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Majority Of Nigerians Don’t Trust Police – Gov Fayemi

December 21, 2020 2:09 am

The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has expressed concern that many Nigerians don’t trust the police, adding that citizens do not also see police officers as their friends.

He restated the need for the government to introduce a reform mechanism that would improve Nigerians’ trust in police.

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Fayemi was quoted as saying this on Sunday during a stakeholders’ forum on community policing, involving heads of security agencies, public servants, politicians, civil society organisations, youth and women organisations, heads of government institutions, trade and professional groups …

Five Police Suspended Over India Gang-Rape

Five Police Officers Suspended Over India Gang-Rape

October 3, 2020 4:23 pm

Five senior police officers have been suspended over their handling of an investigation into the gang-rape and murder of a 19-year-old woman that has sparked outrage across India and triggered days of protests.

The seriously injured teenager from the disadvantaged Dalit caste was found in mid-September outside her village in northern India’s Uttar Pradesh state and died this week in a New Delhi hospital.

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The police have arrested four high-caste men on charges of gang-rape and murder.

But the police have faced criticism for cremating the woman’s body in …

South Africa Arrests Two Police Officers For Teen’s Murder

August 29, 2020 3:23 pm

Two South African police officers have been arrested for murder following the gunning down earlier this week of a disabled teenager in a Johannesburg suburb, a police watchdog has said.

Nathaniel Julius, a 16-year-old with Down syndrome, was shot dead on Wednesday night in Eldorado Park, a township ravaged by drugs and crime.

His family said he was out to buy biscuits from a shop when he was shot by police on patrol.

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The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) said that “after careful consideration of the evidence at hand” …

Zamfara Police Beefs Up Security, Deploys Over 2000 Police Men

The Gross Irresponsibility Of The Nigerian Police Force

July 20, 2020 6:39 am

The average Nigerian attempting to make precarious ends meet as taxi drivers, civil servants, market traders, shopkeepers and even students are accosted on a daily basis by armed police officers who demand bribes and commit human rights abuses against them as a means of extorting money. Those who fail to pay are frequently threatened with arrest and physical harm.

Far too often these threats are carried out. Meanwhile, victims of crime are obliged to pay the police from the moment they enter a police station to file a complaint until the day their case is brought before a court. In …

Officers Charged In Floyd’s Killing Get Trial Date In March

June 30, 2020 4:13 pm

MINNEAPOLIS —A judge tentatively scheduled a March trial date for the four former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s death, though considerable uncertainty remains about how the case will unfold following a hearing here Monday afternoon.

Three of the four ex-officers appeared in person in a Hennepin County courtroom Monday for a joint hearing, with the one facing the most serious charges — Derek Chauvin, who was filmed driving his knee into Floyd’s neck — appeared remotely from the state prison where he is being held.

It is unclear whether some or all of the officers will be tried …

2 U.S. Police Officers Gets Suspended For Attacking Journalists

2 U.S. Police Officers Get Suspended For Attacking Journalists

June 4, 2020 11:00 am

Two police officers have been suspended after attacking two Australian journalists, who were covering the George Floyd protests in Washington D.C.

U.S. Park Police (USPP) said on Thursday that the suspension was in retaliation to the call received from Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

Earlier, on Monday, June 1, 7NEWS U.S. correspondent Amelia Brace and cameraman Tim Myers were attacked by police officers during their coverage of riots near the White House in Washington.

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The next day, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison called on the country’s embassy in …

4 Police Officers Fired In U.S Over Death Of Black Man

May 27, 2020 4:11 am

Four police officers in the U.S. state of Minnesota were fired Tuesday after a black man died while in police custody.

An online video showed the man being pinned down by his neck.

In the video, recorded by a bystander, a police officer pressed his knee into a black man’s neck during an arrest in Minneapolis on Monday evening, as the man repeatedly said “I can’t breathe” and “please, I can’t breathe.”

After a few minutes, the man, lying face down in the street with his hands cuffed behind his back, became silent and motionless. The officer continued to pin …