He kahawai mau o ka poʻe, i laina ʻia ma nā kolamu ʻelua, ua komo i ka hale pule ʻo The Fountain of Praise ma ke komohana hema o Houston i ke ahiahi o ka Pōʻakahi e hāʻawi i ko lākou mahalo iā George Floyd, 46 ona makahiki, i make i ka lā 25 Mei ma ka hale paʻahao ma Minneapolis.
Ua paʻa kekahi poʻe i nā hōʻailona, ua ʻaʻahu i nā T-shirt a i ʻole nā pāpale me ke kiʻi o Floyd a i kāna mau ʻōlelo hope loa: "ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke hanu." Ma ke alo o kona pahu hāmama, ua aloha kekahi, ua kūlou kekahi, ua keʻa kekahi i ko lākou naʻau, a ua hoʻohiwahiwa kekahi.
Hoʻomaka ka poʻe e ʻākoakoa i mua o ka hale pule i ʻelua mau hola ma mua o ke awakea i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai ka ʻike lehulehu iā Floyd i kona kūlanakauhale. Ua hele lōʻihi kekahi poʻe e hele i ka hanana.
Ua hele mai ʻo Kiaʻāina ʻo Texas ʻo Greg Abbott a me Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner e mahalo iā Floyd. Ma hope iho, haʻi aku ʻo Abbott i ka pāpā ʻia ua hui ʻo ia me ka ʻohana o Floyd ma kahi pilikino.
"ʻO kēia ka pōʻino weliweli loa aʻu i ʻike pilikino ai," wahi a Abbott. "E hoʻololi ana ʻo George Floyd i ka arc a me ka wā e hiki mai ana o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. ʻAʻole make makehewa ʻo George Floyd. E lilo kona ola i hoʻoilina ola e pili ana i ke ʻano o ka pane ʻana o ʻAmelika a me Texas i kēia pōʻino.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Abbott ke hana nei ʻo ia me nā luna kānāwai a ua kūpaʻa ʻo ia e hana pū me ka ʻohana e "hōʻoia ʻaʻole loaʻa iā mākou kekahi mea e like me kēia ma ka mokuʻāina o Texas". Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia aia paha he "George Floyd Act" e "hōʻoiaʻiʻo ʻaʻole mākou e loaʻa ka hana hoʻomāinoino e like me ka mea i loaʻa iā George Floyd".
Ua hele mai ʻo Joe Biden, ka hope pelekikena mua a me ka moho pelekikena o kēia manawa, i Houston e hālāwai me ka ʻohana o Floyd ma kahi pilikino.
ʻAʻole makemake ʻo Biden i kāna kikoʻī Secret Service e hoʻopau i ka lawelawe, no laila ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia ʻaʻole e hele i ka hale kupapaʻu o ka Poalua, ua hōʻike ʻo CNN. Ma kahi, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Biden i kahi leka wikiō no ka hana hoʻomanaʻo o ka Pōʻalua.
Ua haʻi aku ka loio ʻohana Floyd ʻo Ben Crump ua haʻi ʻo Biden i ka pōʻino o ka ʻohana i kāna hālāwai pilikino: "ʻO ka hoʻolohe ʻana i kekahi i kekahi ka mea e hoʻomaka ai e hoʻōla iā ʻAmelika. ʻO ia wale nō ka mea a VP@JoeBiden i hana ai me ka ʻohana o #GeorgeFloyd — no hoʻokahi hola. Ua hoʻolohe ʻo ia, ua lohe i ko lākou ʻeha, a ua hui pū ʻo ia i ko lākou ʻeha. ʻO kēlā aloha ka manaʻo o ka honua i kēia ʻohana kaumaha."
Ua hele mai ʻo Senatoa Minnesota ʻo Amy Klobuchar, ka Reverend Jesse Jackson, ka mea hana ʻo Kevin Hart a me nā rappers Master P a me Ludacris e hoʻohanohano iā Floyd.
Noi aku ke kuhina nui o Houston e hoʻomālamalama nā kiaʻāina i ko lākou mau hale kūlanakauhale i ka ʻulaʻula a me ke gula i ka pō Pōʻakahi e hoʻomanaʻo iā Floyd. ʻO ia nā kala o ke kula kiʻekiʻe ʻo Jack Yates o Houston, kahi i puka ai ʻo Floyd.
Ua ʻae nā mayors o nā kūlanakauhale he nui o ʻAmelika me New York, Los Angeles a me Miami e komo, e like me ka keʻena o Turner.
"E hoʻomaikaʻi kēia iā George Floyd, hōʻike i ke kākoʻo no kona ʻohana a hōʻike i ka hoʻokō ʻana o nā mayors o ka lāhui e hāpai i ka mākaʻi maikaʻi a me ke kuleana," wahi a Turner.
Wahi a ka Houston Chronicle, ua puka ʻo Floyd mai Jack Yates i ka makahiki 1992 a pāʻani i ka hui pôpeku o ke kula. Ma mua o ka neʻe ʻana i Minneapolis, ua hana ʻo ia i ke kahua mele ʻo Houston a hoʻopaʻa ʻia me kahi hui i kapa ʻia ʻo Screwed Up Clik.
Ua mālama ʻia kahi makaʻala no Floyd ma ke kula kiʻekiʻe i ka pō Pōʻakahi.
“Ke kaumaha nui nei ka Alumni o Jack Yates a me ka huhū no ka pepehi kanaka naʻaupō o kā mākou Liona aloha. Makemake mākou e hōʻike i ko mākou kākoʻo i ka ʻohana a me nā hoaaloha o Mr. Floyd. Ke koi nei mākou a me nā miliona o nā mea ʻē aʻe ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa i ka Pono no kēia Injustice. Ke noi aku nei mākou i nā Alumni Jack Yates a pau o kēia manawa e ʻaʻahu i ka Crimson a me ke gula, "i ʻōlelo ai ke kula ma kahi ʻōlelo.
ʻO Derek Chauvin ka mākaʻi Minneapolis kahiko, ka mea i hoʻopiʻi ʻia no ka pepehi ʻana iā Floyd ma ke kaomi ʻana i kona kuli ma kona ʻāʻī no ka aneane ʻeiwa mau minuke, ua hele mua ʻo ia i kona alo i ka Pōʻakahi. Hoʻopiʻi ʻia ʻo Chauvin no ka pepehi kanaka degere ʻelua a me ka pepehi kanaka degere ʻelua.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Jun-09-2020