Kwakabva: Labor Notes
Kufora kuri kutsvaira nyika yese. Mazana ezviuru zvevanhu akashinga nedenda kuratidzira kupondwa kwemurume mutema asina nhumbi, George Floyd, nemapurisa eMinneapolis.
Semafungu ekuramwa mabasa evadzidzisi a2018 na2019, kuratidzira kwanhasi vachipokana nemhirizhonga yemapurisa kune rutsigiro rweruzhinji rwevanhu vekuAmerica. A Monmouth poll vakaratidza makumi manomwe nesere muzana vanofunga kuti hasha dzevaratidziri nezvekupondwa kwaGeorge Floyd dzine kodzero zvachose kana kuti zvishoma.
Kuchinja kupi kwaizonyatsochinja? Body cams uye de-escalation training hazvina kushanda. Varatidziri vanga vachida mhedzisiro kuvakuru vechisimba vane rusarura - kwete chete kupfura asi mhosva dzeutsotsi. Mune danho risati ramboitika, nezuro mhosva yaipokana nemukuru Derek Chauvin yakakwidziridzwa kusvika padanho rechipiri rekuuraya uye vamwe vatatu vane chekuita nemapurisa vakapomerwawo mhosva.
Asi muMinneapolis uye kutenderera nyika, pane chimwe chishuwo chiri kuramba chichikwira chingave chakatonyanya kukonzeresa: dzosera mapurisa. Chengeta mabhajeti avo ekunze uye dzosera mari kumasevhisi anodiwa zvakanyanya.
KOPS INOITA MARII?
Mutengo wemapurisa unofanirwa kutanga uye zvakanyanya mukukuvadzwa kwehupenyu hweVatema-uye chechipiri mukudonha kukuru kwezviwanikwa zveveruzhinji. Dora rega rega rinoshandiswa kumapurisa idhora risingashandiswe muzvikoro nemumaguta.
Maguta makuru akaita seMinneapolis, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Detroit, Baltimore, uye Houston vakashandisa zvinopfuura makumi maviri neshanu muzana emabhajeti avo ehomwe homwe kumadhipatimendi avo emapurisa, maererano ne25. chirevo neCentre for Popular Democracy.
Chicago neOakland vakashandisa zvakatowanda, 40 muzana. Uye nepo mugove weNew York City waive wakadzikira zvakanyanya ne9 muzana (nekuti guta raive nebhajeti rakakura kwazvo, kusanganisira hurongwa hwezvipatara zvehurumende), mari yedhora yayakashandisa yaishamisa, ingangoita mabhiriyoni mashanu emadhora — kana madhora mazana mashanu nemakumi masere nerimwe pamunhu. Mari yemapurisa eguta iri yakwira kusvika pamabhiriyoni matanhatu emadhora.
Zvese zvakaudzwa United States inopedza $100 bhiriyoni pamapurisa gore rega rega, uyezve mamwe mabhiriyoni makumi masere emadhora akaisa mujeri vanhu. Ndiwo mutsara mumwe pamabhajeti eguta usingawanzo padanho rekucheka, munguva yakanaka yehupfumi kana yakaipa, ingave mhosva ichikwira kana kudzika.
MuBaltimore, padhora roga roga rinoshandiswa kumapurisa, masendi 55 anopedzerwa muzvikoro, masendi mashanu anopedzerwa pazvirongwa zvebasa zveguta racho, uye sendi rinopedzerwa pamabasa outano hwepfungwa nokudzivirira chisimba.
Vateresi vanobhadharawo hutsinye hwemapurisa. Maguta anobhadhara mamiriyoni mumari yepamutemo uye kugadziriswa kwemhosva dzemhosva dzemapurisa; Chicago, semuenzaniso, yakashandisa madhora makumi mashanu neshanu emamiriyoni muna 55 uye $2017 miriyoni muna 113.
Iye zvino maguta nematunhu ari kunyura neingi tsvuku, vachifungidzira kushomeka kwemitero yemamiriyoni emadhora nekuda kwedambudziko reCOVID-19. Vezvematongerwo enyika vave kutoda kuti vachekwe zvakanyanya. Masangano evashandi vehurumende ari kuti hapana chasara chekucheka kubva kuzvikoro kana kufambisa - uye vashoma vari kunongedzera kune rimwe bazi rinogara richiwana mari yakawanda.
MuPhiladelphia, semuenzaniso, bhajeti rameya rakarongwa rinosanganisira mazana ekudzingwa, kusanganisira madhora gumi nemasere emadhora akachekwa kune vanotsvaira mumigwagwa. Vashandi vezvehutsanana muAFSCME Local 18 uye Campaign yeJust Philly Budget vari kuronga musangano waChikumi 427 kuratidza kuchekwa - uye nenyaya yekuti vamwe vese vachidzvanywa, meya ari kuedza kudaro wedzera mari yemapurisa nemadhora mamiriyoni gumi nemana.
MuLos Angeles, mukudzvinyirirwa, meya akangozvichinja uye akazivisa kuderedzwa kubazi remapurisa.
CHISINA KUBADZWA: SIPO MUCHIPATARA, MAPEPA MUZVIKORO, MABREKI MUMABHUS
Mabhajeti anoratidza zvinokosheswa nenzanga. Mapikicha maviri akatenderera pasocial media svondo rino, achifambisa poindi kumba. Mumwe airatidza mapurisa akashongedzwa nenhumbi dzechiuto dzinodhura. Mumwe wacho airatidza vashandi vehutano vakapfeka mabhegi emarara nekuda kwekushomeka kwegiya rekudzivirira panguva yedenda.
Unogona kuwana nyaya dzakafanana munzvimbo dzebasa. Vashandi vehutsanana vePhilly vataurwa pamusoro vachirwisa kuderedzwa kwebhajeti kwavewo vachikumbira kuguta kuvapa magiya ekudzivirira ekutanga, mubhadharo wenjodzi, uye kuwana kuongororwa kwekoronavirus sezvo basa ravo rakaonekwa rakakosha.
Panguva yekuramwa mabasa kwevadzidzisi kwegore rapfuura muOakland, mudzidzi wepuraimari pamutsetse wepikicha akaridza mhere achiti, "Tinodei?" “Pepa!” “Tinoda riini? Iye zvino!” Zvaifanira kutaurwa zvinonzwika, kuti vadzidzi vanokodzera mapepa kuzvikoro zvavo zvehurumende.
Vashandi vepachipatara chehurumende cheNew York City vaifanira kuronga mushandirapamwe wokumanikidza kuwana sipo muzvimbudzi. Vashandi vekufambisa muD.C. vaifanira kutyisidzira kuramwa kuti vawane mabhureki ari kushanda mumabhazi avo.
A POOR SUBSTITUTE
Sipo, bepa, uye mabhureki ndiwo magumo echando. Isu tine threadbare kuchengetedza net uye barebones social services. Mapurisa anozadza gap, zvisina kunaka.
Mapurisa anowanzo kuendeswa kutarisana nematambudziko emagariro ivo vasina ruzivo rwekuita navo-kutarisana nevanhu vasina pekugara kana vanoshandisa zvinodhaka, kana vasingakwanisi kuwana hutano hwepfungwa. Vanowanzopindura nemidziyo yekutengeserana kwavo: mhirizhonga uye kusungwa. Kana zvese zvaunazvo inyundo, zvese zvinoita sembambo.
Kunyangwe nemhosva dzakaita sezvinodhaka uye kuba, kukanda mapurisa padambudziko hakugadzirise kupererwa kunowanzova honzeri. Kusunga uye kusungazve vanhu kunongowedzera mamiriro avo ezvinhu, zvichiita kuti pave nemhirizhonga inoranga zvisingaenzaniswi vanhu vanogara munharaunda dzine urombo, kunyanya vanhu vane ruvara.
MuMinneapolis, vanhu vemuAfrica vekuAmerica vane makumi maviri muzana ehuwandu hwevanhu, asi makumi matanhatu muzana evakasungwa. Munyika yose, 20 Prison Policy Initiative kudzidza yakawana izvozvo vanhu vakasungwa kakawanda vaive vatema zvisingaite; 88 muzana yavo vakasungirwa mhosva dzisiri dzemhirizhonga.
Chipurisa chinokuvadza uye chinodhura. Inopedza mari yeruzhinji iyo yaigona kuenda kumatanho anogona kugadzirisa chaiwo, matambudziko ari pasi — zvinhu zvakaita sezvirongwa zvekurapa zvinodhaka uye kugadzira mabasa akanaka. Nehurombo huri kuwedzera uye kushaikwa kwemabasa, tinoda zvirongwa zvakadaro kupfuura kare.
KUSHANUKA KWEGUNGWA
MuMinneapolis hasha dzekupondwa kwaGeorge Floyd dziri kupa kuti vashandi vehurumende vazhinji vabvunze hukama hwevashandirwi vavo kumapurisa.
Vatyairi vemabhazi vakaramba kuvakuru vekutakura zvinhu kana kusunga varatidziri. Yunivhesiti yeMinnesota ndiyo kucheka zvakawanda zvezvisungo zvayo neMinneapolis Police Department; hazvichazvishandisi kune zviitiko zvikuru zvakadai semitambo nemakonzati. Mubatanidzwa wevadzidzisi wakasundidzira Minneapolis Public Schools kukanzura kondirakiti yayo yemamiriyoni matatu emadhora yekuisa mapurisa muzvikoro; vhoti yebhodhi rechikoro yakabvumirana.
Munyika yose, mapoka ekururamisira kwemarudzi akadai seBlack Lives Matter uye Black Youth Project 100 nemibatanidzwa yenharaunda yanga ichida izvi kwemakore. Ona, semuenzaniso, People's Budget L.A., ivo #NYCBBudgetJustice mushandirapamwe, ivo Portland-Metro People's Coalition, uye Torazve Block muMinneapolis—hapana rondedzero inokwana.
Masangano mashoma mashoma akabatana nekuedza uku. Pakati pemienzaniso yakanakisa yebasa iChicago Teachers Union, iyo yakabatana nemamwe masangano makumi masere nemashanu kupikisa chikoro chitsva chemadhora mamiriyoni makumi mapfumbamwe nemashanu. Mapoka emunharaunda nemasangano akapokana kuti mari iyi yaizoshandiswa nani mukuvaka dzimba dzeveruzhinji, nzira dzekufambisa, uye vashandi vanotsigira muzvikoro. Pakuramwa mabasa kwegore rapfuura, vadzidzisi vakakurudzirawo kuti kana chikoro chikabvisa mupurisa wachakange chapihwa, chikoro ichi chishandise mari yemushandi. Sangano iri harina kukunda iro, asi raramba richida zvikoro zvisina mapurisa.
Mumaguta mazhinji, zvakadaro, mapoka enharaunda akatungamira apo basa rakarembera kumashure. Kubva kare masangano agara akangwarira kurwisana nemapurisa. Asi ikozvino shanduko yegungwa mumaonero evanhu zvinofanira kutishingisa. Kudikanwa hakugone kuve kwekukurumidzira.
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