Kuwo onke amapolisa abulala umntu webala okanye ukubulawa kwesitrato ngobuhlanga eUnited
Emazweni, kukho iimeko zesipili zokufa ngamapolisa aneengcwangu kunye nezigebenga zesitrato kwezinye iindawo.
Akukho ndawo iyinyani kunase-United Kingdom.
Kwiminyaka yakutshanje, kuye kwakho ukwanda kwenani labantu bebala abaswelekileyo
elugcinweni lwamapolisa ngokunjalo baye bafa ezandleni zabacalucalulo ngokobuhlanga kunye neeneo-fascists. Nangaphakathi
amaninzi kula matyala, amapolisa enze kancinane kwaye amaqela anetyala ahamba ekhululekile.
Ngethamsanqa, kwimeko yokubulawa kukaStephen Lawrence, ukuzingisa akuzange kuvumeleke
ityala liyafa, kwaye uloyiso olubalulekileyo nxamnye nobuhlanga lwaphunyelelwa. Emva kweminyaka emihlanu
yombutho ozimiseleyo kunye nokuhlanganisa abantu abaninzi ngamatsha ntliziyo kunye neenkokheli zoluntu, i
Urhulumente waseBritane uye wavuma ekugqibeleni ukuba ukubulawa kukaLawrence ngo-1993 kwakunjalo
iqhutywa ngokobuhlanga, iphathwa kakubi ngamapolisa kunye nabasemagunyeni, nokuba ubuhlanga bunjalo
ixhaphakile kwaye yamaziko.
Ukuza ekhaya ngobusuku be-22 ka-Epreli 1993, umfana omnyama uLawrence kunye nomhlobo wakhe
UDuwayne Brooks bebezama ukubamba ibhasi. Xa uLawrence wehla ngendlela ukuze abone
ukuba ibhasi iyeza, wadibana neqela lolutsha lwabamhlophe aba-5 okanye aba-6 ababembiza ngokuthi a
โNigger,โ waza wamhlasela ngokwasemzimbeni. ULawrence wahlatywa kabini
esifubeni kunye nengalo, kwaye emva kokubaleka ngaphezu kweeyadi ezili-100, wafa esitratweni. Oku kubi
ukufa kothuse isizwe apho ukubulawa kwabantu kuseyinto enqabileyo. Abaninzi babekholelwa ukuba loo nto inzima
ukuduma kwetyala kuya kunyanzela abasemagunyeni ukuba basebenzise zonke iinzame zokubambisa
abenzi bolu lwaphulo-mthetho.
Ukususela ngelo xesha, nangona kunjalo, isigaba ngasinye sophando olwenziwa yi-Metropolitan
INkonzo yaMapolisa (MPS) yayixhatshazwa kukungahoywa okanye ukungakhathalelwa. Kwisiseko se
le fiasco yayilucalucalulo olukhathazayo noluphazamisayo olulula lungakhathali ukuba umntu omnyama
ulutsha lwabulawa ngenkohlakalo liqela leenjubaqa ezinocalucalulo. Amapolisa okanye amapolisa
I-Conservative Party eyayilawula ngelo xesha yayicinga ukuba eli tyala lalifanelekile
ingqalelo okanye uphando olongezelelweyo.
Nangona abarhanelwa aba-5 - abathi baqhayisa kubahlobo babo malunga nokubulawa
- bachongwa ngokukhawuleza ngamangqina kunye nabantu basebumelwaneni, akubanjwanga
zenziwe ngamapolisa. Ngandlelโ ithile, uphando lwamapolisa aluzange lube nangqina limbi
kune Brooks nangona iingxelo zeendaba ngelo xesha zichonge inani labantu abathi
bakubona okwenzekileyo. Kwakungekho nobungqina bokwenyani obuqokelelweyo kwindawo.
Abazali bakaLawrence kunye nabanye bayaqhubeka becinezela ityala labo, nangona kunjalo. Ngexesha elinye,
ngo-1996, abathathu kwabarhanelwa baziswa ematyaleni kutshutshiso lwabucala. Nangona kunjalo,
ngenxa yokunqongophala kobungqina obubambekayo kwaye akukho ncedo luvela emapoliseni, abarhanelwa
ukhululwe kwaye, ngelishwa kakhulu, akanakuze aphinde agwetywe ngokumalunga neli tyala. Mbini
abanye abarhanelwa zange baziswe ematyaleni.
Ngaphandle kwezi ziphazamiso, ityala liyaqhubeka nokukhula kwaye lifanekiselwa abaninzi
Abantu abamnyama baseBrithani ukungabikho kokusesikweni, ucalucalulo, kunye nokunyuka kobuhlanga
abantu bebala. Ityala lagcinwa liphila ngenxa yokungavumi komzi ontsundu
ukuyiyeka ihambe. Kungekudala bathelelwa ngamatshantliziyo kulo lonke ilizwe kunye netyala
yaba ngunobangela celebre for anti-ubuhlanga. Uxinzelelo lwafakwa kwi-Labour Party kunye nomgqatswa
UTony Blair wanyanzelwa, ngexesha lokubaleka kwakhe iNkulumbuso, ukuba azibophelele ekusekeni i
ikhomishini yophando ukuba wonyulwa. Waye, ngo-1997, waseka umgangatho ophezulu
ikhomishini. Emva kweenyanga ezininzi zobungqina kunye nophando, ikomishoni yakhupha yayo
ingxelo ekupheleni kukaFebruwari yaza yaqukumbela, kuhlanga olukhwankqisayo, ukuba โuStephen
U-Lawrence wabulawa ngokungekho mthethweni kuhlaselo lobuhlanga olungafunwayo ngokupheleleyo ngabamhlophe abahlanu
ulutsha.โ
Olu phando luvelise ingxelo enamaphepha angama-459 enamaphepha angaphezu kwe-12,000 emibhalo eshicilelweyo evela.
88 amangqina. Kuqikelelwa ngakumbi ukuba kukho ngaphezu kwe-100,000 amaphepha axhasayo
iingxelo, iingxelo, kunye namanye amaxwebhu. Ukukhutshwa kwengxelo kufumene lukhulu
usasazo lweendaba iintsuku. Nangona onke la maxwebhu kunye nokupapashwa, ingxelo yenza
kucacile ukuba abarhanelwa abahlanu abaziwayo abazukusiwa ematyaleni.
Nangona kunjalo, ukubhencwa okugqabhukileyo kocalucalulo lwamaziko kwashukumisa yonke iNgilani ukusuka phezulu ukuya phezulu
emazantsi. Kwintshukumo engazange ibonwe ngaphambili, uBlair waya kumgangatho weNdlu yeeMimandla kunye
yalugxeka โubuhlanga obusekho kuluntu lwethu.โ UMhlekazi uPaul Condon, intloko
yaseSkotlani Yard, ikwabhengeze ukuba "ubuhlanga beziko" bukhona kuye
kunye nokuba "imvakalelo yentloni" ikhule phakathi kwamapolisa ngenxa
ukusilela kwabo ukuphatha ngokufanelekileyo uphando lukaLawrence.
Ngelishwa, ngelixa abo babulala uLawrence bengayi kuba ngokusesikweni
bohlwaywa, abalweli bobuhlanga bavakalelwa kukuba baphumelele uloyiso olukhulu nangona kunjalo. I
ityala lahlanganiswa kwaye lahlanganisa inani elikhulu labantu abakhe bajikeleza umba we
ubundlobongela obunobuhlanga kunye nobuhlanga bamapolisa kwiziko.
Oku kubalulekile kuba amanye amatyala amaninzi abandakanya abantu bebala kunye nobuhlanga okanye
ubundlobongela bamapolisa busekhona. Kukho imeko kaMichael Menson owatshiswa ngumlilo
ulutsha olumhlophe olune eMntla London ngoJanuwari 1997. Njengoko kuye kwenzeka kwabasithoba ubuncinane
NgoJanuwari 18, 1999, uRoger Sylvester wabulawa eselugcinweni lwamapolisa.
iimeko ezithandabuzekayo. Kufuneka kwakhona kuqatshelwe ukuba kukho inani lamatyala
Uyilo lwamapolisa lwamatshantliziyo amnyama afana nelo likaMichael Singh obevalelwe
Iminyaka eyi-10 nangona ngoku sele ibhaliwe ukuba ubungqina batshatyalaliswa kwaye bacinezelwa
ityala lakhe. Ukuba ityala likaLawrence kunye nomzabalazo ukhuthaza amatsha ntliziyo ukuba amkele ezi kunye nezinye
amatyala ocalucalulo olucacileyo, ngoko mhlawumbi intlekele enkulu inokuguqulwa ibe nkulu
inkqubela.