Izinsuku ezimbalwa ngeviki, umlobeli wengosi uJames Gill ubeka isibonelo sokubhala okungasho lutho, izimpikiswano ezinamaphutha, nokungabi nalwazi kwamaqiniso ayisisekelo avame ukudlula ukuze kuhlaziywe. Ummeli waseNew Orleans. Umsebenzi kaGill uwuphawu lokucwasa okujulile okuvela kubaphathi bemithombo yezindaba yethu yasendaweni. I-New Orleans isengu-60% wase-Afrika-waseMelika, kodwa ubungeke ukwazi kubasebenzi abaningi abamhlophe nabaphathi be Ummeli waseNew Orleans, noma indawo ka-Gill yangaphambili, I-Times-Picayune.
UGill wayesekude kakhulu nokuqonda kwakhe ngoJuni 1, lapho ehlasela uNorris Henderson, ummeli oshisekayo nomshisekeli wezinguquko owachitha iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-27 ebhadle ejele ngecala angalenzanga.
U-Henderson waziwa kabanzi njengomunye wabaholi besizwe abahlakaniphe kakhulu futhi abazinikele emkhakheni wokuguqula ubulungiswa bobugebengu. Uke wafundisa e-Harvard Law School futhi wavela njalo emibikweni yezindaba kusukela ku-New York Times kuya ku-Al Jazeera. Njengoba uBill Quigley, umqondisi we-Law Clinic eLoyola, ephawula ephendula isihloko sikaGill, โEkulandeleni uNorris Henderson, uMnu. Ummeli sikhumbuze ukuthi kungani izwe lethu lihamba phambili emhlabeni ekubopheni nasekubopheni izakhamuzi zakhona.โ
Vincent Warren, umqondisi omkhulu we- Isikhungo samaLungelo omThethosisekelo, uphakathi kwabaholi abaningi bakazwelonke abaye bafundiswa uHenderson. โNoma ubani owazi uNorris noma oke wasebenza naye uyaqonda ngokushesha ukuthi uyindoda eqotho,โ kusho uWarren. โNgesikhathi ngiba yinhloko Yesikhungo Samalungelo Omthethosisekelo, uNorris wayengomunye wabantu bokuqala engathintana nabo ukuze ngithole iseluleko sokwakha ukugxila okuqinile kobulungiswa bobugebengu kuzwelonke ekukhulumeni kwethu.โ
UWarren uyanezela ukuthi uHenderson โuyisishoshovu, umqondisi, umngane, umeluleki futhi unombono wenkululeko kokubili eyigugu futhi enamandla. UNorris Henderson uyisibonelo esihle salokho thina njengabantu abakholelwa ebulungiswa okufanele sikulangazelele.โ
UJudith Browne Dianis, umqondisi omkhulu we Iphrojekthi Yentuthuko, ungomunye umholi kazwelonke othonywe kakhulu uHenderson. โUNorris usebenze ngokuzikhandla ukuze aqinisekise ukuthi abantu banamathuba esibili nokwenza ngcono izimpilo zabantu nemindeni ethintwa ukuboshwa kwabantu abaningi,โ usho kanje. โIzwi lakhe libalulekile kulo msebenzi futhi akumele kuvalwe iziphazamisi.โ
Ngisho noma iminyaka engu-27 yokuphila kwakhe yebiwa umbuso, uHenderson waba nomphumela ongaphezu kwezindonga zejele. Uxhumanise imikhankaso yokhetho yezwe lonke ephuma ejele naba I-Angola Special Civics Project, eyayihlela ngokufinyelela amalungu omndeni alabo ababoshiwe. Selokhu akhululwa, u-Henderson uqhubekile nomsebenzi wakhe wokungakhathali wobulungiswa, ethatha indima yobuholi kuzwelonke emikhankasweni efana nale Vimbela Ibhokisi, efuna ukumisa ukucwasa labo ababeboshelwe izicelo zomsebenzi, isikole nezindlu.
UJon Wool, umqondisi waseNew Orleans we-VERA Institute of Justice, uthi uHenderson โungummeli ongenabugovu wobulungisa nokuphepha kubo bonke abantu baseNew Orlean,โ futhi ubiza ukuhlaselwa kwakhe ingxenye โyesiko lokusebenzisa amademoni elikhulayo leli lizwe.โ
โSonke kufanele ngabe siyasiza ekukhuliseni izwi lakhe,โ kunezela uWool, โkunokuba sizame ukulithulisa.โ
Ukuhlasela kukaGill kwenzeke ngesikhathi u-Henderson ehola eqoqweni elingokomlando lezinguquko kwezobulungiswa bobugebengu muva nje isayinwe nguGovernor Edwards, kuyilapho futhi edlala indima ebalulekile ekulweni ukunwetshwa kwejele lase-Orleansan Parish Prison futhi esebenza ukubusa e ukuhlukumeza okwenziwe nguMmeli Wesifunda uCannizzaro. Mhlawumbe ikholomu, eyabhalwa ngaphandle kokubiza u-Henderson ukuze aphendule, ivele ngesicelo sabadlali bezombusazwe abasatshiswa yilezi zinguquko. U-Gill akazange aphendule esicelweni se-imeyili sezimpendulo zale mibuzo neminye ephakanyiswe lapha.
Akukhona okokuqala ukuthi u-Gill asebenzise inkundla yakhe ukuhlasela okuyihlazo emzamweni wokuphazamisa umsebenzi obalulekile wamalungelo omphakathi noma ukuguqulwa kobulungiswa bobugebengu. Ngenkathi uMnyango Wezobulungiswa umemezela ukuthi ngeke uqhubekisele phambili amacala ephoyisa elabulala u-Alton Sterling eBaton Rouge ngonyaka odlule, uGill. waqala ikholomu yakhe ngokukhononda ngokuthi uSterling wayenezingane komama abangaphezu koyedwa, wabe eseqhubeka enikeza ubufakazi obengeziwe bokuziphatha okubi okwakucatshangwa ukuthi u-Sterling uthi wayehlala endaweni yokukhosela engenakhaya, futhi โwayengumuntu wakudala, onamandla,โ njengokungathi lokhu. ulwazi olufanele lokubulala uMnu. Sterling.
Naphezu kokubhala njalo ngohlelo lwezobulungiswa bobugebengu, u-Gill ubonakala engazi ukuthi lusebenza kanjani. Ezingomeni zakhe uvame ukungavumelani nenganekwane yokuthi wonke umuntu oboshiwe kufanele abe lapho. Ebhala mayelana necala lesenzo sekilasi egameni leziboshwa zaseLouisiana ezigwetshwe ukufa, yena wababiza "okubi kakhulu kweqembu elonakele." Ukungazi okunjalo kubi kakhulu eLouisiana, okuyindawo yesine esizweni ngohlu lokufa ukukhululwa kweziboshwa enkathini yesimanje yesigwebo sentambo. New Orleans uhola isizwe ekukhululweni kuwo wonke amacala umuntu ngamunye.
Ngisho nalezi zibalo azikacaci kahle. Abantu abaningi abagwetshwe ngokungafanele, njengoHenderson, abakhululwa. Eqinisweni, iNkantolo Ephakeme iye yanquma lokho ubufakazi bokuthi umsulwa abanele ukuze umuntu akhululwe ejele. Izinga eliphezulu le-New Orleans lokukhulula abantu icala, kanye nokubhalwe phansi kwethu umlando wokuhlukunyezwa kwamaphoyisa futhi inkohlakalo yabashushisi, kuwubufakazi bokuthi abomthetho bedolobha lethu bavame ukukhomba abantu base-Afrika-baseMelika ngaphandle kokubheka iqiniso noma ubumsulwa. UGill une ebhaliwe mayelana nokungaziphathi kahle kwabashushisi, kodwa kubonakala sengathi ayikwazi ukwenza izibalo endabeni kaHenderson.
Ingxenye yesizathu esenza ukuthi uGill azi okuncane kangaka ngohlelo lwethu lwezobulungiswa bobugebengu kungenzeka ukuthi akahlali isikhathi esigcwele eNew Orleans. UGill ukhokhelwa ukuba upontificate kwezombusazwe zendawo njengoba ebhala amakholomu akhe amaningi esuka eNgilandi, lapho akhulela khona futhi echitha isikhathi sakhe.
Kodwa-ke, ngisho nalapho uGill ebhala ngohlelo lwezobulungiswa bobugebengu ezweni lakubo, akakabi nolwazi oluthe xaxa. Ebhala ngemibhikisho kanye nokuvukela umbuso okwalandela ukubulawa kwamaphoyisa eNorth London, eGill wabhala, "Akunakwenzeka ukuthi iningi labavukeli belinake kakhulu umsolwa obulewe." Mhlawumbe u-Gill ulahlekile ngokuzwela izisulu zobudlova bomthetho, akakwazi ngisho nokucabanga ukuthi abanye bangase babe nendaba nomuntu obulewe ngamaphoyisa. Njengoba ebona izinkumbi zabantu ziphumela emigwaqweni ziphendula ukubulawa, uGill uveza imizwa yakhe kubabhikishi.
U-Gill ubonise ukuzwelana nabantu abathile abasolwa ngezenzo zobugebengu, ikakhulukazi uma labo bantu besemibuthanweni yakhe ecashile. Lapho umngane wakhe uMichael Sartisky exoshwa eLouisiana Endowment for the Humanities ngemuva โkwephethini nomkhubaโ wokuhlukumeza ngokocansi okwaqhubeka okungenani iminyaka eyishumi nanhlanu, uGill wabhala. amaningi amakholomu evikela umngane wakhe, ebhekisela โekuhlanganiseni kukaSartisky okude, nokuvelele ne-LEH.โ
Iqiniso lokuthi Ummeli ikholelwa ukuthi abekho ama-African-American New Orleanians afaneleka ukuphawula ngepolitiki yasendaweni, kodwa inikeza inkundla isakhamuzi sase-UK uJames Gill, ebonisa ukuthi abaphathi bephepha bacabangani ngeningi lezakhamuzi zaleli dolobha.
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