Kunobva: The Intercept
Harmony yakarara mukati rukova rwetsvina yake, rwakafara mamita matanhatu, akaputirwa negumbeze rakaiswa tsvina. Akasimudza musoro wake waive wakaremara paruoko rwake rwerudyi, akatarisa kumusoro kune vamiriri vaviri vedhorobha redunhu renharaunda vaive vabuda kuzomukumbira kuti afambe kechina muvhiki. Vaifanira kumanikidzira kugeza nzira.
Harmony harisi zita rake chairo. Masimba eAtlanta anoziva kuti ndiani.
Phillip Spillane, shamwari yangu yepamoyo pakati pevamiriri, akange afonera 911 kuti vatore vabatsiri kuti vamuendese kuGrady Hospital neChishanu. Akaita kudanwa uku kamwechete pamavhiki maviri ega ega, apo mamiriro eHarmony's squalor anova akawandisa kuti atakure kune anocherekedza ane mweya.
Ndakasvika pavari apo ma paramedics anga achitutira mu ambulance ye Grady. Ndakavatarisa vachityaira vachienda, chiso chemupurisa aive paseat repapassenger akatarisa Harmony, akaramba ari padivi penzira.
Zvaiva zvakafanana nezviso zvevanhu vakawanda vaifamba. Ndakazviona pese pandinouya kudhorobha kuAtlanta kuti nditaure naye. Hakusi kuti vapfuuri havamuone, asi vanhu vanokurumidza kuverenga mupfungwa pamusoro pekugona kwavo kubatsira mumwe munhu ari murudzi urwu rwekutambudzika. Maonero emagariro evanhu - maitiro emunhu - asara ndeyekungwarira nemaune kusava nehanya kunoreva kupa humwe ruremekedzo kumunhu ari mumamiriro ekunyadziswa kwevanhu uye kuchengetedza chimwe chiremerera chavo pachavo pachiitiko chenjodzi yetsika.
Ehe, vamwe vanhu vanoona kuti vava kuda kupindira mune yake shit uye havagone kuramba vachinyomba.
Nyaya iyi inotanga neHarmony. Hazviperi kwaari.
Harmony inoda kuonekwa. Kupona kwake kunotsamira pakuonekwa. Zvinhu zvine ngozi zvinoitika kuvanhu vasingaonekwi, mupfungwa dzake. Haazopinda muWoodruff Park pedyo neWalgreens nekutya kurwiswa. Asi padivi penzira, vanhu vachamuona, uye vamwe vachamuunzira zvokudya sechipiriso kuhana dzavo. Magetsi ari paPeachtree Street anomuchengeta akachengeteka murima, kana munhu achigona kudaidza chero yeiyi yakachengeteka.
Harmony akandidaidza nezita. Zvakandirovesa nehana.
Muchadenga chii munhu angarwira kuchengetedza nhunzi nhema kuti dzisamusimudza nendege kubva munzira, nemapurisa ese nevashandi vezvemagariro evanhu uye nhamba yekutamba kwemimhanzi yevanhu vasina pekugara vakamupoteredza, vane kuvapo kwepfungwa rangarirai zita rangu?
Mukupenya ikoko kwekusagadzikana, ndakaona matambudziko ake ese akajekeswa.
Kana Harmony aive nehungwaru hwekundirangarira, saka, zvisizvo, zvaireva kuti anogona kunge asiri kurwara. zvakakwana kuendeswa kuchipatara pasina kuzvidira kunorapwa. Kunzwa zita rangu ndega zvakandisvota.
Harmony haina kunyatsosiyana; zviuru zvevanhu muGeorgia vane zvirwere zvepfungwa uye kuremara kwekukura uye kupindwa muropa, vachipinda nekubuda kunze kwekuchengetwa kwehurumende pakati penguva refu yekushaiwa pekugara. Asi Harmony iri pakati peProjekti Yezviso Zvinozivikanwa, runyorwa rwevanhu vane zvirwere zvakakomba uye zvinoramba zvichienderera mberi avo Fulton County, kunowanikwa Atlanta, uye nyika inoda kwazvo kubuda mumugwagwa uye kubuda mujeri reruwa.
Ndingapokana kuti hapana munhu parizvino arikushaiwa pekugara muFulton County, kana isiri iyo nyika, inoda rubatsiro rwakawanda kupfuura Harmony.
Ndingapokana kuti hapana munhu parizvino arikushaiwa pekugara muFulton County, kana isiri iyo nyika, inoda rubatsiro rwakawanda kupfuura Harmony.
Uye zvisinei nemamiriyoni muzviwanikwa, mazhinji ayo nyika isingakwanise kuona mashandisiro, Harmony yakaramba isina kuvharwa pazasi pechiratidzo cheCoca-Cola chiratidzo pamusoro peWalgreens paFive Points - mumoyo weAtlanta - sezvaanoita uye kure kwemakore, mumamiriro ekuora mwoyo kwakanyanya kwevanhu, nekusuwa kwese uku kuri kuitika pasi pemayadhi e100 kubva pamatanho chaiwo eGeorgia's Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities muzinda.
Vanhu vanogona kumubatsira vanogona kumuona kubva kumahofisi avo. Vanogona kufamba naye vachienda kunodya masikati.
Tinopedza mari shoma kurapa chirwere chepfungwa pane zvatinofanira kuita. Nekuda kweizvozvo, Georgia iri akafa pakupedzisira mu 2021 nyika rankings yekuwana rubatsiro rwehutano hwepfungwa, sekuyerwa neboka rekusimudzira risingabatsiri reMental Health America. Kuiswa kwedu kunosiririsa kunouya nekuti vanhu varombo uye vanoshanda-vekirasi havakwanise kutarisira hutano hwepfungwa - Georgia haina kuwedzera Medicaid, mushure mezvose - uye nekuti isu tine hafu yevanopa hutano hwepfungwa seavhareji yenyika.
Harmony yave iri nyaya yekurukurirano dzakasimba nevatariri vehurumende yemvumo yehurumende neGeorgia inoda kuti hurumende idzivirire vanhu vane zvirwere zvepfungwa zvakanyanya uye zvinoramba zvichiitika kubva pakuwira mukusava nekugara mushure mekubudiswa kubva munzvimbo dzehurumende.
Asi kukandirana makobvu nematete pakati penyika, guta, dunhu, nevamwe kwaita kuti zviome kuona kuti ndiani anofanira kukwidza bhiri rekumuchengeta. Dzimba dzakapfava dzinoita sedzisina kukwana - pamwe anoda rubatsiro rwekugara mukoti, sezvo asingakwanise kuzvichenesa, uye hapana anoratidzika kunge anoda kugovera pekugara pasina rubatsiro irworwo. Zvipatara hazvimudi nekuti haadi kuvako. Jeri rinongowedzera chirwere chake chepfungwa, pasina imwe nzira iri nyore yekuti mapurisa kana vashandi vezvemagariro evanhu vashandise. Uye saka anosiiwa semhuka isingagone kuseri kwemba, inobatwa zvakanyanya sedambudziko rehutsanana.
Handina kuda kuisa nyaya iyi paHarmony. Ini handidi kushandisa mufananidzo wedambudziko rake sechimwe chiitiko chehurombo porn pasina kukwanisa kumubatsira. Ndanga ndichinetsana nemubvunzo wemvumo, nekuti zvakaoma kufungidzira munhu achirarama seizvi akagwinya kuti atore chikamu mukutaura kwenyaya yake. Ndinotaura izvi, kunyange zvazvo ati anoda kuti ndinyore. Kutaura chokwadi, handina kumudavira kusvikira zuva raakandishevedza nezita. Zvaireva kuti ndangariro dzake dzakanga dzisisina kugadzikana.
Uye ndiro dambudziko. Nekuti kana akangwara zvekubvuma kumhan’ara kwangu, anobva atopusa zvekuramba kurapwa, izvo zvaanoita nguva nenguva. Dambudziko reHarmony rinoratidza kutadza kwemaitiro ehutano eGeorgia - uye izvo zvinoita kuti nyaya ive yakakosha kutaurwa. Mibvunzo yandinotarisira kusimudza ndeyekuti tinofanira kubvuma here kuti Harmony yakataurwa kudiwa kuti tisiiwe inofanira kukwana, nei zvichitora nguva yakareba kuita, uye kuti sarudzo dzedu dzetsika nedzemutemo dzinotaridzika sei.
Harmony i38 uye anga achipinda nekubuda muzvipatara zvehurumende kwehupenyu hwake hwose, akandiudza. Haafariri kugara ipapo. Iye, chaizvoizvo, acharwa nzira yake yokubuda nayo.
Akachengetwa panzvimbo yePiedmont Healthcare munaNdira, Harmony akapenga apo gadhi akamukumbira kuti agare mukamuri rake, sekureva kwematare. Akamusundidzira, achibva atanga kupwanya macomputer. Mapurisa akamupomera mhosva - yekutanga mushure memutsara wakareba wemisikanzwa - yekupwanya laptop. Akapedza mazuva 123 ari mutirongo muNewton County asati abatwa nemhosva uye akatongerwa nguva yekushanda muna Chivabvu, aine makore mashanu ekuedzwa uye kuongororwa kwehutano hwepfungwa hunodiwa.
Akaudza dare reNewton County kuti aive paranoid uye schizophrenic, aive nedzidzo yegiredhi rechipfumbamwe, uye panguva iyoyo akanyorerwa sutu yemishonga yepfungwa: Seroquel, Depakote, Geodon, Haldol, uye Risperdal. Akatiwo aishandisa zvinodhaka.
Mutongi Layla Zon akabvuma mhosva yake mushure memibvunzo mishoma kuti aone kana Harmony ainzwisisa zvaaibvumirana nazvo.
"Ini zvakare ndichazoona pane rekodhi kuti mupomerwi anoita seanokwanisa zvichienderana nenguva yandakapedza ndichimubvunza mibvunzo," akadaro Zon. "Anoitawo seanopindirana, anopindura zvakafanira kumibvunzo yangu. Ari kurapirwa kurapwa kuti ane paranoid schizophrenia. Uye mushonga iwoyo unotomubatsira kunzwisisa zviri kuitika pane kumukanganisa kunzwisisa zviri kuitika.”
Mushure mekukumbira, Harmony akataura, maererano nedare redzimhosva.
MUDZIDZISI: Ndingakubvunza chimwe chinhu here?
DARE: Hongu.
MUDZIDZISI: Ndingakubvunza chimwe chinhu here? Ndinoziva kuti iwe mutongi negweta - mutongi, gweta, rubatsiro, nyaya yakaraswa.
THE COURT: Waive mubvunzo upi?
MUDZIDZISI: Mutongi, gweta, batsira, nyaya yaraswa.
DARE: Mutongi, gweta roita sei manje?
MUDZIDZISI: Ndati mutongi, gweta, batsira, nyaya yaraswa.
THE COURT: Ko nyaya yaraswa? handisi kunzwisisa mubvunzo wako.
MUDZIDZISI: Ndati ndibatsire, nyaya yapera.
THE COURT: Unoda kuti nyaya iraswe here?
MUDZIDZISI: Ndati, ndiri kukuudza mazita mana, mazita mana y'all said. Ndiri kukuudza mazita mana: Mutongi, gweta, rubatsiro, nyaya yakaraswa.
DARE: Okay.
MUDZIDZISI: Ndati ndizvo zvandanga ndichida kukuudza.
THE COURT: Wanga uchida kundiudza kuti ndirase nyaya yacho?
MUDZIDZISI: Huh-uh. Ndanga ndichida kukuudza izvozvo.
DEPUTY: Sorry henyu. Ari mudare izvozvi?
DARE: Hongu.
MUDZIDZISI: Ehe ndiri mudare.
DARE: Asi handisi kunzwisisa zvaari kutaura. Mutongi, gweta, batsira-
MUDZIDZISI: Ndati pane chandanga ndichida kukuudza. Ndizvo chete zvandaida kukuudza.
DEPUTY: Anga achida kukuudza mashoko iwayo.
MUDZIDZISI: Ndanga ndichida kukuudza chimwe chinhu.
DARE: Okay. Waida kundiudza mutongi, gweta, nyaya yaraswa?
MUDZIDZISI: Hongu.
DARE: Okay. Asi wakandiudza kare kuti waida kubvuma mhosva yacho.
MUDZIDZISI: Hongu. Ndakati - ndangotaura izvozvo - zvechokwadi ndakatora nguva yangu yakashanda. Asi ndakangoti nyaya yaraswa. Kunze kwekungoti time yapera, ndakati case dismissed.
DARE: Okay. Zvakanaka, handikwanise kubvisa mhosva nekuti Hurumende iri kuenda mberi. Muchuchisi ari kuenderera mberi nenyaya iyi. Ndosaka uine sarudzo yekubvuma mhosva kana kuenda kumatare edzimhosva. Uye wakandiudza kuti waida kubvuma mhosva.
DEPUTY BELL: Ndinofunga anga achiedza kukuudza kuti anoziva mazwi iwayo.
MUDZIDZISI: Ndati, ndinogona-ndingakubvunza izvi here? Munokwanisa here kundipa nguva yekushandirwa?
DEPUTY BELL: Ari kuyedza kukuudza kuti anoziva mazwi iwayo.
THE COURT: Ndakupa nguva yekushandira. Ndakakutongera makore mashanu-
MUDZIDZISI: Ndakafunga Eddy Cossio -
DARE: Ndakakutongera makore mashanu uchiongororwa uye nguva yejeri yandakakurayira kuti ushande ndiri kukupa mbiri yekumboshanda. Zvino, uri kupi -
MUDZIDZISI: Zvakanaka. Zvakanaka.
Harmony akaudza dare kuti haana pekugara. Dare rakarayira vaongorori kuti vamutumire kuRainbow Community Shelter kuCovington nokuti sekuru vake vakanga vasingachamugari. (Ndatadza kuwana sekuru vake.) Mazuva matatu gare gare, musha wacho akamudzinga pamusana pokusazvibata, uye akawana. nzira yake yekudzokera kudhorobha reAtlanta mugwagwa kona.
Vanhu vane zvinetso zvakakomba zveutano hwepfungwa munzvimbo dziri muGeorgia dzinenge dzichiwana nzira yokuenda kumigwagwa yeAtlanta. Nzira yakajairika yekuunza masevhisi mumatunhu "anochengetedza" kune vanhu vasina pekugara kana vanhu vanoda kurapwa zvinodhaka kana vakadzi vari kumhanya kubva kumurume ane hutsinye itikiti rebhazi kuenda kuPeachtree Street. Inochengeta mitero yakaderera uye inoita kuti vazvirumbidze nezve "yakachena" nharaunda dzavanogara.
Ndakataura nemukuru weHarmony anoongorora muNewton County. Harmony haana kumbobvira agamuchira mushure-kutongerwa kuongororwa kwepfungwa kunodiwa nedare. Haana kumbobvira aita musangano wekuongororwa. Pekutanga mupurisa aingozivawo zvake kuti Harmony aitove pane nyaya yake. Harmony aive aine waranti inoshanda yekusungwa kwake nekutyora kutongwa kwake, kwete kuti chero munhu - munhu — anotoda kuti apinde mujeri. Nokuti zvine basa rei? Kunze kwekunge kuri kumumanikidza kana kuti mumwe munhu kuti amuchenese, nenzira dzingangoshungurudza vese vanobatanidzwa.
I hope dzetsvina.
Ndakapinda mukurasa kwaHarmony ndichienda paaiva. Handina kuzviziva pakutanga. Ndakanzwa kugwinha gwinha pabhutsu yangu ndichiswedera. Tsvina yake yaive kwese kwese. Ndakazvikwenya padivi penzira ndisina kufunga, ndakabva ndaziva zvakanga zvaitika. Ndakaedza kusaita hanya nazvo.
Harmony aive mushwi kubva muchiuno zvichidzika,akafukidzwa negumbeze semazuva ese. Musoro wake mutete wairatidza chipfuva chakazara maronda. Vamwe vanga vapora uye vanga vaine mavanga zvishoma kubva patakapedzisira kutaura. Furemu yake yemakirogiramu 300 yakaputswa guruva mutsvina yake. Gore renhunzi dema rakamukomberedza.
Harmony akandikumbira chikafu, asi handina kuwana nguva yekumhanya kuRosa's Pizza kunoda chikafu chaaida chepepperoni slice. Akabva akumbira pen nebepa. Ndakapinda muWalgreens kunotenga. Munhuwi wacho wakaramba uripo kwandiri. Ndakatadza kuziva kuti ndaizvifungidzira here kana kuti kwete. Zvakandinetsa kuti ko ndaibudisa munhuwi wetsvina yake here ndichinhonga kanotepad nemaSharpies.
Ndakavapa kwaari, pamwe nebhegi remagummy bears, akatanga kuzadza mapeji mana nemitsara yezwi rimwechete:
Uplift
Withhold
mutemo
hurumende
simba
Federal
mufudzi
Rugare
Unite
enzana
Ndakabvunza Harmony kuti vairevei. Akaita zvekukwenya ndokunyarara achiti ndiye uyu. Akanga achizvitsanangura. Zvichida. Akanga akanyarara.
Harmony aida magumbeze matsva. Ndakati handisati ndakwanisa kumutsvagira zvimwe ipapo. Akandipa mamwe mabere ake. Ndakaramba zvine ruremekedzo. Harmony akaona kadhibhodhi chena rollipop stick padivi penzira. Akaputirwa nemagumbeze ane tsvina, haana kukwanisa kusvika. Akanditi ndimupe, ndakabva ndainhonga padivi penzira yainge yazorwa netsvina ndichibva ndamupa. Akatanga kuchenesa nzeve yake yekurudyi nayo. Ndokubva ndaenda.
Ndakaenda kulunch. Ndakagara kure nevamwe ndichizvibvunza kuti bhutsu yangu ichiri kunhuwa here. Ndakatadza kuenda kumba. Kudyidzana kwese, kwairatidzwa nekushaya simba kwangu pakukwanisa kumugadzirisira chero chinhu, kwakandisiya ndichibvunda nemhando yehasha dzetsika dzandaisada kukanda mumba mangu. Ndakaenda kubhaisikopo panzvimbo - nzvimbo dzemitambo dzinoramba dzisina chinhu neChishanu masikati. Ndakatora bepa tauro pabhutsu yangu musink, ndikawana paiva pakavanda nerima, ndikachema pasina aindiona.
Gare gare, Spillane akandiudza kuti Fire Truck 25 yakanga yapinda kubva kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero kweAtlanta kuenda kuFive Points kuti itore runhare nezveHarmony. Vanodzima moto vakamisa rori paEdgewood Avenue ndokutaura naye. Mushure memaminitsi mashoma, zvakava pachena kuti vaisakwanisa-kana kuti vaisazotaura naye kuti auye navo. Vakasangana nechikwata cheGrady ambulance. Mushure mekurukurirano pfupi, yakajairika, munhu wese akabva kuHarmony kuti atenderere netsvina yake. Zvakare.Ndakanga ndataura nevashandi ivavo mazuva mana akanga apfuura apo vakanga vachisunga murume wandaiziva zvakanaka kumashure kweamburenzi kechitatu mumwedzi. Ndakamira kuti titaure. Ndiye mumwe wevatambi vanozivikanwa zvirinani kudhorobha nemazita emadunhurirwa akaita saOoo-wee kana Murume Akatsamwa kana Smiley. Ndinoziva mazita avo chaiwo. Shamwari yangu ine nhoroondo yekupfuura akadhakwa padivi penzira, sezvaakaita kwechikamu chiri nani chemakore gumi. Akambomira zvishoma paakandiona. Tave nemakore tichitaura nezvekuda kwake kurega kunwa uye kubuda mumugwagwa. Aive akadhakwa kwekanguva makore mashoma apfuura. Dai zvaramba.
Ndakabvunza veEMTs zvavaizoda kuti veruzhinji vazive.
Mumwe mupurisa akatora nharembozha yake achibva aburitsa calculator. “Pese panouya ambulance kuzomuendesa kuGrady, inoita $1,700 88,400,” akadaro. "Asati apinda nepadoor." Vanomutora kamwe pavhiki. Mamiriro ekushaya pekugara uye kushambidzika kwaanogara shamwari yangu kunodhura veruzhinji mari inosvika zviuru makumi masere nezvisere nemazana mana emadhora pagore zvishoma, akadaro. Pamari yakawanda kudaro, vanhu vana kana kuti vashanu vaigona kupiwa dzimba dzinotsigira zvechigarire.
Vaiziva Harmony zvakanaka. Pandakamusimudza vakangodzungudza musoro. Vanouya kuzomutora nguva zhinji - chete iye haaendi.
Ndakabvunza Harmony musi uyu kuti aive achiri mugwara here ndichinyora nyaya yake, akati hongu. Kana mumwe munhu aizomupa imba, ndakamubvunza, aizoitora here? Iye akati hongu kune izvozvowo. Ndakamubvunza kana aizoenda kumusha unochengetwa vakwegura. Iye akati kwete.
Ndakarota husiku uhu ndichifunga kuti jeri raizoitei naHarmony. Vaizomuchenesa sei? Vaizongomudonhedza pasi semufirimu wemujeri here, kana kuti vaizomupa chiremerera chokuzvichenesa? Aigona kugeza here? Vaizochenesa sei shawa? Ndakapepuka ndichiita zvekuvhunduka mushure mekurota ndakavharirwa muchimbuzi cheveruzhinji chakamira chakamira chaive chisina bepa remuchimbuzi uye vanhu vakadongorera nepamaburi emusuwo.
Asi nyaya iyi haisi yeHarmony.
Zviri pamusoro pezvinhu zvese zvinofanirwa kuputswa kusiya mumwe munhu ari mudunhu reHarmony, achigara mune yake shit pane inofananidzira Atlanta nzira kona kwemwedzi mishanu.
Iri pamusoro pemabatiro atinoita kuona mumwe munhu akaita seHarmony - mumwe munhu mumwechete, nguva nenguva - kana kumisasa yematende yakashata pasi penzira huru, kana kune mumwe munhu ari kunze kwenjere dzake achipemha vanhu mumotokari pakumira. Tinozvibvunza kuti chii mune cherry-flavored fuck tiri kuita nemari yedu yemutero, kana zviri izvo zvatinowana. Tingadaidza sei iyi nyika “yakasimukira” kana rudzi urwu rwenhamo yakashata ichitikwazisa munzvimbo dzavose? Ndiani watine mhosva yekukundikana uku?
Uye handisi kutaura nezve reactionary libertarian sociopathy. Ini handisi kutandadza vanhu vasina tsika vanoshevedzera kuti “Wana basa!” kubva pafafitera ravo reSUV vobva vadaidza mapurisa kuti abvise "vasingadiwi" munharaunda yavo, vachizvibhabhadzira kumusana nekuda kwekushanda kwavo nesimba kwakavaita kuti vabudirire.
Mazana ezviuru zvevaAmerica vane schizophrenia. Schizophrenia inokanganisa paDarwinist meritocracy.
Ndinoda kuti vanhu vanzwisise kuti sei zvichitora kutukwa kwenguva refu kune yatinodaidza tichiseka kuti "system" kubatsira mumwe munhu akaita seHarmony.
Vanhu vane kushaya pekugara kusingaperi kunotungamirwa nechirwere chepfungwa kazhinji vakapiswa nehurongwa. Kune mumwe munhu ari kurwisana nekunyepedzera, zvinogona kutora akawanda evanobatika kuti vangovanyengetedza kuti mushandi wemhosva haasi mufananidzo wekufungidzira kwavo.
Kunyangwe kana mushandi wemhosva akawana mutengi kuti ataure hongu, vanosangana nehurongwa husina mari shoma, husina kurongeka, hwakafambiswa nekukwikwidza zvido, chekupedzisira chezvematongerwo enyika chevagadziri vemitemo, uye vanotsamira kune vega vega vanopa dzimba avo vasingape shit nezve. kudzivirira vanhu mumugwagwa.
"Hutano hwepfungwa hwakashata," akadaro Fulton County Commissioner Bob Ellis, munzeve nezvekutanga nzvimbo yekutamba - chimwe chinhu chekushaya pekugara changa chichidaidzira. kwemakore. "Izvo zvinosanganisira akawanda akasiyana akaturikidzana, vanhu vanoda kupinda mubasa raani. Ndicho chimwe chezvikonzero nei zvinhu zvisingamboitwe. Iro basa renyika, basa redunhu, basa reguta, basa rekuchengetedza mutemo. Ibasa remhuri nekuti vanofanira kurichengeta. Tinogona kubatwa mumusungo iwoyo zvakare. "
Harmony ndizvo unique. Uye zvakadaro kune angangoita zana Harmony mumigwagwa yeAtlanta.
Dunhu rinoziva mumwe nemumwe wavo nemazita. Pane rondedzero.
Makore mashoma apfuura, vanhu vanoshanda pahurongwa hwehurwere hwepfungwa uye jeri vaida kunzwisisa zviri nani kuti "vashandisi vepamusoro" vaive ani. Ndivanaani vanhu vanopinda nekubuda mujeri kakawanda? Ndiani ari kutora $1,700 kuchovha kuenda kuGrady kamwe chete pasvondo? Kubva pamibvunzo iyi mamuka chirongwa chedata chekuona nekuvanangisa pakubata kwakasimba uye kukoshesa basa.
Fulton County ikozvino inodana iyi chirongwa cheFace Faces. Taigara tichivadaidza kuti vapepeti. (Ndinofanira kushamisika kana Delta Air Lines yakaramba.) Mazana epamusoro anoita rondedzero.
Kristin Schillig, anoshandira matare eFulton County, ndiye muchengeti werondedzero iyi. Ini naSchillig tave tichishamwaridzana kwemakore. Takashanda pamwe chete paboka revatongi vachiedza kubudisa vanhu vane zvirwere zvepfungwa kubva mujeri remudunhu. Ndakamubvunza mibvunzo yaaiziva.
Faces Faces cross-references Fulton County Jail dhata neGrady Hospital's own high-utiliser tracking system, data yehutano hwepfungwa, uye Atlanta Jail. Hurumende yemubatanidzwa iri kupa mari chirongwa ichi — $250,000 pagore, kwemakore matatu - kuona kana ichigona kudzikisira mitengo uye kuderedza mutoro wejeri, akadaro. Asi ari kudzidza nezvekuti zvinhu zvese zvinoshata.
"Ini ndinofunga nyaya kwandiri ndeyekuti kune mikaha yakawanda muhurongwa," akadaro, akatsamwa. "Georgia ndiyo yechi51 mukudyara mukuchengetedza hutano hwepfungwa. Tiri kushandira pasina. Ichi ndicho, kusvika kure, chinhu chakaomesesa chandati ndamboita. Maitiro echinyakare, anowira nepamutsenga wese. "
Masisitimu aripo ekubata vashandisi vepamusoro haasati ashanda. Pavanhu zana vakaonekwa neFace Faces, vaviri chete ndivo vakamboonana neAtlanta's Policing Alternatives uye Diversion Initiative, chirongwa chekusasungwa kusati kwasungwa, akadaro.
“Tinonzwa kuti vanhu havazadzise zvimiro zvakanyanya zvemagariro akasiyana, hutano, uye zvirongwa zvedzimba,” vakadaro. “Masistimu arimo akaomarara. Panofanirwa kuve nekushanduka-shanduka, mamwe anochinjika emari hova anodiwa kuzadza mapundu. Zvakare, kumisikidza Center for Diversion and Services ndiyo kiyi yekushaikwa kwezvivakwa gap kuchengetedza Face Face kunze kwejeri. Kuhwina kuri nyore.”
“Tine hurongwa,” akadaro. “Takaita zvimwe zvirongwa. Tinoda chiito."
Kusungwa kwaHarmony hakuna musoro. Tarisai sarudzo dzezvino rondedzero kubva mumishumo yekusungwa:
Kupara mhosva: “Pane mumwe mukadzi panzvimbo iyi akaramba kubva panzvimbo yacho. Pandakaonana nemukadzi ... akati aisazoenda. Akataura kuti akange atopihwa yambiro yemhosva uye akandiyambira kuti ndimuendese kujeri. Ndakaedza kumuudza kuti aendeswe kumutambo wepre arrest, asi akati aida kuenda kujeri." Moore neni takanga tichida kushevedzwa apo mumwe mukadzi wechitema akamhanyira kumotokari yapatrol ndokutaura kuti aida betsero uye kuti aida kuenda kujeri. [Iye] akabva aisa ruoko rwake pafafitera ndokuedza kurova Ofc. Moore muchipfuva nechibhakera chakavharwa, asi haana kumurova. Apo Ofc. Moore akanga achimuisa muchitokisi ndakaenda kunomubatsira uye [aka]nditsika gumbo achitaura kuti aida kuenda kujeri nokuti haana kurara kwenguva refu. Grady EMS unit 260 yakapindura kunzvimbo iyi nekuti [iye] akange akatsamwa uye aitaura zvisiri mumusoro make. "
Larceny (mumwe): “Munhu akabatwa ... akati mabhegi ake maviri akatorwa nezvinhu zvishoma asi akamunetsa nokuti akanga akapfeka zvimwe zvembatya dzake. [Haana] kuona kuti ndiani akatora mabhegi ake. Akataura kuti akasiya mabhegi ake maviri panze achipinda muXpress Store uye paakabuda mabhegi aya akange asisipo. Arrestee ... akabvuma kupinda mubhegi achipfeka mbatya nekuti zvipfeko zvake zvairatidza tsvina yemunhu pazviri.”
Kuitira weti paruzhinji/kuita tsvina: “Mupurisa Randall … akamiswa pasi nevagari vemunzvimbo ye236 Forsyth St. the Garnett Office Building. Vari ikoko, VaB. Jones vakaraira kuti uyo ari kupomerwa … arambe achiita tsvina uye kuita weti munzira dzomuguta. Mukuru Randall naBrown vakayambira uye vakasunga vakapomerwa munguva yakapfuura nekuda kwekutyora kumwe chete. Nhasi Officer Randall vakabatana nevasina kusungwa pamwe chete naGrady uyo ari kupomerwa mhosva ... akaramba kuti ndiendese kujeri. Mukuru Randall akasiiwa asina zvimwe zvekushandisa nekuti hunhu hwekupomerwa hwaisazochinja. "
Kashoma kuti munhu ane chirwere chepfungwa akumbire mapurisa kuti aendeswe kujeri. Pfungwa yekuti vanhu vakapererwa vanogaropara mhosva diki kuti vapihwe chikafu chinodziya pasi pedenga rejeri kazhinji ingano. Iyo inopararira chaizvo nekuti haiwanzo: inomira pachena mupfungwa dzemupurisa chero akasangana nayo.Kune yega yega kusangana uku, panogona kunge paine mashoma ekubatana kwemapurisa umo mapurisa haana kunetseka kusunga Harmony. Asi naivowo havana kumubatsira, nekuti hapana kumwe kwavangamuendesa kunze kwejeri. Kuti pre-kusungwa diversion kushanda, panofanirwa kuve nenzvimbo yekutsausa munhu.
Fulton County Superior Court Mutongi Robert McBurney akaiswa iyo Familiar Faces chirongwa cheFulton County makomisheni kutanga kwemwedzi uno, vachitarisira kushandura chikamu chejeri reguta kuti ive nzvimbo yekuchinjisa, nzvimbo iyo vanhu vari munjodzi vanogona kutorwa panzvimbo yekusungwa.
"Kana 911 yashevedzwa uye mupurisa akadaira kune chiteshi chepeturu uye pane mumwe murume ari kuita zvisizvo ... sarudzo chete yatinayo pari zvino kuendesa munhu uyu kujeri," McBurney akadaro. “Zvino hazvina kunaka. Pane [Policing Alternatives and Diversion Initiative], asi haishande 24/7 zvinosuwisa. … PAD haisi mushonga-zvese.
Katatu paina apo mupurisa anomonerera pamushandisi wepamusoro ane mashiti erap akakora inchi - mumwe munhu ari kuda kupomerwa mhosva yekupara mhosva, kudhakwa neveruzhinji - munhu iyeye anosungwa nekuti hapana imwe sarudzo, akadaro.
“Vanogara kwenguva refu, vanodhura kuti vatarisire, uye vanokurumidza kudzoka. Ivo vakavakirwa-mukati recidivists. "
"Ivo vanonyanya kushandisa jeri redu," akadaro McBurney. “Vanogara kwenguva refu, vanodhura kuti vatarisire, uye vanokurumidza kudzoka. Ivo vakavakirwa-mukati recidivists. "
Zvinoda mari inosvika $30,000 5.50 pagore kuchengeta mumwe munhu muchitokisi chejeri. Muenzaniso wakashandiswa naMcBurney kubva kuHarris County, Texas's diversion centre wakaratidza kuti hurumende yakachengeta $XNUMX padhora rega rega rayaishandisa pairesi yayo, nekungovharisa vanhu mutirongo nechipatara.
Vanhu vari kushanda padambudziko iri muFulton County vanga vachitaura nezvekutanga diversion centre kubvira 2018. Ndinoziva izvi nekuti ndakaedza kumisa imwe panzvimbo yedunhu muSummerhill uye summarily castrated kuburikidza nenharaunda yezvematongerwo enyika. Kunyangwe ikozvino, nechikumbiro chekuvaka imwe nzira yejeri mujeri, makomishina ematunhu ari kunetsana nemaitirwo azvo pasina kutadzisa zvimwe zvinokosheswa - sekusunga vanhu.
"Zvinokanganisa izvo [sheriff] ari kuyedza kuita nenzvimbo yekurara," Commissioner Natalie Hall akadaro kuna McBurney, achipikisa zano iri pamameseji akatumirwa naSheriff Patrick Labat.
Wese munhu akasarudzwa akasarudzwa achitaura nezvenyaya yenzvimbo yekutsauka - chikamu chepakati peguta uye dunhu redunhu risati rasungwa - akarumbidza kunaka kwekutsauka. Asi ndinofanira kubvunza kuti gehena City Council uye Board of Commissioners vanga varipi kwemakore matatu apfuura. Hapana chimwe cheizvi chitsva. Chingori chekupedzisira chemunhu wese pamberi pezvematongerwo enyika.
Mushure memakore ekusaita basa, ndiri kudaidza bullshit.
Vatungamiri vakasarudzwa vanoda kutaridzika sekunge vane hanya nekushaya pekugara nehurombo uku vachifuratira kufona kwekuita chaiko. Muchiitiko ichi, kudiwa kwekubvisa kuwandisa kujeri reruwa idambudziko rezvematongerwo enyika rinonyanya kunetsa kupfuura mukadzi anorara mumarara pakona yemugwagwa weAtlanta.
"Kukurukurirana uku kwakatanga ndisati ndasvika pano," akadaro Commissioner Khadijah Abdur-Rahman. “Pane imwe nguva, tinofanira kupfuura nehurukuro. …
Hizvo chii ndizvo Anofungidzirwa kutaridzika se: Munhu ane dambudziko repfungwa (kana amire) anosvika kune chiremera chehurumende - mapurisa, vabatsiri, nyika - kuti vawane rubatsiro. Psych paramedics vanouya. Kana munhu ari mudambudziko akasaenda navo, mushandi wezvekugarisana nevanhu vanouya kuzonyoresa munhu iyeye ari kure mumasevhisi uye kumutsvagira imba. Inogona kunge iri yenguva pfupi, sekamuri yehotera, asi kuonana kunotungamira nekukurumidza kune imba yekugara ine chinongedzo kumasevhisi emagariro.
Isu tinotaura nezve pekugara pekutanga nekuti ndiyo hurongwa hwakagadzirwa kutenderera. Vanhu havatarisirwi kuchena kana kutevedzera mishonga yavo kana kuwana basa vasati vapihwa pekugara. Dzimba dzinouya pekutanga kubatsira nemamwe matambudziko ese.
Kana vanhu vari nyore, izvi zvinoshanda. Asi vanhu havasi nyore nguva dzose. Vanhu vari munjodzi, kutaura chokwadi, kashoma.
"Padanho repamusoro, pamwe isu tinofanirwa kuita kuti zvisanyanya kuomera vanhu kuti vawane masisitimu edu," akadaro shamwari yangu Cathryn Marchman, director director wePartner for Home, murongi wekushaiwa pekugara kweAtlanta. “Tinofanirwa kuona kuti kuvhurwa kwemasevhisi aya hakugone kuganhurira kudai. Inosvikika, yakaderera chipingamupinyi kune chero munhu anofamba nepamusuwo - chipatara, imba system, chero rudzi rwechishandiso. Nyama yangu yemombe ndeyekuti zvisina purofiti uye kupa masevhisi pasi rese kunofanirwa kumisa kutora cherry watinoshandira. "
"Tinofanirwa kuve nechokwadi chekuti kuvhurwa kwemasevhisi aya hakugone kuganhurira."
Vashandi vezvemagariro evanhu vanoona vanhu vakafanana kakawanda. Zvinobvisa tsitsi.
"Zvakaoma naGrady nekuti vakaremerwa," akadaro Marchman. "Munyaya yakaita seHarmony iyo yakanyanyisa, ndinofunga masisitimu anowanzo tadza kuona ..." Akasiya. "Ndinofunga vanongonzwa kugumbuka. Isu tinoona maitiro sekunyengedza, seasina kukodzera kuwana. Uye zvechokwadi, zvakanyanya kuoma uye zvinonetsa. "
Atlanta haisi California. Ndakapedza mavhiki mashoma muLos Angeles mwedzi mishoma yapfuura neSan Francisco gore rapfuura, uye ndinogona kutaura ndakachengeteka kuti hapana yakaenzana neSkid Row kana Tenderloin mudunhu rino. Ani naani ari kuita kuenzanisa ikoko anofanira kufuratirwa.
Zvakadaro, pakutanga kwedenda rekoronavirus, Atlanta yakatanga chirongwa chakakura, chakatsigirwa nemubatanidzwa chekutora vanhu vazhinji vanoshaya pekugara nekuvagara. Kunyange zvakabudirira, vacherechedzi vanoti nzvimbo yacho yakazadzwa nevanhu vari mumugwagwa vakaoma zvikuru kushandira.
Bazi reBehavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities rakapa mavhocha edzimba mazana manomwe nemakumi matanhatu nevane vanhu vane hosha dzepfungwa dzakakomba uye dzinoramba dziripo mugore regore ra765, akadaro Maxwell Ruppersburg, director wedhipatimendi rekutsigira dzimba. Vashoma chete vanopfuura mazana maviri vanhu vakawana pekugara, kunyangwe vaine mari mumaoko kubva kuvhocha, akadaro.
Nyika yaive nebhajeti inosvika madhora 27.3 miriyoni yekutsigira dzimba muna 2020. Yakashandisa $ 11.9 miriyoni. Mugore rino rezvemari, hurumende yakagura bhajeti rekutsigira dzimba kusvika pamadhora mamiriyoni makumi maviri nemazana matanhatu. Hurumende yashandisa mamiriyoni gumi nemaviri emadhora. Ingadai yashandisa imwe $20.6 miriyoni dai yawana vanhu vekutora mari iyi.
Imba yekutsigira inodhura $15,000 pagore, ipa kana kutora. Vanhu vangangosvika mazana mashanu nemakumi matatu nevatatu vasara vasina rubatsiro.
"Unonzwa nezve runyorwa rwekumirira nezvimwe zvirongwa," Ruppersburg akadaro. “Isu kazhinji hatina runyoro rwokumirira. Asi isu tine dambudziko rakawanda rekuti vanhu vanotambira mavhocha, vobva vatadza kuchengetedza dzimba. Uye saka mavhocha anopera. Pakupedzisira, vanowedzerwa, asi pane imwe nguva vanopera. ”
Chikonzero, zvakangokwana, ndechekuti vashoma varidzi vemba vanoda kurenda kune mumwe munhu wavanotya kuti acharasa chivakwa chavo. Dzimba dzave kusimba munzvimbo yeAtlanta metro kwemakore gumi apfuura. Hapana kushomeka kwevanoroja vasina matambudziko akanyanya epfungwa anoda kubhadhara mutengo wakazara wefurati. Uye hapana nzira iri mumutemo yekumanikidza muridzi wemba kurojesa mumwe munhu.
Mhosva dziri nyore dzakavharwa, zvishoma kana zvishoma, kusvika kuvharwa kwekudzingwa kwasimudzwa. Asi kumiswa kwacho kwakaita kuti varidzi vemba vanyanye kungwarira pamusoro pevavanozorenda, vachimanikidza kuwanikwa kwese.
Gwaro redzimba reGeorgia rinogara zvachose pane pekugara pega, zvichienderana nevavakidzani vanorwa hondo paChikamu 8 pamisangano yebhodhi renzvimbo.
“Pane chimwe chinhu cherusarura mudzimba chiri kuitika. Chekutanga, hatimboziva nezvazvo isu pachedu, ”akadaro Ruppersburg. "Asi zvakanaka kutenda kuti zviri kuitika padanho rehurongwa."
Svamwe vanhu vanoda kupfuura pekugara kuti uwane hutano.
Nyika ine mwero wepamutemo wekuzvipira pasina kuzvidira, unoda kuti mumwe munhu ape "njodzi huru yekuzvikuvadza kana kune vamwe sekuratidzwa nezviito zvenguva pfupi yapfuura kana kutyisidzira kwemhirizhonga kuchangobva kuitika kunopa mukana wekuzvikuvadza kana kune vamwe vanhu. ” kana kuti kuita se“asingakwanisi kutarisira utano hwake uye kuchengeteka zvekuti achaita kuti pave nedambudziko rinoisa upenyu pangozi.” Colloquially, vanhu vanoshanda nechirwere chepfungwa mumugwagwa vanotaura izvi se1013, yefomu rinoshandiswa kuita munhu.
Kana mupurisa akaumburuka kumunhu anoratidza zviratidzo zvekunetsekana nepfungwa, anogona kusunga. Havagoni 1013 ivo. Chiremba, mushandi wezvekugarisana ane rezinesi, mhuri kana chipangamazano chewanano, mukoti wepamusoro, kana mubatsiri wachiremba anogona kusaina fomu. Izvi zvinoreva kuti mupurisa anofanirwa kumirira Grady kana nyika kutumira amburenzi. Pese apo chiremba anosaina 1013, vanoisa basa ravo reunyanzvi pamutsara kuti vataure kuti mumwe munhu haasi kugadzikana zvekuda kudzikamiswa kwedambudziko kuti munhu iyeye anozvida here kana kuti kwete.
Iyo bar, zviri pachena, yakakwirira kwazvo.
Chiyero chemutemo chehurumende chinoda kuchipatara kuti ive "nhanho inorambidza yekuchengeta munhu" kuitira kuti awane kupinzwa muchipatara chehurumende kuti dambudziko rigadzikane.
Chipatara chinogona kubata mumwe munhu achipokana nekuda kwekugadzirisa dambudziko kwemazuva mashanu chete panguva. Pashure paikoko, zvimwe chipatara chinofanira kuwana murayiro wapamutemo wokurapwa kwokusazvidira kana kuti murwere anofanira kubvuma nokudisa kugara kwenguva refu; kana zvisina kudaro, murwere anofamba.
Harmony inofamba zvakaringana kazhinji.
Hapana ane mutoro wekiriniki wekutarisira kwaHarmony aizotaura neni pane rekodhi nezvenyaya yake, achitaura nezvemitemo yekuvanzika. Mubvunzo wekubvumirwa wange wati tsvikiti mumwedzi mishoma yadarika, panyaya yeHarmony, nekuti Georgia Regional Hospital yakadzikisira kutora kwayo varwere vatsva.
"[Dhipatimendi reBehavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities], pamwe chete nevezera redu rehutano, vave nemwedzi yakati wandei vachiongorora matambudziko evashandi," akadaro Ruppersburg. "Kushomeka kwevashandi vedu kuri kuwedzera nekuwedzera kudiwa kwenzvimbo dzekuvharirwa, kana zvichidikanwa nekuda kwekusiyana kweDelta, uye kuwedzera kwekuda kwehutano hwehutano hwehutano munyika yose."
Muna Nyamavhuvhu 2019, chipatara cheGeorgia chevarwere vepfungwa chakaita avhareji yemibhedha gumi neshanu yekuchengeta varwere vepfungwa kunze kwebasa. Nyamavhuvhu uno, yakarasikirwa neavhareji yemabhedha makumi mapfumbamwe nemapfumbamwe.
Kurasikirwa kwesimba muzvipatara zvehurumende kunouya panguva imwe chete iyo kudiwa kwakawedzera. Muna Chikumi, kutumirwa kwedambudziko kubva kuGeorgia Crisis neAccess Line kwakakwira 31 muzana mumwedzi mumwe chete muna 2020. Kuwedzera uku kwekutumira kwakauya panguva apo kushomeka kwevakoti kwakakonzera kudzikiswa kwegumi muzana yemibhedha inowanikwa munzvimbo dzehutano dzehutano uye kugadzikana kwedambudziko. Dare remitemo rave richiongorora mitemo yeGeorgia yekuzvipira. Chirimo chino, Georgia Behavioral Health Reform uye Innovation Commission yakurudzira shanduko kumitemo yenyika.
"Bara iri rakakwirira zvisina musoro rinomanikidza mhuri nevachengeti kuti vambomira kupindira kudzamara zvaita sekuti njodzi yave kuda kurova, kunyangwe zviri pachena kune vese kuti munhu ari munjodzi uye nekukasira uye nenzira isingadzivisiki kusvika ipapo," boka rakanyora. “Kumanikidza vanhu kuti vatonyanya kuipa vasati vawana rubatsiro kunopesana netsvakiridzo yakawandisa inoratidza kuti chirwere chepfungwa chakareba chinoramba chisina kurapwa, tarisiro yemunhu yekupora inodzikira. Chokwadika, kashoma kupindira panguva iyo njodzi inenge yava pedyo. Kunyanya, kumirira kunobvumira njodzi kuti iitike, zvichikonzera kutambura kwevanhu kusiri madikanwa uye kushungurudzwa, uye kazhinji kushuvira munhu kutarisana nemhosva dzakakomba. "
Dare racho rakati hapana mutemo kana bumbiro remutemo rinoda "kukurumidza" sechiyero. Dzinosvika makumi maviri dzinoona kudzikira kwepfungwa sechikonzero chakakwana chekurarisa munhu muchipatara pasina mvumo yavo.
"Pasi pemutemo wazvino, kukuvara kungangoonekwa kwakakosha zvakakwana kuti munhu apindire, netsanangudzo, idzo dzinosanganisira kukuvara kwakanyanya mumuviri kana kufa," boka rakanyora. “Nehurombo, izvi zvinoita kuti vanhu vazhinji vari mudambudziko rehutano hwepfungwa vange vasiri kutarisana nenjodzi dziri pachena, asi vasina simba nekuda kwekurasika njere (kukwanisa kuziva hurwere hwavo uye kuda kurapwa) kuzvipira kuchengetedza nekudzivirira pfungwa dzavo kubva. kukuvadzwa kusingagadzirisiki kana pasina rubatsiro rwekurapa nenguva. "
GEorgia's history with mental health care inyaya inotyisa chaizvo.Nyika yakachengetedza varwere kwemakore akawanda apfuura nenzira dzakaita kuti vabereki vatyisidzire vana vavo nerwendo kuenda Millgeville kana vakatadza. Nhasi Georgia iri pasi pechibvumirano chehurumende chinoda kuti hurumende ipe pekugara kune vanhu vane hosha dzepfungwa dzakakomba uye dzinoramba dzichisangana nezvinodiwa zvakatarwa mukugadzirisa kwedare.
Kurongeka uku kunotsanangura kubatwa kwehurumende kusingatangi kuseri kwemajeri. (Kune munhu wose ane chirwere chakakomba chepfungwa muchipatara chehurumende yeGeorgia, vashanu vari mujeri.) Nguva pfupi yapfuura iyo Dhipatimendi reUtano Hwehutano uye Kukura Kwekuremara kwakatanga kusvika kupfuura chibvumirano chekuronga mamwe marudzi matsva ekutsigira mabasa evanhu.
“Mamwe masystem akagadzirwa. Semuyenzaniso, vakawedzera nhamba yezvikwata zve[Assertive Community Treatment] uye zvikwata zvinotarisira nyaya dzakakomba, uye vakagadzira chirongwa chedzimba kuvanhu vane chirwere chepfungwa chinoramba chiripo,” akadaro Susan Walker Goico, mukuru weAtlanta Legal Aid's Disability. Integration Project.
Kurapwa kwakawanda kwechirwere chepfungwa hakudi kuchipatara. Pane rusaruro rwakasimba rwemutemo uye rwezvekurapa rwekurapa hutano hwepfungwa nenzira isingaganhurirwi. Pazvinenge zvakanaka, izvozvo zvaizova mumba momunhu oga pahwaro hwevarwere vari kunze. Zvisingarambiki pane izvozvo zvingava imba inotsigira kana imba yeboka ine murapi, yakavakirwa munharaunda.
Hatina zvakakwana zveizvi.
Pese kana mumwe munhu akaronga nzvimbo yekuchengeta inotsigira kana imba yeboka, maNIMBY anorasikirwa nepfungwa uye anoungana nesimba kuti avhare.
"Kwandiri, dambudziko nderekuti vanhu vanogona kubatsirwa kubva kune ese makuru masevhisi aya havasati vasvikwa," akadaro Goico. “Pasati pave paine hurongwa hwakasimba hwekutsvaga vanhu vanoda dzimba dzerutsigiro uye kuvabatanidza nepekugara nerubatsiro rwenharaunda zvavanoda. Ndiri kutaura nezve, munoziva, vanhu vari kubuda mumajeri nemajeri, vanhu vari kuchovha bhasikoro uye vachibuda mudhipatimendi rekukurumidzira, vanhu vari kubuda muGeorgia Regional Hospital, chipatara chepfungwa chevanhu vose, kubva pamusasa. Saka, ndinoreva, kune matambudziko mazhinji ari kuita kuti vanhu ava vabatane nemasevhisi akagadzirwa. "
Hechino chinhu: Munyaya yeHarmony, sekuwanda kwezviitiko zvakanyanyisa zvakatenderedza Atlanta, hapana kushomeka kwekusangana. Dambudziko nderekuti kazhinji kacho zvakaipa taura.
A boka renyeredzi re vacherechedzi uye mapato anofarira akatenderera Harmony kwemwedzi mishanu yapfuura. Tammy Hughes, director wezvemagariro eCentral Atlanta Progress, anga achida chiito kubva kuguta nedunhu. Dhipatimendi reMapurisa reAtlanta rinoshandisa timu yemapurisa anoshanda nekupindira kwevanhu vasina pekugara vanga vachidaira mafoni nezveHarmony. Bazi rezvehutano reFulton County rave richiedza kurongedza masevhisi neGrady Health System uye zvipatara zvehurumende nezvenyaya yeHarmony kwemwedzi yakati.
Harmony ane mushandi wemhosva. Caroline Henderson, mufambisi wengarava anochengeta paPolicing Alternatives uye Diversion Initiative, anga achishanyira Harmony pakona yemugwagwa kwemwedzi yakawanda.
Moki Macias, mukuru mukuru wechirongwa ichi, sevamwe vanopa masevhisi, aramba neruremekedzo kutaura nezvenyaya iyi, achitaura nezvekuvanzika kwemurwere.
PAD inopa imwe nzira yekusunga mapurisa kana uchinge wasangana nemunhu ari mukutambudzika kuri pachena - chirwere chepfungwa, urombo hwakanyanya, kupindwa muropa. Panzvimbo pekuita kumwe kusungwa nekuda kwekudhakwa neruzhinji kana kuridza hwiza padivi penzira kana chimwe chinhu chakafanana, mupurisa anogona kufonera mushandi wePAD kuti atore munhu iyeye pekugara uye masevhisi emagariro. Vanosvika 18 muzana yevose vakasungwa muguta reAtlanta vanochinjika, maererano nenhamba kubva kuPAD. Zvinenge zvose zvichiri kuguma mukusungwa, kunyange zvakadaro, nokuti mapurisa haagoni kunetseka kuti aite purogiramu, kana pane kupokana kubva kumusungwa kana munhu akabatwa, kana PAD yakasungirirwa neimwe nyaya.
Ndakabatsira kugadzira PAD pandakanga ndichishanda kuCentral Atlanta Progress, uye ndakaverenga pamusoro pevashandi vayo kanopfuura kamwe kubatsira munhu ane dambudziko rakaoma mumakore. Ndakatombomira mumahofisi aMacias pedyo nechiteshi cheGreyhound mudhorobha ndichipopotera vakuru vechipatara parunhare nekuti havabvumire munhu akazvipa kwandiri kuti andibatsire. Uye ndakatarisawo munhu mumwe chete iyeye achiramba kuenda neGrady EMT timu mushure mekutanga kupindira.
Inosvika 18 muzana yekusungwa kwese kunoitwa muguta reAtlanta kunotsauswa. Vanenge vose vachiri kuguma mukusungwa.
Basa racho rinoda moyo murefu weanvil. Handikwanise kuzviita. Kutya kwangu ndekwekuti PAD haigone kuzviita futi.
Nezvo, ndinoreva kuti nepo Atlanta yakaramba ichiwedzera mari yekutanga mumakore apfuura, yakaramba ichiwedzera chikamu chePAD. Nekuwedzera kwega kwega, vashandi vehurumende vane basa rehutano hwepfungwa nekuchengetedzwa kweveruzhinji vakaisa mutoro wakawanda wekugadzirisa matambudziko akadzama emagariro uye zvimiro paMacias nevashandi vake vevatariri makumi matatu nevaviri, vafambisi vezvikepe, uye nyanzvi dzekuderedza kukuvadza.
Vashandi vePAD vari pakati pevashoma vanoenda pasi pemabhiriji uye musango uye seri kwezviteshi zvegasi kuti vaite hukama chaihwo hwevanhu nevanhu vari mukutambudzika kukuru. Kazhinji yenguva, vari kudaira runhare kubva kuAtlanta 311 kana mapurisa kuti abatsirwe nedambudziko rinoda mushandi wezvemagariro evanhu kupfuura mupurisa.
Mamwe mamiriro, echiyero: PAD, sezvandambotaura, ine vashandi makumi matatu nevaviri. Dhipatimendi reMapurisa reAtlanta rine 32.Pakati pe1,300 uye 3,000 vanhu vari kusangana nekushaya pekugara muguta reAtlanta ikozvino. Vanenge chikamu chimwe muzvitatu chavo vane chirwere chepfungwa chakakomba uye chinoramba chiripo. Chikamu chimwe muzvitatu chavo chine chinetso chakakomba chezvinodhaka. Kazhinji mapoka maviri aya anopindirana. PAD ichaenda kune vangangoita makumi mana vanhu vatsva mumugwagwa mumwedzi wakanaka, vachinyoresa gumi nemaviri kana zvakadaro mukutarisira kwayo.
Guta reAtlanta rinovimba nekutaura kubva kune vashoma vevashandi vematare eIntown Collaborative Ministries kuti vasvikewo vanhu vasina pekugara. (Ndakashanda pabhodhi resangano iroro kubva muna 2016.) Hurumende inowedzera iyi nzira nezvikwata gumi zvevanhu vatatu kuburikidza neProjects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness.
"PATH yagara ichionekwa senzira yekutanga yekupa vanhu pekugara muAtlanta apo zvimwe zvirongwa uye mari iripo yekufambisa kune vanhu vasina pekugara, kusanganisira vanhu vane chirwere chepfungwa," Ruppersburg akadaro. "PATH inomiririra chikamu chakakosha chepuzzle hombe."
PATH zvikwata zvinofanirwa kunge zviri mumunda, kuvaka hukama uye kubatanidza vanhu vane zvirwere zvepfungwa nepekugara. Mukuita, izvo zvadzikira zvakanyanya kubva pakatanga denda.
PATH yakabata vangangosvika makumi maviri muzana vanhu vashoma mugore remari 20 kupfuura gore rapfuura uye vakanyoresa vangangosvika gumi muzana vanhu vashoma mumabasa ekutonga nyaya, zvichienderana nenhamba dzakapihwa neDhipatimendi reBehavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities. Tichifunga nezvekuwedzera kwe2021 muzana kwevanosangana nenjodzi, nhamba idzodzo dzinoratidza kuti hatisi kufungidzira zvinhu kana tikatarisa mumugwagwa towana kupererwa kupfuura zvataimboita.
"Sangano rega rega rine maitiro akasiyana evashandi izvo zvinogona kuderedza kugona kupa basa remumunda rinoshanda kumisasa," Ruppersburg akadaro. "Tine PATH masangano / zvikwata uko zvikamu zvitatu muzvina zvevashandi vanga vasipo nekuda kweCovid pane imwe nguva panguva yedenda. PATH zvikwata zvagara zvine hukama hwekudyidzana nevatori vechikamu uye vadyidzani venharaunda vanopa vanhu vasina pekugara. "
Munyika yose, vanhu vangangosvika chiuru nemazana mashanu nemakumi mana nevanomwe vanogashira nyaya dzepfungwa dzepfungwa kuburikidza nePATH. Hafu yezvikwata zvePATH zvehurumende zvinoshanda metro Atlanta. Izvi zvinoreva kuti PATH inoshanda zvakapetwa katanhatu vanhu vakawanda kupfuura pre-kusungwa diversion chirongwa.
Funga kuti PAD iri munzira yekuwedzera kesi yayo nevatengi vangangosvika zana gore rino. Ndiyo nhamba yakafanana yevatengi iyo PATH zvikwata zvakarasika mu metro Atlanta panguva imwe chete.
Vanhu vakawandisa vari munzvimbo dzechiremera vari kunongedzera kuPAD sechiratidzo chegadziriso yavo yemapurisa uye ruponeso rwematambudziko akakomba enharaunda, nepo PAD irikutsvanzvadzira kushandira kushaikwa kusingaregi kwakatitenderedza mukati mezvivakwa izvo. usashande.
I ndafonerwa kubva kuChicago manhamba China manheru kubva kune mumwe mukadzi aichovha paimba yakakwira yeMorehouse College. Akanga andiudza mazuva mashomanana akanga apfuura kuti munguva yebasa repabonde akanga abatwa chibharo kakawanda pamba. Ndakanyora nezvazvo. Morehouse akapindura nokutumira vashandi kuti vanokanda zvokudya nezvipfeko zvevapfanha kuseri kwerori uye nechisimba musasa wetende mhiri kwomugwagwa.
Zvese zvekunyepedzera padivi nezvehutongo hwemagariro pachikoro chakapindwa naMartin Luther King Jr., Morehouse yanga ichitora zvivakwa zvepedyo kwemakore makumi maviri munharaunda yakawira mukuora mwoyo nekuregeredzwa, zvirinani ndinofunga kuti koreji itenge ivhu zvakachipa. Havatambe zvakanaka pano.
Morehouse yakarova squatters kwasviba, ichikanganisa makamera enhau uye kuomesa chero rudzi rwerubatsiro rwemagariro. PAD inomira kutora mafoni na7 pm Atlanta yakakura, Gateway Center, inomira kunwa masikati, sezvinoita Atlanta Mission. Chete Salvation Army shelter inogona kutora mumwe munhu asina special dispensations kubva kumasocial services maneja, uye vanorambidza vanhu kumazuva gumi ekuchengeta pagore vasina kunyoresa muchirongwa.
Ndakaridza runhare ndokumborova nhongonya pamubhedha paigara vakadzi. Asi munguva yaakatora motokari achipfuura nomutaundi, akanga anyangarika.
Yakadaro system yakasiya Harmony pakona yemugwagwa. Zvido zveHarmony zvakasiyana uye zvisina kujairika. Mukadzi wandaitarisira kubatsira China aiva nezvinetso zvakajairika. Chero ani zvake ari kuedza kutiza kurohwa kubva kumudzimai akadhakwa anogona kupinda mumamiriro ezvinhu akafanana andakaita neChina manheru pane imwe nzvimbo yakaoma kumaodzanyemba kweAtlanta, nezvose zvinoshanda zvakavharwa bhizinesi. Iyo inoshanda sisitimu yaisazotsamira pahukama hwemunhu kuwana rubatsiro. Zvaizove nekusanduka. Zvaizogona kuchinjika.
Iye zvino funga kuti gadziriro ino ichaita sei apo vamwe vanhu 25,000 XNUMX vachauya vachitsvaka rubatsiro.
Ini ndinotya chii chinoitika sezvo kumiswa kwekudzingwa kunopera uye mirwi yefenicha yakasiiwa munzira inokura. Varombo vemuAtlanta vagara vakatarisana nekusachengeteka kwedzimba. Dzingangoita imwe chete padzimba nhanhatu muguta dzakadzingwa parekodhi denda risati rasvika. Mumwedzi mushure mekunge Dare Repamusorosoro raparadza kubviswa kwemubatanidzwa munaGunyana, varidzi venzvimbo mudunhu reAtlanta ine matunhu mashanu vakamhan'ara vanopfuura zviuru gumi nerimwe, sekureva kweAtlanta Regional Commission. Izvo chaizvo zvishoma pane mwedzi mumwe chete muna 11,000, asi kumhanya kuri kukurumidza.
Sekureva kweAtlanta Journal-Constitution, varidzi vemba vakamhan'ara vangangosvika zviuru zana kudzingwa panguva yedenda, kumisa kutongwa kunorangwa. Vamwe vakapfuura nekuti maroja aisanyatsoziva kodzero dzavo kana kuti vainge vatyora zvibvumirano zvekurenda. Asi matare akangomisa kudzingwa kwevanhu kwakawanda.
Kusvikira zvino.
Vanenge 62 muzana yevaGeorgia vanotenda kuti vanogona kuvharirwa kana kudzingwa mumwedzi miviri inotevera nekuda kwekunge vari kumashure mubhadharo, sekureva kwe US Census Bureau ongororo yakaitwa mwedzi wapera. Ndicho chikamu chepamusoro-soro muUnited States.
Iko hakuna mauto akakwana ekugadzirisa kudzingwa kwese kuri kuuya. Vanhu vachamanikidzwa kubva mudzimba dzavo mumakwikwi uye nekusvetuka. Vagari vazhinji vachatsvaga rubatsiro kubva kuGeorgia Dhipatimendi reCommunity Affairs, iro rine bhiriyoni imwe yemadhora yerubatsiro rwechimbichimbi kubva kuhurumende yemubatanidzwa.
Rombo rakanaka.
Pashure pemwedzi misere vaine mari, bazi rakanga rapedza inenge 9 muzana yemari yayo. Hurumende yemubatanidzwa ingangove ichavhara imwe yemari yasara kudzoserwa.
Panenge pasina kana mumwe wevanhu vanogogodza pamusuwo weDhipatimendi reCommunity Affairs ane matambudziko eHarmony. Vachava nematambudziko akasiyana. Uye kana zvinetso izvozvo zvikasanyatsopinda mumigwagwa iripo nokuda kwebetsero, vanhu vanowira nomumitswe. Hukuru hwekuda huchashandura mitswe iyoyo kuita makorokoza. Handikwanise kutaura kuti vangani zviso zvitsva zvichange zvichikwikwidzana neAtlanta yaanoziva zviso kuti abatsirwe.
Tinofanira kuita zvirinani pakupa rubatsiro kuvanhu vanoshaya, nekukurumidza.
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