Arthur Greene
Izithombe ezisanda kukhishwa zevidiyo yemizuzu yokugcina eholela ekubulaweni kukaLindani Myeni ngamaphoyisa aseMelika, zikhombisa indaba ehluke kakhulu kuleyo eyethulwe ngamaphoyisa enkantolo.
UMyeni owazalelwa kwelakuleli futhi owayengahlomile, wadutshulwa wabulawa ngoMbasa kulo nyaka ngamaphoyisa amathathu e-Hawaii eMelika, ngemuva kokuba izivakashi ezimbili zibize amaphoyisa ngesikhathi engena emzini wazo.
La maphoyisa athi ngemuva kwalokho uMyeni wabahlasela. Izithombe zevidiyo zikhombisa ukuthi lokhu akulona iqiniso.
Le mifanekiso ikhombisa ngokusobala ukuthi amaphoyisa aziveza kuphela ngemuva kokudubula uMyeni amahlandla amane. (I-bodycam footage evela emaphoyiseni iqala ku-5m; 06s kuvidiyo engenhla).
Amaphoyisa azamile ukuvimba izithombe zevidiyo ezathathwa nge-Ring Video Doorbell nekhamera yamaphoyisa ukuthi zingasabalali futhi zingavezwa enkantolo.
Izithombe zikhombisa ukuthi uMyeni wafika kulo muzi ngabo-8.07 ebusuku. Yilapho akhumula khona izicathulo wangena, kodwa wabe esephuma ngenxa yowesifazane owayecasukile wabiza amaphoyisa.
Ngesikhathi esehamba, wayexolisa ephindelela kulaba abashadile.
Ocingweni olubhekiswe emaphoyiseni, lo wesifazane waqamba amanga wathi uMyeni ungene endlini yakhe.
Amaphoyisa afika ngokushesha ngemuva kwalokho, afika ngolaka kuMyeni ebumnyameni, amemeze athi “Lala phansi!”
“Ningobani?” Kuphendula uMyeni.
Ngemuva kokumlimaza nge-taser, bamdubula amahlandla amane. Ingaleso sikhathi lapho abaziveza khona njengamaphoyisa.
UMyeni, owayeneminyaka engama-29, wayesanda kuthuthela e-Hawaii nomkakhe nezingane zabo ezimbili ezincane.
Esimweni sokudideka okubuhlungu, abazali bakhetha i-Hawaii ngoba bekholelwa ukuthi ukwehluka kwayo kuzokwenza indawo iphephe kakhulu ekukhuliseni izingane zabo ezimbili ezimnyama.
Umfelokazi kaMyeni, uLindsay ukholwa ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi uMyeni wayezama ukuvakashela ithempeli elingumakhelwane wendlu aye kuyo, okuchaza ukuthi kungani akhumula izicathulo wagqoka umqhele.
Ngenkathi kubulawa uMyeni mhla zi-14 kuMbasa, leli cala alizange libe ngundabamlonyeni kazwelonke eMelika. Amehlo ezwe ayegxile ngokuqinile ecaleni likaDerek Chauvin, owatholwa enecala lokubulala uGeorge Floyd ngonyaka owedlule.
Ngaleso sikhathi, umbhali we-Scrolla.Africa, ozinze e-Washington DC, wabhala wathi:
“Ngiwasaba kakhulu amaphoyisa ukwedlula noma yisiphi isigebengu esisemigwaqeni.”