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Ijaji elikhulu lithweswe amacala amadoda amabili – eyodwa yawo engumJuda futhi eyinzalo yalowo owasinda ekuQothulweni Kwesizwe – mayelana necala usongo ku-inthanethi ngenyanga edlule ukuhlasela isinagoge eNew York City.
UChristopher Brown noMatthew Mahrer bobabili bathweswe amacala okwakha itulo nokutholakala nezikhali. UBrown uphinde wabekwa icala elibi lokufaka izinsongo zobuphekula njengecala elinenzondo, kanye nokutholakala nesikhali njengecala lobuphekula, phakathi kwamanye amacala.
UMahrer, nowake wakhipha ibheyili phambilini, uvele ngoLwesithathu eNkantolo eNkulu eNew York, kukhona namalungu omndeni. UngumJuda futhi umkhulu wakhe owasinda ekuQothulweni Kwesizwe, kusho ummeli wabasolwa uBrandon Freycinet enkantolo, wengeza ngokuthi ikhasimende lakhe ngeke lifune ukulimaza abantu bakubo.
Bobabili abamangalelwa bawaphikile amacala ngoLwesithathu. UBrown ubhekene neminyaka engu-25 ejele kanti uMahrer ubhekene neminyaka engu-15 ebhadla ejele uma elahlwa yicala elibi kakhulu.
Laba bobabili baboshwe ngamaphoyisa akwaMetropolitan Transportation Authority ngesikhathi bengena ePenn Station eManhattan ngoNovemba 19, ngokusho kukaKhomishana we-NYPD uKeechant Sewell.
Abasolwa kusolakala ukuthi banesibhamu, iphephabhuku eliseqophelweni eliphezulu, ummese wokuzingela onjengamasosha, isiqephu se-swastika yamaNazi, isifihla-buso sokushushuluza eqhweni kanye nevesti elivikela izinhlamvu, kusho izikhulu.
“Inhlekelele enyantisayo yagwenywa ngenxa yenkuthalo, ukusebenza kanzima kanye nokusebenzisana phakathi kweHhovisi lami kanye nozakwethu bendawo, isifunda kanye nohulumeni wobumbano,” kusho ummeli wesifunda saseManhattan u-Alvin Bragg esitatimendeni ngoLwesithathu. “Ukwanda kwezigameko zokuhlaselwa kwabantu kanye nezinsongo ngeke kubekezelelwe futhi ngeke kubekezelelwe. AbakwaManhattanites nabo bonke abantu baseNew York kufanele bazi ukuthi siyaqhubeka nokushushisa ubugebengu obunenzondo nsuku zonke futhi sisebenzisa wonke amathuluzi esinawo ukubhekana nenzondo nokuchema.”
Isifundazwe saseNew York sihola izwe ezehlakalweni eziphikisana namaJuda, okungenani kwabikwa ukuthi zingama-416 ngo-2021, okuhlanganisa okungenani ukushaya okungu-51 – okuyisibalo esiphezulu kakhulu esake saqoshwa yi-Anti-Defamation League eNew York. Kube nezigameko zokuhlaselwa eziyi-12 ezabikwa ngo-2020, kusho i-ADL ekucwaningeni kwamabhuku ngeledlule.
Zingu-2,717 izehlakalo zokulwa nama-antisemitic ezibikwe ngonyaka odlule ezweni lonke – okuwukunyuka okungama-34% uma kuqhathaniswa nezingu-2,026 ngo-2020, ngokusho kwe-ADL. I-ADL ibilokhu ilandelela izehlakalo ezinjalo kusukela ngo-1979 – futhi imibiko yayo yangaphambilini ithole ukuthi ukungahambisani namaJuda eMelika bekulokhu kukhuphuka iminyaka.
Icala livela ngosuku olufanayo uDoug Emhoff, umyeni wePhini likaMongameli uKamala Harris, ubambe itafula eliyisiyingi eliphathelene ne-antisemitism e-White House lapho axwayisa khona “ngobhubhane lwenzondo olubhekene nezwe lethu.”
Isitatimende samaqiniso esivela kumshushisi kanye necala lobugebengu sinikeza umugqa wesikhathi wezenzo zala madoda futhi isola ukuthi bahamba ngemoto besuka eNew York baya ePennsylvania ukuyothola isibhamu.
Le mibhalo ithi uBrown uthumele uchungechunge lwama-tweets aphazamisayo kusukela ngoNovemba 12 kuya kuNovemba 17, okuhlanganisa nethi, “Ngizobuza umpristi ukuthi kufanele ngibe umyeni noma ngidubule isinagoge ngife.”
Amarekhodi ezingcingo akhombisa uBrown no-Mahrer baxhumana bodwa ocingweni, kwathi ngoNovemba 18 baya e-St. Patrick’s Cathedral eNew York, kusho imibhalo. Izithombe eziqashwe ngeso lokhozi zikhombise ukuthi uBrown ubegqoke ubhaka owatholwa amaphoyisa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi unommese, ibhande laseSwastika kanye nesifihla-buso sokushushuluza eqhweni, kusho imibhalo.
Laba balisa ababili babe sebehlangana nomuntu wesithathu futhi, ocingweni oluqoshiwe nesiboshwa, bathi babehamba ngemoto beya ePennsylvania beyothatha isibhamu, kusho icala. UBrown uthumele uMahrer u-$650 kwathi uMahrer wabe esethumela u-$700 kulo muntu wesithathu, kusho imibhalo.
Kamuva ngalobo busuku, izithombe eziqaphile zikhombisa uBrown no-Mahrer bengena ebhilidini i-Upper West Side lapho kuhlala khona uMahrer, kusho imibhalo. UMahrer ubonakala kuvidiyo egqoke ubhaka ofihlekile owatholwa amaphoyisa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi; ubhakha ubunesibhamu, isibhamu esikhulu esiphakelayo kanye nezinhlamvu ezingu-19, ngokwamaphepha.
Lo muntu wesithathu, uJamil Hakime, uboshwe ngoLwesihlanu olwedlule ngamacala okwakha itulo lokuthutha isibhamu phakathi nendawo, ukutholakala nesibhamu nezinhlamvu yisigelekeqe kanye nokuthuthwa kwezibhamu kwamanye amazwe. Usagcinwe esitokisini ngemuva kokulalelwa kwecala lokuboshwa kwakhe ngosuku aboshwa ngalo, ngokusho kwamarekhodi asenkantolo. I-CNN ixhumane nommeli wakhe oqokwe yinkantolo ukuze aphawule.
UBrown no-Mahrer ababizwa ngamagama esikhalazweni sombuso futhi ababhekene namacala enhlangano, kodwa ubunikazi babo buqinisekiswe ku-CNN ngokhulumela iSifunda esiseNingizimu yaseNew York.
U-Hakime washayela uMahrer noBrown ngemoto yakhe iRange Rover ngoNovemba 18 baya emzini anawo ePennsylvania lapho athola khona isibhamu nezinhlamvu kuye, kusho isikhalo sombuso.
Ngesikhathi besemotweni bakhulume nothile kulayini orekhodiwe ovela endaweni yokuboshwa kukahulumeni mayelana nokuthengwa kwezibhamu, kusho abashushisi bombuso kanye nohulumeni. U-Hakime utshele lowo oboshiwe ukuthi “uthathe (indawo)” ebhilidini labo – lokho okushiwo abomthetho kubhekiselwa emsebenzini wakhe wokushushumbisa izibhamu, ngokwesikhalazo sombuso.
U-Hakime wagcina eshiye lo mbhangqwana ekhaya lika-Mahrer e-Upper West Side ngalobo busuku.
Ilungu lomndeni ka-Mahrer lithole isibhamu nezinhlamvu ekamelweni lakhe ngokushesha futhi labikela abomthetho, ngokusho kwesikhalazo sikahulumeni. Ilungu lomndeni linikele ngokuzithandela ubhaka emaphoyiseni efulethini kamuva ngalobo busuku.
Ezinsukwini kamuva, u-Hakime wathwetshulwa ephuma efulethini lakhe nezikhwama ezimnyama zokulahla udoti. Isikhalazo sithi ubesusa noma yibuphi ubufakazi bomsebenzi wakhe wokushushumbisa futhi uhlele ukuyolala emzini wakhe osePennsylvania ngemuva kokuzwa ukuthi uMahrer “usenkingeni,” ngokusho kwengxoxo yocingo eqoshiwe ecashunwe esikhalazweni.
