IsiXeko saseNew York asisayi kubamba abantu ngenxa yokutshaya imbiza esidlangalaleni.I-PEDRO PARDO / AFP / imifanekiso kaFetty Ngo-2013, njengokuba uShapriece Townsend, 26, wayeshiya umakhulu wakhe kwikhaya lezindlu laseNew York City (NYCHA), amapolisa amabini agqobhoza emva kwakhe amqhina ngocingo olwalunesinqe semoto yawo.
Emva koko baphuma ngaphandle kwemoto bephethe imipu yabo kwaye bamkhangela ngaphandle kwemvume yakhe bafumana inamba encinci yentsangu, ethi Townsend ichaze njengobungakanani bepakethi yeswekile.
Baye bangena epokothweni ngaphandle kwemvume yam ... bakhupha yonke into epokothweni yam, utshilo uTownsend, olilungu le-VOCAL New York, iqela elikhuthaze iindawo ezikhuselekileyo zokufaka inaliti kunye nokuqinisekiswa ngokusemthethweni kwentsangu.
Waya ejele iintsuku ezintathu kwaye wafumana isigwebo esambiza umsebenzi kwaye waphantse wamhlawula ibhedi yakhe kwindlu eseChauncey naseMarion Streets eBrooklyn.
Ukuba ndifuna ukufumana umsebenzi kwiThagethi okanye kwiBurger King okanye nakwezinye iindawo, baya kubona ukuba [ukugwetywa intsangu] kwirekhodi yam kwaye kuyaphazamisa, Townsend iyaqhubeka. Bandixelela ukuba ndiphume engxakini iinyanga ezintandathu emva koko, [kodwa] ndisenayo irekhodi.
Ngethamsanqa, oko kungatshintsha kungekudala kwi-Townsend kunye nabanye abanjengaye.
USodolophu, u-Bill de Blasio, osala echasa ukuba semthethweni intsangu, uyalela i-NYPD ukuba ikhuphe iisamoni kubantu abatshaya intsangu esidlangalaleni endaweni yokubabamba, Iindaba zeNew York Daily ixelwe ngeCawa.
Ukwakha iqela lamagosa esixeko eliza kuthatha amanyathelo okulungiselela ukuba semthethweni intsangu, ejonga kwimicimbi enjengokuba amapolisa aza kunxibelelana njani nabantu abatshaya intsangu esidlangalaleni, amaphulo ezempilo oluntu esixeko aza kuwenza, kwaye loluphi ulwahlulo olufunekayo lokulungiselela intsango.
Naluphi na utshintsho kumgaqo-nkqubo wesebe lamapolisa alunakukwenza oko iphunyezwe lide liphele ihlobo.
I-Townsend ilumkise ukuba i-NYPD inembali yokusika abantu ukuze ihlale itshixiwe, isithi amapolisa asenokusebenzisa intsangu njengesizathu sokukhangela abantu ngokungekho mthethweni.
Basebenzisa esi sixhobo njenge, 'Masibone ukuba sinesigunyaziso,' yongeza iTownsend.
Uye waphawula ukuba u-de Blasio wenza izithembiso zokutshintsha i-NYPD ngaphambi kokuba anyulwe kodwa akangezi.
Into esiyifunayo ku-de Blasio kukuba yinyani yelizwi lakhe, utshilo u Townsend, ebhekisa kwizithembiso ezaphukileyo. Ndacinga ukuba ayeke kwaye i-frisk kwakufuneka iyeke. Ngokucacileyo oko kuyaqhubeka kwaye ndicinga ukuba akulunganga.
Kwiveki ephelileyo, usodolophu ubhengeze ukuba isixeko siza kuguqula kwaye sihlaziye imigaqo-nkqubo enxulumene nokubanjwa kwentsangu. Umkomishinala wamapolisa uJames O'Neill waseka iqela elisebenzayo leentsuku ezingama-30 ukuphonononga umgaqo-nkqubo.
Kwi-2017, iipesenti ezingama-86 zabantu ababanjelwe inqanaba eliphantsi lokufumana intsangu esixekweni babengabantu abamnyama nabaseSpanishi, kwaye ngaphantsi kweepesenti ezilithoba babemhlophe-ngaphandle kokuba isixeko sityhila umgaqo-nkqubo omtsha kwi-2014 ukulungisa ukungafani.
Kwingxelo edityanelweyo, uKassandra Frederique, umlawuli weNew York State we-Drug Policy Alliance (DPA), obesebenza kulo mbandela, kunye no-Alyssa Aguilera, umlawuli olawulayo we-VOCAL NY, bacele isixeko ukuba sibuyise amalungelo abantu kunye Ukutywina iirekhodi zabo.
Kubalulekile ukuba i-NYPD entshaumgaqo-nkqubokwentsangu-leyo uSodolophu u-Blasio angabelananga ngayo esidlangalaleni- ayinakuquka ukuhonjiswa kwemifanekiso ngokusekwe, umzekelo, irekhodi lolwaphulo-mthetho, okanye imeko yengqawule / yokulingwa; ayiniki amapolisa igunya elingacacanga lokukhetha ukubamba 'ukhuseleko loluntu' izizathu; kwaye ilungisa endaweni yokunyusa ukujolisa kwangoku kwabantu abantsundu kunye neLatino New Yorkers yi-NYPD yokubiza intsangu, babhala.
UNick Encalada-Malinowski, umlawuli wephulo lamalungelo oluntu e-VOCAL-NY, uxelele i-Braganca ukuba iqela alibonanga zinkcukacha kumgaqo-nkqubo omtsha wesixeko okwangoku abanalo nofifi lokuba usodolophu uzimisele ukwenza ntoni.
Ufuna ukuqinisekisa ukuba amapolisa awasebenzisi ntsangu njengesizathu sokumisa asetye abantu, nokuba kukwizitepsi ze-NYCHA okanye iimoto. Uye wakhankanya ukuba ukungafani ngokobuhlanga akubikho nje ekubanjweni kodwa nakwisamani.
Kithina, akufuneki kubanjwe, akufuneki kubekho iisamani, u-Encalada-Malinowski uqhubeke. Abantu kufuneka bashiyeke bodwa.
Ngaba uSodolophu waseBlasio uyasitshintsha isimo sakhe kwiMarijuana?
Usodolophu uvumile ukuba ayinakuphepheka into yokuba intsangu izakuba semthethweni eNew York. Amazwe alithoba kunye neWashington, DC banembiza esemthethweni.
Kwangoko kule nyanga, u-de Blasio uye wavula indawo ezine ezikhuselekileyo zenaliti njengenxalenye yenkqubo yokulinga unyaka omnye yokulwa nokusweleka kweziyobisi kunye nobhubhane we-opioid.
Ngo-Janyuwari, u-Andrew Cuomo, owayechasana nokusetyenziswa ngokusemthethweni kwentsangu, wabhengeza ukuba uza kuwufunda lo mba. Kwaye urhulumente weDemocratic Party kulindeleke Dlulisa isigqibo bexhasa intsangu esemthethweni kwindibano yayo kule veki.
Inenekazi lokuqala uChirlane McCray, igqwetha likarhulumente kunye nomgqatswa wegqwetha jikelele wase New York u-Letitia James, umgqatswa wobugqwetha u-Cynthia Nixon bonke baxhasa ukwenziwa ngokusemthethweni kwentsangu.
USomlomo weBhunga lesiXeko uCorey Johnson kunye noMfu Al Sharpton kutsha nje bacele i-NYPD ukuba ikhuphe iisamani kubatshayi beembiza zoluntu.
UJohnson uxelele uMbonisi ukuba uyakuxhasa ukumiselwa kwentsangu, efuna irhafu kwaye ilawulwe kwaye imali isetyenziselwe unyango lweziyobisi kunye neenkqubo zemfundo. Ukwafuna ukuba kurekhodwe iirekhodi zabantu, athe waqaphela ukuba ziya kufuna inyathelo likarhulumente.
Ndiyakholelwa ekubeni kufuneka sishiye kwaye sichithe iirekhodi zakhe nabani na owabanjwa ngenxa yentsangu eyayingesosenzo sobundlobongela- nokuba yeyokugcina okanye yokutshaya-kwaye uye wababamba ngokungeyomfuneko kwinkqubo yezobulungisa kulwaphulo-mthetho, utshilo.
Ubize lo mgaqo-nkqubo wangoku uphambene, ungenangqondo kwaye ungenabulungisa kwaye uvelana neemfuno zabameli zokutshaya imbiza zoluntu ukuba zingabanjwa okanye zifumane iisamani.
Ndiyayiqonda inkxalabo, nangona ndicinga ukuba umgaqo-nkqubo owenziwe malunga nokubangabanini kunye nokukhupha iisamanisi yayilinyathelo elilunge kakhulu kwicala elifanelekileyo ngalo mzuzu ngexesha, kwaye ndicinga ukuba eli nyathelo lokungabambi abantu ngokutshaya intsangu uluntu lelinye inyathelo elilungileyo kwicala elifanelekileyo, u-Johnson uqhubeke, ebhekisa kutshintsho lomgaqo-nkqubo we-2014.
Kwaye uyathemba ukuba intsangu iya kubhaliswa ngokusemthethweni eNew York kungekudala.
Andiziva ndiqinisekile njengosodolophu ukuba olo suku luza kufika kwangoko, uJohnson walwa. Ndiyathemba ukuba iyenzeka, kwaye kufuneka sizilungiselele xa isenza njalo ukuze sibe nemigaqo-nkqubo kunye nemimiselo evakalayo.
UQueens Councilman Donovan Richards, usihlalo weKomiti yeKansile yoKhuseleko loLuntu, ubize inyathelo lika-Blasio inyathelo eliphambili, ekwabonisa ukuba iyanceda ukunciphisa unxibelelwano phakathi kwabafuduki abangenazo iimpepha kunye ne-US Immigration and Customs Enforcing (ICE) xa bebanjelwe inqanaba eliphantsi ukona.
Kodwa wagcina ukuba iBhunga liza kuqhubeka nokubeka iliso kumgaqo-nkqubo we-NYPD. Wakhomba kumthetho osayilwayo osandula ukwenziwa liBhunga ofuna ukuba i-NYPD ibonelele ngedatha ethe ngqo ngakumbi malunga nokuba ngubani ojolise kumgaqo-nkqubo wokunyanzeliswa kwentsangu.
Asicwangcisi ukuyekisa le nto nangaliphi na ixesha kungekudala, utshilo uRichards.
Kwaye ngelixa evumelana neenkxalabo zabameli malunga nokubizwa, wathi kunzima ukuthi akufuneki banike iisamani ngokunikwa ukuba intsangu ayikabikho semthethweni eNew York.
Ndisafuna ukulumkisa ukuba nangona sisiya kwisamani, oko akuthethi ukuba masiyiyeke incoko yokungafani kuba nangesamani, kungakho ukungafani ngendlela ekunikwa ngayo iisamani, naye uRichards uyaqhubeka.
Nasiphi na isixeko, nasiphi na usodolophu, nabaphi na abaphathi abasabambayo abantu kula macala akumgangatho ophantsi bazakufumana bekwicala elingalunganga lembali, utshilo uRichards. Ke ndicinga ukuba usodolophu ohamba ngoku ukuba abe kwicala lasekunene lembali kukhulu kwezopolitiko kuye kuba uya kubonwa kwicala lasekunene lembali, nangona ndingatsho ukuba kuthathe ixesha elide ukuba ulawulo apha banikwe ukuba babaleke kumgaqo-nkqubo kunye neqonga lokulunga.
Itshantliziyo lamalungelo intsangu uJon Gettman, uprofesa wezobulungisa kwezolwaphulo mthetho kwiYunivesithi yase Shenandoah eVirginia, wathi kuyamangalisa ukuba ukungafani ngokobuhlanga kuyaqhubeka nangona urhulumente ebeka ityala lokuba nentsangu ngo-1977.
Oko uSodolophu de Blasio akuthethileyo ngokufanelekileyo siza kuqala ukujonga oku njengombandela wezempilo eluntwini kunomcimbi wobulungisa kulwaphulo-mthetho, utshilo u-Gettman.
Uye walatha kumcimbi wokumisa imigaqo-nkqubo yentsangu ukuyenza ihambelane nemigaqo-nkqubo yecuba nokusela, nangona kukho umahluko phakathi kwezi zinto zintathu.
Ngokubhekisele kwinto yokuba abantu abatshayayo ngeembiza zoluntu akufuneki banikwe iisamani, wathi ukungababambi linyathelo elikhulu eliya phambili ekubeni kukusetyenziswa okungcono kwezixhobo zamapolisa.
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ULisa Wilcox, 52, ongumhlali wecandelo iSt. George eStenen Island, akatshayi mkhuba kodwa akasiboni isizathu sokuba abantu bafumane nesamani.
Ndicinga ukuba abakufanele ukufumana iisamani nokuba kunjalo-nokuba kusemthethweni okanye akukho semthethweni, uyazi ukuba ndithetha ukuthini ?, utshilo uWilcox. Kutheni befanele ukufumana iisamani?… [Nangoku], ndicinga ukuba kungcono kunokuvalelwa.
Kwaye uyayixhasa ngokusemthethweni intsangu, esithi kuya kubakho ulwaphulo-mthetho oluncinci olunokubakho xa i-cannabis isemthethweni.
Umhlali waseFresh Meadows uRobert Rowley, 23, uthe amapolisa kufuneka enze into ebaluleke ngakumbi ngexesha labo, ecebisa ukuba bajolise kubantu abathengisa iziyobisi okanye abenza ezinye izenzo zolwaphulo-mthetho ezibi kakhulu.
Njengokuba ilizwe lisiya ekunikezeleni ngolwaphulo-mthetho kunye nokwenza ukuba semthethweni, kuyavakala ukungafaki abantu ezintweni ezenzekayo nokungavali inkqubo yethu yejele, kwaye ndicinga ngokwembono, yeyona nto ibaluleke kakhulu, utshilo uRowley.
