Ua hū ʻia nā kūʻē i ka lā Lāpule ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Kansas City, Missouri, ma hope o ka pana ʻana o kahi mea hale keʻokeʻo i kahi ʻōpio ʻeleʻele ʻelua mau manawa ma hope o ke kani hewa ʻana o ka ʻōpio i ka bele puka o ke kanaka i ka wā e hoʻāʻo ana e kiʻi i kona mau kaikaina.
ʻO Ralph Yarl, he keiki kula kiʻekiʻe he 16 makahiki, e hoʻāʻo ana e kiʻi i kona mau kaikunāne mai kahi hale ma 115th Terrace ma ke kūlanakauhale. I kona hookani ana i ka bele puka o kekahi hale ma ke alanui 115 me ke kuhihewa, ua pane mai kekahi kanaka keokeo i ka puka a pana iā Yarl ma ke poʻo.
As Ua waiho ʻia ʻo Yarl ma ka honua ma hope o ka pana ʻana, ʻo ke kanaka i kapa ʻole ʻia e nā mākaʻi, ua pana ʻo ia iā ia no ka lua o ka manawa ma ka lima. ʻOiai ua hiki iā Yarl ke pakele, ua hele ʻo ia i ʻekolu mau hale like ʻole ma ke kaiāulu ma mua o ke kōkua ʻana o kekahi iā ia.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo Yarl mai ka haukapila i ka Pōʻakahi, a aia ma ka home i kēia manawa e hoʻomau ana i kāna hana hoʻōla.
Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka mea hale e nā mākaʻi akā ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia he 24 mau hola ma hope. Ua ʻōlelo nā mākaʻi he pono lākou i ka "ʻike hou aku" ma mua o ka hiki iā lākou ke hopu.
ʻO ke kanaka nāna i pana iā Yarl e pale aku iā ia iho me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kānāwai "Stand Your Ground", e ʻae i ka poʻe e hoʻohana i ka ikaika make ke ʻōlelo lākou e pale ana lākou iā lākou iho a i kā lākou waiwai, ʻoiai i nā kūlana i hiki ai iā lākou ke pale aku i ka hana ʻino ma ka haʻalele ʻana i kahi hakakā. . ʻO ia mau kānāwai maoli e ʻae i ka poʻe keʻokeʻo e pepehi kanaka ʻeleʻele a me Brown me ka hoopai ole, a hōʻike hōʻike ʻAʻole hiki i ka poʻe ʻeleʻele a me Brown ke kūleʻa i ka haʻi ʻana i ia mau kānāwai e pale aku iā lākou iho i ka ʻaha.
"Inā hopu ʻia a hoʻopiʻi ʻia, ʻaneʻane e hoʻopuka ka mea pana pua keʻokeʻo i ke kānāwai kū i kou ʻāina o Missouri e koi aku i nā mea hale (White) he kuleana e pepehi i nā keiki (ʻeleʻele) e kani hewa i kā lākou mau bele puka," Ua kākau ka mea kākau moʻolelo ʻeleʻele ʻo Ibrahim X. Kendi ma Twitter. "No ka mea, ua manaʻo pinepine ʻia ka hana ʻino racist ma ke ʻano he pale ponoʻī."
I ka lā Sābati, ma kahi o 1,000 poʻe i ʻākoakoa e kūʻē ma ke alanui kahi i hana ʻia ai ke kī. Nui nā ʻōlelo oli e kākoʻo iā Yarl, me “E kū i luna, e kaua i hope” a "Ka Hoʻopono no Ralph."
ʻO ka ʻanakē o Yarl, ʻo Kauka Faith Spoonmore, kekahi o ka poʻe i hele. "E ʻike ʻo Ralph i ke aloha no ka mea he nui kēia poʻe, he mea kupanaha," e'ōlelo anaʻo ia.
Ua koi ka makuakāne o Ralph, ʻo Paul Yarl, i ka ʻōnaehana kānāwai e hoʻopaʻa i ke kanaka nāna i pana i kāna keiki.
"Makemake wale mākou i ka hoʻopono, he keiki maikaʻi ʻo Ralph, ʻaʻole pono ʻo ia i ka mea e hana nei iā ia," ʻo Paul. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Yarl, e hoʻonui ana:
ʻO kā mākou ʻōlelo no ka hoʻopiʻi: makemake mākou i nā hoʻopiʻi, ʻo ia kā mākou makemake. Inā hele kaʻawale ʻo ia, hiki ke kiʻi hou ʻia ke keiki ʻEleʻele e kani ana i kēlā bele puka. ʻAʻole mākou makemake i kēlā.
ʻO Melissa Robinson ka lālā ʻaha kūkā o Kansas City hoahewa no hoi i ka pana ana. “ʻAʻohe pono. ʻAʻohe maluhia, "wahi āna. "ʻO ka manawa kēia e hōʻike ai i pili ke kānāwai a me ke kauoha iā mākou āpau. ʻAʻole palekana mākou i ka hele ʻana i ke keʻena kinoea a i ʻole ke kani ʻana i ka bele puka.
"ʻO nā kūlana e like me kēia ka mea e hānai ai i ka hilinaʻi mau i ka hoʻokō kānāwai ke loaʻa ka poʻe ʻeleʻele i ka ikaika nui a make paha ma ka lima o nā kamaʻāina keʻokeʻo a me ka hoʻokō kānāwai," wahi a Gwen Grant, peresidena o ka Hui Urban o Kansas City.
ʻO nā loio kuleana kīwila ʻo Ben Crump lāua ʻo Lee Merritt e pani ana i ka ʻohana Yarl. Ua hōʻike lāua i ka huhū no ka hōʻole ʻana o nā mākaʻi i ka hopu ʻana i ke kanaka nāna i pana iā Yarl.
"ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke pana wale i ka poʻe me ka ʻole o ka hōʻoia ʻana ke hele mai kekahi e kīkēkē i kou puka - a ʻo ke kīkēkē ʻana i kou puka ʻaʻole ia he ʻāpono," Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Crump. "Pono e hoʻopaʻi ʻia kēia kanaka."
“Ke hakakā nei ʻo Ralph no kona ola. Pono e hopu ʻia kēia kanaka," Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Merritt ma kahi tweet.
Ua kākau nā loio i kahi ʻōlelo hui "ʻaʻohe kumu no ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o kēia mea hoʻopaʻapaʻa a me ka weliweli," ʻoi aku ka nui ma hope o ke kanaka "[ʻae] i ka pana ʻana i kahi ʻōpio ʻaʻole hoʻoweliweli, hoʻoweliweli a pale ʻole i kani i kāna bele puka."
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