Mtengo wa pasukulu ya sekondale ya Jena wadulidwa, koma chipwirikiti chake changokulirakulira.
“Kodi mtengowo walakwa chiyani?” anafunsa Katrina Wallace, mlongo wopeza wa mmodzi wa Jena Six, pamene ndinamufunsa pa Burger Barn ku Jena, La.
Zonsezi zinayamba kumayambiriro kwa chaka cha sukulu mu 2006, pamsonkhano wapasukulu, pamene Justin Purvis anafunsa ngati angakhale pansi pa mtengo wapabwalo la sukulu, mwayi woperekedwa kwa ophunzira azungu. M’maŵa mwake, zingwe zitatu zinali zitalendewera panthambi zake zazikulu, zamasamba.
Ophunzira aku Africa-America adachita ziwonetsero, akusonkhana pansi pamtengo. Mwamsanga pambuyo pake, loya wa chigawo, Reed Walters, anabwera kusukuluko ndi apolisi, akumawopseza kuti, “Ndikhoza kukupha moyo wako ndi cholembera.” Kusamvana pakati pa mafuko kudakulirakulira m’tauni ya azungu ya 85 peresenti ya anthu 4,000. Mu Disembala, ndewu yapasukulu idayambika, ndipo loya wachigawo adayimba mlandu ophunzira asanu ndi limodzi aku Africa-America, omwe posachedwa adatchedwa Jena Six, ndi kuyesa kupha wachiwiri.
Posachedwa ndidayendera Billy "Bulldog" Fowler muofesi yake. Iye ndi membala woyera wa LaSalle Parish School Board. Akuti Jena akupentidwa mopanda chilungamo ngati atsankho. Amamva kuti zingwe zolendewera zidawombedwa mosayenera, kuti m'masukulu akusekondale zinali zachipongwe: "Kumeneku ndi Kumwera kwakuya, ndipo [achikulire] akuda amadziwa tanthauzo la nsonga. Ndikuuzeni kanthu kena—achichepere samatero.”
Usiku umenewo, ndinapita kukaonana ndi a Bailey m’nyumba yawo yoyendayenda ku Ward 10, imodzi mwa madera a anthu akuda ku Jena. Awiri mwa Jena Six, Robert Bailey ndi Theo Shaw, anali kusita zovala zawo. Ndinawafunsa zomwe amaganiza ataona zibono. Nthaŵi yomweyo Robert ananena kuti: “Chinthu choyamba chimene chinabwera m’maganizo chinali cha KKK. Sindikudziwa chifukwa chake, koma ichi chinali chinthu choyamba chomwe chinabwera mmutu mwanga. Nthaŵi zonse ndinkaganiza kuti a KKK amathamangitsa anthu akuda atakwera pamahatchi, ndipo amakugwirani ndi zingwe.”
Theo adati akuganiza kuti ophunzira omwe adapachika zingwe "ayenera kuchotsedwa, chifukwa sichinali chibwana. Zinali zowopsa. " Mkulu wa sukulu Scott Whitcomb ankaganizanso chimodzimodzi. Analimbikitsa kuthamangitsidwa kwa omwe adapachika zingwe, koma woyang'anira wamkuluyo adamugonjetsera, ndikuyimitsa masiku atatu. Whitcomb adasiya ntchito.
Achinyamata a ku Africa-America anachitidwa mosiyana. Iwo anathamangitsidwa, koma anachita apilo ku komiti ya sukulu. Chigawo cha pasukulupo chinachita kafukufuku, koma komiti ya sukuluyo sinaloledwe kuunikanso. Loya wa bungwe la sukuluyi sanali wina koma woimira boma pa milandu, Reed Walters.
Fowler, membala wa komitiyi akukumbukira msonkhano wa January kuti: “Akuluakulu athu azamalamulo usiku umenewo anali a Walters.”
Ndinamufunsa kuti, “Ndipo anakuuzani, simutha kukhala ndi mwayi wopita kusukulu, kapena kufufuza?”
Fowler anayankha kuti: “Ndiko kulondola. [Walters adati] kunali kuphwanya china chake. ” Bungweli lidavota, popanda chidziwitso. Fowler akukumbukira kuti: “Zinali zogwirizana. Ayi, sizinali choncho. Panali membala m’modzi wa bungweli amene sanavomereze, ndipo ameneyo anali a Worthington.” Melvin Worthington, mmodzi yekha wa ku Africa-America pa bolodi la sukulu, adavota kuti asavomereze kuchotsedwa kwa ophunzira akuda.
Atafunsidwa ngati akuganiza kuti Walters anali ndi chidwi usiku womwewo, Fowler anayankha kuti, "Chabwino, ndikuganiza kuti Bambo Walters amadziwa malamulo."
Khothi Lachitatu Loyang'anira Apilo la Louisiana siligwirizana. Khotilo lidangothetsa chigamulo choyamba cha Walters pa mlandu wa Jena Six (wokhala ndi oweruza oyera onse), a Mychal Bell, atagamula kuti adayenera kuzengedwa mlandu ngati mwana. Walters akulonjeza kuti adzatsutsa chigamulochi ku Khoti Lalikulu la Louisiana, pamene akupitirizabe kutsutsa zina zisanu.
Bell amakhalabe m'ndende, komwe wakhala kuyambira Disembala watha. Ngakhale kuti anali asanazengedwe mlandu, enawo anatsekeredwa m’ndende. Theo Shaw wangotuluka kumene chilimwechi. Atatsekeredwa m’ndende limodzi ndi achikulire omwe anachitidwa misala mobwerezabwereza, Theo anayamba kudwala mphumu, ndipo anagonekedwa m’chipatala.
Mabungwe adziko monga NAACP adayitanitsa ulendo waukulu ku Jena pa Sept. 20, tsiku lomwe Bell amayenera kuweruzidwa. Ngakhale kuti chigamulo chake chasinthidwa, kuguba kudzachitika, ndipo zikwizikwi zikuyembekezeka.
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