Kufakazelwe ukuthi Ukushayela Ngenkathi Abamnyama kungenza abantu base-Afrika baseMelika bamiswe ngokungafanele, baseshwe, baphulwa, mhlawumbe baze babulawe, ngaphandle kwesizathu. Kodwa kufaneleka kakhulu ukusho ukuthi Ukuphila Ngenkathi Umnyama, ikakhulukazi kwabesilisa base-Afrika baseMelika, kuyingozi eMelika. Lapho abansundu bevezwa njengohlanga lobugebengu, kulula ngalabo abahamba bengahlukunyezwa esitolo ngelungelo labo elimhlophe ukuba balondoloze leyo ndlela okufanele kube ngayo.
Ngakho-ke ngicabanga ngalokhu ngosuku lomngcwabo kaFreddie Gray nezibhelu emgwaqweni. Insizwa yaseBaltimore eyafika ishayisana namaphoyisa, yabalekela impilo yayo, yaboshwa futhi yalimala ngendlela engaqondakali esitokisini samaphoyisa - ukulimala okwaholela ekufeni ngemva kwesonto. Futhi ngingathanda ukwethuka, ukushaqeka nokumangala ngale nhlekelele, kodwa ngeshwa anginjalo. Lokhu sekuyibhizinisi njengokujwayelekile eMnyangweni Wamaphoyisa aseBaltimore. Buza umndeni ka-Anthony Anderson, owabulawa amaphoyisa endleleni eya emcimbini wosuku lokuzalwa. Ngingathanda ukuthukuthela ngokufa kwabantu okungenamsebenzi, kodwa-ke, sekube nabaningi abalahlekelwe izimpilo zabo ngaphandle kwesizathu esithile ngezandla zamaphoyisa ezweni lonke.
Ngakho ngiba ngasanguluki kakhulu ngale ndaba futhi ngikhumbula uMichelle Alexander owabhala ngokufakwa kwezempi kombutho wamaphoyisa encwadini yakhe ethi The New Jim Crow. Empeleni ngimbone ekhuluma ngemva kwesigameko sikaGrey eGoucher College lapha eBaltimore. Engxoxweni eyayihamba phambili, u-Alexander wathi ngemuva kokuba abezindaba bekhuluma ngobhubhane lwe-crack cocaine ngesikhathi sikaReagan, amasosha ezweni lonke aqala ukulwa. Abantu batshelwa ukuthi i-crack idale lesi sigebengu se-Robo saseSchwatzenager, esingalawuleki njengamaphoyisa nje ahlomile. Ephendula lokho u-Alexander uthi, "... iPentagon yaqala ukunikeza amathangi nemishini yezempi kwabezomthetho wendawo ukuze balwe le mpi."
Lokho kungachaza ukuthi kungani isihloko se-Capital Journal sathi:
Izikhali ezicekele phansi i-Afghanistan kanye ne-Iraq sezingene kwezomthetho wendawo. Ngenkathi amasosha ezweni lonke eqala inqubo yezempi - egcwaliswe ngamaqembu e-SWAT namabhomu e-flash-bang - lapho uMongameli uReagan eqinisa "impi yezidakamizwa," i-post-9/11 "impi yobushokobezi" yengeze uphethiloli emlilweni. .
I-New York Times esihlokweni sikaMatt Apuzzo ibuyekeze lokhu. Yathi ngesikhathi sika-Obama, โiminyango yamaphoyisa iye yathola amashumi ezinkulungwane zezibhamu ezingontuluntulu; omagazini bezinhlamvu abacishe babe ngu-200,000 XNUMX; izinkulungwane zezingcezu zokufihla kanye nemishini yokubona ebusuku; namakhulu ezithulisi, izimoto zezikhali nezindiza.โ
Ngakho lapho sibheka ukufa kwamadoda amnyama angahlomile ngamaphoyisa amhlophe eFerguson, Missouri, New York naseBaltimore eqonda impi, amaphoyisa aqala ukungena ezindabeni zokumangala nokungakholwa kwethu ngokuphelele. Izinto ezingenangqondo ezingakhulumeki ziqala "ukuba nengqondo." (Akunjalo.) Kodwa ake sithi bayakwenza.
Umhlaba ugcwele isiphithiphithi mayelana nalezi zigameko zokufa kwabantu baseTrayvon okuke kwahlukanisa izwe phakathi. Kodwa okungaziwa kangako ukugasela kwamaphoyisa e-SWAT okwesabisa imiphakathi empofu eyesaba amaphoyisa endawo ngaphezu kwe-al qaida.
Njengoba kwenzeka, i-American Civil Liberties Union ishicilele umbiko onamakhasi ayi-100 onesihloko esithi, โImpi Ibuyela Ekhaya: Ukulwa Okudlulele Kwezempi Kwamaphoyisa AseMelika.โ Baphethe ngokuthi lokhu kuhlasela kwamaphoyisa, "kuthinta ngokungafanele abantu abanemibala futhi kubukela phansi inkululeko yomuntu ngamunye, futhi kuvunyelwe ukuthi kwenzeke ngaphandle kwengxoxo yomphakathi enengqondo."
Baphinde baveza ukuthi amaqembu e-SWAT ayengadingeki kakhulu ukuthi akhiphe izincwadi ezigunyaza izidakamizwa kubantu abasolwa nje ngobugebengu. Kodwa-ke, amaqembu e-SWAT asebenzisa amaqhinga ezempi ukuze aphule iminyango futhi aqale ukudubula adala izinhlekelele ezingenzi ukunakwa kwezwe.
Umbiko ucaphuna amacala. Ngo-2008 lapho iphoyisa elikhulu lisola u-Anthony Terry ngokudayisa izidakamizwa eLima, e-Ohio ithimba le-SWAT lagqekeza umnyango kaTarika Wilson lavulela ngenhlamvu. Hey ubulale uWilson, 26, intombi kaTerry, walimaza nengane yakhe enonyaka owodwa ubudala. Iphoyisa elabulala uWilson litholakale lingenacala kuwo wonke amacala.
Ekhuluma ngomonakalo owenzelwa isibambiso, ngemva kokubona amathoyizi ezingane egcekeni elingaphambili, ithimba laseWisconsin SWAT elinezibhamu langena langena emzini womndeni wakwaPhonesavanh laphonsa ibhomu eliqhumayo. Umuntu ababemkhokhisa wayengekho nasendlini. Lokho akuzange kuvimbe ibhomu ukuthi lihlale embhedeni wengane enezinyanga ezingu-19.
Konke lokhu kuqala ukuhlangana lapho sibona ukuthi amasosha aqeqeshelwe ukulwa aphuma e-Afghanistan nase-Iraq ezomaphoyisa emigwaqweni yethu. Baletha nakho konke ukuhlukumezeka kwempi futhi ngenkathi behlome kakhulu, benza ukucindezeleka kwabo emigwaqweni ebomvu, emhlophe neluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka yaseMelika.
U-Tim Dees, oyiphoyisa eselathatha umhlalaphansi kanye noprofesa wezobulungiswa bobugebengu uthe, โNgokwami โโukubona, cishe uhhafuโ wamaphoyisa angamasosha futhi โamaningi asasebenza eziqiwini noma ku-National Guard.โ Azikho izibalo eziqinile kulokhu, nokho i-International Association of Chiefs of Police ithole kunesidingo sokushicilela incwadi yomhlahlandlela echaza โizithiyo zesikhashanaโ omakadebona abangase babhekane nazo uma okuhlosiwe kungaseyona i-al qaida, kodwa, kahle...uWalter Scott, wadutshulwa. izikhathi eziyisishagalombili ngemuva, noma uMichael Brown, ukufa ngokuklinywa, noma uFreddie Grey, ukufa ngezinsolo.
O, angimangazi futhi ngidakiwe kakhulu ngoFreddie Gray. Ngiyaqonda. Ngicabanga ukuthi kufanelekile ukucaphuna emthonjeni ohlakaniphe kakhulu, uPogo, umlingiswa wekhathuni owathi, โSisibonile isitha futhi yithina.โ
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