Derek Chauvin wahoze ari umupolisi mu mujyi wa Minneapolis uregwa kwica umugabo udafite intwaro George Floyd bwa mbere yagejejwe imbere y’urukiko ejo ku wa mbere, urukiko rwavuze ko ingwate yo kugira ngo arekurwe by’agateganyo ari miliyoni 1,25 y’amadorari.
Abashinjacyaha bavuze ko “ibyo aregwa bikomeye” kandi n’umujinya wa rubanda ari impamvu yo kuba iyo ngwate ye ihera nibura kuri miliyoni imwe y’amadorari.
Bwana Chauvin araregwa ubwicanyi bwo mu cyiciro cya kabiri. Abandi bapolisi batatu bari kimwe nawe nabo bararegwa ubufatanyacyaha no kureberera.
Aregwa ibyaha bitatu: ubwicanyi butagambiriwe bw’icyiciro cya kabiri, ubwicanyi bw’icyiciro cya gatatu n’ubuhotozi bw’icyiciro cya kabiri, igihano cyabyo gishobora kugera ku myaka 40, 25 na 10 y’igifungo uko bikurikiranye.
Hari ibindi birego bishobora kuzanwa ariko biboneka ko ashobora kutazaregwa ubwicanyi bwo mu cyiciro cya mbere kuko abamushinja byasaba ko berekana ko yari yabanje gucura uwo mugambi, kuwugerageza n’impamvu nkuko bivugwa n’ibiro ntaramakuru Associated Press BBC ikesha iyi nkuru.
Inama y’ubutegetsi y’umujyi wa Minneapolis yatoye itegeka guca uburyo polisi yari yemerewe bwo gufata ukekwa agatabwa ku munigo no kumushinga ivi ku ijosi, banasabye ko habaho gusesa igipolisi.
Bwana Chauvin, wamaze imyaka 19 mu gipolisi, ntabwo yari ari mu cyumba cy’urukiko ahubwo yari muri gereza hakoreshwa ikoranabuhanga ry’amashusho.
Mu iburanisha ryamaze iminota 15 ntacyo yigeze avuga, yari yambitswe amapingu n’umwambaro w’ibara rya ‘orange’ yicaye imbere y’ameza matoya.
Umucamanza Jeannice M Reding yavuze ko ingwate yo kugira ngo arekurwe by’agateganyo ayishyize kuri miliyoni 1,25 y’amadorari.
Bwana Chauvin w’imyaka 44 ubu afungiye muri gereza ya Minnesota yitwa Oak Park Heights, nyuma yo kwimurwa inshuro nyinshi.
Azongera gusubira mu rukiko tariki 29 y’uku kwezi kwa gatandatu.
Ubwicanyi kuri George Floyd bwateje imyigaragambyo ahatandukanye ku isi no gusaba impinduka mu rwego rwa polisi muri Amerika.
Hagati aho i Houston muri leta ya Texas aho Bwana Floyd yakuriye mbere yo kwimukira i Minneapolis, ejo basezeyeho umurambo we mu gihe cy’amasaha atandatu aho wari washyizwe mu rusengero rwitwa The Fountain of Praise church.
Uyu munsi biteganyijwe ko aza gushyingurwa n’abagize umuryango we aho muri Houston. Imihango yo kumusezeraho yabaye kandi muri Minneapolisi na North Carolina aho yavukiye.
Joe Biden, umukandida w’ishyaka ry’abademokarate ku mwanya wa perezida, ejo yagiye guhura n’abo mu muryango wa Floyd i Houston ngo abihanganishe.
N. Aimee
