Lesson from Ferguson
Ferguson is a city in St Louis county of Missouri United States of America. This city came to media attention after a police man shot Micheal Brown, an 18 year old defenceless boy in August, 2014.
The issue here is not even about the colour of the shooter or the victim but the fact that the kid was unarmed.
This outrage has ignited riots across the US and across different colours of people.
Aljazeera reported that "Angry protesters overran barricades and taunted police in Ferguson, with some chanting "murderer" and others throwing stones and bottles, as police car windows were smashed and protesters tried to set vehicles ablaze"
CNN also narrated how "In New York, a protesters spanning an array of races and ages filled Times Square with their hands up, some chanting, "Don't shoot." In Washington, a crowd including prep school students lay silently on a sidewalk, as if dead. And in Boston, even jail inmates joined in the protest silently from a window".
In Yobe, North East Nigeria, Ali Shettima sent a text saying "...this is just a murder of 1 person & America stood still. In Yobe, the police, military & terrorist have killed thousands nobody is even reporting it".
There are so many alleged cases of police brutality in Nigeria that have resulted in many deaths. And several cases of indiscriminate shooting of innocent civilians by the military in Borno State.
A bitter lesson to learn from Ferguson is that human life is sacred. We urge the Nigerian police and the army to respect the dignity of the human person, protect the right to life and uphold their constitutional role of keeping peace and the protection of life and property.
in Nigeria today, like in Ferguson, the image of the police is in shreds. NPF must seem to be orderly, disciplined and above pettiness. Above all, it must respect the rules of engagement.
The issue here is not even about the colour of the shooter or the victim but the fact that the kid was unarmed.
This outrage has ignited riots across the US and across different colours of people.
Aljazeera reported that "Angry protesters overran barricades and taunted police in Ferguson, with some chanting "murderer" and others throwing stones and bottles, as police car windows were smashed and protesters tried to set vehicles ablaze"
CNN also narrated how "In New York, a protesters spanning an array of races and ages filled Times Square with their hands up, some chanting, "Don't shoot." In Washington, a crowd including prep school students lay silently on a sidewalk, as if dead. And in Boston, even jail inmates joined in the protest silently from a window".
In Yobe, North East Nigeria, Ali Shettima sent a text saying "...this is just a murder of 1 person & America stood still. In Yobe, the police, military & terrorist have killed thousands nobody is even reporting it".
There are so many alleged cases of police brutality in Nigeria that have resulted in many deaths. And several cases of indiscriminate shooting of innocent civilians by the military in Borno State.
A bitter lesson to learn from Ferguson is that human life is sacred. We urge the Nigerian police and the army to respect the dignity of the human person, protect the right to life and uphold their constitutional role of keeping peace and the protection of life and property.
in Nigeria today, like in Ferguson, the image of the police is in shreds. NPF must seem to be orderly, disciplined and above pettiness. Above all, it must respect the rules of engagement.
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