangira kunkhalango, akugwira adani komanso anthu ena mwachisawawa. Anthu 23 anamangidwa pamodzi, XNUMX mwa iwo anaimbidwa mlandu uchigawenga wapakhomo.
โMmodzi wopezekapo adalandira ziwopsezo zakupha kuchokera kwa apolisi omwe adalowa. Wina anamenyedwa, kugwedezeka, ndikuthamangira ku chipatala cha Grady. Wina adanenanso kuti wapolisi wina adatulutsa mkono wake wam'mbali ndikuwombera pamutu pawo pomwe akuwathamangitsa m'nkhalango. inanena Atlanta Community Press Collective.
Wosewera yemwe anali pamalopo adauza The Indypendent kuti apolisi ambiri ovala za camo ndi magalimoto ankhondo analowa pangโonopangโono cha mโma 9 koloko masana Anthu pafupifupi 100 otsalawo analumikizana nโkumaimba kuti โTiyeni tipite kwathu!โ ndiponso โTili ndi ana!โ Atakambirana mwachidule ndi kagulu kakangโono ka anthu ochita nawo chikondwererochi, apolisi anavomera kuti apatse anthu mphindi 10 kuti achoke. Anachoka limodzi, mikono idakali yolumikizana.
Zochitika za sabata ya convergence zidapitilira tsiku lotsatira ndipo tidakumana ndi ziwawa zosiyanasiyana. Gulu la anthu pafupifupi 15 omwe amayenda m'mphepete mwa tawuni ya Atlanta adalamulidwa kuti abalalikire. Apolisi aku Atlanta, ambiri omwe analipo, pamodzi ndi galimoto ya SWAT. Apolisi nawonso adatulutsa a Wolemba nkhani zomwe zinali zangophimbidwa zionetsero. Anafufuza malo a anthu omwe amachirikiza zionetserozo, ndikuwononga misasa ya anthu ochita zionetsero omwe amakhala pamalo awo.
Patsiku lomaliza la sabata lakuchitapo kanthu, mwambo wa chikumbutso udapezeka ndi banja la Tortuguita, abwenzi ndi omwe adakhala pamitengo. Idachitikira pamalo pomwe woteteza nkhalangoyo adaphedwa, yomwe ili ndi zingwe zokongola komanso chikwangwani chomwe chimati, "GSP (Apolisi a State of Georgia) adapha mtetezi wa nkhalango, comrade, bwenzi, wokonda."
"Kumwaza phulusa pamalo omwe awonongeka kwambiri ndipo amafunikira machiritso ambiri, ndinamvadi kuti, 'Inde, Mzinda wa Cop sudzamangidwanso.' Osati pamanda a Tortuguita, "anatero mnzake wina wa Tortuguita yemwe adapempha kuti asadziwike.
MBIRI YABWINO
Mbiri ya nkhalango ya Weelaunee imazunzidwa monga momwe boma ndi dziko lomwe lilili.
"Kodi mukufuna izi m'nyumba mwanu? Ndiye nchiyani chimakupangitsani kuganiza kuti anthu akuda, okhala m'madera ena oponderezedwa - anthu aliwonse - amafuna izi kumbuyo kwawo? "
A Muskogee atachotsedwa mokakamiza kupita ku Oklahoma kudzera pa Trail of Misozi, kumadzulo kwa nkhalango ya Weelaunee kudagulidwa ndi Lochlin Johnson, yemwe akuti anali ndi "minda yabwino kwambiri m'chigawochi." Munthawi ya Jim Crow, minda idakhala a famu yandende - malo omwe akaidi zikwizikwi adatumizidwa pamilandu yaying'ono ngati kuledzera kwa anthu ndikukakamizidwa kugwira ntchito m'mundamo - ndipo adakhala momwemo mpaka 1990. Mpikisano wa Black-Power Stokely Carmichael adasungidwa kumeneko kwa masiku angapo pa milandu ya "kuyendayenda" pamtunda. za nthawi ya ufulu wachibadwidwe. M'zaka makumi atatu zapitazi, njira yobzalanso nkhalango zachilengedwe yachitika pamalo omwe anali minda.
Mu 2017, Atlanta City Council idavota mogwirizana mokomera Mapangidwe a Mzinda wa Atlanta: Kulakalaka Anthu Okondedwa, dongosolo lathunthu, lanthawi yayitali lachitukuko cha Atlanta lomwe linaphatikizapo kukhazikitsidwa kwa paki ya maekala 1,200 yomwe ingaphatikizepo Famu Yandende ya Old Atlanta.
"Zinali zabwino kwambiri kuona kuti dipatimenti yokonzekera idapereka lingaliro lenileni la chitukuko cha anthu, chilengedwe ndi anthu," akutero Dr. Jacqueline Echols, pulezidenti wa South River Watershed Alliance. "Chifukwa palibe Atlanta kapena DeKalb County yomwe idayikapo chilimbikitso chenicheni pakuteteza anthu kapena chilengedwe kum'mwera chakum'mawa kwa Atlanta kapena South Dekalb County."
Mu Meyi 2020, wapolisi wa Minneapolis Derek Chauvin adapha a Geoge Floyd, zomwe zidayambitsa zipolowe mdziko lonse motsutsana ndi nkhanza za apolisi. Patatha mwezi umodzi ku Atlanta, apolisi adawombera a Rayshard Brooks pomwe amathawa ndi taser yomwe adawalanda, zomwe zidayambitsa ziwonetsero zina mumzinda. Pambuyo pa kupha kumeneku, chithandizo cha kusintha kwa apolisi chinakula. Mu June 2020, Atlanta City Council idaganiza zoletsa gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu a bajeti ya APD ya $217 miliyoni; idagonjetsedwa 8-7.
Pofika Seputembara 2021, zolemba zadziko zidasintha - kubweza ndalama ndikusintha apolisi sikunalinso kotchuka; anthu amene ankatsatira maganizo amenewo ankaonedwa kuti ndi ankhanza kapena oopsa. Komanso, zina malo kuti ndiye-Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance-Bottoms ankafuna kubwerera ku Atlanta Police Department zabwino mbali pambuyo kuwombera apolisi amene anapha Brooks.
Panali maola oposa 17 a umboni wapagulu pa ndondomeko yatsopano yomanga malo ophunzitsira apolisi pa malo a famu yakale ya ndende yomwe kutsutsa kunawonetsedwa ndi malire oposa 2-1. Komabe, Khonsolo idavotera 10-4 kuti ipite patsogolo ndi Cop City pokhulupirira kuti malingaliro a anthu onse akusintha mokomera apolisi ochulukirapo, osachepera.
Mzindawu uli ndi maekala 297 a ndendeyo, maekala 85 mwa omwe adabwereketsa mwalamulo ku Atlanta Prison Foundation. Maekala 85 awa ali ndi malo ozungulira nyumba zomwe zafalikira maekala 171, maekala onse amtsogolo "Cop City." Dongosolo lokonzanso malo omwe akuganiziridwa Kufunitsitsa kwa Gulu Lokondedwa yatsekedwa.
Atlanta Police Foundation ikuyembekezeka kupereka ndalama zokwana $60 miliyoni zothandizira sukulu yatsopanoyi. $30 miliyoni yotsalayo idzaperekedwa ndi City. APF imalandira zopereka zandalama mwachindunji kuchokera kumakampani akulu akulu amderali - kuphatikiza Delta, Bank of America, Home Depot, AT&T, Coca-Cola, Georgia Pacific, JPMorgan Chase ndi Wells Fargo - ndipo ambiri mwa oyang'anira makampaniwa amagwira ntchito pa maziko. bolodi.
"Ndalama za apolisi ndi maziko amabodza kuti apolisi ndi ntchito yabwino kwa anthu onse kuti apindule," adatero Alex Vitale. "Mabungwe oyendetsedwa mwachinsinsi awa alibe kuwonekera komanso kuyankha ndipo adapangidwa kuti apereke chitetezo ndi mwayi wandale kumakampani akuluakulu komanso zokonda zanyumba."
Posakhalitsa voti ya Seputembara 2021 pro-Cop City, oteteza nkhalango adapita kunkhalango. Pa ntchitokutalika kwake, mwina kunali anthu opitilira 100 omwe adamanga msasa pamalowo.
Nkhalangoyi imakhala ndi mitengo yaing'ono ya paini. Pansi pamakhala kapeti wofewa wa singano za paini komwe umameranso moss. Mbali zina za nkhalangoyi zimakhala ndi tinjira toyendamo mapazi koma ndi malo owundana okhala ndi denga lalitali, lochindikala lomwe mungathe kusocheramo mosavuta. Panthawi imeneyi ya chaka, maluwa a wisteria amaphuka, kudzaza nkhalango ndi fungo loledzeretsa pamene mphepo ikuwomba.
โNdinayenda mozungulira nkhalango ndipo zinali ngati zokongola. Ndinali ngati, โNdiyenera kuthera nthaลตi yochuluka kunja kuno,โ anatero wotetezera nkhalango yemwe anayamba kupita kunkhalango mu April 2022. โAmbiri ku Atlanta sankadziลตa za ntchitoyo panthaลตiyo, anawonjezera motero. "Inali chinthu chachilendo. Ambiri a anarchists analipo. "
Iye ndi gulu la mabwenzi anakhala oyamba kukonza mwambo waukulu wa nyimbo mโnkhalango, rave yomwe inachitikira anthu oposa 300. Iye anafotokoza kuti: โSinali ndi tikiti. "Tidangokhala ndi ma QR angapo ojambulidwa pamitengo yozungulira nkhalango kupempha anthu kuti apereke ndalama ku Atlanta Solidarity [bail] Fund." Pafupifupi chaka ndi theka chomwe ochita zionetsero adakhala m'nkhalango ya Weelaunee, adachita zokambirana zogawana maluso, chakudya chamagulu, makonsati ndi zikondwerero zanyimbo, ndi zinayi zam'mbuyomu. masabata zochita.
"Sindine wokonda adrenaline. โฆSindilakalaka mikangano. Ndili kunja kuno chifukwa ndimakonda nkhalango. Ndimakonda kukhala m'nkhalango. Kukhala nkhalango hobo ndikozizira kwambiri, "Tortuguita adanena mtolankhani David Peisner pomwe amakhala ku WPP. โPakakhala kulibe apolisi, malo akabwezeredwa, ndipamene zatha. โฆSindikuyembekezera kukhala ndi moyo kudzawona tsiku limenelo, kwenikweni. Ndikutanthauza, ndikuyembekeza choncho. Koma ndimasuta.โ
Chilolezo chikamalizidwa pulojekitiyi mkati mwa Disembala 2022, aboma adayambitsa zigawenga zingapo kuti achotse oteteza nkhalango m'malo. Apolisi akuti adagwiritsa ntchito utsi wokhetsa misozi, mipira ya tsabola ndi zipolopolo za mphira kuthamangitsa omenyera ufulu wawo m'mitengo. Anagwetsa nyumba za mitengo anthu akadali mmenemo. Ambiri oteteza nkhalango anali atapita nthawi ya Georgia State Police kuwomberedwa Tortuguita pa Jan. 18.
Pa zokambirana atagwidwa ndi banja la Tortuguita pa Marichi 11, a Belkis Terรกn, amayi a wochita zionetsero wophedwayo, adakhala pansi atapingasa miyendo yake ndipo manja ake ali m'mwamba kumaso kuwonetsa momwe mwana wake analili pomwe adaphedwa, malinga ndi autopsy yodziyimira payokha banja lotumidwa. โMukundiopa ngati ndili chonchi? Ndiye chinachitika nโchiyani? Chinachitika ndi chiyani?! Tikufuna kudziwa! Palibe amene akulandira maloya athu,โ adatero Terรกn pouza gulu la anthu otichirikiza.
'OUTSIDE AGITATORS'
โMwinamwake theka la anthu amene ndinalankhula nawo sanali ochokera ku Atlanta,โ anatero wotetezera nkhalango amene analinganiza raveyo. โAnthu anasiya ntchito nโkukweza anzawo mโgalimoto nโkunyamuka kupita ku Atlanta. Amapeza kuti ichi ndi chifukwa chakupitilira Atlanta. โ
Otsatira malamulo ku Atlanta, akuluakulu osankhidwa ndi atolankhani amakampani atsindika za kukhalapo kwa "osokoneza akunja" omwe alanda gulu la Stop Cop City kuti abweretse chipwirikiti. Pakhala pali ngakhale angapo malipoti apolisi ayenera kuti adathandizira nkhaniyi popewa kumanga anthu omwe ali ndi zidziwitso za Georgia panthawi yawo ya March 5 pa chikondwererochi chomwe chinapeza anthu 35 omangidwa.
Chochititsa chidwi n'chakuti, Dipatimenti ya Apolisi ku Atlanta idauza Atlanta City Council kuti ikufuna kulemba anthu 43% mwa ophunzitsidwa m'malo omwe akukonzedwa kuchokera ku ma dipatimenti apolisi akunja. Oteteza nkhalango ambiri adayenda kuchokera ku New York ndi mizinda ina komwe ziwonetsero za George Floyd zidaponderezedwa mwankhanza; amawona a Cop City ngati kupitiliza apolisi amtunduwu.
Stephanie Coffin anati: โTonse timamwa madzi amodzimodzi ndipo timapuma mpweya wofanana. "Tawonani gulu lomenyera ufulu wachibadwidwe, ndi 'akunja' angati - ndi anthu angati - omwe tidatsika nthawi imeneyo?"
Pali mphekesera zambiri kuti chifukwa cha mgwirizano pakati pa apolisi a boma la Georgia ndi apolisi a Israeli, apolisi a Israeli adzapereka maphunziro pakati pawo.
Pakhalapo Imani Cop City Mgwirizanowu unachitika m'mizinda pafupifupi 40 mdziko lonse lapansi ndi chisangalalo chodziwika bwino kuyambira pomwe Tortuguita adaphedwa. Kuno ku New York, pakhala pali zochitika zambiri za mgwirizano m'miyezi yaposachedwa. Mazana a anthu adaguba kuchokera ku St. Patrick's Cathedral pakati pa Manhattan kupita ku likulu la JPMorgan Chase pa 270 Park Ave pa Marichi 9 akuimba "Stop Cop City."
โDziko ili ndi limodzi; Nkhondo iliyonse yomwe tingalole kuti ipitirire ikhudza tonsefe, "atero Milpa, wokonza zothandizirana ku New York City yemwe adakhala nthawi yayitali ku nkhalango ya Weelaunee ndikuthandizira mgwirizano wa Stop Cop City.
Palinso chakuya gulu lotsutsa linakhazikitsidwa ku Atlanta. Pamsonkhano wa atolankhani wa Marichi 6, Rev. Keyanna Jones wa Faith Coalition to Stop Cop City anati, โNgakhale tikuyamikiradi mgwirizano kuno ku Atlanta ndi padziko lonse lapansi, iyi ndi nkhondo ya Atlanta ndipo tili mโnjira yonseyi. โ
DZIKO LAPANSI
Kum'mwera kwa Metro Atlanta pafupi ndi nkhalango ya Weelaunee kuli malo amodzi akulu kwambiri akuda mdzikolo.
"Kodi mukufuna izi m'nyumba mwanu? Ndiye nchiyani chimakupangitsani kuganiza kuti anthu akuda, okhala m'madera ena oponderezedwa - anthu aliwonse - amafuna izi kumbuyo kwawo? " Dr. Echols anafunsa.
Mitsinje yonse ya Atlanta ikuphatikizidwa mu Kufunitsitsa kwa Gulu Lokondedwa kupanga, ndi zotsatira zosiyana kotheratu. Ntchito ya Mtsinje wa Chattahoochee, komwe kuli anthu olemera kwambiri, ikupita patsogolo Ntchito ya South River, komwe madera okhala ndi anthu osauka komanso oponderezedwa, adasiyidwa ku Cop City, malinga ndi Dr. Echols. "Atlanta sakanalankhula zomanga malo ena kwina kulikonse kupatula komwe akuwafunira, chifukwa akadakhala atamwalira," akutero.
Mtolankhaniyu adalankhula ndi anthu ochepa amderali omwe amakhala kufupi ndi nkhalango ya Weelaunee kuti awone ngati akuthandiza malo ophunzitsira apolisi. Ambiri mwa okhalamo adavomereza kuti apolisi amafunikira maphunziro abwinoko, koma sakufuna kuti zichitike kumbuyo kwawo.
iwo azunguliridwa ndi malo otayiramo zinyalala zisanu ndi chimodzi, ndende zisanu, malo awiri ophwanyidwa a anthu onse komanso nyumba zosungiramo zinthu zamafakitale. Pali kale gulu la apolisi owombera pafupi, ndipo ambiri a iwo akuda nkhawa ndi kulira kwamfuti kwanthawi zonse. Mayi wina, Marรญa, ananena kuti sakuona kukhala wotetezeka kukhala ndi apolisi ochuluka chonchi mโderali. Bambo wachikulire Wakuda atakhala pakhonde lake analibe zambiri zoti anene kupatula kuti Cop City "ikubweretsa mavuto ambiri."
CHITHUNZI CHACHIKULU
Januware 18 inali nthawi yoyamba kuti wochita ziwonetsero za chilengedwe adawomberedwa ndi apolisi aku US. (Aka kanalinso koyamba kuti wotsutsa aliyense wa ku United States aphedwe ndi apolisi m'zaka makumi asanu kuchokera pamene 1969 kuphedwa kwa Black Panther Fred Hampton ndi kupha anthu anayi otsutsa nkhondo ku Kent State mu 1970.) Kuyankha kwazamalamulo ku Stop Cop City gulu likuwonetsa momwe anthu akuchulukirachulukira komanso ankhondo olimbana ndi ziwonetsero. Zimasonyeza kuti anthu omwe amagwirizana ndi gululi akhoza kuyembekezera zolakwa zalamulo kapena kuvulazidwa. Amene amachilimbikitsa tsopano akuopa imfa.
Kuphatikiza pa 23 omwe adamenyedwa ndi milandu yauchigawenga pa Marichi 5 ndipo akhala m'ndende. popanda bail kuyambira, 18 ena otsutsa a Stop Cop City adakhudzidwa ndi milandu yolemetsa yomweyi mu Januwale - 12 omwe adasesedwa mu December apolisi akuukira nkhalango ya Weelaunee ndi ena asanu ndi mmodzi omwe anali pachiwonetsero cha Jan. 21 kutsatira kuphedwa kwa Tortuguita komwe wapolisi galimoto idatenthedwa ndipo mawindo a Bank of America adaphwanyidwa. Izi ndizochitika zoyamba zomwe dziko la Georgia lidaimba mlandu anthu ochita ziwonetsero zauchigawenga wapakhomo, mlandu womwe umakhala m'ndende zaka zisanu mpaka 35.
Onse omwe adamangidwa kuyambira tsiku lomwe galimoto ya apolisi idawotchedwa tsopano akukumana ndi milandu yowotcha, malipoti The Intercept. Afidaviti apolisi kuyambira pa Marichi 5 nsapato zamatope ngati maziko opangira anthu achigawenga.
โMโmzinda wa Atlanta, pamene opanga mapulani amadula bwino lomwe ndipo alibe ufulu wochita zimenezo, Mzindawu umakana kutsatira malamulowo,โ akutero Coffin. โMitengo yonse imene yagwetsedwa mosaloledwa, ndiko kuwononga katundu. Kodi izi zikusiyana bwanji ndi kuwononga katundu komwe omenyera ufuluwo adachita nawo?"
Maiko ena apita kukalanga mwankhanza zionetsero m'zaka zaposachedwa. Ochita ziwonetsero osachita zachiwawa atha kuimbidwa mlandu wa "anti-chipwirikiti" waku North Carolina. Bill zomwe zidathetsa Nyumbayi mu February. Kuyambira 2021, American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), malo ogulitsa mfundo zamapiko akumanja omwe amathandizidwa ndi mabungwe ndi mabiliyoni osamala, yakhala ikukankhira ndalama zambiri zomwe cholinga chake ndi kuletsa otsutsa mafuta omwe atengedwa ndi mayiko osiyanasiyana osamala.
Ngati atamangidwa, a Cop City aziphunzitsa apolisi ochokera ku United States konse. Komanso ambiri mphekesera kuti chifukwa a Mgwirizano pakati pa Georgia State Police ndi Israeli Apolisi, apolisi aku Israeli apereka maphunziro pakati pawo.
"Mzinda wa Atlanta uli ndi zofunikira kwambiri zophunzitsira ku Southeast," adatero Meya wa Atlanta Andre Dickens pamsonkhano wa atolankhani wa Jan. 31. "Maphunzirowa amafunikira malo, ndipo ndi zomwe malo ophunzitsirawa apereka." Pa Feb. 7 Cop City forum ku Morehouse College, Meya Dickens, yemwe adavotera malo ophunzitsira pomwe anali membala wa City Council, anali. anagwira kugona.
Mzinda wa Cop udzakhala malo akulu kwambiri ophunzitsira apolisi mdziko muno ndipo aziphunzitsa apolisi zankhondo zakumizinda. Iphatikizanso magawo angapo owombera, malo otsetsereka a helikopita, maphunziro ophulitsa komanso mzinda wonse wonyozeka. Mโzaka za mโma 1960, asilikali anamanga mizinda yabodza, โ.riotsvilles,"Kuyankha kwa zipolowe zotsutsana ndi kupanda chilungamo kwa mafuko ndi zionetsero zotsutsana ndi nkhondo ya Vietnam, zomwe zinachititsa kuti apolisi azichita zachiwawa zosagwirizana ndi anthu; ena kutsutsana kuti ndi chiyambi cha asilikali apolisi.
Chicago's Public Safety Training Academy idatsegulidwa mu Januware patatha zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi zokonzekera, ngakhale gulu lotsutsa anthu ammudzi. Makilomita mazana asanu ndi awiri kumpoto kwa Atlanta, ikufanana kwambiri ndi Cop City. Komanso, omenyera ufulu wa Pittsburgh akudzudzula mapulani a mzindawu opangira malo ake ophunzitsira apolisi okwera mtengo, โzomwe akuda nkhawa kuti zipangitsa kuti apolisi azimenya nkhondo, kuipitsa, ndi chiwawa kwa a Black Pittsburghers,โ inatero. Pittsburgh City Paper kumayambiriro kwa mwezi uno.
Mu 2017, New York City idawononga $ 275 Miliyoni pokonzanso Rodman's Neck, malo ophunzitsira mfuti ku Bronx kutsatira kumaliza kwa 2016 kwa sukulu yapolisi ya $ 1 biliyoni ku Queens.
Kuyambira 1997, Pentagon yasamutsa zida za mabiliyoni a madola - kuphatikizapo zida zazing'ono, ndege ndi magalimoto anzeru - ku mabungwe oposa 8,000 aku US. Panthawi ya zipolowe za George Floyd, Wodziyimira pawokha Atolankhani adawona zochitika zosawerengeka zomwe NYPD adagwiritsa ntchito zida ngati izi quelling zionetsero zomwe zidaperekedwa. Pambuyo pake, New York City idasankha yemwe kale anali apolisi kukhala meya yemwe wadula bajeti ya bungwe lililonse la City kupatula dipatimenti ya apolisi. Apolisi aku Atlanta adawombera anthu awiri chaka chimodzi chisanachitike; analipo asanu ndi awiri chaka chatha.
ZOCHITA ZOCHITA
Tsamba la Cop City ndi la mzinda wa Atlanta, koma lili ku Dekalb County yosagwirizana. Izi zikutanthauza kuti kuti Mzinda uzitha kumanga pamalopo, Dekalb County ikuyenera kuvomereza chilolezo chosokoneza malo. โDekalb anafuna kuvomereza,โ akutero Dr. Echols, โndipo pomalizira pake anavomereza mu December.โ
Chilolezo chosokoneza malo chikhoza kuchitidwa apilo, koma chiyenera kuchitidwa ndi anthu okhala mkati mwa 250 mapazi a chitukuko chotsutsa. The South River Watershed Alliance inatha kuzindikira eni nyumba angapo omwe anali okonzeka kuchita apilo chilolezocho potengera zovuta zingapo kuphatikizapo kuwonongeka kwa chilengedwe. Apiloyo idzamvedwa ndi a Dekalb Zoning Review Board pa Epulo 12, omwe ndi gawo la dipatimenti yomweyi yomwe idavomereza pulani yoyambirira.
Pakadali pano, zochitika za Stop Cop City zikupitilira kuchitika ku Atlanta komanso ku United States konse.
Kuti mudziwe zambiri, pitani Defensetheatlantaforest.org, stopcopcitysolidarity.org ndi atlpresscollective.com.
*Maekala ena 40 a nkhalango ya Weelaunee ali pachiwopsezo Ryan Millsap, yemwe kale anali mwini wa Blackhall Film (yemwe tsopano akutchedwa Shadowbox) Studios, yemwe adapanga mgwirizano ndi DeKalb County mu 2020 kuti asinthe malowa, omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati paki ya anthu, malo ena pafupi. Mgwirizanowu uimitsidwa chifukwa cha mlandu wa gulu lazachilengedwe. Oteteza nkhalango anali kumanga msasa pamalo a Old Atlanta Prison Farm site, koma zitakhala zoopsa kwambiri, adasamukira ku WPP, malo omwe Millsap adapeza posinthana zotsutsana. Kuphatikiza pa Cop City, amadzudzula mapulani a Millsap okweza WPP ndikukulitsa situdiyo yake yaku Hollywood pamalopo.
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