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INtaba yeHorebhe, eWisc. - UBonnie Block, uJim Murphy, uLars noPatty Prip, uMary Beth Schlagheck, kunye nam sasikwiNdawo yokuPhumla i-10 ecaleni kwe-I-90/94, malunga neekhilomitha ezi-5 kumzantsi weMauston, ukusuka ngo-10: 00 kusasa - emini ngoLwesine ngo-Oktobha 9, 2014 Sasinemodeli yedrone kunye nenqwaba yeeflaya "Izinto ezi-6 omele uzazi malunga ne-Drones" ukusinceda ekufikeleleni uluntu kwaye ngoko banokufunda okungakumbi malunga noko kwenzekayo nje kwindlela yeVolk Field Air National Guard Base. Sasilapho kubambisene nabanye kwilizwe liphela njengenxalenye “Gcina iNdawo yeVeki yoXolo” kunye neentsuku zehlabathi zezenzo ezichasene needrones ezixhaswe yiCode Pink, Know Drones, kunye namanye amaqela.
Sikhethe ukuhambisa iphecana kule ndawo yokuphumla kuba yeyona ikufutshane kwiVolk Field Air National Guard Base, malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-20 kumzantsi wesiseko. Thina, njengeWisconsin Coalition to Ground the Drones and End the Wars, siye salinda ngaphandle kwamasango eVolk Field phantse iminyaka emithathu, siqhankqalaza uqeqesho apho abaqhubi beenqwelo-moya abasebenzisa i-Shadow Drones. Sisezantsi kunye neempawu zethu rhoqo ngo-4th uLwesibini kwinyanga ukusuka 3: 30-4: 30. Kwi 4: 00 pm malunga neemoto ezili-100 zishiya isiseko kwaye ziqhube ngasekunene kuthi kwaye ngoko sinokuvezwa okuninzi.
UJim ebesibongoza ukuba sizame ukuhambisa amaphecana kwindawo yokuphumla iminyaka embalwa kwaye yajika yaba lithuba elihle kakhulu lemfundo yoluntu. Siye sakwazi ukunxibelelana nenxalenye yokwenyani ephakathi kweMelika kwaye saba nethuba lokuhambisa amaphecana ethu kwaye sithethe nabantu malunga nokuba kuqhubeka ntoni kwiVolk Field, kunye nakwiimfazwe zedrone phesheya kolwandle. Inani elifanelekileyo labantu liye lasixhasa kwaye lisebenzisana nathi. Abambalwa babonakala ngathi babengenazo iimvakalelo ezininzi malunga nemfazwe yedrone ngenye indlela okanye enye. Kwakukho inani elincinane labantu ababengonwabanga kukusibona apho baza bazikhulula ngolwimi olungenabubele.
Kungekudala emva kokuba sifikile kwindawo yokuphumla saza saqalisa ukuseta inqwelo-moya, umphathi wendawo yokuphumla waphuma waza wasixelela ukuba kuza kufuneka sipakishe size sihambe. Sathi sikwindawo kawonke-wonke kwaye siceba ukuhlala apho de kube Emini. Kwakhona samxelela ukuba asizukuvalela mntu okanye simgrogrise, saza samnika iphecana. Uye wacaphuka wacaphuka xa simxelela lento wathi ukuba asihambi kuzofuneka afowunele iState Patrol khange acinge ukuba singafuna ide ihambe kangaka. Saphendula ngelithi sifuna atsalele umnxeba iState Patrol kuba sasisazi ukuba sinelungelo lokuba lapho. Wemka evuthuza.
Kwakumalunga nemizuzu eli-15 nangaphezulu ngaphambi kokuba igosa elinxibe iimpahla eziqhelekileyo linxibe isuti elisikwe kakuhle nebheji entanyeni lalo leza kuthi. Wathi uxelelwe ukuba kukho ukuphazamiseka, kwaye wasibuza ukuba akukho kuphazamiseka. UJim waphendula ngokubuza ukuba kubonakala ngathi kukho ukuphazamiseka. Eli polisa laphendula ngomsindo lisithi liza kubuza imibuzo size siyiphendule.
Samcacisela into esiyenzayo, ukuba sikwindawo yoluntu kwaye lilungelo lethu elingokomgaqo-siseko ukuba lapho. Samxelela ukuba asivimbi mntu kwaye ukuba abafuni iflaya asiyityhalanga.
Ngelo xesha kwafika igosa likarhulumente elinxibe iyunifomu kwindawo yexhwayelo. Igosa esasithetha nalo lathi eli gosa linxibe iyunifomu liza kungena ezihlangwini zalo. Emva kokuba bethethile kangangemizuzu eliqela, kwafika igosa elinxibe iyunifomu saza salixelela oko sasikwenza. Wasixelela ukuba abanye abantu basenokungakuxabisi ukuma kwethu, yaye wathi ukuba baqalise ukuthetha izinto esingazithandiyo sifanele sijike esinye isidlele. Simxelele ukuba siziqhelanisa nobundlobongela kwaye silungile ekunciphiseni ezo meko. Wathi masibe nosuku oluhle wahamba. Kwaba ngathi olu luloyiso oluncinci kuthi. Akuqhelekanga ukuba kubizwe amapolisa agqibe ngelithi masiqhubeke sisenza lento siyenzayo.
Kwimizuzu eliqela kamva imoto kaNothimba kaJuniau County yangena kwindawo yokuphumla yaza yapaka. Akazange athethe nathi, kodwa wachitha imizuzu eliqela ethetha nomntu kwinqwelo-mafutha yamapolisa engabhalwanga ngaphambi kokuba bahambe bobabini. Intshukumo yabemi ibonakala ngathi iphumelele imini.
Ndifuna ukubalisa ibali ngendoda enye endathetha nayo. Ndithe ndisamnika iphecana wathi uyayixhasa lento siyenzayo. Kodwa, wathi, umzukulwana wakhe wayesemkhosini kwaye wasebenzisa ikhamera yeedrones kwaye akazange ababulale abantwana. (Enye yemiqondiso yethu yayisithi “IiDrones Zibulala Abantwana”.) Ndaphendula ndathi baninzi abantu abamsulwa, kuquka nabantwana abaninzi, ababulawa ngohlaselo lweedrone kumazwe aphesheya kolwandle. Waphinda wathi umzukulwana wakhe akabulalanga bantwana. Ndamxelela ukuba sinoludwe lwamagama abantwana abaninzi abaye babulawa. Waphinda wathi umzukulwana wakhe ngusapho onabantwana abane kwaye akazukubulala bantwana. Wongeze ngelithi ebengumongikazi encedisa kuqhaqho lwabantwana iminyaka emininzi kwaye uyayazi ukuba kunjani kubantwana abaxhelekile kwaye umzukulwana wakhe akazukubulala abantwana.
Eli bali libonisa ngokwenene ukuqhawuka konxibelelwano kunye nokukhanyela okwenzekayo kuluntu lwethu, malunga nokuba sifuna kangakanani ukukholelwa ukuba singabafana abalungileyo, ukuba asiyi kubenzakalisa abanye. Nangona kunjalo, abantu bayafa kwihlabathi jikelele ngenxa yemigaqo-nkqubo karhulumente wethu. Kubonakala ngathi akukho bantu baneleyo abathetha ngokuchasene noko kwenzekayo kuba abantu abaninzi bayala ukujonga ngokwenene ukufa kunye nentshabalalo umkhosi wethu ushiya kwihlabathi liphela. Kulula kakhulu ukuvala amehlo ethu. Ndicinga ukuba le yayiyindoda elunge ngokwenene endathetha nayo, yaye baninzi abantu abalungileyo njengaye. Sibafumana njani aba bantu balungileyo ukuba bavuke kwaye bazibandakanye nomlo, ukuze bakwazi ukuvuma kunye nokuthatha uxanduva ngenxa yezothuso ezenziwa ngurhulumente wethu, kunye nathi, kwihlabathi jikelele?
Sonke sobathandathu esasilapho savakalelwa kukuba yayiliphulo eliyimpumelelo yaye sonke savumelana ukuba kufuneka sibuyele kwindawo yokuphumla apho sinokufikelela abantu ebekungenofikelelwa kubo. Akunakwenzeka ukwazi ukuba luhlobo luni lwempembelelo esinokuba nayo, kodwa sinethemba lokuba siye sachukumisa abantu abambalwa.
Nceda uthathele ingqalelo iindawo zokuphumla ezikufutshane nawe njengendawo enokwenzeka yemiboniso. Asisenazo iindawo zedolophu. Akukho semthethweni, ubuncinci eWisconsin, ukuqhankqalaza kwiindawo zokuthenga kuba zingabanini babucala. Akusoloko kulula ukufumana indawo kawonke-wonke apho kukho abantu abaninzi, kodwa olu yayiluvavanyo oluhle namhlanje kwaye safumanisa ukuba amapolisa awazukuzama ukusithintela ekuboniseni kwindawo yokuphumla eWisconsin. Kodwa kwakhona, ngubani owaziyo ukuba kuya kwenzeka ntoni kwixesha elizayo. Into endiyaziyo ngokuqinisekileyo kukuba siza kubuya.
