Kutanga, ndichatora chirevo kubva kuPOC Curfew Committee kubva kubasa muPhilly: “VICTORY! Takaenda kuCity Council nhasi vanhu makumi masere vakasimba. Yaiva yakanaka, takazadza hafu yemakamuri. Che Gossett, Savannah Shange, Adán X Equis, Diop Olugbala, Purofesa TJ Ghose, uye ini [Khadijah White] takapa uchapupu hwakasimba hunopesana nemutemo [kuti uwedzere mutemo wenguva yemanheru wakananga kune vechidiki vane makore 80 zvichidzika kuPhilly yose]. Pamusoro pezvo, takaendesa siginicha 18 pachikumbiro chekurambidzwa kusvika pamba kuhofisi yemutungamiri weKanzuru. Uye zvakare… pakanga pasina vhoti. Mushure mezvo, Councilman Jones akaudza vamwe vedu kuti maminetsi mashoma musangano wanhasi usati wasangana, kanzuru yeGuta yakabvumirana tafura yebhiri kuti iongororwe. Akati nekuda kwe us, nekuda kwezvibodzwa zvedu uye kutsoropodza. Vanotarisira kuti vhezheni inotevera yemutemo isabatanidze kuvharirwa sechirango chinogona kuitika. Saka, kukunda kudiki, asi kukunda kwakangofanana. Uye yaive yakatendeseka ine simba !! Solidarity!!"
Yakanga yakanaka zvechokwadi, pamatanho akati wandei.
Pandakasvika na9:30 mangwanani, kuti ndiungane nevamwe kuti tifambe muCity Hall pamwe chete-kupfuura kombi yeHomeland Security yakakomberedzwa nemapurisa akawanda kune rimwe divi reCity Hall kubva kubasa kwedu-ndakaona boka repwere richidzungaira. basa redu. Ndakavakurudzira kuti vabatane nesu, mukati meCity Hall, kuti vataure nezve zvavakasangana nazvo uye tichitarisira kuti vapesana nemutemo wepwere. Vana vemavara muboka racho vakaratidza kufarira zvikuru. Asi vamwe vavo vakati, “Hatigoni. Vadzidzisi vedu havatibvumidze.” "Vadzidzisi vako varipi?" ndakavabvunza. Vakanongedzera kumunhu mukuru kana vaviri vari kure, ndokubva vaona kuti vaigona kungovabvunza kana vaigona kugara kwenguva refu. Saka vakadaro. Nenguva isipi ivowo vakapinda muCity Hall (nhamo, vadzidzisi vavo vakangovabvumira kugara kweanenge maminetsi makumi maviri-nguva yakakwana kuti makamera enhau nemakanzura avaone, uye kwenguva yakareba, zvakatonyanya kukosha, kuti ivo vatange kuona simba ravo pachavo. kuumba zuva ravo uye pamwe kudzokera kubasa gare gare).
Apo boka redu isu vagari rakapinda muCity Hall, ndakayeuchidzwa zvakare nezvemusanganiswa uyu usingafungidzirike wevanhu, avo vari kuramba vachiva shamwari dzisingafungidzirwe uye shamwari. Ndakabatanidzwa nemukomana wandakasangana naye zuva rekutanga, sechikamu cheboka redu rekufambisa uye rakananga democracy. Akanaka chaizvo, ane rusununguko rwakanaka, aiita seasina njere pamusoro pezvematongerwo enyika pakutanga; zvino, masvondo maviri chete gare gare, akatendeukira kwandiri patakanga tapfuura Homeland Security ndokupfuura nepamudziyo wesimbi kuti, “Ndinoziva kuti unopesana nemapurisa, Cindy, asi ndichiri kufunga kuti mamwe mapurisa akanaka. Panguva imwe chete, ndinotanga kunzwa zvauri kutaura. Shamwari dzangu dzinondiudza kuti, ‘Nei iwe neshamwari dzako muchitidyira mari yakawanda kudaro munguva yemapurisa nebasa renyu,’ uye ndiri kuvaudza kuti, ‘Mapurisa akawanda anongobhadharwa kuti agare achitaurirana. Hativadi ikoko. Hatisi kutambisa mari dzevanhu; mapurisa.'” Iye neni takabatanidzwa nemukadzi wandakaona pabasa-pamwe mukadzi wechidiki wechitema akataura pamusangano mukuru uchangopfuura, achitya uye akanyarara, asingakwanisi kuburitsa zvaaida kutaura. Asi pano, patakagara padivi nepadivi mudzimba dzekanzuru, akatiudza nezvemunin'ina wake, ane chirwere chetachiona uye anofanira kushanda basa rakashata manheru kana kuti ave muchikoro. Svondo rapfuura, paakanga achienda kumba pashure penguva yaakarambidzwa kuenda kumba, akamiswa nemapurisa, akamukandira kumadziro, haana kuverenga kodzero dzake, uye akaendeswa kukamba yemapurisa. Munin'ina wake, nhasi, akati munin'ina wake akashungurudzika kubva ipapo, achidzokorora kumhuri yake, "Asi ndaitei?" “Hapana, mudiwa,” hanzvadzi yake inopindura kudaro. Ndakamukurudzira kuti apupure, asi akati, “Aa, ndinotya kutaura pamberi pevanhu.” Uye ndakagara pasi, ndichifara zvikuru kuti basa redu, basa rake, rakanga ramupa ushingi hwokuedza kutaura pachena, pamberi pavanhu vakawanda, gungano redu guru.
Kuvenga kwandinovenga zvinhu izvi - kugara mu "zvigaro zvemasimba" izvo zvinoita sezviri pachena panguva imwechete separody uye zvakadaro zvine simba zvakanyanya - ndakayeuchidzwa nezvesimba redu rekugarisana kunze, pabasa. Zvevanhu vedu vakazvigadzira simba. Chekutanga, demokrasi yedu yakananga (pamagungano edu) inoshanda, inoshanda, inopa simba, uye inobata, kunyanya mukupesana neinonetesa, inouraya nonrep rep demo. Chechipiri, kuti nekuda kwebasa redu, isu tiri kuwedzera kukwanisa kwete kungomanikidza ruoko rweavo vane simba zvishoma pazvinhu zvinokanganisa hupenyu hwevanhu muno & ikozvino, senge mutemo werusarura wekusvika pamba (sezvakataurwa nePOC. Komiti yeKusvika pamba iri pamusoro, zvinoita sekunge kanzuru yave kuzobvisa nguva yevasungwa ine chekuita nekutyorwa nguva yekudzoka kumba; nerombo rakanaka, pamwe simba redu remagariro richavamanikidza kutyora mutemo wekudzoka kumba zvachose) asiwo kukwevera vanhu vatsva mune zvematongerwo enyika uye basa nekuti rine mazino (mazino atakapa, kuburikidza nemisasa, kuzviita isu pachedu kuronga, mapoka ekushanda, uye musangano wedu mukuru). Uye kunyangwe hazvo zvisina zvazvinoreva, zvaisekesa uye zvaitogutsa kuona kuti tsika yedu yekuramba nekuvakazve, yedemocracy yakananga, iri kugadziridza kuti kunyangwe vezvematongerwo enyika vanofunga sei nezvezvematongerwo enyika. Panguva yeuchapupu hwedu nhasi—asi, mashoko anotyisa uye ane mufungo akaita kuti ndidade kuva mugari wemo!–vaviri venhengo dzekanzuru vakatendeuka kuti vanyatsoteerera (vazhinji vakanga vasingadaro!). Vakatanga kunyemwerera, uye pavakanzwa zvinhu zvavaifarira, “vakabwaira” vachibvumira, ruoko rwatinoshandisa pamagungano edu. Ndiani anoziva, pamwe vachasiya zvigaro zvekanzuru yeguta vova vagari!? Munhu anogona kurota zvishoma. Uye zvechokwadi, zvinhu zvisingazivikanwe zviri kuitika zuva nezuva pano paPhilly basa.
Zvichida kupfuura zvose, isu vagari venzvimbo vakauya ndokugara muCity Hall takanakidzwa kwemaawa maviri ekuwedzera kubatana, kuzevezerana nekuseka pakati pedu panguva yemusangano unonetesa wekanzuru mangwanani ano; kuombera uye kuzunguza zviratidzo zvekumba panguva yekumuka, kungwara, uye nekumanikidza-uye ndinogona kuwedzera, kunyengetedza-uchapupu nevamwe vedu vachangobva kuwanikwa pabasa iri; uye mushure, mushure mekunge makurukota mazhinji akatifuratira uye vanga vasati vatombotsanangura kuti sei vasina kukakavara bhiri, tichizvisuma kune mumwe nemumwe, kana takanga tisati taonana, uye nekumbundirana, vese vataiziva pakati pedu. uye tangosangana nhasi.
ZNetwork inopihwa mari chete kuburikidza nerupo rwevaverengi vayo.
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