Okubizwa ngokuthi "ngumlindelo wokukhunjulwa kwekhandlela lamakhandlela" ukukhumbula Isikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-30 seTiananmen Square Massacre sizobanjelwa phambi kweLos Angeles Chinese Consulate, 443 Shatto Place, ngo-8: 00 PM ngoJuni 4, 2019.
Njengoba kwabikwa yi-BBC, ukubulawa ngesihluku “kwezinkulungwane” zezakhamizi ezazibhikisha, abasebenzi kanye nabafundi eBeijing ngoJuni 4, 1989, kwashaqisa umhlaba. "EChina, kukhombise ukuguquka kwethemba lokuthola inkululeko enkulu nasekucindezelweni kobushiqela."
Uxhaswe yiTokyo Forum kanye neVisual Artists Guild yaseLos Angeles, lo mcimbi uzoba nezithombe ezingamamitha ayi-8 x 9 zokubulawa kwabantu okwathathwa nguCatherine Bauknight owayengomunye wezintatheli ezine kuphela ezithwebula izithombe kulo mcimbi osabekayo. Bese kuthi lapho ezonikezwa ihhovisi laseNew York City eSipa Press ezinze eParis, uBauknight uzokhuluma okokuqala ngqa ngokuvulelekile ngokuhlangenwe nakho kwakhe lapho ukuvukela kwaqala ngemuva kwemizuzu engu-45 efikile esigcawini. Uhlale endaweni phansi, “… zaze zaqala ukuthamba izinhlamvu ezinyaweni zami. Ngihlale isikhathi eside njengoba ngenzile ngoba iningi lababhikishi abasebancane belilokhu lingikhomba ukuthi ngihlale ngithwebule umcimbi… 'umhlaba okhululekile.' ”
UBauknight uyalandisa:
“Ngingakafiki, ababhikishi besitshudeni bebesahambisa amasosha ezimbali kanti obekuzolandela manje sekuwumlando manje. Cishe imizuzu eyi-15 ngemuva kwezwi elikhulu le-megaphone lesosha elixwayise, 'Shiya i-Square noma sizodubula sibulale,' kwaqala ukuqhuma kwesibhamu.
“Ngokumangazayo, ababhikishi abasebasha bakha umhubhe wabantu bangiqondisa ngawo ngaya lapho abafundi babedutshulwa khona. Izandla ngokulandelana zangihola kulo mhubhe futhi ngalimala eduze kwesithombe sikaMao Zedong esangweni le-Imperial City. Leli kwakuyiphuzu ngesikhathi lapho ngangazi ukuthi kusongela impilo kepha ngangithemba ukubukeka nemizwa yobuso obuhlakaniphile.
“Ngokushaqeka nokungakholwa, mina nenye intatheli sahlala esigcawini sithwebula futhi sixoxisana nabafundi ngamasonto abo okuqala ayisikhombisa bebhikisha ngokuthula. Ithemba labo bekungukuthi iMelika ingabasiza ibakhulule ebuKhomanisini futhi isize ekufuneni kwabo intando yeningi.
“Izithombe zasatshalaliswa ngemuva kokubeka impilo yami engcupheni futhi ukuze kukhishwe ifilimu ezweni. Leli zwi beliphumile impela phakathi kwezintatheli zokuthi uhulumeni waseChina ubengafuni izithombe noma izindaba ezibikiwe ngalo mcimbi. Empeleni bekuphikile ukuthi kwenzekile.
“Kimi, umbuzo wokuthi iyini intando yeningi nokuthi ubani onayo 'eFree World' namuhla naseChina usengumbuzo ovulekile futhi nesiphetho sonke okufanele sisithathe ngokungathi sína futhi sibe yingxenye esebenzayo yalesi sinqumo.
“Ngithule kangangoba iminyaka engama-30 ngoba bengazi ngemiphumela engaba khona futhi manje sengikhululekile ukukhuluma lonke udaba lwalokho engikubonile nengikubhalile. Manje njengoba sekugujwa iminyaka engama-30, abaningi bembula izindaba zabo ngokwenzekile ngalobo busuku obuyinhlekelele futhi ekugcineni ngikhululekile ukukhuluma ngakho. ”
UBauknight unomuzwa wokuthi abafundi abaningi abanesibindi baseChina ababeka engcupheni futhi balahlekelwe izimpilo zabo ngentando yeningi akubalulekile nje kuphela eChina kepha naseMelika yanamuhla. Uthi, “Ngokunaka okwenzeka kwezepolitiki nakwezenhlalo ezweni lethu, nginethemba elikhulu lokuthi abantu abaningi baseMelika bazovuka ngeqiniso lokuthi singalahlekelwa kalula yinkululeko yethu kanye namalungelo abaningi abawathathela phansi. Akufanele neze sikhohlwe ukubulawa kwabantu ngoMeyi 4, 1970, eKent State University lapho amasosha ethunyelwa ukuyodambisa umbhikisho wempi yaseVietnam. ”
