Ngosuku emva kokuphambuka okumthubi-ubude obuziimitha ezintlanu kwavela kwindlela engacacanga egcinwe ecaleni kwendlela ngaphandle kwehotele yaseHilton, uschool Doorman uWoward Golden wajikeleza izangqa ngeenxa zonke, ejonge ngokukrokra.
Emva koko wavakalisa isigwebo sakhe kwi-jab yamva nje yase-Atlanta kwingxaki yayo yokubaleka, iimitha zomnikelo. “Le yenye yezona zinto zibubudenge endizibonileyo ebomini bam,” watsho uqhaqho-fakelo kwisiXeko saseNew York. Indlela ayibala ngayo, akukho nto iya kumnqanda umntu ozimiseleyo ukuba enze intlawulo yosuku. Ngokuqinisekileyo hayi imitha.
“Ndilinde nje umntu oza kuyiba,” watsho.
I-Panhandling yiNombolo yesi-2 yesikhalazo malunga nesixeko, ngasemva kwetrafikhi. Iinkokeli zase-Atlanta zichithe iminyaka zisilwa negquba labangqibi elandayo kwaye befumana ikhontrakthi, benikwa imbeko ngabakhenkethi aboyikisayo, beqhuba ishishini lasedolophini kunye nokuba yintlungu eqhelekileyo.
Ngoku esi sixeko sicela amaxhoba - ukusuka kwiindibano ukuya kubahambi ngeenyawo mihla le abagqithisa ibhendi ukugcina uxolo - ukuba bayeke ingxaki ngokwabo ngokuqhawula umvuzo wabahambi kwindawo.
Utshintshiselwano lwe-Spare olufakwe kwiimitha endaweni yeentende ze-panhandlers luya kuqokelelwa kwaye lusasazwe kumaqela eenkonzo zentlalo, indlela entsha kwisixeko esizame yonke into ukusuka kwizithintelo ukuya kwizimbo zamapolisa ukunqanda ezinye zezona zizwe zingqiba zinobundlongondlongo.
Kodwa ngamaxhoba adiniweyo ngamagimmikhi njengoko enjalo ngabaxhamli be-panhandlers, impumelelo inokucotha ukuza.
Uphando kwezinye izixeko lubonisa ukuba abantu abasebenzisa i-panhandlers bafumana imali efikelela kwi-50,000 yeedola ngonyaka.
Izikhululo zeminikelo ezifana nemitha yokupaka ezilungiselelwe ukwalathisa enye yaloo mali zaqalisa ukuvela kumbindi wedolophu ngoSeptemba 11. Kwiiyure ezingamashumi amabini anesine kamva, bambalwa abantu kwisixeko ababezigqala njengexabiso lemali yabo.
“Le iya kuba yindlela entle yokwenza okulungileyo,” utshilo uJeff McCord, umsebenzi waseburhulumenteni othe nangona waphefumla ngemitha efakwe kwiHolo yeSixeko. Akukho tshintsho, utshilo.
Wayefana nabahambi ngeenyawo abaninzi abadlula iimitha, ukucaphuka kwabo ngama-panndlers kwakugqunywe kukungakhathali kwabo naziphi na iinzame zokubenza bahambe.
UMarie Brewer wathi krwaqu kule ingaphandle kweHolo yeSixeko kodwa wanikina intloko xa ebuzwa ukuba anganikela na. Wayethandabuza ukuba utshintsho lwakhe lwaluza kusetyenziswa njani.
“Bayayithatha … awazi ukuba iza kuphelela phi,” utshilo uBrewer.
Amagosa abeke iimitha ezintlanu kwiindawo ezibalaseleyo kwipaseji yeshishini elinzima labakhenkethi, apho "i-spanger" - i-slang ye-spanger ecela utshintsho - ihlala ihleli.
Iipowusta ezijikeleze isixeko zikhuthaza abakhenkethi nabahambi ngeenyawo ukuba bondle iimitha endaweni yeepanhandlers. Amakhadi oovimba bolwazi adwelisa iindawo zokuhlala kunye nezinye iindawo zokufumana uncedo kwiqhezu labarhwebi abakholelwa ukuba amagosa akholelwa ukuba bangamahlwempu.
Ingcamango ibonakala ilungile ephepheni.
Kwizitalato zedolophu? Hayi okuninzi.
"Ucinga ukuba umntu uza kukuvumela ukuba ufake imali apha?" utshilo uGolden, ngubani oqinisekileyo ukuba ii-panhandlers ezinobundlobongela ziya kungenelela ukuba umntu uthe wanyuka ukuya kutyisa iimitha.
Ngokwenene, i-Atlanta panhandlers inegama lokutyhala kwaye ngamanye amaxesha inobundlobongela. NgoSeptemba 2, amapolisa abamba indoda abathi yayiyi-panhandler eyadubula yabulala indoda yaseFlorida kwisikhululo segesi emva kokumcela imali.
Isixeko sizamile ukujongana nale ngxaki ngaphambili. Ukuvalwa kwe-panhandling oneminyaka emi-3 ubudala kwakuthetha ukuthulisa abantu abangqibayo emva kokuba amaxhoba-ahlala engabakhenkethi-enqabile ukubuya ukuze atshutshiswe.
Ebutsheni bale nyanga, amapolisa aqukumbele iintsuku ezingama-30 ezibandakanya amagosa anganxibanga mpahla axelisa abakhenkethi kunye nabanye abahambi ngeenyawo. Nje ukuba baxolelwe, baba ngamaxhoba aqinisekisiweyo okuya kuvavanywa.
Oku kuhlaba kubambe abantu abangama-50 ababanjwa ngenxa yokwaphula umthetho wokuvalwa kwelizwe. Yayisisibonda esincinci phakathi kwamashumi amabini e-panhandlers alungelelanisa iibhloko zonke.
Amapolisa athi kuninzi anokukwenza. Kuxhomekeke kumaxhoba ukuba anqumle iipandlers.
“Siyasazi isizathu sokuba abantu babuye kukuba befumana imali,” utshilo uWilma Sothern, usekela mongameli wentengiso kunye ne-Central Atlanta Progress, iqela lokuvuselela elithe lasebenzisana nesixeko kunye namaqela okhenketho ukunqanda ukuxhaphaka.
Yena kunye nezinye iinkokeli zedolophu bajonge kwizixeko ezifana neDenver ukuze bafumane impembelelo.
Abahambi ngeenyawo babenikela kangange-4.5 yezigidi zeerandi ngonyaka kubantu abahamba ngeenyawo ngaphambi kokuba isixeko sifake i-86 yeemitha kulo nyaka uphelileyo, utshilo uJamie Van Leeuwen, oncedisa ekongameleni umzamo ngeKhaya leNdlela kaDenver, inyathelo elichasene nokungabi namakhaya.
Le projekthi yenze imali engaphezu kwe-15,000 yeedola.
Iimitha zifakwe kwiindawo ezifana neChattanooga, Tenn., St. Louis naseBaltimore, eyafumana ibhetshi yokuqala kwisizwe. Kwiinyanga ezizayo, isixeko siza kongeza iimitha ezingama-25 kwezisithoba, utshilo uKirby Fowler, umongameli weDowntown Partnership yaseBaltimore.
Sekunjalo, olona ncedo lukhulu luza kuvela kubantu abafana noDaniel noDanielle Corenchuk, abakhenkethi abavela eFort Stewart, eGa., Abaye bafikelwa ngabaxhamli be-panhandlers kahlanu ngosuku lwabo lokuqala edolophini.
“Ndandinendoda indiculele iculo elimnandi … 'Cupid, khawubuyise isaphetha sakho,'” watsho uDanielle, ehleka.
Wawonga umdlali ocula yedwa ngeesenti ezingama-75 awayengenakuzondla ngayo kwimitha.
Ngapha koko, i-panhandler yayinelizwi elimnandi.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- 2, police arrested a man they say was a panhandler who shot and killed a Florida man at a gas station after begging him for money.
- Palms will be collected and distributed to social service groups, a new approach in a city that’s tried everything from bans to police stings to curb some of the nation’s most aggressive begging.
- The way he figures it, nothing will stop a determined panhandler from making a day’s pay.
