Over the past week, the protest rising against police brutality (#ENDSARS) has been the headline on every news outlet in Nigeria. This protest didn’t just come out of nowhere. It arose from the bottled up anger of Nigerians over the past few years. As we all know, police brutality is the use of excessive, unjustified force (typically in the form of physical abuse. It can also be in the form of verbal abuse), by a police officer while carrying out law enforcement duties.
Before I continue, let me give a proper definition of the Special Anti – Robbery Squad also known as SARS. It is a Nigerian police force unit, under the force criminal investigation and intelligence department in the federal republic of Nigeria. Created in 1992, it was established to detain, investigate and prosecute people involved in criminal activities, like armed robbery, kidnapping and other forms of crimes. But…
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