Ibihe bikuru byagejeje ku rupfu rwa Bwana Floyd byabaye mu minota 30 gusa. Dushingiye ku byavuzwe n’abatangabuhamya, amashusho n’amatangazo yatanzwe n’abayobozi batandukanye, dore ibyo tuzi kugeza ubu.
Byatangiriye ku kivugwa ko ari inoti mpimbano y’amadolari 20.
Ikirego kijyanye n’iyo noti cyatanzwe ku mugoroba wo ku itariki ya 25 y’ukwezi kwa gatanu, ubwo Bwana Floyd yaguraga ipaki y’itabi ry’isigara (cigarettes) mu iduka ryitwa Cup Foods ricuruza imboga.
Mu kwibwira ko inoti amaze guhabwa y’amadolari 20 ari mpimbano, umukozi wo muri iryo duka yahise atanga ikirego kuri polisi.
Bwana Floyd yari amaze imyaka myinshi aba mu mujyi wa Minneapolis nyuma yo kwimuka iwabo ku ivuko mu mujyi wa Houston muri leta ya Texas.
Hari hashize igihe akora nka ‘bouncer’ mu gucunga umutekano mu nzu z’ibitaramo muri uwo mujyi. Ariko, cyo kimwe n’Abanyamerika bandi benshi, yahindutse umushomeri bitewe n’iki cyorezo cya coronavirus.
Bwana Floyd yari asanzwe ari umukiliya uhoraho w’iryo duka rya Cup Foods. Yari umukiliya mwiza umenyerewe utari warigeze na rimwe ahateza ikibazo, nkuko Mike Abumayyaleh, nyir’iryo duka, yabibwiye televiziyo NBC yo muri Amerika.
Ariko uwo nyir’iduka ntabwo yari ku kazi uwo munsi. Uwo mukozi we w’urubyiruko, mu gutanga icyo kirego kuri iyo noti atashize amakenga, yakoze ibyo amabwiriza y’akazi asanzwe ateganya.
Yahamagaye nimero 911, ku isaha ya saa mbili n’umunota umwe z’ijoro zaho.
Inyandiko-mvugo yatangajwe n’abategetsi ikubiyemo ko uwo mukozi wo mu iduka yabwiye uwamwitabye ko yasabye uwo mukiliya kumusubiza iryo tabi ry’isigara ariko “ntabwo ashaka kubikora”.
Nkuko iyo nyandiko ikubiyemo icyo kiganiro kijyanye no gutanga ikirego ikomeza ibivuga, uwo mukozi wo mu iduka avuga ko uwo mugabo agaragara nk'”uwasinze” kandi “ntiyibashije”.
Nyuma gato y’uko guhamagara, nka saa mbili n’iminota 8 z’ijoro, abapolisi babiri barahageze. Bwana Floyd yari yicaranye n’abandi bantu babiri, bari mu modoka iparitse hafi aho.
Nyuma yo kwegera iyo modoka, umwe muri abo bapolisi witwa Thomas Lane yasohoye imbunda ye ategeka Bwana Floyd kumanika amaboko ye.
Muri iyo nyandiko-mvugo y’ibyabaye, abashinjacyaha ntibasobanura impamvu Bwana Lane yasanze ari ngombwa ko asohora imbunda ye.
Abashinjacyaha bavuga ko Bwana Lane “yashyize ibiganza bye kuri Bwana Floyd, akamukurura akamuvana mu modoka”. Nuko Bwana Floyd “yirwanaho yanga gushyirwaho amapingu”.
Ariko amaze gushyirwaho amapingu, Bwana Floyd yacishije macye akurikiza ibyo Bwana Lane yamusobanuriraga amubwira ko atawe muri yombi kubera “gutanga inoti mpimbano”.
Kugundagurana byabaye ubwo abapolisi bageragezaga gushyira Bwana Floyd mu modoka yabo.
Ahagana ku isaha ya saa mbili n’iminota 14 z’iryo joro, Bwana Floyd “yaragagaye, atembagara hasi, abwira abapolisi ko atinya kuba ahantu hafunganye”, nkuko iyo nyandiko-mvugo ikomeza ibivuga.
Bwana Chauvin arahagera. We n’abandi bapolisi bagize uruhare mu rindi gerageza ryo gushyira Bwana Floyd mu modoka ya polisi.
Muri iryo gerageza, ryabaye saa mbili n’iminota 19 z’ijoro, Bwana Chauvin yakuye Bwana Floyd ku ruhande rwerekeye ku bagenzi, bituma yitura hasi, nkuko iyo nyandiko-mvugo ibivuga.
Ahitura yubitse amaso, amapingu akimuriho.
Icyo gihe nibwo ababibonye batangiye gufata amashusho ya Bwana Floyd byagaragaraga ko ababaye cyane.
‘Uburyo yapfuyemo burenze ukwemera’
Ibyo bihe byo muri ako kanya, byafashwe kuri telefone zigendanwa nyinshi bigasakazwa ku mbuga nkoranyambaga, ni byo byarangiye bibaye ibya nyuma aho umutima wa Bwana Floyd wari ugitera.
Yacigatiwe n’abapolisi, mu gihe Bwana Chauvin we yamutsikamizaga ivi rye ry’ibumoso riri hagati y’umutwe n’ijosi bya Bwana Floyd.
Muri ayo mashusho, Bwana Floyd akomeza kumvikana agira ati: “Simbasha guhumeka”. Agatabaza nyina ari nako atakamba ati, “nyabuneka, nyabuneka, nyabuneka”.
Mu gihe cy’iminota 8 n’amasegonda 46, Bwana Chauvin yagumishije ivi rye ku ijosi rya Bwana Floyd, nkuko raporo y’ubushinjacyaha ibivuga.
Hashize hafi iminota 6 muri icyo gihe, Bwana Floyd yataye ubwenge. Amashusho y’ibyabaye agaragaza ko icyo gihe ari bwo Bwana Floyd yacecetse, abari bashungereye bakinginga abapolisi ngo barebe niba umutima we ugitera.
Nuko umwe muri abo bapolisi bandi witwa JA Kueng arabikora, arebera ku mpera y’ikiganza cy’iburyo cya Bwana Floyd “abura umutsi”. Ariko nubundi abapolisi bamugumaho.
Ku isaha ya saa mbili n’iminota 27 z’iryo joro, Bwana Chauvin akura ivi rye ku ijoshi rya Bwana Floyd. Atinyagambura, ashyirwa ku kagare k’abarwayi akajyanwa n’imodoka y’imbangukiragutabara (ambulance) ku kigo nderabuzima cya Hennepin County Medical Center.
Byatangajwe ko yapfuye amaze isaha imwe agejejweyo.
Mu ijoro ryabanjirije urupfu rwe, Bwana Floyd yari yaganiriye na Christopher Harris, imwe mu nshuti ze za hafi. Iyo nshuti ye yari yamugiriye inama yo kugana ikigo gitanga akazi k’ibiraka.
Bwana Harris avuga ko guhimba inyandiko bitari biri muri kamere ya Bwana Floyd.
Bwana Harris yagize ati: “Uburyo yapfuyemo burenze ukwemera. Yaratakambye ngo ntiyicwe…”
Yongeyeho ati:
“Iyo ugerageje uko ushoboye ngo wizere imiterere y’ubu butegetsi, ubutegetsi uzi ko atari wowe bwashyiriweho, iyo iteka uhora ushaka ubutabera unyuze mu nzira ziteganywa n’amategeko ntushobore kububona, igihe kiragera ugatangira kwishakira ubutabera ukoresheje amaboko yawe bwite”.
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