Gwero: Counterpunch
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Pa Disembala 5, 2020, New Orleans idasankha Loya wawo Wachigawo woyamba kupita patsogolo. Jason Williams, yemwe anali loya woteteza milandu kwa zaka zopitilira 20 asanasankhidwe, adalowa m'malo mwa DA Leon Cannizzaro, wofotokozedwa ndi New Orleans chikhalidwe cholimba kwa wozenga milandu. Mgwirizano womwe sunachitikepo wa mabungwe achilungamo adakumana patatha chaka chimodzi chisankho chisanachitike, monga The Peoples DA Coalition, kuti zitheke.
The Peoples DA Coalition, opangidwa ndi mabungwe oweruza a mโderalo oposa 30, anagwira ntchito kwa chaka chimodzi โkuti akhazikitse ofesi ya Loya wa Chigawo yomwe ili ndi makhalidwe abwino, yofanana, yachifundo, ndiponso yodalirika kwa anthu onse amene ali mโchigawocho kuti tithe kuthetsa nthawi ya kumangidwa kwa anthu ambiri ku New Orleans. "
Atangotenga udindowu, Loya wa Chigawo cha New Orleans, a Jason Williams, adawonetsa chifukwa chake ali m'njira yoti akhale woyimira boma wokhazikika. Iye anakhazikitsa a gulu lamphamvu lomenyera ufulu wachibadwidwe kubwereza zikhulupiriro zokayikitsa, anayamba kuchepetsa zochitika pomwe wozenga milandu amafunikira belo la ndalama, kusiya kugwiritsa ntchito lamulo lachizoloลตezi la Louisiana, makamaka anasiya kuzenga mlandu achinyamata kukhoti la akulu akulu, anachotsa mazana za milandu yotsika ya mankhwala osokoneza bongo, ndi anapatsidwa mayesero atsopano kwa anthu ambiri omwe adaweruzidwa ndi oweruza omwe samagwirizana. Zosintha zina zikubwera.
Kodi munthu wopita patsogolo chonchi adasankhidwa bwanji ku Louisiana, dera lakumwera lomwe lakhalapo kwa zaka zambiri kutseka nzika zake zambiri kuposa wina aliyense?
Panali makiyi atatu kuti New Orleans isankhire woyimira wamkulu wopita patsogolo. Awiri anali amwambo. Chachitatu chinali chisanachitikepo. Choyamba, wopambana pampikisanowo, Jason Williams, anali wochita bwino kampeni komanso wodziwika bwino komanso wolemekezeka. Koma adakumana ndi zovuta chifukwa adathamanga ndikuluza m'mbuyomu ndipo amakumana ndi zokayikitsa chifukwa chakuchita bwino milandu yamisonkho ya federal. Chachiwiri, zinathandiza kuti wopuma pantchito pa mphindi yotsiriza. Koma ena omwe adakhalapo adapumapo kale ndipo palibe woyimira boma wosintha yemwe adatulukira. Chachitatu chinali kutulukira kochititsa chidwi kwa a mgwirizano wamphamvu wopanda zipani za udzu Mabungwe ambiri ndi omenyera ufulu ambiri omwe adazindikira zofunikira, kuphunzitsa anthu ammudzi, ndikulimbikitsa anthu kuti avotere kusintha kwakukulu pamalamulo aupandu.
Bungwe lomwe lidatsogolera gulu la New Orleans losagwirizana ndi anthu kuti lisankhe woimira boma pakusintha ndi Peoples DA Coalition. Zinabweretsa kuchuluka kwa udzu wokonzekera komanso mphamvu zosintha kwambiri zamalamulo ku New Orleans poyang'ana kwambiri chisankhochi.
Lingaliroli lidayamba miyezi 14 chisankho chisanachitike. Othandizira ochepa amilandu amadabwa ngati zingatheke kupanga mgwirizano wamagulu ambiri kuti aphunzitse ndikulimbikitsa ovota kuti apange chisankho cha 2020 cha Loya Wachigawo cha New Orleans kukhala referendum pakusintha kwakukulu kwazamalamulo? Panalipo ena kupita patsogolo kwa dziko lonse pakusintha zaka zingapo zapitazi, bwanji osakakamiza kuti pakhale kusintha kwakukulu m'dera lanu? Iwo mwamsanga anaganiza kuti palibe bungwe akhoza quarterback khama kotero kuti anasonkhanitsa osiyanasiyana mabungwe ena kulota ndi kukonzekera ndi ntchito kusintha kwenikweni.
The Peoples DA Coalition idakula ndikuphatikiza mabungwe opitilira 30 ammudzi ndi mazana omenyera ufulu. Cholinga chawo chogawana chinali kusankha Woyimira Chigawo yemwe anali wofunitsitsa kusintha malamulo amilandu komanso kumvera anthu aku New Orleans. The mabungwe okhudzidwa kuphatikizapo omwe amatsogoleredwa ndi anthu omwe kale anali m'ndende, omwe anapulumuka m'ndende, anthu omwe anaweruzidwa molakwika, mabanja omwe ali ndi okondedwa omwe ali m'ndende, ufulu wa anthu othawa kwawo, ndi ena omwe amayang'ana kwambiri kusintha kwa milandu ku New Orleans.
Onse pamodzi mabungwe makumi atatuwa adazindikira mwayi wopanga masomphenya atsopano a Ofesi ya Loya Wachigawo cha New Orleans. Iwo anafunsa "Woyimira mlandu wosintha yemwe amatsatira njira zabwino, zotetezeka, zogwira mtima kwambiri pakuweruza milandu."
Mgwirizanowu unakana kuchirikiza kapena kutsutsa munthu wina aliyense. Iwo anali omveka. Cholinga chawo chinali kumvetsera ndi kulinganiza pamodzi ndi mabungwe apansi komanso kubweretsa kusintha kwakukulu pa momwe malamulo amilandu amagwirira ntchito ku New Orleans. Bwanji? Pophunzitsa anthu ammudzi monse komanso kulimbikitsa anthu kuti abwere ndikuvotera kusintha kwakukulu pa liwiro la wozenga mlandu. Cholinga chawo chinali chakuti aliyense amene anasankhidwa aziyankha mlandu kwa anthu.
Khoti Lakale Lamilandu Woweruza Calvin Johnson adafunsidwa kuti atsogolere mgwirizanowu. Woweruza Johnson ndi mtsogoleri wodziwika bwino wa chilungamo yemwe adagwirapo ntchito ngati pulofesa wa zamalamulo, woweruza wamkulu wakale wa Khothi Lamilandu Yachigawo cha Orleans Parish ndipo atapuma pa benchi, wogwirizira zachilungamo ku City of New Orleans.
Woweruza Johnson wakhala akudziwa za kufunika kosintha kwambiri malamulo okhudza milandu kwa zaka zoposa 50. โMu 1962, pamene ndinali ndi zaka 14 zokha, wosewera mpira wachinyamata wa kumudzi kwathu ku Plaquemine anaimbidwa mlandu ndikuimbidwa mlandu chifukwa chomenya bwenzi lake loyera. Ndikukumbukira nditakhala mโkhonde la bwalo lamilandu ndi kupenyerera pamene mnyamata wachichepere Wakuda ameneyu akukanidwa kalikonse pafupi ndi mlandu wachilungamo. Apa m'pamene ndinazindikira kuti dongosololi ndi lolakwika kwambiri. Nthaลตi imeneyo inandipangitsa kuti ndiyambe kuchirikiza dongosolo limene silimalanga anthu chifukwa chokhala akuda.โ
Nโchifukwa chiyani Woweruza Johnson anavomera kutsogolera ntchito imeneyi? "Monga woweruza wakale yemwe ndakhala nthawi yayitali yauchikulire ndikugwira ntchito m'dongosolo, nditha kunena mosapita m'mbali woyimira milandu wachigawo ndi munthu mmodzi yekha wamphamvu pamilandu yoweruza milandu. Ngati tili ndi chidwi chofuna kusintha njira yomwe apolisi amachitira, kuimbidwa milandu mopitilira muyeso komanso kutsekera m'ndende mopitilira muyeso, ndiye kuti tiyenera kusankha loya wachigawo yemwe akufuna kusintha. โ
The Peoples DA Coalition idadzikhazikitsa yokha ngati yopanda msonkho yopanda phindu, adatero Johnson, ndipo kuyambira pachiyambi sanavomereze munthu aliyense. Zinatha kulera zina ndalama za m'deralo ndi dziko kuchokera kwa anthu ndi maziko kulemba antchito awiri. Adafunsa mbadwa yaku Louisiana Victoria Coy kubwera ngati coordinator. Mtundu wa kusintha, bungwe lomenyera ufulu wamtundu wadziko lonse, linagwirizana kuti lithandizire pamagawo angapo kuphatikiza kuthandizira kupanga tsamba la bungwe, kukonza njira, ndi kuyendetsa ukadaulo wa masamba a pa intaneti.
Ntchito yovuta kwambiri komanso yofunika kwambiri yoyambilira ya mgwirizano inali kutsata ndondomeko zomwe anthu angachite kuti abwerere. Kupanga ndondomeko yokwanira yowonetsera masomphenya osinthika a mabungwe ambiri kunali kovuta. Pamiyezi isanu ndi itatu yamisonkhano, mamembala adadzipanga m'magulu khumi ndi awiri, gulu lirilonse likugwira ntchito pa nkhani imodzi yazaulamuliro, ndikupanga mndandanda watsatanetsatane wamavuto ndi zomwe akufuna kuti achite.
M'miyezi iyi, Peoples DA Coalition idapitilira kukula ndikukula. Mabungwe ambiri adalowa nawo. Atumiki anagwirizana. Achinyamata ambiri. Woweruza Johnson anati: โZinali zosangalatsa kuona achichepere onsewa akudzipereka anzeru ndi kukhala mโchipindamo akugwira nawo ntchito.โ
Pamapeto pake Peoples DA Coalition idagwirizana pa gawo khumi ndi ziwiri ndondomeko ya ndondomeko zomwe zidaphatikizapo zopitilira 70 zofunikira pakukonzanso. Aliyense mwa omwe akufuna kusankhidwa kukhala DA adzafunsidwa maudindo awo pa aliyense. Anthu ammudzi adanenetsa kuti kupita patsogolo DA yaku New Orleans igwiritse ntchito ofesi yawo m'njira zatsopano. Mwachitsanzo, kodi a DA angalonjeza kuti sadzafuna chilango cha imfa? Kodi a DA angachepetse zopempha za belo ya ndalama ndi kutsekeredwa asanazengereze mlandu? Kodi ofesiyo ingagwiritse ntchito njira za chilungamo chobwezeretsa ngati kuli kotheka? Kodi DA ingamvetsere, kudziwitsa ndi kuyankhulana ndi omwe adapulumuka pamilandu? Kodi a DA angaimitse sukuluyi kupita kundende pokana kuimba mlandu zomwe zitha kuyendetsedwa ndi sukulu? Kodi a DA angapange ndondomeko yowunikiranso milandu yolakwika? Kodi a DA angaphunzitse onse ozenga milandu ndi ogwira ntchito mosalekeza za tsankho? Ndi zina zambiri.
M'chilimwe cha 2020, anthu asanu amatchulidwa kawirikawiri ngati ofuna. DA Leon Cannizzaro, Jason Williams, ndi Oweruza atatu omwe kale anali Arthur Hunter, Keva Landrum, ndi Morris Reed.
Pomwe oyenerera adayandikira, Peoples DA Coalition idakhalabe yopanda tsankho. Ngakhale kuti mamembala ena a mโbungweli ankakonda munthu mmodzi kapena angapo, mgwirizanowo unkangoganizira kwambiri za nkhaniyo ndipo unakana kutsamira mโmodzi. Mgwirizanowu uyenera kuchita zimenezo, anatsindika Jaji Johnson, chifukwa โmosasamala kanthu za amene anasankhidwa, tinkafuna kuyankha mlandu. Aliyense amene adzasankhidwe, tidzakhala ndi udindo kwa anthu.โ
Patsiku lomaliza kuti ayenerere zisankho, Woyimira Chigawo wa Leon Cannizzaro adalengeza kuti ali osati kuthamanga za chisankho.
"Tidadabwa pomwe DA idasiya, koma tidapitilira," adatero Johnson.
Pa Ogasiti 18, 2020, Peoples DA Coalition kulengeza poyera gawo lawo latsatanetsatane 70 nsanja. "Yakwana nthawi yoti tikhale ndi woimira boma pa milandu, wa DA yemwe amazindikira kuti cholinga cha chilungamo ndikupangitsa anthu kukhala abwino," adatero Woweruza Johnson povumbulutsa nsanja pa intaneti. โKuti mzinda wathu ukhale wabwino. Kuti dongosolo la chilungamo likhale bwino. Ndilo udindo wa wosuma mlandu. Ndi ntchito ya wosuma mlandu. Ndipo People's DA Coalition igwira woimira boma pankhaniyi. "
Mu Seputembala, mgwirizanowu udachita msonkhano wapaintaneti kuti ofuna kuyankha ayankhe pamapulatifomu. Victoria Coy adati anthu 900 adapezekapo. Osankhidwa onse analonjeza "Kuchotsa zikhulupiriro zolakwika, kusiya kuimbidwa milandu ochita zachiwerewere, kusiya kugwiritsa ntchito malamulo omwe amakhalapo nthawi zonse ndikusunga ndende asanazengedwe mlandu wolakwa kwambiri."
Kuyang'ana pa kusintha kwadongosolo sikunali kuwonedwa mwachifundo nthawi zonse. Rafael Goyeneche, yemwe kale anali wozenga mlandu komanso Purezidenti wa Metropolitan Crime Coalition, yemwe ndi wovuta kwambiri pazaupandu, atafunsidwa ndi Matt Sledge wa Nola.com, โanasonyeza kukayikira kwina kwa nkhani zonse za โkusinthaโ. "'Kusintha' sikutanthauza bwino," adatero Goyeneche. "Omwe asankhidwa ayenera kuzindikira kuti sakhalanso oyimira milandu, udindo wawo sukhala kwa omwe akuimbidwa mlandu koma kwa anthu, kwa omwe akuzunzidwa komanso nzika."
M'masabata oyandikira chisankho, mgwirizanowu udayang'ana malo ophunzirira komanso ofikira. Mamembala adagogoda pakhomo, adayimba mafoni masauzande ambiri ndikutumizirana mameseji kuti amve zakufunika kwa chisankho komanso zofunikira pa mpikisano wa DA.
Owona za ndale amayembekezera kuti voti yokonzanso idzagawanika pakati pa a Jason Williams ndi Judge Arthur Hunter, woweruza wopuma pantchito wa khothi lamilandu. Mavoti amwambo akuwoneka kuti apita kwa Woweruza wopuma Keva Landrum yemwe adalandira mavoti ambiri kuposa wina aliyense. Woweruza Morris Reed adakhalabe pamavoti koma sanachite kampeni ndipo samayembekezeredwa kuti apikisane.
The chisankho pa November 3 idamaliza pomwe Woweruza wakale Keva Landrum adapambana 35 peresenti ya mavoti ndipo Jason Williams adasiya Woweruza Hunter 29 mpaka 28 peresenti.
Makanema apafupi Adatinso "kusankha pakati pa woyimira milandu yemwe samalephera kudzudzula zomwe amawona ngati njira yachilungamo yosankhana mitundu komanso yemwe amagwira ntchito ngati makhansala wamkulu wamzindawu, komanso kusintha kowonjezereka komwe kunaperekedwa ndi woimira boma pamilandu komanso woweruza wakale. โ
Landrum adawonedwa ndi ambiri monga "woyimira pang'onopang'ono" pomwe Williams "adadziwonetsa yekha ngati wopita patsogolo yemwe wakhala akumenyera malamulo achilungamo komanso achifundo pantchito yake yonse."
M'manyuzipepala ena ofalitsa nkhani onse awiriwa "adalankhula za kupititsa patsogolo kusintha, koma maudindo awo ndi zolemba zawo zimasonyeza kugawanika kwa momwe angagwiritsire ntchito kukhala DA. Williams walonjeza zambiri zopumira bwino ndi ofesi yolanga zakale komanso adakumbatira mwachidwi nsanja ya People's DA. "
Mamembala amgwirizanowu adalimbikira kuphunzitsa anthu za omwe akufuna kudzavotera komanso kuyesetsa kuti ovota atenge nawo mbali. M'busa Gregory Manning, membala wa Peoples DA Coalition adalimbikitsa anthu kuti avote. โTili pamphambano mโdera lathu,โ anatero Manning, mโbusa wa mโdera la Broadmoor. "Sizingangokhala kuti tikupitilizabe kutsekera anthu ndikulola oweruza milandu ndi ndende komanso womangidwa kundende kuti apindule ndi kumangidwa kwa anthu athu, makamaka anthu aku Africa America, anthu amitundu."
Pamapeto pake, mamembala a Peoples DA Coalition adayimba mafoni opitilira 90,000, adagogoda zitseko mazanamazana ndikutumiza mameseji masauzande kwa ovota, malinga ndi Coy.
Pa Disembala 5, 2020, Jason Williams adapambana mpikisanowu ndi malire omveka, 58% mpaka 42%.
Mfundo yakuti Williams, wopambana kwambiri, adapambana zidabwera modabwitsa kwa ambiri. Kupeza ndalama kwake kunatsata mdani wake ndi $150,000. Anali ndi zovomerezeka zambiri zochepa kuchokera kwa ogulitsa magetsi mumzinda. New Orleans anali asanasankhepo woimira boma wopita patsogolo.
Kuyambira pomwe adatenga udindowu, monga tafotokozera pamwambapa, Woyimira boma wachigawo Williams wachitapo kanthu. Iye watero osati kutsutsa zopempha za mayesero atsopano kwa omwe adaweruzidwa ku New Orleans ndi zigamulo 10-2 za jury. Iye watero anachotsa mazana za mankhwala ang'onoang'ono ndi milandu yakale. Adalenga chatsopano Bungwe la Civil Rights Unit kuti afufuze milandu yosautsa ndi kubweza zilango zolakwa. Iye watero anasintha ndondomeko wa ofesiyo ndipo sakufuna moyo wawo wonse kundende chifukwa cha achinyamata opezeka ndi mlandu wakupha.
Ngakhale kuti ovota ali ndi udindo waukulu, mwamwambo otsutsa otsutsa zachiwembu monga Rafael Goyeneche, omwe sanali okonda zosintha chisankho chisanachitike. nkhawa kwenikweni tsopano. "Uku ndi kuyesa kwakukulu ndipo ndi nthawi yokhayo yomwe idzafotokoze momwe kuyeseraku kumayendera," adatero Goyeneche. "Ndikuganiza kuti mukuika pachiwopsezo chachitetezo cha anthu komanso pagulu."
The Peoples DA Coalition cholinga imakhalabe chimodzimodzi. "Cholinga chathu ndikukhazikitsa ofesi ya Loya Wachigawo yomwe ili yachilungamo, yofanana, yachifundo, komanso yoyankha kumadera ake onse kuti tithe kuthetsa nthawi yotsekeredwa m'ndende ku New Orleans." Cholinga chake chiyenera kukhala pachitetezo, osati ndende ndi ndende.
Koma ngakhale chisankho chatha. Kukonzekera kusintha kwenikweni ndi kosatha sikuli. The Peoples DA Coalition ndi Mtundu wa kusintha akutsatira lonjezo lawo loti adzayankha wopambana pa mpikisanowu.
Lachinayi Epulo 8, Colour of Change ndi Peoples DA Coalition adakonza msonkhano wawo woyamba ndi Woyimira Chigawo Jason Williams. Akufuna kukambirana za belo, kutsekeredwa m'ndende asanazengedwe mlandu, kuwonekera, kuyankha mlandu komanso chilungamo cha ana, monga momwe adalonjezera. Owerenga atha kulembetsa kuti alowe nawo pazokambirana Intaneti.
Ngakhale ndizosatheka kunena ndendende momwe Peoples DA Coalition idakhudzira mpikisanowo, Woweruza Calvin Johnson adafotokoza mwachidule. "Ndikhala 74 posachedwa. Kuti tiwone momwe ife tirili ponena za momwe gululi limaganizira za chilungamo ndi anthu? Zimenezo zinali zodabwitsa.โ
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