Barbara Becnel

**Barbara Cottman Becnel** (an haife ta a ranar 30 ga Mayu, 1950) marubuciya ce, 'yar jarida, kuma furodusa a fina-finai. Ta kasance abokiyar wanda ya kafa Crips Stanley Williams (wanda aka fi sani da "Stan Tookie Williams"; mai kisan kai da aka yanke wa hukunci kuma tsohon shugaban ƙungiyar 'yan daba wanda daga baya ya zama mai fafutukar yaƙi da ƙungiyoyin 'yan daba kuma marubuci), kuma editan jerin littattafan yara na Williams, waɗanda suka yi magana game da tashin hankalin ƙungiyoyin. An kashe Williams a shekarar 2005. Becnel ya haɗu ya shirya fim ɗin Golden Globe wanda aka zaɓa *Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story*, wanda ya fito a matsayin jarumar da ta lashe lambar yabo Lynn Whitfield a matsayin Becnel.

## Tarihin Rayuwa
Becnel yana cikin waɗanda suka halarci kisan Williams a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin shaidun da ya zaɓa. Bayan an tabbatar da mutuwarsa, ita da abokansa biyu, babbar jami'ar talabijin Shirley Neal da furodusan fina-finai Rudy Langlais, suka miƙe tsaye suka yi ihu cewa California ta kashe wani mutum marar laifi. Bayan kisan, ta ce "Za mu tabbatar da rashin laifinsa, kuma idan muka yi, za mu nuna cewa Gwamna Arnold Schwarzenegger, a zahiri, shi kansa mai kisan kai ne mai son zuciya." 

Williams ya umurci Becnel da ya shirya jana'izarsa, wadda aka yi a Cocin Bethel African Methodist Episcopal a ranar 20 ga Disamba, 2005.   Mutane sama da 3,000 sun halarci jana'izar Williams. A ranar Lahadi, 25 ga Yuni, 2006, Becnel da Neal sun saki tokar Williams a cikin wani tafki a Thokoza Park, wanda ke cikin garin baƙar fata na Soweto, Gauteng, Afirka ta Kudu. A watan Fabrairun 2009, Becnel da Neal sun fitar da *Tribute: Stanley Tookie Williams, 1953–2005*, wani shirin gaskiya da suka shirya kuma suka shirya game da Williams. 

A lokacin da take sanar da niyyarta ta kayar da Schwarzenegger a zaɓen gwamna mai zuwa, Becnel ta tsaya takarar takarar jam'iyyar Democrat a matsayin gwamnan California a shekarar 2006, wacce ita ce mace bakar fata ta farko da ta yi hakan.  Ta kammala da ƙuri'u 66,544 gabaɗaya, wanda ya kai kashi 2.7% na dukkan ƙuri'un da aka jefa, inda ta zo ta uku cikin 'yan Democrat takwas bayan Phil Angelides da Steve Westly . Yaƙin neman zaɓenta ya jawo hankalin kafofin watsa labarai, kuma ta tara isassun kuɗi a makon ƙarshe na yaƙin neman zaɓe don gudanar da tallace-tallace na talabijin da rediyo. &#x5B; ** &#x5D;

Ta yi Allah wadai da 'yan takarar Gwamna na Democrat Phil Angelides da Steve Westly a bainar jama'a saboda goyon bayan hukuncin kisa. Haka kuma tana da ƙarfin hali kan wasu batutuwan zamantakewa, kamar muhalli da shige da fice. Sukar da Barbara ta yi wa Angelides da Westly ta sa ba a gayyace ta zuwa wasu muhimman taruka na Jam'iyyar Democrat a lokacin babban zaɓe ba. 

Wannan, tare da bambance-bambance kan batutuwa kamar hukuncin kisa, ya sa Barbara ta bar Jam'iyyar Democrat. A makonnin farko na 2007, Barbara ta bar Jam'iyyar Democrat ta koma Jam'iyyar Green Party of California, reshen jihar na Jam'iyyar Green Party (GPUS) . Lokacin da aka tambaye ta dalilin da ya sa ta shiga Jam'iyyar Green Party, Becnel ta amsa, "Jam'iyyar Green Party ta yi gaskiya kan batutuwan - babu idan, ko kuma, ko kuma ba daidai ba."

## Zaɓaɓɓun ayyuka

* *Iyaye da Ke Taimaka wa 'Ya'yansu Su Shawo Kan Kwayoyi* (1990), Compcare Publications; 
* *Iyaye Masu Dogara da Kai: 'Yantar da Kanka ta hanyar 'Yantar da Ɗanka* (1991), Harper San Francisco; 
* *Rayuwa a Kurkuku* (2001), Seastar Books;  (abokin marubucin)
* *Ƙungiyoyin 'Yan daba da Cin Zarafin Iko* (1997), Ayyukan Buga Littattafai da Ilimi na Hazelden;  (abokin marubucin)
* *Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyi da Miyagun Kwayoyi* (1997), Ayyukan Buga Littattafai da Ilimi na Hazelden;  (abokin marubucin)
* *Ƙungiyoyi da Girmama Kai* (1997), PowerKids Press;  (abokin marubucin)
* *Ƙungiyoyi da Tashin Hankali* (1997), Ayyukan Buga Littattafai da Ilimi na Hazelden;  (abokin marubucin)
* *Ƙungiyoyin Gangs da Abokanka* (1997), PowerKids Press;  (abokin marubucin)
* *Ƙungiyoyin 'Yan daba da Unguwarku* (1997), Ayyukan Bayanai da Ilimi na Hazelden;  (abokin marubucin)

## Manazarta