IBrooklyn DA uKenneth Thompson(Ifoto: DON EMMERT / AFP / Getty Izithombe) Kwiintsuku ezintlanu emva kokubhengeza ukuba uyakuthatha ikhefu lokulwa nomhlaza, igqwetha lesithili saseBrooklyn uKen Thompson-igqwetha lokuqala lesithili sase-Afrika naseMelika-usweleke e-hospice eneminyaka engama-50, usapho lwakhe lwabhengeza ngokuhlwanje.
UThompson ubhengeze ukugula kwakhe kunye nokushiya kwakhe okulandelayo kwisithuba sakhe ngoLwesibini odlulileyo, nangona engakhange achaze ukuba uza kusishiya isikhundla sakhe okanye ixesha elingakanani, okanye ukuba isifo siqhubele phambili kangakanani. Uthe uMncedisi wakhe oyiNtloko u-Eric Gonzalez uzakuthatha indawo ngexesha lokungabikho kwakhe.
Usapho lukaThompson lathi amalungiselelo omngcwabo aza kulandela. Ushiyekelwe ngumfazi oneminyaka eli-17 ubudala, uLu-Shawn Thompson; abantwana bakhe ababini, uKennedy noKenny; Umama wakhe, utata, umntakwabo kunye nodadewabo.
Ngentliziyo enzima, usapho lweGqwetha leSithili saseBrooklyn uKen Thompson ubhengeze ukuba iGqwetha lesiThili lisweleke namhlanje emva komlo onzima wokulwa nomhlaza, utshilo usapho kwingxelo.
UGonzalez uthe yena kunye neqela elilawulayo baya kukhokela iofisi kwaye bafeze umbono kunye namanyathelo kaThompson.
Kungokuzisola okukhulu kunye nosizi olukhulu endikwazisa ngalo ukusweleka kwe-D.A. Ken Thompson, watsho kwingxelo. Wayesisigantsontso phakathi kwabo bafuna ukuguqula inkqubo yobulungisa kulwaphulo-mthetho kwaye sonke sinenyhweba yokuba sisebenze phantsi kobunkokheli bakhe obunenguqu kule minyaka mithathu idlulileyo, utshilo.
U-Thompson waqala ukubalasela ngo-2013 xa wabetha u-Charles Hynes oneminyaka engama-22 ukuba abe ligqwetha lesithili sase-Brooklyn. IDA entsha wayeyinxalenye yomatshini wezopolitiko ophakathi kweBrooklyn okhokelwa ngu-Congressman uHakeem Jeffries kunye nowayesakuba ngu-Councilwoman u-Una Clarke.
Uyaziwa ngokuseka imodeli yeCandelo lokuHlola ukuGweba eliye lashiya okanye laxhasa ukugxothwa kwabantu abangama-21 abagwetywe ngokungafanelekanga ngokubulala namanye amatyala yiHynes kwiminyaka emithathu. Kwaye ngo-2014, waphumeza umgaqo-nkqubo wokuba angatshutshisi abantu abakwinqanaba eliphantsi lokubanjwa nentsangu ukuze asindise abantu abancinci ukuba bakhe irekhodi lolwaphulo-mthetho.
Kodwa uThompson wangena engxakini xa abaphandi bamtyhola ngokwenza kwabo izinto egameni lakhe. Uye wabethwa ngetyala elili- $ 15,000 elivela kwisiXeko seBhodi yoNomdla ngokusebenzisa imali yeofisi ukuxhasa ukutya kwakhe.
Kwaye nangona wayenconywa ngumbutho weBlack Lives Matter xa wayefumana isimangalo kunye negosa lokugweba uPeter Liang ngokubulala abantu abamnyama baseBrooklyn Akai Gurley, usapho lakwaGurley kunye namagosa amnyama abamnyulileyo bamgweba xa wayecebisa uLiang ukuba asebenze endaweni yejele .
Phambi kokuba anyulwe igqwetha lesithili, uThompson wasebenza njengomshushisi wangaphambili kumbutho weSithili seMpuma New York Wayelilungu leqela elatshutshisa owayesakuba liGosa likaJustin Volpe ngo-1997 ukubethwa nokuhlukunyezwa kwabaphambukeli baseHaiti u-Abner Louima.
Uye waseka eyakhe inkampani, apho wayemele amaxhoba ocalucalulo lokukhulelwa kunye nabantu abafumana ucalucalulo ngokungekho mthethweni ngenxa yobuhlanga, isini, ubudala, inkolo okanye inkanuko yesini. Uye wasebenza namalungu eCongress kunye nabefundisi ukukholisa iSebe lezoBulungisa laseMelika ukuba liphinde livule uphando malunga nokubulawa kuka-Emmett Till oneminyaka eli-14 ubudala eMississippi.
USodolophu u-Bill de Blasio kunye nenkosikazi yakhe, i-First Lady u-Chirlane McCray, bathe u-Thompson wayeyintshatsheli yohlaziyo. UDe Blasio uyalele ukuba zonke iiflegi zehliswe zibe sisiqingatha sabasebenzi kwimbeko kaThompson.
Ngobomi kunye nesithembiso esinqumle kakhulu, isixeko sethu sasikelelwa ngamagqabantshintshiUKen'Ukuzibophelela okungagungqiyo kwezobulungisa kunye nokufuna kwakhe inkqubo engenabulungisa kubo bonke abo ebebakhonza, utshilo u-de Blasio noMcCray kwingxelo.
U-Andrew Andrew Cuomo ukwathe uza kuzisa zonke iiflegi kwisiqingatha sabasebenzi ngoMvulo njengembeko kwilifa lika Thompson.
Wancoma uThompson ngokwenza imbali njengegqwetha lokuqala elimnyama laseBrooklyn kwaye waphawula ukuba usebenze neGqwetha Jikelele uLoretta Lynch kwi-Mpuma yeSithili saseNew York ngaphambi kokuseka ifemu yezomthetho egxile kubulungisa bezentlalo kunye nokulwa ucalucalulo.
Ndibuhlungu kakhulu kukuva ngokudlula ngequbuliso kwegqwetha lesithili saseBrooklyn uKen Thompson emva kwedabi lomhlaza, utshilo uCuomo kwingxelo. UKen wayengumsebenzi waseburhulumenteni ozinikeleyo oqulethe eyona mithetho iphambili yomthetho, kwaye ubukho bakhe obuzukileyo buya kubakhumbula kakhulu.
Ummeli woluntu u-Letitia James uvakalise amazwi ovelwano kusapho luka-Thompson kwaye wabiza u-Thompson ngokuba ngumlweli omkhulu wezobulungisa.
Igqwetha lesithili uKen Thompson uzibophelele ekuziseni ubulungisa eBrooklyn, nasekwenzeni indawo yethu ikhuseleke kwaye ilungele wonke umntu, utshilo uJames kwingxelo. Uhlala enyanisekile kwisibophelelo sakhe kwade kwaba yimizuzu yakhe yokugqibela, kwaye sonke kufuneka siqhubeke nelifa lakhe ngokusebenzela enye iNew York.
Eli bali lihlaziyiwe ukuze libandakanye ingxelo evela kuSodolophu uBill de Blasio kunye noMongameli wokuqala uChirlane McCray.
