UJason Westcott wayesoyika.
Ngobunye ubusuku kwikwindla edlulileyo, wafumanisa ngoFacebook ukuba umhlobo womhlobo wakhe wayecwangcisa kunye nabanye abaqulunqa iyelenqe lokuqhekeza ekhayeni lakhe. Babejonge ukuba umpu kaWescott kunye neeseti zeTV ezimbalwa. Ngokomyalezo we-Facebook, umrhanelwa wayeceba "ukutshisa" i-Westcott, owathi ngokukhawuleza wabiza amapolisa aseTampa Bay waza wachaza icebo.
Ngokutsho ITampa Bay Times, amagosa acuphayo asabela kubizo lukaWestcott ayenomyalezo olula awayewubhekisa kuye: โUkuba nabani na uqhekeza kule ndlu, thatha umpu wakho udubule ubulale.โ
Malunga nentsimbi yesi-7:30 ngokuhlwa nge-27 kaMeyi, abangeneleli bafika. UWestcott walandela icebiso lamapolisa, wathatha umpu wakhe ukuze akhusele ikhaya lakhe, waza wafa ewukhomba kubahlaseli. Basebenzisa umpu kunye nompu ukuze badubule umkhandi wezithuthuthu oneminyaka engama-29 ubudala. Wabethwa izihlandlo ezithathu, kwakanye engalweni nakabini ecaleni, kwafunyaniswa ukuba ufile ekufikeni kwakhe esibhedlele.
Abangeneleli, nangona kunjalo, yayingengootsotsi bexesha elincinci abafuna ukwenza amanqaku amancinci. Endaweni yoko babengamalungu eqela le-SWAT leSebe lamaPolisa aseTampa Bay, elaliphumeza isigunyaziso sokugqogqa ngokurhanelwa ukuba uWestcott neqabane lakhe babengabathengisi bentsangu. Baye bachazelwa ngumsebenzi oyimfihlo, ababaqhubela kwikhaya lika-Westcott amaxesha amane phakathi kukaFebruwari noMeyi ukuya kuthenga intsangu encinci, nge-$ 20-$ 60 pop. I-informer yazisa amapolisa ukuba yabona izibhamu ezimbini ekhaya, yingakho amapolisa aseTampa Bay asebenzisa iqela le-SWAT ukuba enze umyalelo wokukhangela.
Ekugqibeleni, isebe lamapolisa elaxelela uWestcott ukuba akhusele ikhaya lakhe ngomkhosi okhuselayo wambulala xa ekwenzile. Emva kokukhangela indawo encinane awayeyiqeshile, ngokwenene amapolisa afumana ukhula, iidola ezimbini, kunye nompu osemthethweniโlowo wayewubambe xa iimbumbulu zamkrazula.
Wamkelekile kwixesha elitsha lamapolisa aseMelika, apho amapolisa azijonga ngokwandayo njengamajoni ahlala kwindawo yotshaba, rhoqo ngoncedo lwezixhobo zikaMalume uSam, nalapho ubugebenga obungenabundlobongela buhlangatyezwana ngamandla kunye nenkohlakalo eyoyikekayo.
Imfazwe emnyango wakho
Umhlaza wobupolisa obusemkhosini kudala ukhula emzimbeni wezopolitiko. Iya ikhula ngamandla ukusukela oko kwazalwa amaqela okuqala eZikhali eziKhethekileyo kunye naMachule (SWAT) ngeminyaka yoo-1960s ukuphendula kuloo minyaka ilishumi yezidubedube, izidubedube, udushe olungenangqiqo olufana newotshi yewotshi kaCharles Whitman. Ukuhlasela eAustin, eTexas.
Ngelixa i-SWAT ingeyiyo kuphela into ebonisa ukuba umkhosi wamapolisa waseMelika uyanda, yeyona nto ibonakalayo. Ukwanda kwamaqela e-SWAT kulo lonke ilizwe kunye namaqhinga abo e-paramilitary baye basasaza uhlobo lobupolisa obunobundlobongela obuyilelwe into engaqhelekanga kodwa kule minyaka yenziwe yinto eqhelekileyo. Xa ingcamango ye-SWAT yavela ngaphandle Philadelphia kwaye AmaSebe amaPolisa aseLos Angeles, yathathwa ngokukhawuleza ngamapolisa esixeko esikhulu kwilizwe lonke. Ekuqaleni, nangona kunjalo, yayingamandla aphezulu abekelwe izehlo ezinobungozi ngokukodwa, njengabadubuli abasebenzayo, iimeko zokubanjwa, okanye ukuphazamiseka okukhulu.
Phantse kwisiqingatha senkulungwane kamva, oko akuseyonyani.
Ngowe-1984, ngokutsho kukaRadley Balko Ukunyuka kweGorha lamaPolisa, malunga nama-26% eedolophu ezinabemi abaphakathi kwama-25,000 nama-50,000 ayenamaqela e-SWAT. Ngo-2005, elo nani lalinyuke laya kutsho kuma-80% kwaye lisakhula, nangona iinkcukacha-manani ze-SWAT zaziwa kunzima ukuzifumana.
Njengoko inani lamaqela e-SWAT liye lakhula kwilizwe lonke, ngokunjalo nohlaselo. Unyaka ngamnye ngoku, kukho malunga 50,000 uhlaselo lwe-SWAT eUnited States, ngokutsho kukaNjingalwazi uPete Kraska weSikolo sezoBulungisa kwiYunivesithi yaseKentucky. Ngamanye amazwi, malunga namaxesha ali-137 ngosuku iqela le-SWAT lihlasela ikhaya kwaye lifake abahlali kunye noluntu olujikelezileyo kwigrogrisi.
Ukunyusa i-Ante yeProfayili yobuhlanga
Kwingxelo esanda kukhutshwa, โImfazwe Ibuyela Ekhaya,โ I-American Civil Liberties Union (umqeshi wam) yafumanisa ukuba phantse i-80% yazo zonke izihlaselo ze-SWAT eziphononongiweyo phakathi kwe-2011 kunye ne-2012 zisetyenziselwe ukuphumeza umyalelo wokukhangela.
Khawunqumame apha umzuzwana kwaye ucinge ukuba olu hlaselo lwamakhaya lunobundlobongela lusetyenziswa rhoqo kubantu abarhanelwa kuphela ngolwaphulo-mthetho. Amaqela e-paramilitary axhobileyo ngoku ahlala egqogqa iingcango ekhangela ubungqina bolwaphulo-mthetho olunokwenzeka. Ngamanye amazwi, amasebe amapolisa aya ngokuya ekhetha iqhinga elihlala likhokelela kumonzakalo kunye nomonakalo wepropathi njengokhetho lokuqala, hayi indlela yokugqibela. Ngaphezulu kwe-60% yohlaselo oluphandwe yi-ACLU, amalungu e-SWAT agqogqa iingcango ekhangela amachiza anokubakho, hayi ukusindisa umthinjwa, ukuphendula kwimeko ye-barricade, okanye ukuthomalalisa umdubuli osebenzayo.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi lwaloo mnyango ophukileyo, ngokuphindaphindiweyo kunokuba kunjalo, ngabamnyama kunye neLatinos. Xa i-ACLU inokubona uhlanga lomntu okanye abantu ababeqhekezwa ikhaya labo, i-68% ye-SWAT ihlasela abantu abancinci yayiyinjongo yokuphumeza umyalelo wokukhangela iziyobisi. Xa kufikwa kwabamhlophe, elo nani lehla laya kutsho kuma-38 ekhulwini, nangona inyani eyaziwayo yokuba abantsundu, abamhlophe, kunye namaLatinos bonke basebenzisa iziyobisi amaxabiso alinganayo. Amaqela e-SWAT, kubonakala ngathi, anerekhodi eliphazamisayo lokusebenzisa ngokungafanelekanga izakhono zabo ezikhethekileyo ezibekwe kuluntu lwemibala.
Cinga ngoku njengeprofayili yobuhlanga kwi-steroids apho ukuthotywa kokuyeka kunye ne-frisk kuphakanyiswa kwinqanaba elitsha eloyikisayo.
Militarization yemihla ngemihla
Sukucinga, nangona kunjalo, ukuba ingqondo yasemkhosini kunye nezixhobo ezinxulumene nokusebenza kwe-SWAT zivalelwe kwezo yunithi ziphezulu. Bayanda, bangena kuzo zonke iintlobo zamapolisa.
NjengoKarl Bickel, umhlalutyi ophezulu womgaqo-nkqubo kwi-ofisi yeSebe lezoBulungisa yeeNkonzo zesiPolisa soLuntu, uyabona, amapolisa kulo lonke elaseAmerika aqeqeshwa ngendlela egxininisa amandla nogonyamelo. Yena amanqaku ukuba uqeqesho lokugaya luthanda irejimeni esekwe kuxinzelelo emiliselwe kwinkampu yoqeqesho yasemkhosini endaweni yenkqubo yokufunda ekhululekileyo esetyenziswa liqaqobana lamasebe amapolisa. Isiphumo, ucebisa, ngamagosa aselula akholelwa ukuba ubupolisa bumalunga nokukhaba iimpundu kunokuba basebenze noluntu ukwenza iindawo ezihlala zihlala zikhuselekile. Okanye njengosomahlaya uBill Maherkhunjuzwa kutshanje amagosa athi: โAmagama akwimoto yakho athi, โkhusela uze ukhonze,โ abhekisela kuthi, kungekhona kuwe.โ
Olu hlobo lolawulo luchasene nentanda-bulumko ephambili ekucingelwa ukuba ilawula ukucinga kwaseMelika kwinkulungwane yamashumi amabini ananye: uluntu ekuhlaleni. Ugxininiso lwayo kumnqophiso โwokugcina uxoloโ ngokudala nokugcina intsebenziswano yokuthembana kunye noluntu oluncedwayo. Ngaphantsi kwe imodeli yoluntu, kwenzeka ukuba ifilosofi esemthethweni yobupolisa kurhulumente wase-US, amagosa ngabakhuseli kodwa kunye nabasombululi beengxaki abafanele ukukhathalela, okokuqala, malunga nendlela uluntu lwabo olubabona ngayo. Abayaleli intlonipho, ithiyori iya: bayayifumana. Uloyiko alufanelanga ukuba ibe yimali yabo. Ukuthembela ku.
Nangona kunjalo, iividiyo eziqesha amapolisa, njengakwezo zivela eCalifornia iSebe laMapolisa aseNewport Beach kunye neNew Mexico iSebe lamaPolisa eHobbs, badlale ngenkuthalo hayi i-engile yoluntu kodwa ukulwa njengendlela yokutsala abafana abancinci ngesithembiso somdlalo womkhosi kunye nezinto zokudlala zobugcisa obuphezulu. Ubupolisa, ngokweevidiyo zokugaya abasebenzi ezifana nezi, azikho malunga nokusombulula iingxaki ngokuzolileyo; Imalunga nawe namakhwenkwe akho naqhekeza iingcango ezinzulwini zobusuku.
Impembelelo ye-SWAT ifikelela ngaphaya koko. Thatha i ukwandisa ukwamkelwa iiyunifomu zokulwa (BDUs) zamagosa ajikelezayo. Ezi zixhobo zomkhosi, zihlala zimnyama, ii-jumpsuits, uloyiko lwe-Bickel, zibenza bangangeneki kwaye mhlawumbi babe ndlongondlongo ngakumbi ekusebenzisaneni kwabo nabemi abafanele ukubakhusela.
Iprojekthi encinci kwiYunivesithi yaseJohns Hopkins ibonakala iyingqina le nto. Abantu baboniswa imifanekiso yamapolisa enxibe iyunifomu yawo yesintu kunye neeBDU. Abaphendulayo, uphando lubonise, kungcono ukuba ipolisa libonakale linxibe isinxibo esibhulu. Ishwankathela iziphumo zayo, uBickel ubhala, "Imbonakalo yomkhosi ngakumbi yee-BDU, kufana nokubonwa kumabali eendaba zomkhosi wethu kwimimandla yemfazwe, iphakamisa umbono wokuba amapolisa ethu angamajoni ahlala kwindawo ethile engaphakathi edolophini, endaweni yabakhuseli basekuhlaleni abathembekileyo."
Bazifumana Phi Ezo Toy Zintle?
โNdiyazibuza ukuba ndingangena engxakini ngokwenza oku,โ utshilo lo mfana kumhlobo wakhe okwisihlalo sabakhweli njengoko befota into entsha yeOfisi ye-Saginaw County Sheriff: i-Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) imoto. Njengoko benza ifilimu ye-MRAP ngasemva, yabo Ividiyo engahlawulwayo une Ukukhanya okubomvu-esque ukuziva, ngokungathi umkhosi ohleliyo ngoku ujikeleza ezi zitrato zedolophu yaseMichigan. โOku kulungiselelwa amaxesha amageza kakumkani, mfondini,โ watsho omnye umfana. โKutheni,โ uphendula umhlobo wakhe, โisixeko sethu sifumene laa kumkani ukhohlakeleyo?โ
Ngapha koko, akukho nto yenzekayo kwiSithili saseSaginaw eqinisekisa ukuthunyelwa kwesithuthi esixhobileyo esikwaziyo ukumelana neembumbulu kunye nohlobo lwezixhobo eziqhushumbayo eziphuculweyo imikhosi yabavukeli ethe yatyala rhoqo ezindleleni kwiindawo zemfazwe zaseMelika zakutsha nje. USheriff uWilliam Federspiel, nangona kunjalo, woyika kakhulu. โNjengesherifu yelizwe, kufuneka ndibeke kweyona ndawo ilungileyo ukukhusela abemi bethu nokukhusela impahla yethu,โ utshilo. xelelwe intatheli. โKufuneka ndilungiselele into embi.โ
Ubenethamsanqa kuFederspiel, umthambo wakhe wokulungela intlekele ayibizanga nesenti emdaka iofisi yakhe. Oko $425,000 MRAP yeza njengesipho, ngenceba kaMalume uSam, evela kwenye yeemfazwe zethu ezikude ezichasene nabavukeli. Imfihlo encinci embi yokulwa kwamapolisa kukuba abarhafi bayayixhasa ngeenkqubo ezibekwe yiPentagon, iSebe lezoKhuseleko lweLizwe, kunye neSebe lezoBulungisa.
Thatha inkqubo ye-1033. I-Arhente yoLungiselelo lwezoKhuselo (i-DLA) inokuba yi-arhente efihlakeleyo ngaphakathi kwiSebe lezoKhuselo, kodwa ngenkqubo ye-1033, eyongamelayo, yenye yezinto ezibangela ukuba amapolisa aseMelika asebenzise umkhosi ngokugqithisileyo. Ukuqala ngo-1990, iCongress eligunyazisiweyo I-Pentagon yokudlulisela ipropathi yayo eshiyekileyo simahla kumasebe obumbano, aseburhulumenteni, kunye namapolisa asekhaya ukuze alwe imfazwe neziyobisi. Ngowe-1997, iCongress yandisiwe injongo yenkqubo ukubandakanya ukulwa nobunqolobi kwicandelo 1033 lomthetho oyilwayo wogunyaziso lokhuselo. Kwiphepha elinye lomthetho onamaphepha angama-450, iCongress yanceda ukutyala imbewu yamapolisa anamhlanje.
Isixa sezixhobo zomkhosi ezidluliselwe ngenkqubo sikhule ngokweenkwenkwezi kule minyaka. Ngo-1990, i-Pentagon yanika izixhobo ezixabisa i-1 yezigidi zeedola kumthetho wase-US. Elo nani liye latsibela phantse kwi-450 yezigidi zeerandi ngo-2013. Lilonke, le nkqubo ithumele ngenqanawa ngaphezulu kwe-4.3 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi zezinto ezixabisekileyo kurhulumente nakumapolisa asekuhlaleni, ngokweDLA.
Kwingxelo yayo yakutshanje, i-ACLU ifumene uluhlu oluphazamisayo lwezixhobo zomkhosi ezithunyelwa kumasebe amapolisa asekuhlaleni kwilizwe lonke. Amapolisa aseNorth Little Rock, e-Arkansas, umzekelo, afumene imipu eyi-34 ezenzekelayo kunye ne-semi-automatic, iirobhothi ezimbini ezinokuxhotyiswa, izigcina-ntloko zomkhosi, kunye nesithuthi sobuchule seMamba. Amapolisa aseGwinnet County, eGeorgia, afumene imipu engama-57 eyi-semi-automatic, uninzi lweeM-16 kunye neeM-14. I-Utah Highway Patrol, ngokutsho a USalt Lake City Tribuneuphando, ifumene i-MRAP kwinkqubo ye-1033, kwaye amapolisa ase-Utah afumana izibhamu ze-1,230 kunye neziqhumane ezine ze-grenade. Emva kokuba iSebe lamaPolisa aseMzantsi Carolina lifumene iMRAP yalo exabisa i-658,000 yeedola, uMlawuli walo we-SWAT uKapteni EM Marsh. phawula ukuba izithuthi ezingama-500 ezifanayo ziye zahanjiswa kwimibutho yogcino-mthetho kwilizwe lonke.
Okumangalisayo kukuba, isinye esithathwini sayo yonke impahla yemfazwe eyabelwe urhulumente, asekuhlaleni, kunye neearhente zamapolisa ezizwe zintsha kraca. Oku kuphakamisa eminye imibuzo edidayo: Ngaba iPentagon iyinkcitho nje xa ithenga izixhobo zomkhosi kunye nezixhobo ngeedola zabarhafi? Okanye ngaba le inokuba yenye imarike esezantsi, exhaswa ngemali yeekontraka zokhuselo? Nokuba ithini na impendulo, iPentagon isasaza izixhobo kunye nezixhobo ezenzelwe amaphulo e-US counterinsurgency phesheya kumapolisa ajikeleza izitrato zaseMelika kwaye oku kuthathwa njengomgaqo ofanelekileyo eWashington. Umyalezo ubonakala umangalisa ngokwaneleyo: yintoni enokuba yimfuneko eKabul inokuba yimfuneko kwiDeKalb County.
Ngamanye amazwi, imfazwe yenkulungwane yamashumi amabini ananye yobunqolobi iye yadibana ngokugqibeleleyo nemfazwe yenkulungwane yamashumi amabini yeziyobisi, kwaye isiphumo sasingasenakuphazamisa: imikhosi yamapolisa eya ijongeka kwaye yenza njengemikhosi ehleliyo.
Indlela iSebe lezoKhuseleko lweLizwe kunye neSebe lezoBulungisa abaxhobisa ngayo amaPolisa
Xa amasebe amapolisa ejonge ukuqinisa iingalo kunye namaqhinga, iPentagon ayisiyiyo yodwa umdlalo edolophini. Ii-arhente zasekuhlaleni zikuyo, nazo.
Ngexesha 2011 uphando, Iintatheli u-Andrew Becker kunye noGW Schulz bafumanisa ukuba, ukususela ngo-9/11, amasebe amapolisa ajonge ezinye zeendawo ezikhuselekileyo eMelika asebenzise i-34 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi kwinkxaso-mali yenkxaso-mali evela kwiSebe lezoKhuseleko lwaseKhaya (DHS) ukulwa nemfazwe egameni lokulwa nobunqolobi.
EFargo, kuMntla Dakota, umzekelo, isixeko kunye nedolophu ejikelezileyo yaya kwi-8 yezigidi zeerandi zokuchitha imali ngemali yomdibaniso, ngokutsho kukaBecker noSchulz. Nangona i-avareji yendawo yayingaphantsi kokubulawa kwabantu kabini ngonyaka ukusukela ngo-2005, yonke imoto yamajoni ngoku ixhobe ngombayimbayi. Amapolisa nawo ayakwazi ukufikelela kwizigcina-ntloko ze-Kevlar ezinokumisa umlilo omkhulu kunye nelori enezixhobo ezixabisa malunga ne-250,000 yeedola. EPhiladelphia, ePennsylvania, amapolisa ayi-1,500 abethe aqeqeshelwa ukusebenzisa imipu ye-AR-15 ngenkxaso-mali yokhuseleko lwelizwe.
Njengakwinkqubo ye-1033, akukho DHS okanye urhulumente kunye noorhulumente basekhaya abaphendula ngendlela izixhobo, kubandakanya isikrweqe somzimba kunye needrones, ezisetyenziswa ngayo. Ngelixa isizathu esibangela ukugcinwa kwezi zinto zomkhosi kuhlaselo lwabanqolobi, ukudutyulwa kwesikolo, okanye esinye isiganeko esoyikekayo, isixhobo siqhele ukusetyenziswa ukwenza ugqogqo lweziyobisi, njengoko uBalko ephawula.
Sekunjalo, owona mthombo wothusayo womkhosi wamapolisa liSebe lezoBulungisa, elona qumrhu lizinikele ngokusemthethweni ekusasazeni imodeli yamapolisa kuluntu ngeofisi yeeNkonzo zobuPolisa eziJolise kuLuntu.
Kwi 1988, Congress eligunyazisiweyo iinkqubo zesibonelelo sikaByrne kuMthetho wokuChasene nokuSetyenziswa gwenxa kweZiyobisi, eyanika urhulumente kunye namapolisa asekuhlaleni imali yokubhalisana kwimfazwe karhulumente yeziyobisi. Loo nkqubo yesibonelelo, ngokuka-Balko, ikhokelele ekudalweni kwemikhosi yengingqi kunye nemimandla emininzi yolawulo lwe-narcotics, ethe yafumana imali yomdibaniso kwaye, ngolawulo oluncinci lwe-federal, ilizwe, okanye lendawo, bayichitha befaka izixhobo zabo kunye namaqhinga. Ngo-2011, ngama-585 ale mibutho yabasebenzi iyasebenza ngaphandle kwenkxaso-mali yeByrne.
Izibonelelo, uBalko ubika, ukwakhuthaza uhlobo lwamapolisa olwenze ukuba imfazwe yeziyobisi ibe namandla atshabalalisayo kuluntu lwaseMelika. ISebe lezoBulungisa liye lakhupha izibonelelo zeByrne ngokusekelwe ekubeni mangaphi amagosa abanjweyo, ingakanani impahla ayithathileyo, kunye neziqinisekiso ezithe zasebenza. Ezona zinto la mabutho asebenzayo e-narcotics zenze kakuhle kakhulu. Ubhala athi uBalko: โNgenxa yoko, sinamaqela atyhutyhayo amapolisa eziyobisi, athwele izixhobo zeSWAT, afumana imali ukuba agqogqa ngakumbi, abambe ngakumbi, ahluthe izinto ezingakumbi, yaye ngokuqinisekileyo akanakuphenduliswa xa ethe. phuma emgceni.โ
Nokuba ngaba olu mkhosi lwenzekile ngenxa yenkuthazo yomdibaniso okanye ukuthathwa kwezigqibo zesigqeba kumasebe amapolisa okanye zombini, amapolisa kwilizwe lonke axhobile ngemfazwe encinci okanye akukho ngxoxo kawonke-wonke. Enyanisweni, xa i-ACLU icela iirekhodi ze-SWAT kwii-255 ii-arhente zokunyanzeliswa komthetho njengenxalenye yophando lwayo, i-114 yabaphika. Izizathu zokwaliwa okunjalo zahluka, kodwa zibandakanya iingxoxo zokuba amaxwebhu aqulethe "iimfihlo zorhwebo" okanye iindleko zokuthobela isicelo ziya kuba nzima. Uluntu lunelungelo lokwazi ukuba amapolisa awenza njani umsebenzi wawo, kodwa amaxesha amaninzi, amasebe amapolisa acinga ngenye indlela.
Ukuba Lipolisa Kuthetha Ukungaze Uthethe Uxolo
Ngokwengxelo, ubungqina buyanda bokuba amapolisa asemkhosini aseMelika asisisongelo kukhuseleko loluntu. Kodwa kwilizwe apho amapolisa ezijonge ngakumbi njengamajoni esilwa usuku nosuku, akukho mfuneko yokuphendula eluntwini okanye nokucela uxolo xa izinto zingahambi kakuhle.
Ukuba ubupolisa basekuhlaleni buxhomekeke ekuthembaneni phakathi kwamapolisa nabantu, ubupolisa obunomkhosi busebenza kwingqikelelo โyokhuseleko lwamagosaโ ngazo zonke iindleko kunye nokudelela nabani na obona izinto ngokwahlukileyo. Isiphumo sisimo sengqondo โsokuba ngokuchasene naboโ.
Buza nje abazali bakaBou Bou Phonesavanh. Malunga nentsimbi yesi-3:00 kusasa nge-28 kaMeyi, iQela leeMpendulo eziKhethekileyo laseHabersham County laqhuba ugqogqo ngaphandle kokunkqonkqoza kwikhaya lesihlobo esikufuphi neCornelia, eGeorgia, apho usapho lwaluhlala khona. La mapolisa ebekhangela unyana womninimzi, amrhanela ngokuthengisa amayeza axabisa i-$50 kumntu oyimfihlo. Njengoko kwenzekayo, akazange aphinde ahlale apho.
Nangona kukho ubungqina bokuba kukho abantwana - i-minivan kwi-driveway, izinto zokudlala zabantwana zigcwele igceke, kunye nePack 'n Play ecaleni komnyango - igosa le-SWAT lajulwa. "i-flashbang" yesiqhushumbisi ekhaya. Yahlala kwibhedi ka-Bou Bou eneenyanga ezili-19 ubudala yaza yaqhushumba, yenzakalisa kanobom umntwana. Xa unina owayedakumbile wazama ukufikelela kuye, amagosa amkhwaza ukuba ahlale phantsi aze avale umlomo, emxelela ukuba umntwana wakhe uphilile yaye usandulโ ukuphulukana nezinyo. Phofu impumlo yakhe yayijinga ebusweni, umzimba utshiswe kakhulu, wayenomngxuma esifubeni. Ubalekiselwe esibhedlele, uBou Bou kwafuneka afakwe kwi-coma ebangelwa ngunyango.
Amapolisa athi yonke le nto yayiyimpazamo kwaye akukho bungqina bokuba kukho abantwana. โAkukho senzo sibi senziweyo,โ nguSheriff weNqila yaseHabersham uJoey Terrell xelelwe le I-Atlanta Journal-siseko. โIbiyingozi embi ebingafanelanga ukuba yenzeke. AbakwaPhonesavan abakafumani xolo kwi-ofisi kasherifu. โAkukho nto. Akukho nto yonyana wethu. Akukho khadi. Akukho bhaloni. Hayi umnxeba. Akukho nto, "umama kaBou Bou, u-Alecia Phonesavanh, xelelwe CNN
Ngokufanayo, iNtloko yamaPolisa aseTampa Bay uJane Castor uyaqhubeka egxininisa ukuba ukufa kukaJay Westcott kuhlaselo lomkhosi kwindlu yakhe yayilityala lakhe. "Mr. UWestcott waphulukana nobomi bakhe kuba wayejolise umpu ogcweleyo kumapolisa. Ungawususa wonke umcimbi wentsangu emfanekisweni,โ uCastor wathi. "Ukuba kukho into ebonisa ukuba kukho urhwebo oluxhobileyo oluqhubekayo - umntu othengisa i-narcotics ngelixa exhobile okanye ekwazi ukusebenzisa umpu - ke iqela lokuphendula ngobuchule liya kuqala ukungena."
Ekukhuseleni kwakhe uhlaselo lwe-SWAT, uCastor wachitha nje naluphi na uxanduva lokufa kukaWestcott. โBenze konke abanako ukunikezela ngesi siqinisekiso ngendlela ekhuselekileyo,โ utshilo wabhala le Tampa Bay Times โ โyonke into,โ oko kukuthi, kodwa fumana enye indlela yokugqogqa ikhaya lendoda ababeyazi ukuba yoyikela ubomi bayo.
Phantse isiqingatha sawo onke amakhaya aseMelika abika ukuba anompu, njenge-ACLU amanqaku kwingxelo yayo. Oko kuthetha ukuba amapolisa ahlala enesingxengxezo esisele silungisiwe sokusebenzisa amaqela e-SWAT ukwenza iziqinisekiso xa kukho iindlela ezizezinye ezinobundlobongela obunganeno.
Ngamanye amazwi, ukuba amapolisa akholelwa ukuba uthengisa iziyobisi, lumka. Ukukrokra kuphela abakufunayo ukuguqula umhlaba wakho ujonge phantsi. Kwaye ukuba azichananga, ungakhathazeki; injongo ayinakuba ngcono.
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Ukuxhotyiswa kwamapolisa akufanelanga ukuba kumangalise. NjengoHubert Williams, owayesakuba ngumlawuli wamapolisa eNewark, eNew Jersey, kunye noPatrick V. Murphy, owayesakuba ngumkomishinala weSebe lamaPolisa eSixeko saseNew York, Yibeke malunga neminyaka engama-25 eyadlulayo, amapolisa โangabalinganisi boluntu asebenza kulo.โ Emva kwe-9/11 eMelika, oko kuthetha ukuba amapolisa azaliswe yingqondo ye-"hooah" yamajoni kwaye enze ngathi alwa novukelo kwiyadi yawo yangasemva.
Ngelixa isantya somkhosi wamapolisa siye sakhawuleza, ubuncinci bekukho ukutyhala kumagosa akhoyo ngoku kunye nawangaphambili abona umkhwa wokuba yintoni na: ukutshatyalaliswa kwamapolisa ekuhlaleni. ESpokane, eWashington, iBhunga uMike Fagan, owayesakuba ngumcuphi wamapolisa ukutyhala ngasemva ngokuchasene namapolisa anxibe ii-BDU, ebiza ukuvuka "kukoyikisa" kubemi. E-Utah, indlu yowiso-mthetho kudlula ibhili efuna isizathu esinokubakho phambi kokuba amapolisa aqhube ugqogqo olungankqonkqozwayo. INtloko yamaPolisa eSixeko saseSalt Lake uChris Burbank ube ngumgxeki ngelizwi lomkhosi,xelela iphepha lasekuhlaleni, โAsingomkhosi. Kwaye asifanele sibonakale njengomkhosi ohlaselayo ongena. Kutshanje, iNtloko uCharlie Beck weSebe lamaPolisa eLos Angeles vu nyelwene kunye ne-ACLU kunye ne Los Angeles Times Ibhodi yokuhlela ukuba "imigca phakathi konyanzeliso lomthetho kamasipala kunye nomkhosi wase-US ayinakuba mfiliba."
Umphathi wamapolisa aseSeattle osele esidla umhlala-phantsi uNorm Stamper uye waba ngumgxeki ongafihlisiyo kumkhosi wamapolisa, ephawula ukuba "uninzi lwezinto amapolisa abizelwa ukuba azenze, imihla ngemihla, kufuna umonde, idiplomacy, kunye nezakhono zokusebenzisana." Ngamanye amazwi, amapolisa asekuhlaleni. UStamper yinkosi eyakhanyisa ngokuluhlaza impendulo yomkhosi kuqhanqalazo lweWorld Trade Organisation kwisixeko sakhe ngo-1999 (โIdabi eSeattleโ). Sisigqibo angathanda ukusithatha kwakhona. "Inkxaso yam kwisisombululo somkhosi yabangela ukuba isihogo sahlukane," watsho wabhala kwi Wesizwe. โAmatye, iibhotile kunye neeroki zamaphephandaba zabhabha. Zophuka iifestile, iivenkile zaphangwa, kwavutha umlilo; yaye igesi engakumbi yazalisa izitrato, yaye amanye amapolisa esabela ngokucacileyo, esanda yaye eyandisa ungquzulwano.โ
Aba babesakuba ngamapolisa kunye namagosa omthetho bayaqonda ukuba amagosa asebupoliseni akufuneki aphule umnyango wabemi ngo-3 am exhobe ngee-AR-15 kunye ne-flashbang grenades ekhangela isixa esincinci seziyobisi, ngelixa i-MRAP ingasebenzi kwi-driveway. Abachasi bomkhosi, nangona kunjalo, bambalwa ngoku. Kwaye de kube olo tshintsho, ugqogqo lwamapolisa anogonyamelo luya kuqhubeka nokuqhekeza iingcango zamakhaya aseMelika aphantse abe li-1,000 XNUMX ngeveki.
Imfazwe, xa iqalile, ayifane ibekho.
UMatthew Harwood ngumbhali/umhleli ophezulu kwi-American Civil Liberties Union kunye ne TomDispatch rhoqo. Ungamlandela kuTwitter@mharwood31.
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