NguPat Elder, Okthobha 25, 2017.
Lilonke, uLa David wayeyindoda elungileyo. Abahlobo bakhe bamkhumbula “njengotata nomyeni othembekileyo.” “Umntakwethu umele into ethile,” wabhala u-Angela Ghent, udade wabo ngonina ngonina, kuFacebook. "Walilwela eli lizwe kwaye yindlela aza kukhunjulwa ngayo."
Kodwa kukho okungakumbi.
UJohnson uphumelele kwiSikolo samaBanga aPhakamileyo saseMiami Carol City ngo-2010. Esi sikolo ngama-99% abantu abambalwa kwaye ama-86% achongwe njengabantu abahlelelekileyo ngokwezoqoqosho. I-14% kuphela yabafundi abanobuchule kwiMathematika kwaye i-23% iyazi kakuhle isiNgesi. Isalathisi sokulungela ikholeji yesikolo yi-7.5 kwisikali se-0 ukuya kwi-100. UTrayvon Martin naye waya eMiami Carol.
I-Miami Gardens, apho uLa David wayehlala khona, sisixeko se-110,000 esiyi-98% yase-Afrika-yaseMelika kunye ne-Hispanic. Ngaphezu kwesiqingatha sabemi besi sixeko bamiswa ngamapolisa phakathi ko-2008 no-2013. I-Miami Gardens yenye yezona zixeko zizaliswe lulwaphulo-mthetho eMelika. Izinga lokubulala liphindwe kathathu kumyinge welizwe.
Intombi kaLa David yazalwa ngo-2011, unyaka emva kokuphumelela kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo. Wayesebenza kwisebe lemveliso kwiWalMart yendawo. Ngo-2014, watshata noMyeshia Manual kwaye wabhalisa eMkhosini njengoMechanic weenqwelo-mafutha ezinamavili. Wayefuna ukunyamekela umfazi nomntwana wakhe.
Njengabanye, ukubhaliswa kukaLa David yayikukungcakaza awayenethemba lokuba kuya kulungiselela indlela yokuphuma kubuhlwempu ngaphandle kokubulawa okanye ukwenzakala ngokumasikizi.
