NgeCawe ngentsimbi yesine, ndiyazingca ngokuthetha kumsitho owawuseSan Francisco obizwa ngokuba yi “Civil Rights Slam for Justice,” exhaswe phakathi kwabanye iPhulo lokuPhelisa iSigwebo sokufa. I-slam iya kuba kwisikolo saseMalcolm X e-4 Harbour Street. Ukongeza kum kunye neqela lamagcisa amancinci, abaphembeleli kunye neembongi, izithethi ziya kubandakanya umdlali webhasikithi weNBA ogama linguEtan Thomas.
Abafundi abathe rhoqo beli kholamu bayazi ukuba andinantloni ncam ngokucula iingoma zeWashington Wizards phambili. U-Etan udlala i-gritty, i-elbows-up style ye-basketball, kodwa kwi-microphone uhlambulukile i-Jordan. Ngokwesithethe sika-Amiri Baraka, imibongo yakhe ibukhali ngokwaneleyo ukusika iglasi, kwaye inesisa ngokwaneleyo ukushiya izithole ezinokuntshula kwiintanda.
Ndaqala ukuva malunga nemibongo yezopolitiko ka-Etan xa i-rumor yaqala ukujikeleza iWashington DC yokuba le ndoda ibalaseleyo inoloyiko yayiya kwizindlu zekofu ezitalatweni ezifunda isohlwayo sokufa, ivesi echasene nobuhlanga phambi kwesihlwele onokungena eveni. . Ukusukela ngoko u-Etan uye waphakama kulo lonke ithuba, ethetha kwindibano kaSeptemba echasene nemfazwe, ethetha ngokuchasene nokuphathwa kakubi kwababaleki baseKatrina, ethetha ngokuchasene nokubulawa kukaStan Tookie Williams, kwaye ethetha ngencwadi epapashiweyo yendinyana ebizwa ngokufanelekileyo. 'Ngakumbi kunembaleki' [Moore Black Press].
Kanye apha, okokuqala, i-Death Row ibuyela ku-Etan Thomas. Oku kuza ngendlela yeleta evela kwibanjwa lase-Illinois Death Row uStanley Howard. UStanley, owayesoloko eququzelela, wayechwetheza umyalezo wakhe kuEtan ngasemva kwiphepha leenkcukacha elichaza imeko yakhe. Apha ileta yakhe iphinda ipapashwe ngemvume evela kuStanley no-Etan bobabini.
Ndidlulisa ileta kaStanley Howard ukuze abantu babone ukuba iimbaleki azithathi izikhundla zezopolitiko ngenxa yokuzonwabisa okanye ukuzingca, kodwa ukuba yinxalenye yento enkulu kunabo. Ndikwayidlulisa ukuze ndibonise ukuba ibanjwa elikuluhlu lokufa linamandla okukhuthaza njengayo nayiphi na ijoki.
Ndiza kubona kwi-Bay, uDave Zirin
Mzalwana othandekayo u-Etan Thomas:
Igama lam ndinguStanley Howard, kwaye ngoku ndivalelwe kwiziko elidumileyo lehlabathi le-Stateville Correctional Centre/Warehouse eJoliet, e-Illinois.
Ndingumntu oneminyaka engama-43 ubudala oMnyama olihlwempu osuka eChicago ochithe iminyaka engama-22 exhwilwe yile nkqubo ingenanceba - i-16 yaloo minyaka yachithwa ndizama ukumisa iLizwe lase-Illinois ekundibulaleni kwiRow yokuFa.
Andisasokoli kwi-Death Row (ndisilwa kwakhona ndigwetywe ngokungafanelekanga), kodwa intliziyo yam isezabalazweni zokuphelisa iSigwebo sokufa kuba ndisaziva izikhalo zobulungisa nokuqonda ngokuvakalayo nangokucacileyo ezindlebeni zam.
Kutshanje ndivile malunga nokuvela kwakho okucwangcisiweyo okuzayo kwiPhulo lokuPhelisa iSigwebo sokufa (“CEDP”)) kwaye bendifuna ukuthumela la mazwi ombulelo ukubonisa umbulelo wam ongazenzisiyo.
Ndivile kakhulu malunga ne-activism yakho ngokuchasene nokuhlelwa, ubuhlanga kunye nale nkqubo ingekho sikweni kunye norhulumente, kwaye uya kumangaliswa ukwazi ukuba uyinkuthazo enkulu kubafana abaninzi emva kolu donga lwe-30-foot. Kuba njengokuba isihloko sencwadi yakho sisitsho, “ungaphezulu kwembaleki.”
Ndandikwi-Death Row xa kwakubonakala ngathi akukho mntu ukhathalayo ukuba kwenzeka ntoni kumabanjwa e-Death Row, yaye abezobupolitika abangenaxabiso babekhwela phezu komnye ukuze bawise imithetho nemigaqo eyenzelwe ukuba kube lula ukuthunyelwa kwi-Death Row; kunzima ukwehla; kwaye, ngokukhawuleza ukuphumeza.
Babangela ukuba kubulawe abantu abangama-100 ngeli xesha bezama ukubonisa ukuba babengathambanga kulwaphulo-mthetho.
Babekwazi ukubabulala bonke aba bantu (abanye babo kwakufuneka babe msulwa, njengam), nangona sasinamaqela amaninzi asele emiselwe kakuhle kunye nemibutho eyayisilwela ukuphelisa iSigwebo Sokufa.
Yonke into yaqala ukutshintsha ngenkangeleko nendlongondlongo yeenzame zeCEDP, kuba zibandakanya abantu bemihla ngemihla abangahlali ngasemva kweedesika betyhala amaphepha, kodwa bephuma ezitalatweni beququzelela, befundisa, beqhankqalaza kwaye bexhokonxa abo babizwa ngokuba ngaMagunya Akhoyo. Wonke umntu okwi-Death Row uyayithanda i-CEDP, kuba batshintshe ubuso bendlela le ntshukumo yokusindisa ubomi ilwa ngayo - inceda ukubeka iSigwebo sokufa phantsi kokukhanya kwesizwe; ukufumana ukumiswa kweSigwebo sokufa; ukugxininisa amatyala amaninzi; kwaye, ukukholisa uRyan uRyan ukuba akhuphe i-Illinois 'Death Row kwaye anike isicelo sam sokuxolelwa kunye nezinye ezintathu zoxolelo.
Ngoko ke egameni labo bonke abazalwana noodade abasazama ukunqanda ukubethelwa kwiiRock Rows kwilizwe lonke, ndiyabulela ngokuzimanya nomzabalazo nokunceda ukuphelisa obu mpambano.
BATHI UMDLALO WOKUFA — SITHI ESIHOGWENI HAYI!!!
Enkosi ngokuba ngaphezu kwembaleki!!!
UStanley J. Howard Reg. # N-71620 Stateville Correctional Centre Umzila 53, PO Box 112 Joliet, IL 60434
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