ndi David Felton, December 12, 2017
Lolemba lino, Dipatimenti ya Police ku New York inamanga anthu a 15 chifukwa choletsa kulowa ku Mission ya United States ku United Nations, pamene ena adatsutsa ku Saudi mission, ofesi ya Saudi ku Los Angeles, komanso ku Hart Senate Maofesi ku DC, onse pansi pake Dzina lotsutsa la #LetYemenLive. Medea Benjamin, yemwe anayambitsa kampani ya CODEPINK, adalengeza kuti panali kuwonetseratu ku Houston. Chiwonetsero ku New York chinaphatikizapo anthu pafupifupi 50, pamene imodzi mu DC ikuphatikizapo 15, ndi ina ku LA 10. Anthu a DC ankaimba nyimbo za Khirisimasi ndi mawu oyambirira kwa a US Senators.
Ine ndi otsutsa anzanga tangokhala maola makumi awiri "m'dongosolo," monga njira yochokera kuderali kudzera pakazipinda kakang'ono kosungira zipinda, kupita ku khothi ku 100 Center Street. Chithunzi changa cha vesti cha Nora Al-Awlaki chidatengedwa ndi oyang'anira a Strategic Response Group ku US Mission, ndikuyika mu envelopu yokhala ndi makiyi anga anyumba, lamba ndi nsapato, kenako nkubwerera kwa ine kunja kwa khothi. Apolisiwo anandiuza kuti ngati wina sadzabwera kubwalo lamilandu ndi chiphaso changa chenicheni, sindimasulidwa kapena kulandira chilichonse. Anyamata omwe anali m'chipindacho, omwe anali ochokera ku Washington Heights, anali m'gulu la omanga omwe ndakhala nawo mwayi wokhala nawo. Kudumpha ndikukwera kuti mukhale wofunda, ndikuyitanitsa apolisi kuti akalandire mapepala achimbudzi, akumenyanirana, ndikumenyera foni yolipira poyesa kudutsa kwa abwenzi komanso abale, komaliza, kuzungulira chizungulocho kuti mudziwe yemwe m'mizere yawo anali oti adzaweruzidwe ndi chiyani. Adanditsimikizira kuti a DA sangapemphe chindapusa kwa ine, kaya ndadziwika kapena ayi, koma makamaka, tonse titakwezedwa kumtunda ndikulowa m'khothi, DA idapempha bail ya $ 1000, nditapatsidwa milandu yanga yambiri yotseguka , ndiponso “malo osiyanasiyana olumikizana ndi mayiko osiyanasiyana.”
Kukambirana mozama kwambiri pazokhudza zomwe zikuchitika masiku ano zankhondo zachitika mnyumba yosungira kuposa momwe zidzachitikire kukhothi, pomwe ndimayesera kufotokoza momwe chiwonetsero chathu chikuwonetsera anthu aku Yemen omwe akuvutika. Takhala tikumenya nkhondo - osadziwika, osaloledwa, zilizonse - kwazaka zambiri, tili ndi mayiko ambiri, palibe amene akuwopseza, kuti zakhala zachikhalire, ndipo akuyesetsa kuchititsa kuzindikira. Anyamatawo sanatsutsane ndi izi, ndipo pankhani yankhondo yomwe imabera zosowa zachangu, adatchulapo zitsanzo zingapo m'miyoyo yawo.
"Mukudziwa angati oyandikana nawo omwe ndakhala ndikuba m'misewu kuti mwana wanga adye?"
Sindinayesere kuyankha funsoli, m'malo mwake ndimapereka lingaliro loti padziko lonse lapansi, kuba uku kukuwononga ku Middle East konse, monga mitundu ikunenedwa. "Anthu adzatida ..."
“Atida kale! Simukudziwa izi? ” Anapukusa mitu yawo modabwa.
“Zonse zomwe tidapeza mdziko muno ndichifukwa zidabedwa, ndikubedwa mokakamiza! Unali kuti?
Maola makumi awiri sanali nthawi yokwanira yoti ndiwonetse ziwonetsero zonse pazaka zomwe zamaliza ndikupita ku Central Booking, koma ndinafotokozera anyamatawo kuti m'ma 1980, ena mwa iwo asanabadwe, kunalibe chimbudzi m'chipinda cha amuna, ndipo omangidwa amayenera kutsekula pansi pakona. Kenako mwangozi ndidafanizira kupita patsogolo pang'ono ndi kutha kwa ukapolo, ndikulandila chigamulo china nthawi yomweyo kuchokera kwa oweruza.
"Fuckin ng'ombe! Mukuganiza kuti ukapolo unathetsedwa? Wamisala iwe! Ukapolo sunathetsedwe, zinali chabe… ”
Zokambiranazo zidapitilira mu Chisipanishi pomwe anyamatawa amafunafuna mawu olondola kwambiri pazomwe zidachitika kuukapolo. Ndipo pang'onopang'ono (pang'onopang'ono popanda tiyi kapena khofi), tsikulo lidayamba ndipo tidasunthidwa kudzera pa labyrinth. Ndidauza loya wazamalamulo kuti ndine ndani, ndipo DA idawoneka kale kuti ikudziwa - mwina kuchokera pa zala zanga - ndipo sipanakhale chifukwa chofunsira omwe "akumayiko ambiri" anali kuwunikiridwa, anga kapena a John Do. Woweruzayo sanalamule kuti atulutse belo, choncho ndidamasulidwa ku ROR, ndipo ndikuyembekezeka kuti ndikayimbidwe mlandu Lachitatu, Januware 17.
