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Emasontweni amathathu kuqulwa icala laseMinneapolis likaDerek Chauvin lokubulala uGeorge Floyd, iphoyisa elimhlophe endaweni engumakhelwane eBrooklyn Center labulala insizwa emnyama egama layo. Daunte Wright futhi kuboniswe ngamagama abuhlungu ukuthi umthetho usalokhu ubambene nempi yobandlululo e-Black America naphezu kokuhlolwa kwezwe. Isikhulu uKimberly Potter, umakadebona oneminyaka engu-26 emnyangweni wakhe, kuthiwa wenze iphutha isibhamu sakhe wadubula ngaso kanye, kwashona umfana, 20, ngesikhathi ezama kanzima emotweni yakhe ebuka intombi yakhe, ebigibele njengomgibeli.
Njengabantu abaningi abaNsundu baseMelika, u-Wright wayesaba ukusebenzisana namaphoyisa ngokufanelekile. Umeluleki wakhe Jonathan Mason wathi, “Wayesaba ukuthi amaphoyisa azokwenza into efana nalena kuye.” Ummeli UBenjamin Crump, obemele imindeni yezisulu zamaphoyisa ezingenakubalwa emacaleni omphakathi, uthe, “Asiziboni lezi zinto zenzeka entsheni emhlophe esizibona zenzeka ngokuphindaphindiwe entsheni encane encishwe amathuba.”
Ukwesatshiswa kwabaNsundu ngamaphoyisa kusekelwe ekuchemameni okungase kwenzeke. I-Stanford Open Policing Project yahlola izindawo zokumisa amaphoyisa ezingaba yizigidi eziyikhulu futhi yathola ukuthi “izikhulu ngokuvamile zimisa abashayeli abamnyama ngamanani aphezulu kunabashayeli abamhlophe,” nokuthi “abashayeli abamnyama nabamaSpanishi baseshwa kaningi kunabashayeli abamhlophe.” Ngaphezu kwalokho, “amaphoyisa adinga ukusoleka okuncane ukuze aseshe abashayeli abansundu nabaseSpain kunabashayeli abamhlophe,” abacwaningi abaphetha ngokuthi “kuwubufakazi bokucwasa.”
Ngokusho kukanina kaWright, udonswe eceleni ngenxa yokuthi bekune-air freshener elenga esibukweni sakhe esibuka ngemuva—okungesinye isizathu esixakayo sokwengeza ohlwini lwezizathu ezijwayelekile zokuthi kungani abantu abamnyama baseMelika besola amaphoyisa. I-ACLU yaseMinnesota ikhiphe i-a isitatimende bethi “kunokukhathazeka okukhulu ngokuthi amaphoyisa alapha abonakala esebenzise izinto ezilengayo njengezaba zokumisa ukuze abone sengathi, into amaphoyisa ayenza kaningi ukuze aqondise abantu abamnyama.”
Ishiye ku Wall Street Journal ukunxusa ukuthi kuxwayiswe lapho kuphuthuma ukwahlulela iphoyisa futhi esikhundleni salokho basole ababhikishi ngokusebenzisa ukudubula "njengezaba zodlame." Leli phepha akuvamisile ukuthi uma like lizwakalise intukuthelo ngokubulawa kwamaphoyisa okucwaswa ngokwebala eMelika.
Izintatheli Ezizimele Ezimnyama zithanda KingDemetrius Pendleton ziye zaba ukumboza icala likaChauvin kanye nemibhikisho ephikisana nokubulawa kuka-Floyd ngonyaka odlule futhi banombono ohluke kakhulu ngalesi simo. Ku-an interview, uPendleton wangichazela ukuthi ukubulawa kuka-Floyd “kwakufana nokudutshulwa komphakathi,” bese “ukubona uDaunte Wright ebulawa ngendlela efanayo” kwakuhlukumeza izakhamuzi zendawo. U-Pendleton uvela emphakathini othinteke kakhulu udlame lwamaphoyisa eMinneapolis futhi uhlinzeka ngokujwayelekile izishoshovu ezimelene nonya lwamaphoyisa kanye namalungu omndeni wezisulu zamaphoyisa ngenkundla.
U-Pendleton wachaza ukuthi kwakuyinhlekisa ngathi ukulindela ukuthi abantu abasha “bazokwehlisa umoya” lapho bebhekene nodlame lombuso. Ngemuva kokubulawa kukaWright, imibhikisho emikhulu eMinneapolis naseBrooklyn Center iholele ekuboshweni kwabantu abaningi njengoba izakhamuzi ezithukuthele zibhekane namaphoyisa. “Bakhathele ukubuka abangani babo abancane bebulawa ngamaphoyisa, kanti abazi ukuthi akukho okuzokwenzeka ngoba akwenzeki lutho,” kusho uPendleton. Kuwumbhalo ojwayelekile wokuthi uma ababhikishi begxeka ukubulawa kwamaphoyisa, kugxilwa kakhulu entukuthelweni yabo yokulunga kunodlame lombuso abalugxekayo. Pendleton uceliwe UDkt Martin Luther King Jr amazwi athi, “Isiphithiphithi siwulimi olungezwakali.” “Abantu base-Afrika baseMelika abanabo abelaphi nakho konke lokho. Kumele babhekane nokuhlukumezeka,” kusho uPendleton.
Njengoba nje ukuphawula kweWall Street Journal egxile kubabhikishi esikhundleni sokubulawa kwamaphoyisa kwakungazwakali, kwaba njalo. UJoe Biden's ibiza “ukuthula nokuzola.” Ngemva kokubulawa kukaWright, umongameli wathi, “Asikho nhlobo isizathu sokuthethelelwa—asikho—sokuphangwa, asikho isizathu sobudlova.” Ubengakhulumi ngodlame lwangempela lwamaphoyisa, kunalokho ukhuluma ngodlame olungase lube khona kubabhikishi.
Uma izimemezelo zokuthula ziphezulu kunezimemezelo zobulungiswa, kusho ukuthi umyalezo weMelika kubantu abaMnyama uthi bavale umlomo babulawe. Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) ubekhuluma ngokungagwegwesi, ebhala ku-Twitter ukuthi ukubulawa kukaWright "kwakuwukubulala okuxhaswe nguhulumeni," nokuthi "Amaphoyisa ezweni lethu anobandlululo ngokwemvelo futhi ngamabomu."
Okubaluleke nakakhulu, u-Tlaib waveza ikhambi lalolu dlame lombuso olubhekiswe kubantu abaNsundu: “Ngeke kusaba amaphoyisa, ukuboshwa, kanye nezempi. Ngeke kuguqulwe,” kusho yena wabhala. Ubekhuluma ngezingcingo zezishoshovu zeBlack Lives Matter zokuthi “Babuyisele Amaphoyisa Imali,” esekelwe embonweni wokuthi izindleko ezinkulu zesabelomali zedolobha ekuqinisekiseni ukuthotshelwa komthetho zisetshenziswa kangcono zisetshenziswa ngokuqondile ezinsizeni zomphakathi. Izimpendulo eziqondile futhi ezikhululekile enkingeni yodlame lwamaphoyisa kube ukuphonsa imali eningi emaphoyiseni, hhayi kancane. Nangemuva kwemibhikisho yangonyaka odlule yeBlack Lives Matter ifuna kwehliswe isabelomali samaphoyisa, iningi lisakhushulelwa imali okuhlobene nezinsizakalo zedolobha ezisiza ngokuqondile imiphakathi. Phakathi kwezinguquko eziningi zamaphoyisa ezithembise ukuqeda udlame kodwa ezethula ezinye ezifanayo amakhamera omzimba kwezikhulu.
Odabeni lukaWright, ikhamera yomzimba kaPhoyisa uPotter akenzanga lutho ukuvimbela ukusabela kwakhe ngesihluku. Owakwenza kwakuwukukhombisa ukuthi ulwa kanjani nodlame ngokuvamile amaphoyisa. Lapho ebona i Imidwebo, uPendleton uthe kwakumcacela ukuthi isikhulu sase-Afrika saseMelika esasisohlelweni lokubopha u-Wright “sasimphatha kuqala, bese ubona lo wesifazane omhlophe engena avele ambambe… futhi ngokuyisisekelo wasishubisa sonke isimo. ”
Emahoreni angemva kokudutshulwa kuka-Wright, iNhloko Yamaphoyisa Esikhungo SaseBrooklyn u-Tim Gannon unikeze isikhulu uPotter ithuba lokungabaza, Bethi, "Kuyinkolelo yami ukuthi iphoyisa belihlose ukusebenzisa isibhamu sabo kodwa esikhundleni salokho ladubula uMnu. Wright ngenhlamvu eyodwa." Abomthetho kanye nabalingani babo bavame ukuthethelela ukuziphatha kabi kwamaphoyisa njengamaphutha aqondakalayo avela ngenxa yengcindezi yomsebenzi. Nokho basola izisulu zokubulawa kwamaphoyisa ngokungaziphathe kahle ngesikhathi sezimo ezishubile zokuboshwa kwamasosha ahlomile.
Bobabili uPotter noGannon ushiye ezinsukwini ezimbili emva kokubulawa kukaWright, nasesikhathini sakhe incwadi yokwesula, uPotter uthe “kuzozuzisa umphakathi, umnyango, kanye nezikhulu engisebenza nazo uma ngesula ngokushesha.” Nakuba ukwesula ngokushesha ngemva kokubulawa kwamaphoyisa kunikeza inqubekelaphambili encane uma kuqhathaniswa nokungenzi lutho okuphawulwa ngakho ukubulawa kwamaphoyisa okuningi, akwanele. Unina kaWright, Nyesha Wright, wathi esithangamini sabezindaba, “Bashushiseni, sengathi bazosishushisa.” U-Potter manje usebekwe icala ukubulawa komuntu okwesibili.
Kuze kube manje yiphoyisa elilodwa kuphela endaweni yaseMinneapolis elisesikhumbuzweni sakamuva eselishushiswe, lagwetshwa, futhi lagwetshwa iminyaka engaphezu kweshumi ngesigameko sokudubula esibulalayo: U-Mohamed Noor, iphoyisa laseMelika elimnyama elidubule ngephutha owesifazane omhlophe wase-Australia ogama lakhe lingu-Justine Ruszczyk, lambulala. Phakathi nokuqulwa kwecala likaNoor, isisulu sakhe sasinobuntu obujulile, futhi ukulahlekelwa ukuphila kwaso kwapendwa njengenhlekelele okwakumfanele. Owayeyisikhulu uNoor wazwakalisa ukuzisola okukhulu ngalokho akwenza, ethi, “Sekuyiminyaka emibili ngicabanga futhi ngathandaza ngalokhu, kusukela ngesikhathi ngithatha ukuphila kukaJustine Ruszczyk.”
Qhathanisa lokhu nokuntula ukuzisola okuboniswa ngu chauvinist futhi Umbumbi ngezimpilo zabamnyama zabo. Kusazobonakala ukuthi lezi zikhulu ezimbili ezimhlophe zizoziphendulela yini ngesenzo sazo. Okwamanje, amaphoyisa azoqhubeka nokubulala, futhi abezombangazwe bazoqhubeka nokunxusa ukuba abantu behlise umoya lapho bebhekene nalesi sibhicongo kuyilapho beklomelisa iminyango yamaphoyisa ngemali eyengeziwe becasha ngokuthi “izinguquko.”
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