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Kupindira kusina chisimba kungave kwakaponesa hupenyu hwaGeorge Floyd? Humbowo kubva pakutongwa kwazvino kweaimbove mupurisa weMinneapolis Derek Chauvin hunoratidza kuti zvinogoneka.
Pazuva iro raityisa, Chivabvu 25, 2020, Chauvin akapfugama pamutsipa waFloyd, uye mapurisa maviri akatsikitsira makumbo aFloyd, vakawanda vaiona vakanetseka. Floyd akanga akasungwa maoko nemakumbo akatarisa pasi. Vakamunzwa achishevedzera kuti abatsirwe, achigomera nokurwadziwa, uye achitaura kakawanda kuti, โNdapota, handigoni kufema!โ
Mumwe murume anonzi Donald Williams akaedza kunyadzisa Chauvin, achimuti โmukonoโ uye, nokunyomba, โmurume akaomaโ uye โmurume chaiye.โ Achiona kuti mamiriro ezvinhu akanga aoma, Williams akachinjira kukukumbira, achiti โHaasi kurambaโ uye โUri kumumisa kufema, murumeโ uye โUnogona kumubvisa pasiโ uye โMunhu.โ
โNgaafe hake,โ mumwe murume akakumbira kudaro.
Chauvin akatsikitsira ibvi rake muhuro maFloyd, sekunge achiratidza kuti haaizoshivirira chero kushoropodzwa, sekunge ari kuti, "Ona zvandinogona kuita." Zvinenge zvapupu zvina zvakaona chiitiko ichi chinosemesa, kusanganisira Williams, uyo akati kuna Chauvin, "Nheyo" uye "Ndiyo imwe shiti" uye "Uri kunakidzwa neshit."
Kana mumwe wevane gumi nevaviri vaiona akapinda mumugwagwa akananga kuChauvin, mukuru wechina, Tou Thao, akasvika pamugaba wake wembezo ndokuvaraira kuti vadzokere munzira.
Floyd paakanyarara kuchema, vaivepo vakatonyanya kuvhunduka. Hapana kana mumwe wavo aiziva murume uyu-izvi zvaive zvakadzama (uye zvakajairika) kunzwira tsitsi mutorwa ari panjodzi. Darnella Frazier, wechiduku akarekodha chiitiko chacho pafoni yake, akabvunza kuti, โMakatora nguva yakareba sei kuti murambe?โ Iye nevamwe vakati wandei vakachema, โIbvai paari!โ
Mudzimi wemoto asiri pabasa anonzi Genevieve Hansen akadzokorora kuti mapurisa atarise kurova kwaFloyd.
โHaasati atombopfakanyika,โ Williams akadanidzira kakawanda. "Haasi kudaira izvozvi bro."
Mhururu nezvikumbiro nemafoni ecamera hazvina kushanda. Thao aingofunga nezve "kutonga kwevanhu vazhinji." Chauvin aive asingabatike, maoko ari muhomwe, chiso chisina manzwiro, asingapindure chero munhu. Akapinza ibvi rake muhuro memunhu waakanga abatwa naye, zvichiita kuti ropa uye oxygen ipere, kweanenge maminetsi gumi. Akazongosimuka mushure mekunge vanobatsira varwere vasvika kuzotora chitunha chaGeorge Floyd.
Vachibvunzurudzwa nevachuchisi, Williams, Hansen, Frazier, uye mumwe achiri kuyaruka, Alyssa Funari, vose vakachema vakati vaida kuita zvakawanda asi vakanzwa vachityisidzirwa naChauvin naThao.
โNdaidzorwa panzira,โ akatsinhira kudaro Williams. "Ndakaita nepandinogona napo."
Hansen akayeuka kuti ainzwa โachinetseka kwazvoโ uye โaida chaizvo kubatsira.โ
โHavana kana kumbotibvumira kuti tiswedere pedyo,โ akadaro Frazier. โVakakasika kuvhomora mbesa. Uye tese takadzokera kumashure. " Akasara aine kudemba uye kuzvipa mhosva. "Hwave husiku hwandakagara ndichikumbira ruregerero uye ndichikumbira ruregerero kuna George Floyd nekusaita zvakawanda uye kusabatana uye kusaponesa hupenyu hwake."
Funari akayeuka achinzwa sokuti akanga โakundikana.โ โNenzira younyanzvi ndingadai ndakaita chimwe chinhu,โ iye akatsinhira kudaro, โasi ndakanga ndisingagoni chaizvoizvo kuita chinhu chipi nechipi munyama chandaida nemhaka yokuti simba gurusa rakanga riripo.โ Neโsimba gurusa,โ aireva chiremera chemapurisa.
Chii chimwe chavangadai vakaita?
Third party nonviolent interposition zvinoreva kuisa muviri wako pakati pemapato ari kunetsana kuti adzivise kukuvadzana. Mupindiri asina chisimba anofanira kunge achida kukuvadzwa asi asingadi kukuvadza mumwe munhu. Ikoku kunoda tsitsi huru, izvo chaizvoizvo zvinoreva โkutambura.โ Zvinodawo ushingi hwenyama.
Donald Williams ane ushingi hukuru hwemuviri. Anoshanda sebhauncer uye anokwikwidza mune yakasanganiswa martial arts. Semumwe wevakatanga kuona pachiitiko ichi, Williams angangodaro akasveta Thao ndokuzviwisira pasi padivi paFloyd. โNdinoziva kuti makatsamwa, mukuru,โ angadaro akataura kudaro. โIsa ibvi rako pamusoro my mutsipa pachinzvimbo.โ
Genevieve Hansen ane ushingi hukuru hwemuviri uye chivimbo chehunyanzvi. Somudzimi wemoto, anopinda muzvivako zviri kutsva. Achisvika kubva mhiri kwemugwagwa, akafamba zvinyoro nyoro achikwira kuseri kwaChauvin naThao ivo vasingazvione. Ipapo, akawana mukana wekurara padivi paFloyd, achitarisa kupuruzira kwake, pamwe nekutsvedza muviri wake pasi pechidya chaChauvin. "Ndinaye," angangodaro akaudza Chauvin zvakadzikama, "iwe unogona kurega izvozvi."
Kuita kwaWilliams uye/kana Hansen kungangove kwakakurudzira vasikana vatatu vechidiki โ vaida kupindira asi vakanzwa vachimanikidzwa โ kuti vabatane navo pasi padyo naFloyd.
Tsitsi dzakadaro dzingadai dzakaitei? Kupindirana kusina chisimba kungaderedza sei mhirizhonga?
Kutanga, mapato ari kunetsana angaona anopindira seasina mhosva, kwete muvengi, asingakodzeri kukuvadzwa. Vanogona kumisa zviito zvavo zvechisimba nekuda kwekuti vari kupindira vari munzira.
Chechipiri, kupindirana kusina mhirizhonga kunogadzirisa vanhu. Mupindiri asina mhirizhonga anoratidza hunhu mumunhu anenge abatwa nekuedza kubatsira, uye anobvuma hunhu mumunhu anenge aitirwa zvakaipa nekuramba kushandisa chisimba kwaari. Nekunzwisisa, munhu anoshungurudza anogona kuona, "Wow, kana achida kutambura kubatsira muvengi wangu, pamwe muvengi wangu munhu mushure mezvose."
Chechitatu, kupindira kusina chisimba kunogona kuunza simba rekudzikamisa kumamiriro ezvinhu ane utsinye. Munhu anoburitsa huvepo hwerudo, asingatyi anogona kuderedza kutya kune simba nenzira dzisingagoni kuyerwa. Mupindiri akadaro ane chiremera chakati chetsika nesimba rinobatanidza, uye vamwe vangangotevera kutungamirira kwake.
Chauvin naThao pamwe vangadai vasina kunetseka nezve kugara zvakanaka kwe "asina mhosva" anopindira. Mapurisa anokurumidza kududzira kupindira kwevanhu se "kuvhiringidza kururamisira" uye kutyisidzira kuchengetedzwa kwemapurisa. Hunhu hwemunhu asina mhirizhonga pamwe hungadai husina kukwana kumutsa uye kudzoreredza Chauvin, murume akadzvinyirirwa zvakanyanya,
Asi kuratidza tsitsi kungangodaro kwakakanganisa mapurisa maviri pamakumbo aFloyd. Kuchinja kwesimba, kubva pakutya kuenda kurudo โ pamwe Hansen achiisa ruoko runyoro pabendekete raChauvin uye kutaura chinyararire โ zvingave zvakakwana kumumutsa kubva mundangariro yake yehasha-yekudzivirira, kupa hushamwari hwake nzira yekubuda.
Kana pasina chimwe chinhu, musanganiswa wezvidziviriro zvisina chisimba, tsitsi, uye kusatya kwakadzikama kungadai kwakavhiringa nekutsausa Chauvin naThao. Vakuru vasina ruzivo vanogona kunge vakanzwa vaine simba rekubvunza mirairo yaChauvin. Mukugadzirisa kumasimba matsva, Chauvin anogona kunge akasimuka, achipa Floyd mukana wekurarama.
Iko hakuna vimbiso yekuti wechitatu bato kupindira zvisina mhirizhonga kungadai kwakaponesa hupenyu hwaFloyd. Asi tsitsi nechishuvo zvaivapoโnei pasina munhu akaedza?
Vacherekedzi vaitya kudenha varume vane zvombo, vane hasha vakapfeka mayunifomu echiremera chehurumende. Pane zvirango zviri pamutemo zvekuvhiringidza basa remapurisa, uye Williams aiziva nezvengozi yakawedzerwa kwaariโmurume ane ganda dema. Chokwadi, vaiona dzimwe nguva vaizvidzora, vasingadi kuti mumwe munhu akuvara.
Asi vanhu vane hanya ava havafaniri kupomerwa mhosva yokusaita chimwe chinhu. Vaisaziva zvekuita kana kuti vozviita sei.
Uku kufungidzira asi kubheja kwakachengeteka: vaiona havana kudzidziswa kusiri kwemhirizhonga. Vakanga vasina kudzidza nhoroondo nesainzi yekusaita mhirizhonga. Vakanga vasina kuita zvekutamba zvisina mhirizhonga. Chinonyanya kukosha, vakanga vasina kuita basa rekufungisisa nekufungisisa rinodiwa kukudziridza kugadzikana kwemukati, kuwedzera tsitsi kune vose, uye kuderedza kutya. (Vaverengi veBhaibheri, kana kuti Gandhi, vachayeuka kuti โrudo rwakakwana runodzinga kutya.โ)
Kana kupindira kwekufungidzira kuri pamusoro apa kuchiita sekwekufungidzira kana kuseka, unogona kudzidza Birmingham Vana Kurume. Muna 1963, mushure mekudzidziswa kwenguva pfupi kusiri kwechisimba, zviuru zvevana vechikoro cheAlabama vakamukira imbwa dzemapurisa nemafirehosi pasina kurova kumashure kana kutiza. Vana vakapembera mutirongo; mapurisa ane rusaruraganda uye vadzimi vomoto vakaenda kumba vachizununguswa nokuti, sokutaura kwakaita mumwe mupurisa nezvevana, โkutya kwakanga kwapera.โ
Kana makirasi ekusaita mhirizhonga ari akajairika muzvikoro zvedu zveK-12-kwete chete muzvirongwa zvakasarudzika mumakoreji nemayunivhesiti anodhura zvakanyanya-USA ichava nzvimbo yakachengetedzeka uye ine hunhu hwekugara. Vanhu vakawanda vachanzwisisa shoko romutungamiriri wechiKristu asina chisimba wekodzero dzevanhu John Lewis: โUsambofa uchitya kuita ruzha ndokupinda muchinetso chakanaka, chiri madikanwa.โ
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