na David Felton, Kekemapa 12, 2017
I kēia Pōʻakahi, ua hopu ka 'Oihana Makai o New York City i nā kānaka he 15 no ka pāpā ʻana i ke komo ʻana i ka Misiona US i United Nations, aʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe i kūʻē i ka misionari Saudi, ke keʻena Saudi ma Los Angeles, a me nā keʻena ʻo Hart Senate ma DC, nā mea āpau ma lalo ka inoa kūʻē #LetYemenLive. Ua hōʻike ʻo Medea Benjamin, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i CODEPINK, aia kekahi hōʻike ma Houston. ʻO ka hōʻikeʻike ma New York, aia ma kahi o 50 poʻe, a ʻo ka mea ma DC he 15, a ʻo kekahi ma LA 10. Ua hīmeni ka poʻe ma DC i nā mele Kalikimaka me nā mele kumu i nā Senatoa US.
Ua hoʻohana wau a me koʻu mau hoa kūʻē i nā hola he iwakālua "i loko o ka ʻōnaehana," no ka mea, ʻike ʻia ke kaʻina hana mai ke keʻena ma ka labyrinth o nā keʻena paʻa lalo, a hiki i ka lumi hoʻokolokolo ma 100 Center Street. Ua lawe ʻia koʻu kiʻi ʻaʻahu o Nora Al-Awlaki e nā luna o ka Strategic Response Group ma ka US Mission, a waiho ʻia i loko o kahi envelopp me koʻu mau kī hale, kāʻei a me nā kaula kāmaʻa, a laila hoʻi mai iaʻu ma waho o ka lumi hoʻokolokolo. Ua haʻi mai nā luna iaʻu inā ʻaʻole e hōʻike mai kekahi i ka ʻaha me kaʻu ID maoli, ʻaʻole wau e hoʻokuʻu ʻia a hoʻihoʻi ʻia kekahi waiwai. ʻO nā kāne i loko o ke keʻena paʻa, ʻo ka hapa nui o ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma Washington Heights, ʻo ia kekahi o ka hui rowdiest o ka poʻe i hopu ʻia i loaʻa iaʻu ke kuleana e hana manawa me. Lele ʻana i luna a i lalo e noho mahana, kāhea aku i nā luna hoʻoponopono no ka pepa toilet, paʻi kekahi i kekahi a puni, hoʻopaʻa i ke kelepona uku e hoʻāʻo nei e hele i nā hoaaloha a me ka ʻohana, a ʻo ka hope akā ʻaʻole ka mea liʻiliʻi loa, e hele a puni ke kelepona e ʻike. ʻo wai ma ko lākou pōʻai e hoʻopiʻi ʻia me ka mea. Ua hōʻoiaʻiʻo mai lākou iaʻu ʻaʻole ʻo ka DA e noi i ka bail i koʻu hihia, inā paha wau i ʻike iaʻu iho a ʻaʻole paha, akā ʻo ka mea ʻoiaʻiʻo, i ka wā i lawe ʻia ai mākou a pau i luna a i loko o ke keʻena hoʻokolokolo, ua noi ka DA i $1000 bail, no ka nui o kaʻu mau hihia ākea. , a me "nā pilina pili waena."
ʻO kahi kūkākūkā nui loa o nā pilikia i pili i nā hana antiwar i kēia manawa i hana ʻia i loko o ka hale paʻa ma mua o ka hana ʻana i loko o ka lumi hoʻokolokolo, ʻoiai ua hoʻāʻo wau e wehewehe i ka pōʻaiapili no kā mākou hōʻikeʻike no ka poʻe ʻeha o Yemen. Ua kaua mākou - ʻaʻole i haʻi ʻia, ʻae ʻole ʻia, ʻo nā mea a pau - no nā makahiki he nui, me nā ʻāina he nui, ʻaʻohe mea hoʻoweliweli iā mākou, ua lilo ia i kūlana mau loa, a lawe i kahi hoʻoikaika kūikawā e lawe mai i ka ʻike. ʻAʻole kūʻē nā kāne i kēlā, a no ke kaua ʻana i ka ʻaihue mai nā pono pilikanaka koʻikoʻi, ua haʻi lākou i nā hiʻohiʻona he nui i ko lākou ola pilikino.
"Ua ʻike ʻoe i ka nui o koʻu mau hoalauna aʻu i ʻaihue ma ke alanui i mea e ʻai ai kaʻu keiki?"
Ua hōʻole au i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e pane i kēlā nīnau, ma kahi o ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka manaʻo ma ke ʻano o ka honua, he hopena pōʻino kēia pōā a puni ka Hikina Waena, ʻoiai ke ʻimi ʻia nei kēlā me kēia lāhui. "E inaina mai nā kānaka iā mākou ..."
“Ua inaina mai lakou ia makou! ʻAʻole ʻoe i ʻike i kēlā?" Luliluli iho la lakou i ko lakou mau poo me ka pihoihoi.
"ʻO nā mea a pau i loaʻa iā mākou ma kēia ʻāina no ka mea ua ʻaihue ʻia, a ʻaihue ʻia e ka ikaika! Ma hea ʻoe i hele ai?"
He iwakālua hola ʻaʻole lawa ka manawa noʻu e hele ai i nā hōʻikeʻike āpau i nā makahiki i hoʻopau ʻia me kahi huakaʻi i Central Booking, akā wehewehe wau i nā kāne i ka makahiki 1980, ma mua o ka hānau ʻana o kekahi o lākou, ʻaʻohe halepaku. i loko o ke keʻena o nā kāne, a ʻo ka poʻe i hopu ʻia e pipi ma ka papahele ma ke kihi. A laila, ua hoʻohālikelike au i kēlā wahi holomua liʻiliʻi me ka hoʻopau ʻana i ke kauā, a loaʻa iaʻu kahi ʻōlelo hoʻoholo koke mai ke kiure.
“Hōʻewaʻewa! Manaʻo ʻoe ua hoʻopau ʻia ke kauā? Pūpule 'oe! ʻAʻole i hoʻopau ʻia ke kauā, ʻo ia wale nō…”
Ua hoʻomau ke kūkākūkā ʻana ma ka ʻōlelo Sepania i ka ʻimi ʻana o nā kāne i ka huaʻōlelo pololei loa no ka mea i loaʻa i ke kahua o ke kauā. A mālie (lohi loa me ka caffeine ʻole), ua ao ka lā a neʻe ʻia mākou ma ka labyrinth. Ua haʻi aku au i ka loio kōkua loio ʻo wai wau, a ua ʻike ʻia ka DA - mai koʻu mau manamana lima paha - a no laila ʻaʻohe pono e nīnau i ka mea nona nā "pili interstate nui" i nānā ʻia, ʻo wau a ʻo John Does. ʻAʻole i kauoha ka luna kānāwai i ka bail, a no laila ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia au ma ROR, a hoʻopaʻa ʻia no ka hoʻokolokolo ma ka Pōʻakolu, Ianuali 17.
