Inqwaba yabantu, abakleliswe amakholomu amabili, ingene esontweni iThe Fountain of Praise eningizimu-ntshonalanga yeHouston ngoMsombuluko ntambama ukuzohlonipha uGeorge Floyd, 46, owashona ngoMeyi 25 esitokisini samaphoyisa eMinneapolis.
Abanye abantu babephethe izimpawu, bagqoke izikibha noma izigqoko ezinesithombe sika-Floyd noma amazwi akhe okugcina asabekayo: “Angikwazi ukuphefumula.”Phambi kwebhokisi lakhe elivuliwe abanye bashaya indesheni, abanye bakhothama, abanye baphambana nezinhliziyo abanye bavalelisa.
Abantu baqale ukubuthana phambi kwesonto kusasele amahora ambalwa ngaphambi kwemini lapho umphakathi ubuka u-Floyd edolobheni lakubo.Abanye bebehambe amabanga amade bezothamela lo mcimbi.
UMbusi waseTexas uGreg Abbott kanye neMeya yaseHouston uSylvester Turner nabo beza ukuzohlonipha uFloyd.Ngemuva kwalokho, u-Abbott utshele abezindaba ukuthi uhlangane nomndeni kaFloyd ngasese.
“Lena inhlekelele embi kunazo zonke engake ngayibona,” kusho u-Abbott.“UGeorge Floyd uzoshintsha i-arc nekusasa le-United States.UGeorge Floyd akafelanga ize.Impilo yakhe izoba yifa eliphilayo mayelana nendlela iMelika neTexas ezisabela ngayo kule nhlekelele.”
U-Abbott uthe usevele esebenzisana nezishayamthetho futhi uzibophezele ekusebenzisaneni nomndeni "ukuqinisekisa ukuthi asikaze sibe khona into efana nalena esifundazweni saseTexas".Uveze ukuthi kungase kube khona "umthetho kaGeorge Floyd" wokuqinisekisa ukuthi ngeke sibe nesihluku samaphoyisa njengalokho okwenzeka kuGeorge Floyd.
UJoe Biden, owake waba yiphini likamongameli kanye nalowo oseqokelwe esikhundleni sokuba ngumongameli, weza eHouston ukuzohlangana nomndeni ka-Floyd ngasese.
UBiden ubengafuni imininingwane yakhe yeSecret Service ukuthi iphazamise inkonzo, ngakho unqume ukungayi emngcwabeni wangoLwesibili, kubika i-CNN.Esikhundleni salokho, uBiden uqophe umlayezo wevidiyo wenkonzo yesikhumbuzo yangoLwesibili.
Ummeli womndeni wakwaFloyd uBen Crump ubhale kuTwitter ukuthi uBiden wabelane ngosizi lomndeni emhlanganweni wakhe wangasese: “Ukulalelana yikho okuzoqala ukuphilisa iMelika.Yilokho kanye u-VP@JoeBiden akwenza nomndeni ka #GeorgeFloyd - isikhathi esingaphezu kwehora.Walalela, wezwa ubuhlungu babo futhi wahlanganyela osizini lwabo.Lolo zwelo lwasho umhlaba kulo mndeni ososizini.”
USenator waseMinnesota u-Amy Klobuchar, uMfundisi uJesse Jackson, umlingisi uKevin Hart kanye nama-rapper u-Master P no-Ludacris nabo beza bazohlonipha u-Floyd.
Imeya yaseHouston icele ukuthi izimeya ezweni lonke zikhanyise amahholo azo emadolobheni ngokubomvu nangegolide ngoMsombuluko ebusuku ukuze zikhumbule u-Floyd.Leyo imibala yeJack Yates High School yaseHouston, lapho uFloyd athweswa khona iziqu.
Izimeya zamadolobha amaningi aseMelika okuhlanganisa iNew York, iLos Angeles neMiami zivumile ukubamba iqhaza, ngokusho kwehhovisi likaTurner.
"Lokhu kuzohlonipha uGeorge Floyd, akhombise ukweseka umndeni wakhe futhi akhombise ukuzibophezela kwezimeya zezwe ukugqugquzela ukusebenza kahle kwamaphoyisa nokuziphendulela," kusho uTurner.
Ngokusho kweHouston Chronicle, uFloyd waphothula uJack Yates ngo-1992 futhi wadlala eqenjini lebhola lesikole.Ngaphambi kokuthuthela eMinneapolis, ubematasa endaweni yomculo yaseHouston futhi wadlwengula neqembu elibizwa ngokuthi Screwed Up Clik.
Umlindelo ka-Floyd ububanjelwe esikoleni samabanga aphezulu ngoMsombuluko ebusuku.
“I-Alumni kaJack Yates idabuke kakhulu futhi ithukuthele ngokubulawa okungenangqondo kweBhubesi lethu esilithandayo.Sifisa ukuzwakalisa ukweseka kwethu umndeni nabangane bakaMnu Floyd.Thina kanye nezigidi zabanye emhlabeni wonke sifuna Ubulungiswa ngalokhu Kungabi Nabulungiswa.Sicela bonke abakhona njengamanje nowake waba nguJack Yates Alumni ukuthi bagqoke iCrimson neGold,” kusho isitatimende sesikole.
Owayeyiphoyisa laseMinneapolis uDerek Chauvin, obekwe icala lokubulala u-Floyd ngokumcindezela ngedolo entanyeni cishe imizuzu eyisishiyagalolunye, uvele okokuqala enkantolo ngoMsombuluko.UChauvin ubhekene necala lokubulala nelokubulala ngokungenhloso.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Juni-09-2020