Sijhawm Nyeem Ntawv: 12 feeb
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Lub Neej Tseem Ceeb yog ib txoj haujlwm ob xyoos tshawb nrhiav 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 Center cov dab neeg hauv koob no.

Hauv Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Journal Sentinel reporter Ashley Luthern koom tes nrog Lub Chaw ntawm tsab ntawv ceeb toom no thiab tsim nws tus kheej zaj dab neeg: "Cov nqi ntxiv thaum ib tus neeg raug tua, thiab cov nqi ntws mus rau cov neeg them se"

Ntawm Xov Tooj Cua

Mloog xov tooj cua Precious Lives, "Tus nqi ntawm ib rab phom ib leeg," featuring qhov kev tua uas ua rau Claudiare Motley raug mob hnyav thiab muaj nuj nqis heev.

Tus kws sau xov xwm Sean Kirkby hais lus nrog Wisconsin Public Radio's Central Time txog nws tsab ntawv ceeb toom. Kaum Ob Hlis 8, 2015.

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Kirkby sib tham zaj dab neeg ntawm Wisconsin Public TV's Here and Now. Kaum Ob Hlis 4, 2015.

Nws yog 1:30 sawv ntxov rau thawj hnub ntawm lub caij ntuj sov xyoo 2014, thiab Claudiare Motley nyuam qhuav tso ib tug phooj ywg tom qab tuaj rau hauv nroog rau nws lub tsev kawm ntawv theem siab Milwaukee Tech High School 25-xyoo kev sib tham. Nws tau nres ib ncig ntawm North 63rd Street thiab West Capitol Drive, sau email hauv nws lub xov tooj, thaum ob lub tsheb rub tawm.

Motley, tom qab ntawd 43, paub "ib yam dab tsi tshwm sim" thaum ib lub tsheb tig los ntawm nws xub ntiag thiab nres. Nws muab nws lub xov tooj tso rau hauv nws lub hnab ris, hloov nws lub tsheb mus rau hauv iav. Ib tug tub hluas dhia ntawm lub tsheb thiab rub Motley lub qhov rais nrog rab phom.

Nws nrawm dua li 15-xyoo-laus Nathan King raug rho tawm haujlwm, tawg iav. Motley rammed lub tsheb pem hauv ntej ntawm nws tawm ntawm txoj kev. Nws khiav tawm thiab ntsia hauv daim iav rear saib seb lawv puas caum nws.

Motley hais tias "Kuv nyuam qhuav pom cov ntshav tawm ntawm kuv lub puab tsaig," Motley hais.

Tom qab ntau tshaj li ib xyoos thiab rau qhov kev phais mob los kho nws qhov raug mob, Motley kwv yees nws cov nqi tawm hauv hnab tshos tsawg kawg yog $ 80,000, thiab nws xav tias yuav tau them nqi kho mob ntxiv thaum nws tseem rov zoo.

Nws txoj kev siv zog kom tau txais lub xeev cov neeg raug tsim txom cov nyiaj them rau nws cov nqi kho mob uas tsis tau them los ntawm kev tuav pov hwm tau ua tsis tiav txog tam sim no. Motley's credit tau raug ntaus, thiab nws kwv yees cov nyiaj tau los poob vim lub sijhawm nws tsis tuaj yeem ua haujlwm hauv nws tsev neeg lub tuam txhab kev cai lij choj thoob ntiaj teb kom nyob nruab nrab ntawm $ 40,000 thiab $ 60,000.

Wisconsin cov neeg them se thiab cov kws kho mob kuj them tus nqi siab rau kev phom sij. Thaum lub Plaub Hlis, Niam Jones magazine pegged tus nqi ntawm kev ua phem phom rau Wisconsinites hauv 2012 ntawm $ 2.9 nphom hauv cov nqi ncaj qha thiab tsis ncaj, lossis $508 rau txhua tus neeg hauv lub xeev.

Cov nuj nqis no suav nrog nyiaj txiag thiab kev puas siab puas ntsws tus xov tooj thaum lub mos txwv mus ib txhis hloov lub neej ntawm cov neeg raug tsim txom thiab tua tib yam. Muaj cov nyiaj poob haujlwm, kev ua tsis tiav yav tom ntej, cov phiaj xwm tawg, kev hloov pauv lub neej.

Cov qhab nia ntawm kev tua neeg raug tsim txom Claudiare Motley tau ua rau muaj kev cuam tshuam tom qab kev tua 2014 ua rau nws them nyiaj ntau txhiab daus las hauv kev kho mob hauv hnab ris thiab lwm yam nuj nqis.
Cov qhab nia ntawm kev tua neeg raug tsim txom Claudiare Motley tau ua rau muaj kev cuam tshuam tom qab kev tua 2014 ua rau nws them nyiaj ntau txhiab daus las hauv kev kho mob hauv hnab ris thiab lwm yam nuj nqis. Haley Henschel / Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism

Cov riam phom yog ib qho tseem ceeb ntawm kev ua txhaum cai thoob plaws lub xeev. Hauv xyoo 2014, phom tau koom nrog 75 feem pua ​​​​ntawm kev tua neeg, 56 feem pua ​​​​ntawm cov tub sab tub nyiag, 27 feem pua ​​​​ntawm kev ua phem rau thiab 3 feem pua ​​​​ntawm kev quab yuam rape, raws li lub xeev Department of Justice.

Cov neeg them se them tag nrho cov nqi rau tub ceev xwm, kws lij choj thiab raug kaw - thiab qee zaum los tiv thaiv tus neeg raug liam - hauv phom phom. Thiab 79 feem pua ​​​​ntawm cov nqi kho mob hauv Wisconsin cuam tshuam nrog kev raug mob phom sij raug them los ntawm pej xeem, raws li xyoo 2014. daim ntawv qhia siv cov ntaub ntawv xyoo 2010 los ntawm Lub Tsev Haujlwm Hauv Nroog, Washington, DC-based think tank.

Thaum nws raug tso tawm hauv tsev lojcuj, Vajntxwv - uas tam sim no tuag tes tuag taw ntawm lub duav rov sauv vim muaj kev sib cais hnub tom qab nws tua Motley - tej zaum yuav ntsib kev ua haujlwm tsawg. Motley tau hais tias nws tsis xav tias yuav pom ntau ntawm $ 29,339 hauv tsev hais plaub txiav txim rov qab.

Nathan King raug rub tawm hauv tsev hais plaub tom qab raug txiav txim thaum Lub Xya Hli. Huab tais, leej twg tua Claudiare Motley thaum Lub Rau Hli 21, 2014, tau tuag tes tuag taw ntawm lub duav rov qab tom qab raug tua thaum lwm qhov sim nyiag ob peb hnub tom qab.
Nathan King raug rub tawm hauv tsev hais plaub tom qab raug txiav txim thaum Lub Xya Hli. Huab tais, leej twg tua Claudiare Motley thaum Lub Rau Hli 21, 2014, tau tuag tes tuag taw ntawm lub duav rov qab tom qab raug tua thaum lwm qhov sim nyiag ob peb hnub tom qab. John Klein / Rau Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Cov neeg them se hauv lub xeev tau them txog $ 1,500 rau 50 teev siv los ntawm Milwaukee County Tus Kws Lij Choj Hauv Cheeb Tsam Tus Kws Lij Choj Joy Hammond los foob Vaj Ntxwv thaum rooj plaub uas xaus rau lub Cuaj Hli. Lawv them $1,537 rau King tus kws lij choj, Ann T. Bowe.

Cov neeg nyob hauv Wisconsin yuav siv nyiaj txog $405,000 kom King nyob hauv tsev lojcuj thaum nws 12 xyoo thiab ib nrab xyoo kab lus rau kev tua Motley thiab tom qab tub sab tub nyiag uas Vaj Ntxwv nws tus kheej raug tua. Tom qab nws raug tso tawm lawm, Vaj Ntxwv yuav nyob rau kev saib xyuas txuas ntxiv rau xya thiab ib nrab xyoo ntawm tus nqi rau cov neeg them se tsawg kawg yog $ 21,000 hauv cov nyiaj niaj hnub no.

Tus lej rau kev tua Motley - tsawg kawg yog ib nrab lab daus las - yog tus nqi tsuas yog ib qho kev tua hauv ib lub nroog uas xyoo no tau pom 691 tus neeg raug tua, suav nrog 131 tus neeg tua, los ntawm riam phom txij li lub Kaum Ib Hlis 15. Qhov ntawd yog 77 feem pua. nce nyob rau hauv rab phom tua neeg los ntawm lub Kaum Ib Hlis 2014 thiab 11 feem pua ​​​​nce hauv kev tua tsis tuag.

Tag nrho cov zej zog them nqi

Ntxiv rau cov neeg raug tsim txom, tag nrho cov zej zog ntsib cov nqi, suav nrog txo cov nqi vaj tse nyob hauv thaj chaw muaj kev ua txhaum cai loj thiab nce nqi kom cov pej xeem muaj kev nyab xeeb.

Philip Cook, tus kws tshaj lij ntawm pej xeem txoj cai, kev lag luam thiab kev noj qab haus huv ntawm Duke University hais tias "Nws tsis yog ib qho teeb meem rau cov tib neeg uas tsis muaj hmoo txaus los tua." “Nws yog ib qho teeb meem rau tag nrho cov zej zog. Nws yog kev cuam tshuam ntawm kev txhim kho kev lag luam, nws yog kev rub ntawm lub neej zoo nyob rau ntau txoj hauv kev. "

Kev nruj kev tsiv yog ib yam uas ua rau Motley tsiv tawm ntawm nws lub nroog Milwaukee txog yim xyoo dhau los. Nws thiab nws tus poj niam, Kimberley, thiab peb tus menyuam tau tsiv mus rau Charlotte, North Carolina, ib feem kom dim ntawm qhov nws hu ua "kev lees txais kev ua phem" thiab "kev loj hlob ntawm phom thiab tshuaj txhaum cai."

"Koj ib txwm hnov ​​tej yam phem uas yuav tshwm sim, tab sis koj yeej tsis xav tiag tiag ... tias koj yeej ntsib tej yam zoo li ntawd," nws hais.

A daim ntawv qhia los ntawm Center for American Progress, lub koom haum txoj cai lij choj rau pej xeem, qhia tias kev txo qis hauv kev ua phem txhaum cai - suav nrog kev tua neeg, raug tsim txom thiab raug tsim txom - tuaj yeem muaj kev cuam tshuam loj rau hauv nroog. Daim ntawv tshaj tawm, uas txheeb xyuas 2010 qib kev ua phem hauv Milwaukee thiab xya lwm lub nroog, qhia tias txo qis 10 feem pua ​​​​ntawm kev tua neeg tuaj yeem txhawb nqa vaj tsev nyob hauv Milwaukee $ 800 lab.

Daim ntawv tshaj tawm tau sau tseg tias qhov kev txo qis no tuaj yeem tsim "cov nyiaj tau los loj" los ntawm cov se vaj tse, tab sis nws tsis tau muab qhov kwv yees. Txiav kev tua neeg los ntawm 25 feem pua, nws tau kwv yees, tuaj yeem ntxiv $ 2 nphom hauv kev nce vaj tsev.

Tub ceev xwm daim kab xev cim qhov chaw uas Giovonnie G. Cameron 13-xyoo raug tua thiab tua nyob ze Lincoln Park hauv Milwaukee thaum Lub Xya Hli 8. Raws li lub Kaum Ib Hlis 15, kev tua neeg tuag hauv Milwaukee tau nce 77 feem pua ​​​​piv rau tib lub sijhawm xyoo 2014.
Tub ceev xwm daim kab xev cim qhov chaw uas Giovonnie G. Cameron 13-xyoo raug tua thiab tua nyob ze Lincoln Park hauv Milwaukee thaum Lub Xya Hli 8. Raws li lub Kaum Ib Hlis 15, kev tua neeg tuag hauv Milwaukee tau nce 77 feem pua ​​​​piv rau tib lub sijhawm xyoo 2014. Mark Hoffman / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Cov kws tshaj lij hais tias vim tias tus nqi rau txhua qhov kev tua yog siab heev - feem ntau nyob rau hauv kaum tawm yog tias tsis yog ntau pua txhiab nyiaj - txhua yam uas tuaj yeem txo qhov phom sij yuav muaj nqis rau kev nqis peev.

David Weimer, tus xibfwb ntawm University of Wisconsin-Madison tau hais tias "Yuav luag txhua txoj cai tsim nyog uas txo qis kev ua txhaum cai yuav them rau nws tus kheej," said David Weimer, tus xibfwb ntawm University of Wisconsin-Madison ntawm kev nom kev tswv kev lag luam thiab tus kws tshaj lij hauv kev txheeb xyuas cov txiaj ntsig.

Tab sis tsis yog txhua tus pom zoo rau txoj hauv kev zoo tshaj plaws los tiv thaiv kev ua phem phom sij. Qee tus tau hu kom nthuav dav kev kuaj keeb kwm yav dhau los thiab txwv tsis pub qee yam riam phom ua phem.

Jeff Nass, tus thawj coj ntawm Wisconsin Firearm Owners, Ranges, Clubs and Educators Inc., tsis pom zoo. Nws hais tias txhua qhov kev txheeb xyuas cov txiaj ntsig yuav tsum suav nrog tus nqi zoo uas phom muaj thaum siv los tiv thaiv tus kheej.

Nass, uas nws lub koom haum koom nrog National Rifle Association, tau sib cav tias kev kub ntxhov thiab teeb meem phom yog cais. Nws tau thov kom muaj kev foob ntau dua ntawm kev muaj phom tsis raug cai thiab phom phom.

“Kev phem phem yog kev phem phem. Txawm hais tias nws tau ua nrog rab riam, phom, txawm li cas los xij, nws yog tus neeg, "Nass hais. "Cov neeg uas peb paub ua nruj ua tsiv - uas peb paub tias yog nyob rau hauv lub txim txhaum cai - yuav tsum tau lav ris."

Phom ua phem ua rau cov nqi kho mob

Cov nqi kho mob ntawm kev tua yog feem ntau los ntawm cov neeg them se. Cov nqi no feem ntau pib nrog kev mus rau tsev kho mob los ntawm qhov xwm txheej ntawm kev tua.

Xyoo tas los, cov kws kho mob los ntawm Milwaukee Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Hluav Taws Xob tau muab kev pabcuam rau 297 tus neeg raug tua. Tus nqi nruab nrab yog $1,300 rau ib tus neeg mob, lossis kwv yees li $386,100.

Hauv Xeev, muaj twb 349 lub tsev kho mob thiab 742 chav kho mob xwm txheej ceev mus saib vim muaj phom phom raug mob hauv xyoo 2014, raws li Department of Health Services cov ntaub ntawv.

Kwv yees li ib nrab ntawm kev mus ntsib xwm txheej ceev thiab 60 feem pua ​​​​ntawm kev mus pw hauv tsev kho mob yog them los ntawm Medicaid lossis Medicare, uas yog cov kev pab cuam pov hwm pej xeem. Tag nrho cov nyiaj pov hwm pej xeem tau them rau kev raug mob phom sij hauv xyoo 2014 yog kwv yees li $ 6 lab tom qab kev sib tham ntawm cov kws kho mob thiab lub xeev thiab tus kws kho mob cov nqi raug cuam tshuam.

Lub koom haum Wisconsin Tsev Kho Mob, uas tau muab cov ntaub ntawv rau Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism siv los mus txog qhov kev kwv yees no, ceeb toom tias nws yog "nrawm heev."

Dr. Stephen Hargarten, tus thawj coj ntawm Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Khomob Kub Ntxhov ntawm Lub Tsev Kawm Ntawv Kho Mob ntawm Wisconsin, tau hais tias kev raug mob phom yog "nyuaj heev" rau pej xeem. Tsis zoo li riam thiab lwm yam kev ua phem, riam phom muaj kev phom sij ntau dua thiab tuaj yeem ua rau muaj kev tsis taus mus ntev, nws hais.

Stephen Hargarten, tus thawj coj ntawm Lub Chaw Tshawb Nrhiav Kev Kho Mob ntawm Lub Tsev Kawm Ntawv Kho Mob ntawm Wisconsin hauv Milwaukee, tau hais tias kev raug mob phom yog "zoo heev" rau pej xeem.
Stephen Hargarten, tus thawj coj ntawm Lub Chaw Tshawb Nrhiav Kev Kho Mob ntawm Medical College of Wisconsin
hauv Milwaukee, hais tias kev raug mob phom yog "nyiaj heev" rau pej xeem. Mike De Sisti / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

"Nws raug nqi ntau rau peb txhua tus vim tias feem ntau ntawm cov neeg raug mob nrog cov mos txwv yog cov uas tau txais Medicaid, Medicare lossis them tus kheej," Hargarten, tus thawj coj ntawm lub tsev kawm ntawv qib siab tau hais. Qhov Chaw Tshawb Nrhiav Kev Kho Mob.

Ted Miller, tus kws tshawb fawb laus hauv lub koom haum nonprofit Pacific Institute rau Kev Tshawb Fawb thiab Kev Ntsuas, hais tias tej zaum yuav muaj nqi ntxiv rau kev kho mob hlwb rau cov uas cuam tshuam los ntawm kev ua phem. Miller yog tus kws tshaj lij ntawm cov nqi phom phom thiab lwm yam kev raug mob ntawm lub koom haum, uas siv cov kev tshawb fawb los qhia txog txoj hauv kev los txhim kho pej xeem kev nyab xeeb thiab kev noj qab haus huv. Rau txhua hom kev tua neeg, nws hais tias, qhov chaw nruab nrab ntawm 1.5 thiab 2.4 tsev neeg thiab cov neeg hlub ntawm cov neeg raug tsim txom nrhiav kev kho mob hlwb.

Feem ntau, cov nqi no, uas txawv ntawm ib tus neeg mus rau ib tus neeg, kuj tau them los ntawm cov kev pab cuam pov hwm pej xeem, hais tias Dr. Marlene Melzer-Lange, tus kws tshaj lij ntawm kws kho mob hauv Tsev Kawm Ntawv Kho Mob ntawm Wisconsin thiab tus thawj coj ntawm txoj haujlwm. Project Ujima ntawm Children's Hospital of Wisconsin hauv Milwaukee. Project Ujima muab kev pabcuam kev puas hlwb rau cov neeg laus thiab menyuam yaus raug tsim txom ntawm kev ua phem ua phem.

Ib feem me me ntawm kev tua ua rau cov neeg raug mob tuag tes tuag taw lossis raug mob hnyav. Qhov ntawd tuaj yeem ua rau raug muab tso rau hauv lub xeev cov kev saib xyuas mus sij hawm ntev, uas ua rau cov neeg them se raug nqi kwv yees li $ 3,100 ib hlis rau kev saib xyuas hauv tsev laus lossis $ 530 ib hlis rau kev saib xyuas hauv tsev.

Kev cai lij choj, tub ceev xwm raug nqi siab

Lwm tus nqi yog tub ceev xwm teb. Qhov ntawd tuaj yeem sib txawv heev, los ntawm kev xa ob tus tub ceev xwm mus rau ib daim ntawv tshaj tawm txog kev txhaj tshuaj tiv thaiv kom kaw ntau lub blocks raws li cov tub ceev xwm canvass ib cheeb tsam nrhiav pov thawj hauv kev tua neeg. Lub sijhawm nws yuav siv los ua qhov kev tshawb xyuas yog nyob ntawm kev koom tes ntawm cov neeg raug tsim txom thiab cov neeg ua pov thawj thiab lwm yam.

"Nws txawv rau txhua qhov kev tua," said Milwaukee Police Department Sgt. Tim Gauerke. "Txhua tus ntawm lawv yog nyob ntawm qhov xwm txheej ntawm tes."

Hauv xyoo 2014, lub tuam tsev tau xa mus rau 6,622 tus xov tooj hu xov tooj raug rho tawm - qhov nruab nrab ntawm 18 hu ib hnub. Cov kev hu xov tooj tuaj yeem sib tshooj nrog 3,632 qhov xwm txheej ntawm cov phom phom uas tau kuaj pom los ntawm lub tuam tsev ShotSpotter kev kuaj xyuas qhov system, uas tso cai rau tub ceev xwm txheeb xyuas qhov chaw uas rab phom tau tawm hauv thaj tsam ntawm 11 square mais. hauv nroog.

Cov txheej txheem ntawd tau nthuav dav xyoo tas los nrog cov nyiaj ib zaug ntawm $ 350,000 faib los ntawm lub xeev thiab Milwaukee, thiab tam sim no raug nqi lub nroog ntau dua $ 320,000 ib xyoos.

Wisconsin lub nroog loj tshaj plaws muaj kev tua neeg ntau tshaj plaws thiab kev tua neeg tsis zoo hauv lub xeev. Raws li Milwaukee Homicide Review Commission, muaj 75 tus neeg tua phom tua neeg thiab 583 tus neeg raug tua tsis tuag nyob hauv nroog xyoo 2014. Lub Nroog Milwaukee Tus Kws Lij Choj Lub Chaw Haujlwm tau foob ntau dua 1,100 qhov xwm txheej uas muaj phom xyoo tas los.

Txhawm rau txhawb kev siv zog rau xyoo no, lub xeev, lub nroog Milwaukee thiab Lub Nroog Milwaukee tau tsim Milwaukee Gun Violence Reduction Initiative. Pawg Neeg Saib Xyuas Kev Cai Lij Choj cov peev txheej sau ntawv ib leeg txhawb nqa $ 366,800 rau lub xeev kom ntiav ob tus kws lij choj tus kws lij choj los ua haujlwm ua tus kws lij choj tshwj xeeb rau phom phom hauv Milwaukee. Democratic thiab Republican cov neeg tsim cai lij choj hu ua qhov kev pab cuam "Band-Aid" kev daws teeb meem.

(Los ntawm sab laug) Arifah Akbar, Nazir Akbar thiab Katraile Scott sawv ua ke thaum lub sijhawm ceev faj rau Tariq Akbar, thaum Lub Xya Hli 7. Tariq raug tua kom tuag Lub Xya Hli 3 hauv Milwaukee tom qab saib cov foob pob hluav taws nrog nws cov phooj ywg. Xyoo no, Milwaukee tau pom tias muaj kev tua ntau ntxiv, uas tuaj yeem ua rau cov neeg them se thiab cov neeg raug tsim txom ntau pua yog tias tsis yog ntau pua txhiab daus las hauv ib daim nqi kho mob, cov nqi raug kaw thiab lwm yam nuj nqis.
(Los ntawm sab laug) Arifah Akbar, Nazir Akbar thiab Katraile Scott sawv ua ke thaum lub sijhawm ceev faj rau Tariq Akbar, thaum Lub Xya Hli 7. Tariq raug tua kom tuag Lub Xya Hli 3 hauv Milwaukee tom qab saib cov foob pob hluav taws nrog nws cov phooj ywg. Xyoo no, Milwaukee tau pom tias muaj kev tua ntau ntxiv, uas tuaj yeem ua rau cov neeg them se thiab cov neeg raug tsim txom ntau pua yog tias tsis yog ntau pua txhiab daus las hauv ib daim nqi kho mob, cov nqi raug kaw thiab lwm yam nuj nqis. Katie Klann / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Nyob rau sab nraud ntawm cov teeb meem phom sij, Lub Xeev Lub Tuam Txhab Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg Hauv Lub Xeev muab kev sawv cev kev cai lij choj rau cov neeg raug foob uas tsis tuaj yeem them tus kws lij choj.

Txij li xyoo 2012, lub chaw ua haujlwm tau xaiv cov kws lij choj ntiag tug los sawv cev rau cov neeg raug foob hauv 832 rooj plaub tub sab tub nyiag, them txhua qhov nruab nrab ntawm $ 1,415. (Kev tub sab tub nyiag tuaj yeem suav nrog txhua hom riam phom, suav nrog rab phom.) Qhov ntawd yog $ 1.2 lab thiab tsis suav nrog tus nqi them rau cov neeg ua haujlwm tiv thaiv pej xeem uas sawv cev rau lwm cov tub rog tub sab tub nyiag.

Tom qab lawv raug txim, cov neeg raug kaw raug them se Wisconsin qhov nruab nrab ntawm $32,800 ib xyoos. Tus nqi nruab nrab los saib xyuas tus neeg ua txhaum cai tom qab tso tawm yog kwv yees li $ 2,800 ib xyoos ib zaug.

Tub ceev xwm ntes King, tus tub hluas uas tua Motley, tsis ntev tom qab lub Rau Hli 21, 2014, tom qab nws ua txhaum lwm yam. Hauv qhov xwm txheej ntawd, Vaj Ntxwv tau sim nyiag tus poj niam lub tsheb. Nws rub rab phom thiab tua nws, ua rau huab tais tuag tes tuag taw ntawm lub duav mus.

Motley tau tawm tsam kom ntseeg tau tias huab tais raug sim ua neeg laus vim tias nws xav tias kab lus hauv cov menyuam yaus yuav tsis pom kev.

Claudiare Motley nyob ib puag ncig ntawm nws cov viv ncaus tom qab kev txiav txim ntawm Nathan King thaum Lub Xya Hli. Motley, uas raug tua hauv Milwaukee xyoo tas los, tau ua ntau yam kev phais thiab ntsib ntau txhiab nyiaj daus las hauv cov nqi thiab cov nyiaj poob haujlwm. Motley yog ib tug ntawm 583 tus neeg raug tsim txom los ntawm kev tua neeg tsis txaus ntseeg hauv Milwaukee xyoo 2014.
Claudiare Motley nyob ib puag ncig ntawm nws cov viv ncaus tom qab kev txiav txim ntawm Nathan King thaum Lub Xya Hli. Motley, uas raug tua hauv Milwaukee xyoo tas los, tau ua ntau yam kev phais thiab ntsib ntau txhiab nyiaj daus las hauv cov nqi thiab cov nyiaj poob haujlwm. Motley yog ib tug ntawm 583 tus neeg raug tsim txom los ntawm kev tua neeg tsis txaus ntseeg hauv Milwaukee xyoo 2014. John Klein / Rau Milwaukee Journal Sentintel

Nws tau hais tias "Kuv tsuas xav tias tsis txaus los qhia zaj lus qhia rau tus neeg uas ua phem tiag tiag," nws hais.

Phom kev ua phem raug nqi ntau yam

Nws tsis yog tsuas yog cov neeg raug tsim txom thiab cov neeg ua txhaum cai uas them tus nqi siab. Muaj lwm cov nqi - qee qhov nyuaj rau kev suav.

Hargarten ntawm Medical College of Wisconsin tau hais tias "Peb tsis paub qee qhov ntawm cov nqi qis dua qhov tseeb tias cov neeg nyob deb nroog yuav tsis tuaj rau Milwaukee vim lawv ntshai," Hargarten ntawm Medical College of Wisconsin hais. “Muaj kev cuam tshuam rau tourism. Tej zaum muaj kev cuam tshuam rau cov lag luam uas sim nrhiav lwm qhov vim qhov kev nkag siab yog tias Milwaukee tsis muaj kev nyab xeeb heev. "

Miller tau hais tias lwm tus nqi kawm tsis tau kawm yog qhov cuam tshuam ntawm kev ua phem rau menyuam yaus - kev raug mob hnyav, xws li kev ua tim khawv lossis raug tsim txom ntawm phom phom. Kev tshawb fawb qhia tias cov kev paub no tuaj yeem ua mob rau lub hlwb thiab yuav ua rau muaj teeb meem kev noj qab haus huv yav tom ntej, suav nrog kab mob plawv, kev nyuaj siab thiab kev siv yeeb tshuaj.

Melzer-Lange ntawm Project Ujima hais tias "Kuv xav tias peb coob leej tau hais tias kev tsim txom yog teeb meem kev noj qab haus huv rau pej xeem, thiab ntau tus neeg tsis ntseeg nws tiag tiag," "Koj txoj kev noj qab haus huv tsis yog ua pov thawj lossis ua tus raug tsim txom ncaj qha yuav raug cuam tshuam hauv qab dej."

Dr. Marlene Melzer-Lange, tus xibfwb ntawm kev kho menyuam yaus ntawm Medical College of Wisconsin thiab tus thawj coj ntawm Project Ujima ntawm Children's Hospital of Wisconsin hauv Milwaukee, tau hais tias cov menyuam yaus uas pom kev nruj kev tsiv feem ntau yuav raug teeb meem kev noj qab haus huv yav tom ntej.
Dr. Marlene Melzer-Lange, tus kws tshaj lij ntawm kev kho menyuam yaus ntawm Medical College of Wisconsin thiab tus thawj coj ntawm Project Ujima ntawm Children's Hospital of Wisconsin hauv Milwaukee, tau hais tias cov menyuam yaus uas pom kev ua phem ntau dua yuav raug teeb meem kev noj qab haus huv yav tom ntej.

Cov tsev kawm ntawv kuj them nyiaj rau kev siv phom phom. Raws li ib tsab xov xwm 2013 nyob rau hauv phau ntawv luam tawm Kev Nyab Xeeb Hauv Tsev Kawm Ntawv, 88 feem pua ​​​​ntawm cov tsev kawm ntawv thoob plaws tebchaws tau tsim lossis npaj yuav txhim kho kev nyab xeeb tom qab Sandy Hook Elementary School raug tua ntau hauv xyoo 2012.

Kuj tseem muaj "tus nqi ntawm lub neej kev txheeb cais." Economists xam tus lej ntawd los ntawm kev suav cov tib neeg txaus siab them rau qhov txo qis hauv qhov tshwm sim ntawm kev tuag. Piv txwv li, yog tias txhua tus neeg nyob hauv zej zog ntawm 100,000 yuav them $ 100 kom txo cov neeg tuag los ntawm ib xyoos, tus nqi ntawm lub neej yuav yog $ 10 lab.

US Department of Transportation muab tus nqi ntawm $ 9.4 lab. Tus nqi no yog siv thoob plaws lub tebchaws los ntawm lub tuam tsev los tshuaj xyuas seb tus nqi ntawm cov kev cai uas yuav txuag tau txoj sia lossis kev txhim kho kev thauj mus los puas tsim nyog.

Miller muab tus nqi txheeb cais rau ib tus neeg raug mob los ntawm kev ua phem phom sij ntawm $ 6.2 lab. Nws tau hais tias "sau qhov mob, kev txom nyem thiab kev poob zoo ntawm lub neej rau cov neeg raug tsim txom thiab lawv tsev neeg."

Cov neeg raug tsim txom tuaj yeem tau txais qee qhov ntawm lawv cov nqi them. Wisconsin Qhov Kev Pab Cuam Rau Cov Neeg Raug Tsim Txom Kev Ua Txhaum Cai muab cov nyiaj uas cov neeg raug tsim txom thiab lawv tsev neeg tau txais ntawm $ 40,000 thiab tsuas yog rau cov nuj nqis tawm hauv hnab tshos xwb. Cov tsev neeg tsim nyog kuj tuaj yeem tau txais txog $ 1,000 los ntxuav qhov chaw ua txhaum cai thiab $ 2,000 rau lub ntees tuag. Nyob rau hauv tag nrho, $ 4.1 lab tau muab tsub rau hauv 2013-14 rau 2,498 thov. Qhov nruab nrab thov them yog $3,205.

Yuav ua li cas los tiv thaiv kev nruj kev tsiv?

Txo kev phom sij yuav tsum muaj ntau txoj hauv kev, cov kws txawj hais, nrog rau txoj cai pib ntawm tsoom fwv teb chaws, xeev thiab hauv zos theem.

"Yog tias peb tuaj yeem ua kom cov nroog muaj kev nyab xeeb dua rau kev ua phem phom sij, lawv tuaj yeem txhim kho thiab dhau los ua qhov chaw vam meej hauv kev lag luam uas cov lag luam tau nqis peev rau lawv, qhov chaw ua haujlwm feem ntau muaj," Cook of Duke hais.

Wisconsin cov neeg tsim cai lij choj tau muab qee qhov kev daws teeb meem. Gov. Scott Walker tsis ntev los no tau kos npe rau tsab cai lij choj a daim nqi uas tsim kom muaj cov kab lus tsawg kawg nkaus rau cov neeg ua txhaum cai uas ua txhaum qee yam kev ua phem txhaum cai thaum muaj riam phom tsis raug cai.

Phil Cook, tus kws tshaj lij ntawm pej xeem txoj cai, kev lag luam thiab kev noj qab haus huv ntawm Duke University, hais tias kev ua phem phom sij raug nqi rau tag nrho lub zej zog. Nws tau hais tias "Nws yog kev cuam tshuam ntawm kev txhim kho kev lag luam, nws yog kev cuam tshuam ntawm lub neej zoo ntawm ntau txoj hauv kev," nws hais.
Phil Cook, tus kws tshaj lij ntawm pej xeem txoj cai, kev lag luam thiab kev noj qab haus huv ntawm Duke University, hais tias kev ua phem phom sij raug nqi rau tag nrho lub zej zog. Nws tau hais tias "Nws yog kev cuam tshuam ntawm kev txhim kho kev lag luam, nws yog kev cuam tshuam ntawm lub neej zoo ntawm ntau txoj hauv kev," nws hais.

Xeev Democrats xav tau nthuav tom qab kuaj xyuas cov khoom siv phom thiab txiav npluav riam phom semiautomatic. A daim nqi nrog kev txhawb nqa bipartisan yuav tiv thaiv cov neeg uas ua txhaum ntau lossis ua phem ua phem los ntawm kev yuav phom rau 10 xyoo, tab sis cov nqi no tsis tau txav deb ntawm Pawg Neeg Saib Xyuas.

Thaum lub Kaum Ib Hlis 4 kev sib tham ua ntej pov npav them nyiaj rau cov kws lij choj ntxiv rau Milwaukee phom phom, Democrats tau thov kom ua ntau ntxiv.

Sen. Lena Taylor, D-Milwaukee tau hais tias "Txog thaum peb mus txog rau hauv qab ntawm kev hais txog kev raug mob thiab muab kev cia siab rau tib neeg los ntawm kev muab sijhawm rau tib neeg los ntawm kev ua haujlwm, tsis muaj dab tsi yuav hloov pauv," said Sen. Lena Taylor, D-Milwaukee.

Nees nkaum plaub tus Democratic US senators thiab 114 tus tswv cuab hauv tsev tau hais kom Thawj Tswj Hwm Barack Obama siv nws. lub hwj chim tswj hwm kom xav tau kev txheeb xyuas keeb kwm yav dhau los teb chaws.

Lub xeev Republican cov neeg tsim cai lij choj thaum lub rooj sib tham hauv pawg neeg pom tau cov lus teb sib txawv rau qhov teeb meem phom sij.

Tus Neeg Sawv Cev Hauv Xeev Dale Kooyenga, R-Brookfield, tau hais tias qhov teeb meem yuav tsum tau hais txog ntau lub hauv ntej. Lub xeev twb muaj "txoj cai phom ntau," thiab nws hais tias qee qhov teeb meem yuav tsis daws tau los ntawm pej xeem txoj cai.

Kooyenga tau hais tias "Qhov Milwaukee xav tau dab tsi thiab cov menyuam xav tau dab tsi hauv Milwaukee tsis yog tus kws lij choj hauv cheeb tsam," Kooyenga tau hais. "Peb xav tau txiv ntxiv, thiab lwm qhov ntawm nws yog peb xav tau ntau lub tsev kawm ntawv."

Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, tau hu xov tooj rau tub ceev xwm ntau dua thiab tau txais "cov neeg ua phem phem" tawm ntawm txoj kev.

Motley pom zoo ib feem. Nws hais tias cov neeg ua txhaum cai rov ua dua, xws li 17-xyoo-laus uas tau muab Vaj Ntxwv rab phom siv los tua nws yog ib feem ntawm "kev kis mob uas tshwm sim hauv lub cev." Motley xav nrhiav txoj hauv kev los tiv thaiv kev tua thiab tua phom tawm ntawm txoj kev, lub hom phiaj uas pab txo qee qhov kev npau taws uas nws xav txog qhov tshwm sim rau nws.

“Kuv yuav tsis pw. Tsis yog kuv yog leej twg, ”Motley hais. "Thiab kuv tsuas yog yuav mus sib ntaus."

Ashley Luthern ntawm Milwaukee Journal Sentinel thiab Kate Golden ntawm Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism tau pab txhawb rau tsab ntawv ceeb toom no.

Daim ntawv tshaj tawm no tau tsim los ntawm kev koom tes nrog Lub Neej Tseem Ceeb, ib txoj haujlwm ob xyoos 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. Lwm cov koom tes hauv qhov project yog 371 Productions, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee Public Radio 89.7 WUWM thiab The Voice 860 AM WNOV.

Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism's (www.WisconsinWatch.org) kev pab them nqi yog txhawb nqa los ntawm Joyce Foundation.

Lub Chaw tsis muaj txiaj ntsig koom tes nrog Wisconsin Public Radio, Wisconsin Public TV, lwm yam xov xwm tshaj tawm thiab UW-Madison Tsev Kawm Ntawv 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.

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