NguDavid Felton, uDisemba 12, 2017
Lo Mvulo, iSebe lePolisa laseNew York libophe abantu be-15 ngokuthintela ukungena kwi-Mission ye-United States kwiZizwe eziManyeneyo, ngoxa abanye babhikisha kwi-mission yase-Saudi, iofisi yaseSaudi eLos Angeles, nakwii-Hart Senate Iiofisi e-DC, zonke phantsi Igama lokuqhankqalaza le-#LetYemenLive. UMedea uBenjamin, umququzeleli weCODEPINK, wabika kwakukho umboniso eHouston, naye. Umboniso waseNew York wawuquka abantu malunga ne-50, ngelixa enye e-DC iquka i-15, kunye ne-LA 10. Abo base DC bahlabela i-Christmas carols kunye namazwi ashicilelwe kwi-Senators yase-US.
Mna nabanye abaqhankqalazi sichithe nje iiyure ezingamashumi amabini "kwinkqubo," njengenkqubo esusela kwindawo engqamleza ukuya kwi-labyrinth yegumbi elingaphantsi lokubamba iiseli, kwigumbi lenkundla elikwi-100 Centre Street laziwa. Ifoto yam yangaphantsi kaNora Al-Awlaki yathathwa ngamagosa eQela leMpendulo kwiQhinga leMishini laseMelika, yafakwa kwimvulophu enezitshixo zendlu yam, ibhanti nezihlangu zezihlangu, emva koko yabuyela kum ngaphandle kwenkundla. Amagosa andixelele ukuba ngaphandle kokuba kufike umntu enkundleni enesazisi sam sokwenyani, andizukukhululwa okanye ndibuyiselwe ipropathi. Abafana abakwisisele esiphetheyo, uninzi lwabo lutshayelwe sisiyobisi eWashington Heights, babephakathi kwelona qela labarresti endakha ndanalo ilungelo lokuchitha ixesha kunye nalo. Ukutsiba unyuka usihla ukuze uhlale ushushu, ubiza amagosa oluleko malunga nephepha langasese, babethana ngeenxa zonke, babetha ifowuni yokuhlawula bezama ukufikelela kubahlobo nakusapho, kwaye okokugqibela kodwa kungaphelelanga apho, ujikeleze iseli ukuze ufumane ngubani kwisangqa sabo oza kuhlawuliswa ngantoni. Bandiqinisekisile ukuba i-DA ayizukucela ibheyile kwimeko yam, nokuba ndizichazile okanye hayi, kodwa enyanisweni, xa sonke sasinyuselwe kwigumbi eliphezulu, inkundla yeDA yacela ibheyile yeedola ezili-1000, inikwe amatyala am amaninzi avulekileyo. , kunye "nonxibelelwano phakathi kwamazwe."
Ingxoxo ethe kratya malunga nemicimbi ebandakanyekayo kwimizamo yokulwa imfazwe yanamhlanje yenzekile kwisisele esingaphezulu kunaso esiza kwenzeka enkundleni, njengoko bendizama ukucacisa umxholo wokubonisa kwethu abantu abahluphekayo baseYemen. Besisemfazweni-singachazwanga, singagunyaziswanga, nokuba yeyiphi na-iminyaka emininzi, namazwe amaninzi, akukho namnye kubo osisoyikiso kuthi, ukuba imeko esisigxina, kwaye kuthatha umzamo okhethekileyo wokwazisa. Abafana babengavumelani noko, kwaye ukuya kuthi ga kwimfazwe ebangela ubusela kwiimfuno zentlalo ezingxamisekileyo, bacaphula imizekelo emininzi kubomi babo.
"Uyazi ukuba bangaphi abamelwane bam ekuye kwafuneka ndibaphange esitratweni ukuze umntwana wam atye?"
Ndizinqandile ekuzameni ukuphendula loo mbuzo, endaweni yoko ndinika uluvo lokuba kumdlalo wehlabathi, oku kuphanga kunesiphumo esibi kuMbindi Mpuma, njengoko kugxilwe kwisizwe esinye. “Abantu bazakusicaphukela…”
“Sele besicaphukela! Awuyazi lo nto? ” Banikina iintloko bekhwankqisiwe.
“Yonke into esiyifumene kweli lizwe kungenxa yokuba ibiwe, kwaye ibiwe ngenkani! Ubukade phi? ”
Iiyure ezingamashumi amabini bezingonelanga ukuba ndihambe kuyo yonke imiboniso kule minyaka igqithileyo ngohambo oluya eCentral Booking, kodwa ndibachazile abafana ukuba ngoo-1980, phambi kokuba abanye babo bazalwe, kwakungekho zindlu yangasese kwisisele samadoda, kwaye ii-arrestees kuya kufuneka zichame phantsi ekoneni. Ke ngempazamo ndiye ndathelekisa loo nkqubela incinci kunye nokupheliswa kobukhoboka, ndaza ndafumana esinye isigwebo esivela kwangoko kwijaji.
“Fuckin bullshit! Ngaba ucinga ukuba ubukhoboka bapheliswa? Uphambene! Ubukhoboka abuzange bupheliswe, yayingu… ”
Ingxoxo yaqhubeka ngeSpanish njengoko abafana bekhangela elona gama lichanekileyo malunga nokwenzekileyo kwiziko lobukhoboka. Kwaye ngokuthe chu (kancinci kancinci ngaphandle kwe-caffeine), yafika imini saza sahanjiswa kwi-labyrinth. Ndixelele igqwetha loncedo lwezomthetho ukuba ndingubani, kwaye iDA sele ibonakala ngathi iyayazi- mhlawumbi ngokusuka kwiminwe yam - kwaye ke bekungekho sidingo sokubuza ukuba ngoobani “abafowunelwa ngaphakathi” ababephantsi kovavanyo, lolwam okanye uJohn Do. Ijaji ayizukuyalela ibheyile, ke ndaye ndakhululwa kwi-ROR, kwaye ndicwangciselwe ukuxoxwa kwetyala ngoLwesithathu, nge-17 kaJanuwari.
