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Caught on Camera and keeping an open mind
posted Thursday, 8 March 2007
Is an open mind possible?
One desperately needs to keep an open mind about the police brutality that had a 19-year old girl who suffers from epilepsy who once subdued by 4 policemen then still gets violently punched 5 times by a police officer.
The damage limitation exercise is now being skewed towards the officer owning up to his actions and the lady bringing this upon herself.
The subtlety of it all before we begin to read racist connotations into this episode is, why would 4 fully grown men with police training who having subdued a woman pinned to the ground still need to punch her in the arm five times?
Mercifully, the girl was so inebriated she did not know what was happening to her and hence she might recover better from this episode.
And to throw a spanner in the works is the fear of black people being very vicious the subconscious reason why unreasonable force is applied as if it is reasonable to be more brutal against seemingly black brutes?
Even I am shocked that I could ask that question.
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Friday, 30 October 2009
Lawmakers appeal to the sense of patriotism of armed robbers to ceasefireduring World Cup competition.
Nigeria: Our Own Comical Ali - Ogbonna Onovo
Monday, 21 September 2009
Amidst the news and incontrovertible evidence the Inspector General of Police denies a person of interest ever visited Nigeria.
Methinks this is Nigeria's own Comical Ali
Nigeria: Conflicted interests in the Boko Haram probe
Thursday, 6 August 2009
Whilst is it timely to institute a probe into the Boko Haram affair, asking the National Security Adviser to conduct a probe into the failure of the self-same security framework that allowed it cannot be impartial.
Nigeria: The Grim Reaper in the police station
Saturday, 1 August 2009
The killing of the leader of Boko Haram and its financier in police custody after being delivered to the police by the army fully subdued and bound brings great cause for concern about the rule of law in Nigeria.
Nigeria: Catch that goat
Monday, 26 January 2009
The law of the goat has caught an armed robber naked in police custody - well, go figure.
Nigeria: Torture defended as standard police procedure
Thursday, 4 December 2008
The case of a man who supposedly committed suicide in police custody after reporting a crime seems to reveal more about abhorrent police practices that make you sick. Torture is defended as a necessary toll of detective work.
Nigeria: Dutch parties demand Nigerian gang police force
Wednesday, 30 July 2008
Certain Dutch Political parties with a right-leaning disposition have asked the Justice Minister to create a permanent police unit to investigate specifically, Nigerian criminal gangs.
I worry for this kind of development.
Nigeria: Reforming the Justice System
Monday, 7 July 2008
Recognising that the Nigerin justice system is in need of radical reform is a first step in the process of assuring the rights of Nigerian citizens.
Lagos State has gone a lot further and this should be the template for reform in Nigeria as a whole.
Habiba Garba: Religion and violence against women
Monday, 3 March 2008
We have to take a stand against violence towards women and the way religion fails to address issues of humanity for keeping their rotten tenets.
Policing Adedibu and Nigerian Crime
Friday, 16 November 2007
The crime situation in Nigeria from different perspectives of prevention and execution.
Radio tramp speaks trash
Friday, 2 November 2007
A Sarah Kennedy is too blind to see black people in the dark and expects us to walk around with our mouths open - by implication. One of those rotten racist comments masquerading as humour.
Police in toilet misconduct
Saturday, 1 September 2007
A Republican senator would walk the plank of shame as his pleading guilty to a charge of lewd conduct through being importuned by a policeman gets the better of his circumstances.
Disgraceful police behaviour
Thursday, 23 August 2007
The police should go about their lawful duties fairly, justly and without reproach - it should not be too much to ask especially if you are an ethnic minority in Amsterdam.
The testimony, an ordeal
Thursday, 16 August 2007
A testimony about a kidnapping and spiritual activity.
Qataris not flying by the seat of their culture
Sunday, 29 July 2007
The Qatari women would not sit beside men unknown to them on a commercial flight, so the flight gets held up for four hours and they still do not get to travel on that flight.
Middle finger the police
Monday, 16 July 2007
The middle finger is illegal in the Netherlands, cut it off before you visit.
Reasoning out the girl's kidnap
Friday, 6 July 2007
Some think there is some justifiable reason for kidnapping the 3-year old girl in Port Harcourt - I completely disagree and I cannot be persuaded of why anyone would do such an evil deed.
Child in Niger Delta Kidnapping and Death Threat
Friday, 6 July 2007
The Niger Delta region is really now in lawless flux, a 3-year old girl was captured by criminals and had her life threatened. It is unforgivable, unacceptable and intolerable, the girl must be rescued, what should be done to the men is unprintable.
Police recklessness in Amsterdam - Update
Thursday, 5 July 2007
Update on police recklessness, the "illegal aliens" stay in jail pending an appeal launched by the government.
Police recklessness in Amsterdam
Tuesday, 3 July 2007
The Amsterdam police have their knuckles rapped for swooping on Nigerians at an entertainment venue on the premise that all were criminals. The judge was not impressed.
Rescue our cities from these louts
Friday, 8 June 2007
A stag night prank leads to a 2-month jail sentence, visitors to Bratislava would now be of the best behaviour from now on. We need a case like that in Amsterdam, I want my city back.
Gorilla in the midst
Saturday, 19 May 2007
A gorilla breaks out of a zoo enclosure, time for people to break out of rotten governance and seek their freedoms and real self-determination.
To Madeleine McCann's abductor, a millstone awaits
Monday, 14 May 2007
Whoever is holding Madeleine McCann has made the child suffer long enough - time to return her to her family safe and sound - Do it now.
Caught on Camera and keeping an open mind
Thursday, 8 March 2007
Police brutality on camera in Sheffield.
The first brickbat
Sunday, 25 February 2007
The police have come after my last blog, unkempt, unprepared and illegally. Must be an impostor, I have been called hypocrite and stupid - never use the word hypocrite lightly, it is like shit hitting the fan with you ready to get the spray whilst ot
Finest quality Ecstasy from the Police
Tuesday, 17 October 2006
Immigration, asylum seekers and law enforcement - just some of the political tools to hammer the electorate before the November elections and it is not looking good at all.
The raid on Peking, London
Saturday, 2 September 2006
The raid on a Chinese restaurant in London shows how this war on terror is impacting seriously on our way of life.
London police in an institutionally culpable homicide
Thursday, 24 August 2006
A 22-year old father gets shot by the 14-year old for standing up to their anti-social behaviour in a crime that could have been avoided had the police investigated and prosecuted the stabbing of the same father 7 months before.
Aspirant elimination depicts murderous democracy
Tuesday, 15 August 2006
Another ruling party aspirant killing and a riot to clean things up as we prepare for the 2007 Elections in Nigeria. What gives?
A dead man dishonoured
Sunday, 13 August 2006
The burial of Funsho Williams was not without event from the sermons given to the way his supporters allowed their egos to get in the way of letting their leader lie in state.
In danger of becoming endangered species
Tuesday, 18 April 2006
Two episodes in 16 months in which I have had the good fortune to walk away. This time being run into by a drunken scooter rider. My bicycle gets damaged and the mention of police has one victim of a hit-and-run.
Memories I'ld rather forget
Saturday, 18 March 2006
Having witnessed another episode of someone getting beaten up by a gang of thugs; I am grateful that my experience is just a fleeting memory than a domineering stranglehold on my life.
Gubernator in Terminator IV
Wednesday, 14 December 2005
The Californian governor refuses to commute a death sentence and a circus witnesses the event - wherefore civilisation?
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