Harry Whittington

**Harry Milner Whittington**  (Maris 3, 1927 - Fabrairu 4, 2023) lauya ne ɗan ƙasar Amurka, mai saka hannun jari a harkokin gidaje, kuma fitaccen ɗan siyasa. Ya samu kulawar kafofin watsa labarai na duniya bayan wani lamari da ya faru a ranar 11 ga Fabrairu, 2006, lokacin da mataimakin shugaban ƙasar Amurka na wancan lokacin Dick Cheney ya harbe shi a fuska, wuya, da kuma jiki ba bisa ƙa'ida ba yayin da yake farautar kwarkwata tare da mata biyu a wani gona a gundumar Kenedy, Texas, kusa da Corpus Christi .  Wannan shine karo na farko da wani mataimakin shugaban ƙasa na Amurka ya harbe wani tun lokacin da Aaron Burr ya harbi Alexander Hamilton a wani faɗa a shekarar 1804.

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Harry Milner Whittington ga Roy da Clara Whittington a ranar 3 ga Maris, 1927, a Henderson, Texas .  An haife shi a cikin dangin Democrat .  Bayan halartar makarantu daban-daban na gwamnati na gida kuma ya zama ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na Eagle Scout, ya halarci Jami'ar Texas da ke Austin a 1944, inda ya shiga ƙungiyar Phi Delta Theta . Yayin da yake jami'a, ya yi aiki a shagon sayar da tufafi na maza da kuma wakilin yin rajista na ƙungiyoyin rawa. 

Yana da shekaru 18, a cikin watannin ƙarshe na Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, ya shiga aikin soja . Ya yi aiki har zuwa ƙarshen yaƙin. Bayan zamansa a soja, ya ci gaba da karatunsa, inda ya kammala karatunsa daga Makarantar Shari'a ta Jami'ar Texas a shekarar 1950

## Harkokin siyasa da na gwamnati
An ambaci Whittington a matsayin wani mutum mai muhimmanci a bayan sauyin da Texas ta samu daga mamayar Jam'iyyar Democrat zuwa Jam'iyyar Republican a rabin karshe na karni na 20.   Duk da cewa iyayensa 'yan Democrat ne, Whittington, wanda ya ja hankalin manufofin jam'iyyar Republican na kananan hukumomi da rage haraji, ya fi dacewa da Jam'iyyar Republican. Bayan kammala karatunsa daga Jami'ar Texas da ke Austin, ya shiga cikin da'irar 'yan Republican na jihar . Ya jagoranci takarar John Tower a shekarar 1961 don neman Majalisar Dattawan Amurka a Texas, takarar Republican ta farko mai nasara a jihar tun bayan sake ginawa.  Ya kuma raka shugaban kasa na gaba George HW Bush a yunkurinsa na zama Sanatan Amurka na Texas wanda bai yi nasara ba a shekarar 1964, kuma ya tallafa wa dansa, shugaban kasa na gaba George W. Bush, da kudi, a yakin neman zabensa na 2000 da 2004. 

Tsawon shekaru, an naɗa Whittington a kwamitoci da kwamitoci da dama, ciki har da Kwamitin Zartarwa na Ofishin Kare Marasa Lafiya (kwamiti da gwamnan Texas ya kafa don tabbatar da haƙƙin marasa lafiya), Hukumar Kula da Kuɗi ta Jama'a ta Texas, da kuma Ma'aikatar Gyaran Jiki ta Texas.  A shekarun 1980, a matsayinsa na Gwamna Bill Clements da aka naɗa a Hukumar Gyaran Jiki ta Texas, ya taka rawa wajen kawo sauye-sauyen da suka wajaba ga Texas don bin umarnin kotun tarayya wanda ya gano cewa yadda jihar ke kula da fursunonin ta yi ba bisa ƙa'ida ba.  An naɗa Whittington a matsayin shugaban Hukumar Kula da Jana'iza ta Texas bayan babban sauyi da aka yi wa hukumar a shekarar 1999. Gwamnan Texas George W. Bush ne ya naɗa shi kuma Gwamna Rick Perry ya sake naɗa shi a shekarar 2002. 

## Shari'o'in shari'a da takaddamar filaye
A shekarar 1959, Whittington ta ƙalubalanci shigar Austin cikin Shirin Sabunta Birane na Tarayya mai cike da ce-ce-ku-ce wanda ya ba gwamnati damar kwace kadarorin mazauna ƙananan kuɗi. Bayan zaɓen majalisar birni, Whittington ta ƙalubalanci ƙuri'ar a kotu kuma bayan shari'ar kwanaki goma, alkali ya ɗauki zaɓen a matsayin wanda ba shi da inganci saboda yawan ƙuri'un da aka soke. A shekarar 1984, ya kuma ƙalubalanci birnin bisa doka kan yunƙurinsa na aiwatar da dokoki marasa inganci kan wasu kadarorin da ya mallaka a cikin gari. 

A shekara ta 2000, Whittington ta fara fafutukar shari'a da ta shafi kwace kadarorin da ya mallaka a wani yanki na birnin Austin. A shekara ta 2013, bayan shari'o'i daban-daban na kotu, wata kotun gundumar Texas ta ba wa birnin Austin taken kadarorin kuma ta umarci birnin ya biya Whittington dala miliyan 10,500,000 a matsayin diyya ga kadarorin,   wanda yanzu haka ya zama garejin ajiye motoci na Cibiyar Taro ta Austin . 

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