An cire wata mai zanga-zangar da karfin tsiya daga dakin taron da ke West Virginia Capitol, daga baya kuma aka kama ta da laifin kawo cikas ga ‘yan majalisar dokoki yayin da suke yunkurin hana zubar da ciki a shekarar da ta gabata, za ta ga an kawar da duk wasu tuhume-tuhume da ake yi mata idan ta tsaya cikin matsala na tsawon watanni shida masu zuwa.
An umurci wani lauya mai shekaru 38 Lindsey Jacobs wanda ba shi da tarihin aikata laifi da ya yi hidimar al’umma na tsawon sa’o’i 25 a karkashin wata yarjejeniya da aka yi a zaman da aka yi a Kotun Majistare ta Kanawha. Majistare Pete Lopez da ke zaune a Charleston ya yi watsi da tuhume-tuhume biyu na cin zarafi na hana jami’in da kuma lalata ayyukan gwamnati da gangan.
Wadannan laifukan na iya zuwa tare da mafi girman hukunci na tsawon watanni shida ko shekara a gidan yari kowanne da kuma tarar daruruwan daloli.
Lopez ya amince da yin watsi da wani laifi na uku saboda rashin da’a idan Jacobs bai samu hukunci ba saboda karya kowace doka a cikin watanni shida masu zuwa. Kamata zai kasance a tarihinta. Hakanan za ta biya kusan $175 a cikin kuɗin kotu.
Jacobs ya kira hukuncin da alkalin ya yanke “mafi kyawun sakamako a karkashin yanayi.”
“Ina nufin, dalilin da ya sa muka zo nan ba shi da kyau – babu wata hanyar da za mu iya yin hakan,” in ji ta a gaban kotu bayan haka. “Ya kamata jihar ta sami abubuwa mafi kyau da za ta yi fiye da gurfanar da matan da suka yi ihu da babbar murya don ta’aziyya saboda an kwace musu hakkinsu na tsarin mulki.”
Jacobs ta ce ba ta da nadama game da abin da ta yi a ranar: “Zan yi wannan zanga-zangar kowace rana, duk rana, har tsawon rayuwata.”
An cire Jacobs, wanda ke gudanar da shirye-shiryen bayar da shawarwari ga wata kungiya mai zaman kanta ta shari’a, an cire shi daga gidan hoton gidan a ranar 13 ga Satumbar da ya gabata yayin da ‘yan majalisar suka tattauna kan hana zubar da ciki a kowane mataki na ciki tare da wasu tsiraru. Bayan kwanaki uku ne gwamnan Republican Jim Justice ya sanya hannu kan kudirin dokar, a ranar ne aka bayar da sammacin kama Jacob.
A watan Fabrairu, kawai asibitin zubar da ciki na West Virginia – wanda dole ne ya rufe ayyukan zubar da ciki bayan bin dokar – ya shigar da kara a kotun tarayya yana kalubalantar haramcin. Ta bukaci kotu da ta ba da umarnin hana shi yayin da masu samar da kayayyaki ke gabatar da kararsu a kotu.
A yayin muhawarar, dan jam’iyyar Republican Del. Margitta Mazzocchi ta ce duk wanda ke son kare kai daga daukar ciki zai iya siyan maganin hana daukar ciki na gaggawa – wanda aka fi sani da kwayoyin “Plan B” – a kan kantuna a kantin magani.
“Ba idan kun kasance matalauta,” Jacobs ya yi wa ‘yan majalisa tsawa, sannan kuma ihu daga wasu a cikin gallery.
Jacobs ta ce ta ji takaici, ganin cewa Mazzocchi ta yi watsi da gaskiyar cewa farashin kwayoyin cutar tsakanin dala 40 zuwa dala 50, adadin da ta kira “mai tsadar gaske ga mutane da yawa.”
Kakakin majalisar Roger Hanshaw, wanda ke jagorantar zaman bene, ya nemi mutanen da ke cikin dakin taron da su yi shuru. Yayin da ake ci gaba da ihu, ya nemi jami’an tsaro da su cire Jacobs. ‘Yan sandan Capitol ne suka fiddo ta da hannunta.
“Kada ka zauna a wurin yayin da suke kwace maka haƙƙinka,” in ji ta yayin da aka kai ta.
‘Yan sandan Capitol ba su kama ta ba a lokacin, inda suka bar ta ta taka kasa inda ta sake haduwa da masu zanga-zangar da suka yi gangami a wajen zauren majalisar na akalla sa’a guda – har sai da kudirin ya wuce.
A cikin kwanaki bayan zartar da kudirin, wani bidiyo na fitar da Jacobs daga cikin gidan hoton ya fara yawo a kafafen sada zumunta. Jacobs ta ce tana sauraron kiran aikin safe sama da mako guda a gidanta da ke Morgantown – mai tazarar mil 125 (kilomita 200) daga Charleston – lokacin da ta ji an buga mata kofa. ‘Yan sandan jihar ne, tare da bayar da sammacin kama ta.
An kai ta barikin ’yan sandan jihar domin gudanar da bincike, daga bisani wani alkali mai shari’a ya gurfanar da ita a gaban kuliya kan kudi dala 5,000 ta sirri.
Wata ‘yar zanga-zangar da ta yi magana a lokacin da ‘yan majalisar ke zaman an kama su kuma aka gurfanar da su a nan take aka fita da su. Rose Winland, mai shekaru 52 manaja mai kula da ci gaban ACLU na West Virginia, an ci tarar dala $100 a watan Janairu saboda wani laifin da aka yi da gangan na lalata ayyukan gwamnati da Lopez ya yi, alkalin kotun daya ke kula da karar Jacobs. Winland kuma ta fuskanci tuhuma na rashin da’a, amma an yi watsi da hakan.
Jacobs ta ce kafin ranar zanga-zangar cewa ita da sauran masu zanga-zangar sun ji takaicin da ba a ba wa jama’a isashen damar bayyana ra’ayoyinsu game da haramcin da ke kunno kai ba. A wurin taron jin ra’ayin jama’a daya tilo kan kudirin, an baiwa mutane dakika 45 kacal kowannensu su yi magana. Wadanda suka ki bin umarnin inda jami’an tsaro suka yi musu rakiya.
Jacobs ta ce ta yi shirin cika sa’o’in hidimar al’umma da aka gindaya mata na aiki da Laburaren Jama’a na Morgantown da Response na tushen Solutions Oriented Addiction Response, kungiyar da ke aiki don tallafawa mutanen da ke fama da matsalar amfani da kayan maye.
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