Palesa Morudu
UPalesa Morudu ungumbhali waseNingizimu Afrika ozinze e-Washington DC. Ngemuva kokunye futhi ukudutshulwa komuntu omnyama ngamaphoyisa eMelika, ubika ngodlame lwamaphoyisa nemibuzo engaphenduliwe ngokubulawa kukaLindani Myeni waseNingizimu Afrika e-Hawaii.
Ukwesaba kwami kwansuku zonke ngokuhlala e-United States ukuhlangana namaphoyisa.
Ngiyawasaba amaphoyisa kunanoma yisiphi isigebengu esikhona emigwaqweni.
Ngonyaka odlule kuphela, amaphoyisa abulala abantu abayi-1 127 ngokusho kombiko ophelele ngodlame lwamaphoyisa oluqhamuka e-Mapping Police Violence (i-MPV).
Ezinyangeni ezine kowezi-2021 i-MPV ithi “kube nezinsuku ezintathu kuphela… lapho amaphoyisa engazange abulale muntu.” Kuze kube manje abantu abangama-335 sebebulewe.
Omunye wabo nguLindani Myeni, ongowokuzalwa eNingizimu Afrika, owabulawa ngamaphoyisa e-Honolulu, e-Hawaii ngomhlaka ziyi-14 kuNdasa. UMyeni wayesanda kuthuthela e-United States nonkosikazi wakhe waseMelika nezingane zabo ezimbili ezincane.
Ku-Facebook ama-emoji amafulegi aseMelika asesusiwe , uMyeni ubonakala ejabule ngokusobala ngesinqumo sakhe sokuthuthela eMelika.
Uthe, “Ngiyabonga Melika ngokunginakekela mina nomndeni wami futhi wangikhombisa izimiso zeqiniso zomndeni. Izwe elinomlando onzima futhi odabukisayo kepha nokho uthole indlela yokuba indoda yase-Afrika evela e-Ubombo ikhululeke ngokuphelele…”
Izimo zokubulawa kwakhe azikacaci. Ngokusho kwamaphoyisa ase-Honolulu nemidwebo yama-bodycam ayikhiphile, uMyeni wabahlasela ngesikhathi behlangabezana naye ngemuva kokuphendula ucingo olwalubizwe yi-911 mayelana nokugqekezwa. Owesifazane uzwakala kwikhamera esemzimbeni ememeza ethi “nguyena” ebhekise kuMyeni. Amaphoyisa asazokhipha amateyipu e-911, okuqoshiwe okomuntu owamukele ucingo, kanye nezithombe ezigcwele eziqoshwe kwikhamera yomzimba ukuze kutholakale isithombe esigcwele. Bathi uMyeni ubengumuntu onodlame nokuthi amaphoyisa abesemzabalazweni wokulwela impilo yabo.
Umfelokazi wakhe uLindsay Myeni nommeli wakhe uJim Bickerton bafuna kudalulwe ngokugcwele okwenzekile. Bafake isimangalo sokubulawa ngokungemthetho eDolobheni nase zweni e-Honolulu kanye namaphoyisa angaziwa ambulala. “Into yokugcina ebengifuna ukuyenza bekufanele ngiye enkantolo ngemuva kwesonto nje eshonile uLindani, kodwa izicelo zethu zolwazi azinakiwe. Ngiyethemba ukuthi ukucela amajaji ontanga yethu ukuthi babheke leli cala kuzosisiza ukuthi sithole ulwazi esiludingayo nobulungiswa obufanele uLindani, ”kusho uLindsay.
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Imininingwane embikweni we-MPV ngokubulala kwamaphoyisa isho indaba ethusayo yamaphoyisa e-United States. Ikhomba ukuthi amaphoyisa ayashesha ukukhipha izibhamu adubule, futhi kaningi lapho kubonakala sengathi aphendula “abasolwa okusolwa ukuthi abanabo ubudlova.” Kubantu abayi-1 127 ababulawa ngonyaka odlule, amaphesenti angama-96 adutshulwa abulawa ngamaphoyisa. Esewonke, amacala angama-601 athinta amaphoyisa ephendula umsolwa ongenalo udlame, kanti ayi-121 athinta izinsolo zokwephula imithetho yomgwaqo.
Ngokwalo mbiko “abantu abamnyama bavame ukubulawa ngamaphoyisa, maningi amathuba okuthi abahlomile futhi abasabisi muntu uma bebulawa.”
Umbiko uthi amaphoyisa ayi-16 kuphela abekwe icala lobugebengu kuwo wonke amacala okudutshulwa okudalwe amaphoyisa ngowezi-2020.
Omunye wabo yilowo owayeyiphoyisa lase-Minneapolis uDerek Chauvin, owabulala uGeorge Floyd ngoNhlaba ngonyaka odlule. Umhlaba wonke ubone uChauvin ekhipha impilo kaFloyd ngemizuzu eyisishiyagalolunye nemizuzwana engama-37 kuvidiyo ethathwe nguDarnella Frazier, osasemusha futhi owafakazela umbuso ecaleni likaChauvin.
UJerry Blackwell, ummeli oshushisayo, utshele ijaji ukuthi leli cala “alinzima kangako… Lilula kakhulu ukuthi ingane ingaliqonda. Empeleni, ingane – intombazane eneminyaka eyisishiyagalolunye eyayiphakathi kwababemi endaweni yesehlakalo ngomhla zingama-25 kuNhlaba ngowezi-2020, futhi yanikeza ubufakazi ecaleni – yayikuqonda lokho.” Uthe, “ungawakholelwa amehlo akho… Yilokho obucabanga ukuthi kuyikho. Yilokho okubonile. ”
Kuyimanje iphoyisa elilodwa, uChauvin, phakathi kwabayi-16 ababekwe amacala, kuze kube manje ugwetshiwe. Ngendlela esontekile, icala likaFloyd ngomqondo othile lalilula. Isisindo sobufakazi bokuzibonela nobufakazi bevidiyo, namaphoyisa ayezimisele ukufakaza ngokuphikisana naye, kwakusho ukuthi uChauvin wayengeke abalekele isinqumo esinecala. I-New York Times yaphawula ukuthi “umphumela wawuyivelakancane eMelika: Bambalwa kakhulu abashushisi abake bagweba iphoyisa ngokubulala ngenxa yokubulala besemsebenzini.”
Ecaleni langoNhlaba, kubonakala sengathi kunamaqoqo amathathu ofakazi abaziyo ukuthi kwenzekeni. Ngowesifazane owamemeza wathi “nguyena;” amaphoyisa; noMyeni, manje oseshonile. Kuze kube kuvela isithombe esigcwele salokho okwenzeka ebusuku ngomhla ziyi-14 kuNdasa, igama lakhe manje selengeziwe ohlwini olude futhi olukhulayo njalo lwezisulu zodlame lwamaphoyisa aseMelika.
Isidumbu sikaMyeni zizofika eNingizimu Afrika ngoLwesihlanu. Sengathi angaphumula ngokuthula. Amaphoyisa ambulele kufanele ajeze. Uhulumeni waseNingizimu Afrika nabantu bawo kumele bafune i- #JusticeForMyeni.