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Imbangela yokuguqulwa kobulungiswa bobugebengu, eminyakeni yamuva nje, ibe yinto eyamukelekayo yokuhlukana okwedlulele okuhlasele kakhulu kwezombusazwe zethu. Kusukela ngo-2008, inani lamajele lehlile ezingxenyeni eziningi zezwe, kuzo zombili izifunda ezibomvu neziluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka. Lehle ngamaphesenti ayishumi nesithupha eLouisiana kanye namashumi amabili nambili eSouth Carolina, okucishe kufane nokwehliswa kwezindawo ezikhululekile, njengeCalifornia (amaphesenti angamashumi amabili nesithupha) kanye neNew York (amaphesenti angamashumi amabili nanye). Ukulwa nokuboshwa kwabantu abaningi kwaze kwadala isikhashana sobudlelwane obubili eWashington, ngo-2018, lapho iCongress yadlula kakhulu, futhi uMongameli uTrump wasayina, i-First Step Act, eyenza ukuthuthuka okuthobekile emikhubeni yokugwetshwa kombuso.
Kodwa le nqubekela phambili, okungenani ezingeni likahulumeni, isimile. Emasontweni ambalwa selokhu kwaqubuka imibhikisho ezweni lonke kulandela ukubulawa kukaGeorge Floyd, eMinneapolis, ngoMeyi 25, uMongameli usebuyele emfundweni โyomthetho nokuhlelekaโ eveze umkhankaso wakhe wango-2016. Okwakuseqophelweni eliphezulu, uMnyango Wezobulungiswa, ngaphansi koMmeli Jikelele uWilliam Barr, uzibandakanye nezinhlobo ezeqisayo inhlangano yezinguquko ezame ukuyilungisa. Iningi lemibhikisho ibinokuthula kodwa bekunodlame nokucekelwa phansi kwempahla. Lezi zinhlobo zobugebengu ngokuvamile beziyingxenye yenkantolo yabashushisi bombuso, abasingatha ubugebengu obunobudlova obuningi e-United States. Nokho abashushisi bakaBarr bangenelele bathwesa okungenani abantu abangamashumi ayisikhombisa amacala ngamacala ahlobene nemibhikisho. E-Mobile, e-Alabama, umbhikishi kuthiwa usebenzise ilulwane ukugqekeza iwindi lemoto yamaphoyisa. Isenzo esinjalo siwubugebengu bombuso obumangalisayoโukushayaโkodwa abashushisi bombuso bazama ukuletha icala โlokuphazamiseka komphakathi,โ besebenzisa umthetho wombuso ongavamile ukusetshenziswa. Ukufaka icala enkantolo yombuso kuvumela uBarr ukuthi amelane nababhikishi futhi, okubaluleke nakakhulu, ukubenza bafanelekele ukugwetshwa isikhathi eside ejele, njengoba kuvamise ukuba njalo ekushushisweni kombuso.
Isibonelo esibi kakhulu salolu hlobo lokweqisa kwenhlangano senzeka eNew York, lapho abashushisi baseBrooklyn bengase baphendule ebugebengwini ngokungalungi. Ngomhla zingama-29 kuNhlaba, abameli ababili abahlonishwayo, u-Colinford Mattis no-Urooj Rahman, babamba iqhaza emibhikishweni e-Fort Greene. Ngokwesikhalo esifakwe enkantolo yombuso, ngemva nje kwamabili, u-Rahman waphuma evenini eyayishayelwa nguMattis waphonsa i-cocktail yakwaMolotov ngefasitela eliphukile lemoto yamaphoyisa eyayingahlali muntu. (Kwenye ingxenye yaseBrooklyn, uSamantha Shader, owesifazane oneminyaka engamashumi amabili nesikhombisa wasenyakatho neNew York, ubekwe icala lokuhlasela okuhlukile kweMolotov-cocktail evenini yamaphoyisa; akukho kuhlasela okudale ukulimala.)
Laba bameli bobabili baseminyakeni yabo-XNUMX. UMattis uthweswe iziqu ePrinceton nasesikoleni sezomthetho saseNyuvesi yaseNew York, futhi usebenze kwaze kwaba muva nje enkampanini yezomthetho eyaziwayo eManhattan. Ukhuthele ezindabeni zomphakathi eBrooklyn, futhi unesibopho sokunakekela amalungu amaningana omndeni asemasha. U-Rahman, owaphothula ekolishi nasesikoleni sezomthetho saseFordham University, wasebenza e-Bronx Legal Services. Akekho owayenerekhodi lobugebengu. (UShader ubenerekhodi lokuboshwa okuhlukahlukene ezindaweni ezahlukene zezwe.) UMattis noRahman baliphikile icala, kodwa icala labo libonakala liqinile. Ngokusho kwabashushisi, kunobufakazi bevidiyo bokuthi u-Rahman ujikijele ibhomu, futhi amaphoyisa athola izithako zokwenza ama-cocktail e-Molotov evenini kaMattis.
Nokho, ekuletheni icala labo, uMnyango Wezobulungiswa wenze ukweqisa okudabukisayo. Uma belahlwa amacala, uMattis noRahman babhekene neminyaka engamashumi amane nanhlanu kanye nesigwebo sentambo ejele. (Ukube bebeshushiswa enkantolo yezwe, njengoba bekufanele, bebeyobhekana neminyaka emihlanu noma ngaphansi.) Icala libonisa ukuphendukezela kwezigwebo eziphoqelekile, ezihlala zivamile enkantolo yombuso, naphezu kwezinguquko ezenziwa Isinyathelo Sokuqala. Isenzo. Izinkinga ezinobuncane obuyimpoqo ziqala ngeqiniso elilula lokuthi zigcina abantu ejele iminyaka eminingi kakhulu. Baphinde bagxilise amandla ezandleni zabashushisi futhi basuse ukuqonda kumajaji, ngokuvamile aba nombono obanzi emazingeni afanele esijeziso. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ubuncane obuyisibopho busonta lonke uhlelo lwezokwahlulela, ngokubeka ingcindezi engabekezeleleki kubamangalelwa (nabameli babo) ukuthi bafake izicelo zecala futhi bagweme ubungozi obulethwa icala. (Abashushisi bavame ukuhoxisa ubuncane uma abamangalelwa bevuma ukuvuma icala.)
Indaba kaMattis noRahman ilibonisa ngokucacile leli phuzu. Ebhekene nesiqiniseko samashumi eminyaka ejele uma elahlwa yijaji, yimuphi ummangalelwa ongeke azame ukunqamula isivumelwano ukuze athole isigwebo esincane? Enkantolo yombuso namuhla, amaphesenti amangalisayo angamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye nesikhombisa abamangalelwa ayalivuma icala kunokuba aye enkantolo. Kodwa uhlelo lapho kungenamuntu oya enkantolo lunikeza abashushisi bakahulumeni amandla amakhulu kakhulu. Amajaji namajaji kufanele asebenze njengesheke kubashushisi, futhi abakwazi ukwenza lowo msebenzi uma cishe wonke ummangalelwa elivuma icala. Ezikhathini eziningi, abashushisi, njengalabo ecaleni likaMattis noRahman, basebenzisa amaphepha abekwe icala ukuze bathole ukuvuma icala kunokuba bathole ubulungisa.
Lesi, ngezindlela eziningi, isikhathi esinikeza ithemba ngenqubekelaphambili ohlelweni lobulungisa nobugebengu. Abameli bezifunda emadolobheni afana nePhiladelphia, iMilwaukee, neSan Francisco bayahoxa ekuphishekeleni okungenangqondo kokugwetshwa okwengeziwe nezigwebo ezinde. U-Eric Gonzalez, Ummeli Wesifunda SaseBrooklyn, naye ungumguquli, okungenzeka kube yisizathu sokuthi abalandeli bakaBarr bamphuce amacala e-Molotov-cocktail. I-Attorney General ayizwanga lutho ngaphandle kokudelela izindlela eziphucuzekile zokuqinisa umthetho. Enkulumweni yakhe ngoFebhuwari, wahlasela isizukulwane esisha sabashushisi, ethi, โLaba ma-D.A. bacabanga ukuthi basiza abantu, kodwa bagcina sebebalimaza. Le migomo empeleni iholela ebugebengwini obukhulu.โ Lokhu, uma sikubeka ngothando, akunabufakazi. Abashisekeli bezinguquko bebenqoba ukhetho ezweni lonke hhayi ngoba abantu babo befuna โubugebengu obukhuluโ kodwa ngoba bebona ukuthi sibophe abantu abaningi kakhulu (ikakhulukazi abantu abaningi bemibala) isikhathi eside kakhulu.
Njengenjwayelo, u-Barr uhambisa umphathi wakhe, ophendule imibhikisho kaGeorge Floyd ngemizwa emibi yokufuna ubuhlanga nokucwasa. Kepha, njengoba kubi njengoba ukufakwa kukaTrump ku-Twitter nakwezinye izindawo, izenzo zikaBarr zimbi kakhulu, ngoba abantu nemiphakathi bazobe bekhokha izindleko iminyaka, noma amashumi eminyaka ezayo. โฆ
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