The UTrayvon Martin Icala belilokhu libuhlungu kusukela ekuqaleni. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ubani okholelwayo mayelana nesikhathi esidlule sikaTrayvon, ubumsulwa bakhe noma UGeorge Zimmerman's, iqiniso lihlala liwukuthi ingane ifile. Ngokweqiniso angizange ngicabange ukuthi ngizophuka ngokomzwelo ngaphezu kwalokho engangikuyo ngale ndaba Ubungane bukaRachel Jeantel noMartin kwakubangelwa ukuthi wayengomunye wabantu kuphela ongakaze amqome. Le ndaba yaveza isithombe esidabukisayo sobungani nabantu ababili abakuphila kwabo okungeke kufane.
Kwabe sekufika ubufakazi baleli sonto kanye nokusabela okuvela kubazali bakaTrayvon Martin ukungishiya - kanye nengxenye enkulu yaseMelika - igcwele phansi. NgoLwesihlanu ekuseni, uSybrina Fulton wathatha isinyathelo sokukhuluma ngendodana yakhe. Njengengxenye yobufakazi bakhe yena kwadingeka akhombe ukukhala kwengane yakhe kumafayineli emizuzwana yokuphila. Ngokuhamba kosuku, uTracy Martin kwadingeka ahlale enkantolo njengoba umhloli wezempilo, uDkt Bao, echaza ukuthi uTrayvon washona kanjani ngenxa yobuhlungu obukhulu futhi yayiphila imizuzu ngemuva kokudutshulwa esifubeni.
Empeleni, uLwesihlanu - cishe cishe usuku uTrayvon adutshulwa ngalo - kwakuyiphupho elibi lanoma yimuphi umzali. Abazali bakaTrayvon kwadingeka babhekane ubuso nobuso nokubulawa kwendodana yabo ngenkathi uFulton ebuzwa ukuthi ngabe indodana yakhe ikufanele ngempela ukubulawa noma cha. Kwadingeka ukuba uTracy ahlale ekamelweni elilodwa nendoda eyadubula indodana yayo esifubeni, engakwazi ukuziphindiselela noma ukuvumela ukucasuka enayo ukuthi iphume.
Yebo, lolu usuku olubi kakhulu ongase ulucabange kumzali. Kodwa kungenye abazali bengane yase-Afrika-yaseMelika abavunyelwe ukwamukela njengento engenzeka.
Nginendodana eyazalwa ngo-Okthoba, emasontweni ambalwa ngaphambi kokuba umshushisi nokuzivikela bahlangane enkantolo ukuze phikisana uma amarekhodi esikole sikaMartin kufanele amukelwe ngakho icala laphinde laba sematheni. Njengoba ngibuka imininingwane eyengeziwe mayelana necala livela kanye nempikiswano yokuthi irekhodi lengane yasesikoleni sangaphambili lingase lisetshenziswe ukuze kuthethelelwe ukufa kwayo, ngangizizwa ngiphelelwa ithemba.
Kuhlale kunokwesaba ngokuba ngumzali, kodwa ukukhulisa owesilisa omnyama eMelika kuletha okwakhe isethi eyingqayizivele yokwethuka. Ekukhuleni kwami, abazali bami nezingane zakithi ezindala babeqiniseka ukuthi bayangixwayisa ngezindawo engangingazifaka kuzo futhi engangingase ngibhekane nengozi njalo njengoba babengixwayisa ngezindawo ezaziwa ngobugebengu. Kodwa ekugcineni, akukho ukuhlela noma amazwi eseluleko angasindisa mina noma indodana yami ekudutshulweni ngokungafanele ngenkathi izama ukuthenga isikhwama sikaswidi.
Nakuba iningi labazali lilele ebusuku lizibuza ukuthi lingazivikela kanjani izingane zabo ezintweni ezingalawuleki njengabashayeli abadakiwe noma izigebengu, abazali bakaTrayvon, abazali bami nabazali babesilisa abansundu ezweni lonke nabo bahlezi ngokwesaba ukuthi izingane zabo ngeke zibuye ekhaya ngenxa yokuthi kukhona othile. babecabanga ukuthi bayingozi emphakathini.
Ngakho-ke babekhona, abazali ababili bowesilisa omnyama, behlezi enkantolo bephila ngomphumela walokho kwesaba. Nokuqaphela ukuthi umuntu odubule ingane yabo angehla ngokuyibulala. Ukwenza izinto zibe zimbi nakakhulu, kwakudingeka bezwe umbuzo wokuzivikela wokuba umzali wabo, noma ngabe u-Fulton uyazi ngempela ukuthi indodana yakhe izwakala kanjani kanye nemibiko ye-inthanethi yokuthi uTracy kungenzeka ukuthi wayengeyena umzali ongcono kakhulu.
Selokhu kwashona uMartin, lo mfana laba bantu ababili bamkhulisa, bamthanda futhi bambona ngobuhle bakhe njengoba esemusha wesilisa kuvezwe njengesigebengu. Ingane enodlame. I-pothead eyayingakwazi ukuziphatha esikoleni. Umuntu, ngokusho kokuzivikela, wabangela ukufa kwakhe.
Konke kuyamangaza nje ukukubuka. Inhliziyo yami ibuhlungu ngabazali bakaTrayvon futhi ukubabuka enkantolo kuleli sonto kuveze lonke uvalo enginalo lokuba umzali wowesilisa Omnyama. Sike sababuka bebuka isithombe sendodana yabo eshonile, egcwele igazi egcwele phezu komgwaqo. Florida indawo egandaywe ngamatshe. Sike sabuka umama kaTrayvon ezama ukuzibamba ngenkathi ezwa ukukhala kokugcina kwendodana yakhe.
Njengoba indodana yami ikhula futhi iphumela emhlabeni, ngiyohlale nginazo izinkumbulo zikaTrayvon nabazali bakhe. Futhi ukwesaba ukuthi ngolunye usuku, iMelika izosifaka kulokho umndeni wakwaMartin obekezelela.
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