Cov mos txwv ua rau cov menyuam raug mob hnyav, Neeg Asmeskas Neeg Asmeskas

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Precious Lives yog ib txoj haujlwm tshiab tshaj tawm ob xyoos los tshawb xyuas qhov teeb meem ntawm kev ua phem phom sij ntawm cov tub ntxhais hluas, nws cov laj thawj, thiab cov kev daws teeb meem hauv cheeb tsam Milwaukee thiab thoob plaws xeev. Nyeem ntxiv txog qhov project.

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Profiles nyob rau hauv carnage Wisconsin kev tua phom tua neeg hauv xyoo 2014 suav nrog tsev neeg muaj xwm txheej, kev siv riam phom thiab kev txhaj tshuaj tsis raug.

Cov ntaub ntawv sib tham sib

tshawb xyoo tas los phom tua neeg hauv Wisconsin.

Lt. Mark Stanmeyer tus tub xav paub vim li cas nws txiv thiaj li mus ua haujlwm rau hnub Sunday. Thiab txawm hais tias tus tub tsuas yog 9 xyoos xwb, Stanmeyer, tus cev lus ntawm Milwaukee Tub Ceev Xwm, txiav txim siab qhia nws.

"Ib tug me nyuam tub nyob hauv nws lub tsev thiab ib tug neeg tua mos txwv rau hauv nws thiab nws raug tua," Stanmeyer hais txog qhov xwm txheej. Nws pom tias nyuaj: "Koj saib koj tus menyuam lub ntsej muag thiab qhia nws li cas?"

Bill Thao, 13 lub hlis, raug tua thaum Lub Kaum Ob Hlis 27 thaum nws niam coj nws mus xyuas cov txheeb ze ntawm ib lub tsev nyob rau sab hnub poob ntawm Milwaukee. Ib tug fusilade ntawm rab phom tawg lawm los ntawm txoj kev. Nws raug ntaus hauv lub cev qis thiab tuag tom tsev kho mob sai tom qab ntawd. Nws yog qhov thib peb ntawm tus menyuam tuag los ntawm kev tua phom tua hauv Milwaukee xyoo tas los.

Stanmeyer paub qhov kev tua yuav ua rau cov xov xwm thiab xav muab tso rau hauv kev xav rau nws tus tub. Nws hais tias tej yam zoo li no tsis tshwm sim ntau zaus thiab qhov kev tua no tsis nyob ze lawv lub tsev.

Tsis tas li ntawd, nws xav tias nws yuav tsum ua siab ncaj rau nws tus tub: "Kuv xav kom kuv cov me nyuam loj hlob paub tias muaj cov neeg phem hauv ntiaj teb thiab yuav ua li cas zam lawv."

Qhov xav tau ntawm cov niam txiv los piav qhia qhov tseeb rau lawv cov menyuam yog ib qho ntawm qhov cuam tshuam loj heev ntawm kev ua phem phom. Hauv Wisconsin xyoo tas los, 111 tus neeg raug tsim txom los ntawm kev tua phom, raws li qhov ua ntej tally los ntawm Wisconsin Public Radio, ib feem ntawm a xyoob project los ntawm cov neeg sau xov xwm Chuck Quirmbach thiab Gilman Halsted.

Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism tsom xam ntawm kev tua neeg thiab lwm yam ntaub ntawv qhia tau hais tias:

African Asmeskas, uas tsim 6.5 feem pua ntawm lub xeev cov pej xeem, suav txog li ob feem peb ntawm nws cov neeg raug tua phom tua. Cov neeg tawv dub hauv Wisconsin muaj ntau dua 30 npaug ntau dua li cov neeg uas tsis yog neeg Mev dawb tuag rau kev tua phom. Los ntawm 2008 txog 2012, tsoom fwv teb chaws txheeb cais qhia, qhov piv txwv no yog 20 rau 1 rau Wisconsin thiab 10 rau 1 rau lub teb chaws.
Ntawm 111 tus neeg raug tsim txom, 89 yog txiv neej, uas yog piv nrog lub xeev yav dhau los thiab lub teb chaws nruab nrab. Qhov nruab nrab hnub nyoog rau tag nrho cov neeg raug tsim txom yog 32, uas yog nyob rau hauv txoj kab nrog yav dhau los lub teb chaws qhov nruab nrab.
Kev tua phom tua tau tshwm sim hauv 15 lub xeev 72 lub nroog thiab tau tsom mus rau hauv nroog. Lub nroog Milwaukee, nrog tsuas yog tshaj 10 feem pua ntawm lub xeev cov pejxeem, muaj ob feem peb ntawm nws cov phom tua neeg, ntawm 76. Beloit muaj qhov thib ob-siab tshaj plaws tag nrho, nrog rau rau, raws li Racine, nrog plaub.
Thaum WPR tsis tau taug qab txhua lub xeev kev tua neeg, qhov kev paub ntawm Milwaukee qhia tau hais tias rab phom yog qhov tshwm sim ntau tshaj plaws. Raws li Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's "Homicide Database", rab phom tau siv los ua 87 feem pua ntawm lub nroog qhov kev tua neeg xyoo tas los. Hauv tebchaws thiab hauv Wisconsin txij xyoo 2008 txog xyoo 2012, kwv yees li ob feem peb ntawm kev tua neeg yog phom phom.

Raws li cov qauv qhia txog kev ua txhaum cai hauv tebchaws, WPR qhov suav tsis suav nrog kev tua tus kheej, kev tuag tsis raug cai uas tsis ua rau raug txim txhaum cai, "tsim nyog" kev tua los ntawm tub ceev xwm thiab tua neeg txiav txim siab tiv thaiv tus kheej.

Muaj xya qhov kev tua neeg tuag hauv Wisconsin xyoo tas los suav tias yog kev tiv thaiv tus kheej. Ib koom nrog kev rho menyuam tawm ntawm lub khw muag khoom kho qhov muag hauv Bayside, ib lub zos ze Milwaukee, thaum Lub Yim Hli. Joshua Drake, 22, raug tua hauv kev tua nrog ib tus neeg ua haujlwm hauv khw.

WPR cov ntaub ntawv tseem tsis suav nrog phom-ua rau raug mob, uas nyob hauv nroog Milwaukee tau tshwm sim xya zaus ntau dua li kev tua phom. Txawm hais tias cov xov tooj thoob plaws xeev hais txog kev raug mob phom sij tseem tsis tau muaj, cov ntaub ntawv los ntawm Milwaukee Homicide Commission qhia tias tag nrho cov neeg tua neeg hauv lub nroog tau poob qis 16 feem pua los ntawm 2013, tab sis kev tua tsis raug tuag tau nce 10 feem pua rau 581, tus lej siab tshaj txij li xyoo 2006.

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'Tsis txawv txawv'

Qhov tseem ceeb, hais txog tag nrho cov naj npawb ntawm kev tua phom tua neeg hauv Wisconsin, 2014 yog ib xyoos ib txwm.

Lt. Mark Stanmeyer tham nrog cov neeg sau xov xwm ntawm lub rooj sib tham xov xwm hnub tom qab Laylah Petersen raug tua. Milwaukee Tub Ceev Xwm

Stanmeyer, ib tug tub ceev xwm 24-xyoo-laus tub rog qub tub rog uas tau koom nrog kev tshaj tawm cov ntaub ntawv hais txog feem ntau ntawm Milwaukee cov phom tua neeg nyob rau ob xyoos dhau los. "Qhov ntawd yog qhov nyuaj siab."

Raws li US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tracker, Wisconsin txhua xyoo nruab nrab 106 phom tua neeg tuag los ntawm 2008 txog 2012, xyoo tas los uas muaj cov lej raug cai. Cov neeg tua phom ntau tshaj plaws nyob rau lub sijhawm no yog 132, xyoo 2012. Lub sijhawm tib lub sijhawm no, qhov nruab nrab ntawm 353 tus neeg ib xyoos siv phom tua tus kheej.

Wisconsin tag nrho cov phom tua neeg tua neeg nyob rau lub sijhawm tsib xyoos no yog ib nrab ntawm lub tebchaws nruab nrab, 1.87 piv rau 3.84 tus neeg tuag rau 100,000 tus neeg nyob hauv.

Tab sis rau cov neeg cuam tshuam los ntawm kev tua phom, cov kev ntsuas no tsis zoo li yuav muaj kev nplij siab ntau. Qhov kev siv ntawm lawv cov kev poob yog yooj yim heev.

"Nws tau hlub, ntxub, qhuas, hlub, thiab foom tsis zoo los ntawm cov txheeb ze thiab cov phooj ywg ib yam nkaus," zaj lus txog tus neeg tuag ntawm KC Christopher Elliott ntawm Wausau, uas thaum Lub Ib Hlis 3, 2014, Pib ua Wisconsin thawj phom tua neeg raug tsim txom ntawm lub xyoo. "Nws yog ib tug zoo nkauj, tshwj xeeb, siab zoo, muaj zog thiab hlub tus tub hluas."

Elliott, 27, raug tua hauv plab sab nraum lub bar hauv dab tsi tub ceev xwm hais tias yog kev sib cav txog nyiaj txiag. John Lewis, 30, raug foob nrog thawj-degree txhob txwm tua neeg. Cov ntaub ntawv ntawd tseem tos.

“Nws mob siab rau yog suab paj nruag. Nws yuav sau nws tus kheej lyrics thiab ua nws tus kheej ntaus, ”nyeem ib zaj lus txog tus neeg tuag rau Jeff Hardnett, 25, ntawm Beloit, tua nyob rau hauv a shootout nrog lwm tus txiv neej hauv lub Tsib Hlis. “(Nws) nyiam mus yuav khoom, cov khaub ncaws zoo nkauj yog nws nyiam. Nws kuj nyiam noj thiab yeej ib txwm sim ntau yam khoom noj thiab tsev noj mov. "

Robert Petersen tuav ib daim duab ntawm nws tus ntxhais uas muaj 5 xyoos, Laylah, uas raug tua thaum Lub Kaum Ib Hlis 6 hauv Milwaukee thaum nws zaum hauv tsev ntawm nws yawg tus ncej puab. Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Vim li cas qhov no tshwm sim?

Ntau qhov kev tua neeg tsim tawm me ntsis ntawm kev tshaj xov xwm kom pom meej meej. Ntawm cov uas tuaj yeem ua tau, ntau yam cuam tshuam nrog kev muag tshuaj lossis kev sib hloov. Tsawg kawg yog kaum ob tus neeg raug tua thaum lub sijhawm tub ceev xwm hais tias yog tub sab tub nyiag.

Nees nkaum xyoo phom tua neeg poob rau hauv qeb ntawm "tsev neeg," feem ntau nrog cov txij nkawm lossis cov neeg koom nrog hauv tsev. Hauv plaub kis, tus neeg tua neeg tom qab ntawd tua tus kheej. Cov kev tua tus kheej tsis raug suav nrog hauv qhov suav.

Cov tswm ciab nrog cov npe, ntawm lub Kaum Ob Hlis 30 memorial hauv Milwaukee rau cov neeg raug tsim txom phom nyob ntawd. Chuck Quirmbach/Wisconsin Public Radio

Cov ntsiab lus ntawm kev tua neeg tuag feem ntau tsis txaus ntseeg.

Dulonden Ratliff, 21, ntawm Kenosha, raug tua tuag thaum lub Peb Hlis hauv kev sib cav ntawm txoj kev Racine uas tau liam tias tau pib dhau ib qho thov rau luam yeeb. Tommy Canady, 15-xyoo-laus raug foob nrog tua Semar McClain, 19, hauv Racine, tshaj tawm tshaj tawm rap video uas nws bragged txog nws.

Stanmeyer hais tias cov lus nug uas nws feem ntau cuam tshuam nrog thaum cuam tshuam nrog kev tua phom yog: Vim li cas qhov no yuav tsum tshwm sim? Vim li cas ib tug neeg ncav cuag rab phom thiab pib tua, tsis hais txog tib neeg lub neej? Yuav ua li cas lawv ua tsis taus pa rau lawv tus kheej yav tom ntej?

Nyob rau hauv tag nrho, muaj tsib tus neeg tuag nrog rau cov neeg ntaus nrog cov mos txwv stray, suav nrog peb tus menyuam hauv Milwaukee: Bill Thao, 13 lub hlis, Sierra Guyton, 10, thiab Laylah Petersen, 5. Sierra yog txhaj koob tshuaj tivthaiv nyob rau hauv lub taub hau nyob rau hauv lub Tsib Hlis thaum ua si nyob rau hauv ib qho chaw ua si hla txoj kev ntawm nws lub tsev; nws tuag ze li ob lub hlis tom qab. Laylah ua tua thaum lub Kaum Ib Hlis thaum nws zaum sab hauv tsev ntawm nws yawg tus ncej puab.

Ib qho ntxiv 12 tus menyuam yaus hnub nyoog 13 xyoos thiab qis dua tau raug mob los ntawm kev tua phom hauv xyoo 2014 tab sis muaj sia nyob, Milwaukee Homicide Commission qhia. Tib cov menyuam yaus tau raug tua los ntawm kev tua phom nyob hauv Milwaukee txij li xyoo 1995.

Thaum Lub Kaum Ob Hlis 30, Milwaukee cov thawj coj hauv pawg ntseeg thiab cov pab pawg hauv zej zog tau teeb tsa lub teeb ci ntsa iab rau lub nroog cov neeg raug phom sij. Tus Rev. Leondis Fuller, uas tau ploj peb tus tub los ntawm kev ua phem phom sij, hais txog kev sib sau. Nws tau hais tshwj xeeb txog kev tua neeg tuag ntawm cov menyuam yaus.

Fuller hais tias, "Cov menyuam yaus no tau txais, cov zej zog npau taws ntau dua," said Fuller WPR daim ntawv qhia. "Peb tau tshaib plab thiab kuv xav tias peb tuaj ua ke zoo li no thiab ua nws ntau zaus, peb tuaj yeem pom qee qhov kev hloov pauv."

Milwaukee Tus Tswv Cuab Tom Barrett ntawm lub rooj sib tham xov xwm Lub Kaum Ob Hlis 28 txog kev tua Bill Thao, uas muaj hnub nyoog 13 hli tuag. Nws tau thuam cov neeg ua haujlwm rau kev tua mos txwv rau hauv ib lub tsev uas tsis muaj "tsis muaj kev coj ncaj ncees." Chuck Quirmbach/Wisconsin Public Radio

Nrhiav kev daws teeb meem

Jeri Bonavia, tus thawj coj ntawm pawg neeg tawm tswv yim Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort, los yog WAVE, yws qhov nws pom tias yog kev ua tsis tiav hauv zej zog los daws qhov tseem ceeb tiv thaiv kev tuag.

Nws tau hais tias "Yog tias muaj lwm yam teeb meem cuam tshuam txog kev tuag ntawm peb cov tub ntxhais hluas no ntau, peb lub teb chaws yuav sawv thiab thov kev daws," nws hais. "Tab sis vim nws yog phom, peb hais tias qhov no yog tus nqi tsim nyog los them rau qee tus neeg txoj kev xav ntawm kev ywj pheej."

WAVE txhawb nqa qhov yuav tsum tau kuaj xyuas keeb kwm yav dhau los ntawm txhua qhov kev muag phom, suav nrog cov uas tshwm sim ntawm phom qhia thiab ntawm tib neeg.

Nik Clark, tus thawj coj thiab tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm Wisconsin Carry Inc., ib pab pawg uas tawm tswv yim rau txoj cai txwv tsis pub siv phom hauv xeev, hais tias qhov teeb meem hauv qab yog ib qho ntawm kev ua phem, tsis yog phom. Qhov tseeb, nws pom phom yog ib feem ntawm kev daws teeb meem.

Clark tau hais tias "Yog tias peb muab rab phom tso rau hauv tes ntawm cov pej xeem ua raws li kev cai lij choj, peb yuav muaj tsawg dua cov neeg raug tsim txom," Clark hais. Nws kuj xav tias txoj kev ncaj ncees tsis txaus siab rau cov neeg uas ua txhaum "qhov rooj ua txhaum cai" xws li tsheb tub sab nyiag thiab tub sab tub nyiag. "Tsis muaj kev cuam tshuam txog thaum koj ua ib yam dab tsi zoo li tua tus menyuam hnub nyoog 13 hli."

Gov. Scott Walker, hauv kev xam phaj nrog Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism, tsis kam hu xov tooj kom yuav tsum tau kuaj xyuas keeb kwm yav dhau los, hais tias ntau cov phom nrhiav lawv txoj hauv kev rau hauv tes ntawm cov neeg ua phem los ntawm "cov neeg yuav khoom" uas tuaj yeem hla cov tshev no.

Tab sis nws tau tshaj tawm lub xeev txoj kev txhawb nqa ntawm Milwaukee's Qhov program ShotSpotter, uas tso cai rau tub ceev xwm txheeb xyuas los ntawm lub suab ntawm cov chaw uas cov phom tau raug tso tawm. Nws vam tias cov thev naus laus zis no yuav pab tub ceev xwm ntes cov neeg uas tso riam phom ntawm txoj kev hauv nroog.

Walker ntxiv tias qhov ua rau nws xav tsis thoob, ntau npaum li cov thev naus laus zis nws tus kheej, yog qhov kev tshawb pom tias tsuas yog 14 feem pua ntawm cov xwm txheej tua nws tau txheeb xyuas tau hu rau tub ceev xwm. Feem ntau, nws tau hais tias, cov neeg uas hnov cov kev txhaj tshuaj no ntshai kev ua pauj lossis lwm yam "tsis muaj zog tiv thaiv nws" uas lawv tsis thab ua.

"Txawm li cas los xij," Walker tau hais tias, "Qhov ntawd yog qhov xwm txheej phem heev txog qhov txaus ntshai npaum li cas rau ntau tus neeg nyob hauv cov zej zog ntawd."

Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism reporter Kate Golden pab txhawb rau daim ntawv tshaj tawm no, uas tau txhawb nqa los ntawm Joyce Foundation. Lub koom haum nonprofit (WisconsinWatch.org) koom tes nrog Wisconsin Public Radio, Wisconsin Public TV, lwm yam xov xwm tshaj tawm thiab UW-Madison Tsev Kawm Ntawv ntawm Kev Sau Xov Xwm thiab Kev Sib Txuas Lus.

Txhua yam haujlwm tsim, luam tawm, tshaj tawm lossis tshaj tawm los ntawm Lub Chaw tsis tas yuav cuam tshuam txog kev xav lossis kev xav ntawm UW-Madison lossis ib qho ntawm nws cov koom tes.