NguJohn Zangas, Ukuxhatshazwa Okudumile
Umhlaseli ongaziwayo utshabalalise intente yokulinda uxolo ye-White House, wayinqunqa phakathi, ngenjikalanga yangoLwesithathu. UPhilipos Melaku-Bello, umnxibelelanisi walo mlindo, wayehleli ebukele ngelo xesha kwaye engenzakali. Uxele ukuba uva umntu ombiza ngokuba yi-epithet yobuhlanga kwaye wajika wabona i-gash yeenyawo ezisibhozo kwi-tarp ngaphezulu. Ukhuphe umnxeba woncedo kumajelo eendaba ezentlalo kwaye kwiiyure nje ezingephi, malunga neshumi labaxhasi basabela.
Uhlaselo lwenzeka ngelixa iNkonzo yeMfihlo yayisusa abakhenkethi ngasemva kwindlela ephambi kwe-White House kunye ngaphaya kwe-Avenue yasePennsylvania ukuya eLafayette Park, kwaye isihlwele esikhulu sasijikeleze umlindo.
Engonwabanga sesi sehlo, uMelaku-Bello uthe ube lixhoba lohlaselo lwangaphambili kule minyaka idlulileyo, kuquka nokuxulutywa ngamatye. Intente iye yonakaliswa amatyeli aliqela ngokunjalo, kodwa esi sisihlandlo sokuqala ukuba i-tarp itshatyalaliswe, ifuna ukuba itshintshwe.
Amatshantliziyo avela kwiNdlu yoXolo kunye nabalingane abaninzi beza netarp entsha kunye nezixhobo zokwakha intente kwakhona kwindlela ebiyiyo. U-Jason McGaughey uthenge i-40′ yetarp yeplastiki ngemali yakhe, kwaye abanye abathandathu bancedisa ukucheba kunye nokufaka i-tarp entsha phezu kwamathambo entente. UTaylor Hall, uMicah Gann kunye noJosh Casey babephakathi kwabo bahlengahlengisa iintsimbi ze-ballast, basika itarp entsha baza bancedisa ekwakheni ngokutsha intente. Kwakhona bacoca indawo baza basusa inkunkuma.
Emva kokuba umlindo ubuyiselwe, uMelaku-Bello waphumla kwaye wasela amanzi apholileyo ngelixa wayethetha nentatheli ngembali kunye nenjongo yomlindo woxolo. Ubalise ngembali etyebileyo yalo mlindo kunye namatshantliziyo asebenze apho ukuze afundise abanye ngeengozi zezixhobo zenyukliya.
Umlindo woxolo uxhaswa ngemali ngokuqhubekayo ukusukela ngo-1981 xa uWilliam Thomas waseka uqhanqalazo lweeyure ezingama-24 ecaleni kwendlela ngqo kwicala elingasentla le-White House. Wasweleka ngoJanuwari 2009 emva kokunikezela ubomi bakhe kwinjongo yayo.
