Johnathan Duncan azi ko abantu bashobora gushidikanya ku kuba ari uw'i Kansas City y'amajyepfo nyawe.
Umujyanama w'Umujyi mushya atuye mu bice by'amajyaruguru y'Akarere ka 6th, hafi ya Brookside kurusha Martin City. Yari amatora ye ya mbere, kandi nta gace k'itora na kamwe yatsinze mu majyepfo ya Bannister Road.
Bityo, The Telegraph yahaye Duncan amahirwe yo kwimenyekanisha neza ku baturage ahagarariye.
Ni he yakwifuza gukorera iki kiganiro?
“Charlie Hooper’s,” ni ko Duncan yavuze.
Ntabwo ari umunyapolitiki watojwe kuvuga ibiryoshye. Kandi ntagerageza kuba we, ndetse ntabishaka. Yatsinze uwo bari bahanganye wari umaze imyaka 24 atozwa ibyo.
Ubu rero nyuma y'iyo ntsinzi yatunguranye, Kansas City ibonye ikintu cya mbere mu mateka: Umujyanama w'Umujyi wigeze guhirika inzugi azitera imigeri muri Iraq, washyize imbunda mu kanwa ke akimara kugaruka imuhira, wahagaritse ku bushake iburanisha ry'imanza zo kwirukana abantu mu mazu, kandi winjiye muri politiki kubera ikibanza cy'amazu yimukanwa (trailer park).
Kure cyane y'ubutegetsi bwa politiki bw'umujyi, Duncan yaje aturutse mu bikorwa byo guhuza no gukangurira abaturage kwishyira hamwe. Azi ko hari abantu babyita “ guteza akaduruvayo.”
“Jye nabyita guhuza abaturage,” ni ko Duncan yavuze. “Namenye ko nzatsinda igihe amatangazo amparabika yatangiraga.”
Aharanira inyungu z'abaturage batunzwe n'umurimo, Duncan, hamwe n'abamushyigikiye b'ibanze, bakomanze ku miryango 8,500 mu gihe cyo kwiyamamaza.
Kandi ku wa 20 Kamena, Duncan, ashyigikiwe na KC Tenants Power n'andi matsinda aharanira impinduka, yatsinze Dan Tarwater wari umaze igihe kirekire ari umushingamategeko wa Jackson County, ku majwi 56 ku ijana kuri 44 ku ijana.
Wilson Vance, umuyobozi ushinzwe politiki muri KC Tenants, yavuze ko Duncan yaje muri uwo muryango ukora ubuvugizi ashaka umuryango mugari w'abakene n'abaturage batunzwe n'umurimo bo kurwanirira.
“Ntiyigeze yibagirwa uko bimera kuba umukene, gukurira mu mujyi muto avuka ku babyeyi b'amoko atandukanye, kandi ntiyigeze yibagirwa ibyamubayeho igihe yagarukaga avuye muri Iraq,” ni ko Vance yavuze. “Twabonye uburakari. Ariko kandi twabonye urukundo rwimbitse afitiye abaturanyi n'umuryango mugari, ari rwo nifuza ku munyapolitiki. Inama Njyanama y'Umujyi irushaho kuba nziza iyo Johnathan ayirimo.
“Azahindura imigendekere y’ ibibera muri icyo cyumba.”
Kubaka icyizere
Duncan, w’imyaka 37, yageze kare kuri Charlie Hooper’s Brookside Bar & Grille. Yari afite amazi arimo urubura, yambaye ishati y'umweru ifite ibipesu ku ikora, n'ipantalo ya jeans y'umukara yiyubashye.
Ni umugabo ufite akazi kenshi. Yari atararahirira inshingano ze mu gihe cy'ibyumweru nka bibiri biri imbere, ariko yari amaze kwitabira inama nyinshi cyane mu Biro by'Umujyi, mu gihe yanateguraga ubukwe bwe n'umukunzi we buzaba muri Nzeri.
Yari amaze gusoza umunsi we wa nyuma mu kazi yari amazemo igihe kirekire ku cyicaro gikuru cy'igihugu cya VFW. Gahunda ye ni ukuba Umujyanama w'Umujyi uhoraho.
Ku bijyanye no gutsindwa muri utwo duce tw'itora two mu majyepfo, yicaye ku meza maremare yo kuri Hooper’s yagize ati: “Biragaragara ko mfite akazi ko kubaka icyizere.”
Umuhanda wa Blue River Road ushobora kuba intangiriro. Uwo muhanda umaze imyaka myinshi ufunze mu majyepfo ya Bannister Road kubera ko ubutaka bwo hejuru bwaridukaga bugana mu ruzi. Wahindutse ahantu bamenagura imyanda, kandi kuwusana byabaye ikibazo kimaze igihe kirekire ku batuye muri ako gace.
Duncan yagize ati: “Ni ikimenyetso babona buri gihe kibibutsa ko ibibazo byabo bititabwaho. Namaze kuvugana n’abanjiniyeri b’umujyi kugira ngo basuzume inyigo yakozwe ku muhanda wa Blue River Road, kandi niteguye guhuza abaturage babishaka kugira ngo dushake ibisubizo bishoboka.”
Duncan yavuze kandi ko ashaka uburyo bwinshi bwo gutwara abantu mu buryo bwa rusange mu majyepfo, hamwe n'amacumbi ahendutse ku mihanda yo gutwara abantu n'ibintu. Azakorera muri komite y'Inama Njyanama ishinzwe gutwara abantu n'ibintu n'ibikorwaremezo.
Urugendo rutoroshye
Inkuru abara y'uko yageze mu Nama Njyanama y'Umujyi igaragaza intambwe zikurikirana neza; buri ntambwe ikaba ari ingaruka y'iyayibanjirije.
Yiyamamarije umwanya w'ubuyobozi kubera akazi ke ko guhuriza hamwe abaturage yakoranye na KC Tenants. Yaje muri iryo tsinda avuye mu kazi yakoranaga n'abahoze ku rugamba muri Lawrence. Ako kazi katurutse ku ihungabana rya PTSD we ubwe yatewe n'amezi 18 yamaze muri Iraq. Yinjiye mu Ngabo kuko na we ubwe yari umukene kandi akaba yari akeneye amafaranga yo kwiga kaminuza.
Ubu aramwenyura iyo arebye inzira ye idasanzwe yanyuzemo. Si uko bisekeje. Ahubwo ni uko mu buryo bumwe cyangwa ubundi yabashije kubigeraho.
Yari mu mutwe wa QRF (umutwe w'ingabo z'ubutabazi bwihuse) mu majyepfo ya Baghdad. Hari mu 2007, ku murongo w'imbere w'urugamba igihe bongeraga umubare w'ingabo. Umutwe we washakashakaga ibisasu batega mu nzira (IEDs) kandi ukamenagura inzugi n'imigeri bahiga abantu bakomeye bahigwaga.
Yagize ati: “Hanze y'ikigo cy'ingabo, twabaga twambaye ibikoresho byose by'urugamba buri munsi. Nabonye inshuti zanjye zipfa, nabonye abasivili batabarika bo muri Iraq bapfa. Sinatekerezaga ko nzasubira mu rugo.”
Kandi ubwo yagarukaga mu 2007 yabajijwe niba azashobora kwihanganira byose asubiye mu buzima busanzwe bwa gisivili.
Yari afite imyaka 21. Ati: “Yego, rwose.”
Ntiyari azi ibyari bimutegereje mu mwijima. Umujinya, kudasinzira, ubwoba, n'inzozi ziteye ubwoba nijoro. Umukobwa bakundanaga ntiyashoboraga gusinzira kubera ko yarakaraga cyane mu buryo butunguranye. Yafataga pisitoli agasakuza asaba ko bava mu cyumba.
Yanywaga inzoga kugira ngo asinzire.
Yagize ati: “Ariko batubwiraga ko tugomba kwihangana tugakomeza nk'abasirikare kuko ari ko abasirikare babigenza.”
Mu gihe yigaga muri University of Kansas, yagerageje gushaka ubufasha mu by'ubuzima bwo mu mutwe, ariko arambirwa imikorere y'inzego z'ubuyobozi zivangavanga ibintu.
Yagize ati: “Nari ikimenyetso nyacyo cy'uko PTSD imera. Navuye ku kugira ubwoba ngera ku kugira umujinya. Koherezwa kwica abasore b'uruhu rutari urw'abazungu basa nanjye, kurwanira igihugu kitari gifite ubushake bwo kundwanirira. Batwitaga intwari, ariko numvaga narabeshywe.”
Yasomye ku cyo yanywaga maze azunguza umutwe abyemera. Ati: “Nuko rero nigira inama yo kutazongera kubikora ukundi. Nigiriye inama yo kwiyica.”
Ya pisitoli yari afite? Yari .45 igisirikare cyamuhaye igihe yagisezererwagamo. Yari iy'urwibutso, yanditseho izina ry'umutwe w'ingabo yabarizwagamo.
“Yego, sinashoboye kubona ubufasha mu by'ubuzima bwo mu mutwe, ariko bampaye imbunda,” ni ko yavuze.
Hanyuma yaganiriye n'uwahoze ari umusirikare wamubajije uko amerewe. Duncan yasubije ko amerewe neza.
Uwo mugabo yazunguje umutwe. “Sinkeka ko umeze neza.”
Ibindi byagenze gutya:
Uwahoze ari umusirikare: “Uracyafite ya pisitoli baguhaye?”
Duncan: “Yego.”
Uwahoze ari umusirikare: “Urayihanagura?”
Duncan: “Yego.”
Uwahoze ari umusirikare: “Buri joro?”
Duncan: “Yego.”
Uwahoze ari umusirikare: “Uyishyira ku mutwe?”
Duncan: “Oya.”
Uwahoze ari umusirikare: “Oya, uyishyira mu kanwa, si byo?”
Duncan: “Yego.”
Nyuma y'ibyo, yisanze mu muryango w'abahoze ku rugamba i Lawrence, benshi muri bo bakaba bari abanyeshuri muri KU. Iryo tsinda ryafashaga mu kwiyandikisha, kubona uburenganzira bwo kwishyura amafaranga y'ishuri agenwa ku batuye muri iyo leta, no gutangiza icyumba cyo kwigiramo cy'abahoze ari abasirikare.
Aha ni ho Brooklynne Mosley, wakoraga ingendo z'indege zongerera izindi amavuta mu kirere hejuru ya Iraq na Afghanistan, yahuriye na Duncan. Yavuze ko bombi bari bazi abahoze ari abasirikare bagarutse, “ariko mu by'ukuri batigeze bagaruka” bava mu ntambara.
“Johnathan yari azi ko dushobora gukora byinshi kurushaho,” ni ko Mosley yavuze. “Ayoborwa n'umutima wo gushaka ubutabera uvuga ko iyo uhaye abantu amahirwe angana, n'uwari hasi cyane muri twe arazamurwa.”
Akazi ka Duncan muri KU nyuma kaje kumuhesha akazi ku cyicaro gikuru ku rwego rw'igihugu cya VFW muri Kansas City, hanyuma ajya gukora imirimo yo guhuza abaturage muri KC Tenants. Abakozi b'amikoro aciriritse baje kuba umuryango we mushya.
Vance, muri KC Tenants, yari yakwirakwije amakuru avuga ku bantu birukanwaga mu nzu bagashyirwa ku muhanda mu gihe cy'icyorezo, kandi yashakaga abatangabushake bo guhagarika imanza z'akarere zo kwirukana abantu mu nzu zabo zakorerwaga kuri Zoom.
Duncan yitabye iryo hamagarwa. Yari yiteguye cyane gukuraho akamenyetso ko guceceka (mute) akavuga.
“Johnathan yerura nta soni akavuga ikiri ukuri n'ikitari cyo,” Vance ni ko yavuze.
Ingorane zo muri Heart Village Mobile Home Park zamuteye gutera indi ntambwe. Abahatuye birukanywe ku ngufu kugira ngo haboneke aho kubaka gereza nshya ya Jackson County. Bamwe mu bahatuye bashinje akarere gucunga nabi icyo gikorwa kandi binubira ko batabonye amafaranga bari babwiwe ko bazahabwa yo kwimuka.
Duncan yavuze ko uburyo akarere kafashe abaturage ba Heart bwari u kutita ku bantu no kubasuzugura.
“Ni bwo nafashe icyemezo cyo kwiyamamariza kujya mu Nama Njyanama y'Umujyi,” Duncan ni ko yavuze.
Bitunguranye muri Hooper’s hahise hijima kandi inyubako iratigita. Inkubi y'umuyaga yaciye muri Kansas City ku gicamunsi gishyira umugoroba cyo ku ya 14 Nyakanga yaciye umuriro w'amashanyarazi, itigisa amadirishya kandi irandura ibiti binini byari hafi aho.
Mu gihe imvura yagwaga cyane ku gisenge, Duncan yafashe telefone ye atuje, acana itoroshi yayo maze areba kuri radari y'ikirere. Yari asanzwe azi inzira ijya mu cyumba cyo munsi y'ubutaka. Abakiriya bari ku yandi meza barebye aho ari.
Mu kanya gato, byari bimeze nk'aho afite undi muryango. Uyu wo wari mu mwijima, ariko Johnathan Duncan yahoraga abona inzira imuganisha mu mucyo.