NEWS WRAP FRIENDS, A NATIONAL
RECKONING IN NIGERIA MAKING
HEADLINES AROUND THE WORLD,
PEACEFUL PROTESTS AGAINST
POLICE BRUTALITY IN THE COUNTRY
TURNED DEADLY WITH VIOLENT
UNREST, LEAVING NEARLY
70 PEOPLE DEAD. AMNESTY
INTERNATIONAL REPORTING DOZENS
OF DEMONSTRATORS WERE KILLED BY
POLICE
LAST WEEK TENSION BETWEEN
SECURITY FORCES THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT AND THE COMMUNITY AT
AN ALL-TIME HIGH. HERE TO
DISCUSS IS OFTEN DUBBED
CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY AND
PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER OF THE
PROTESTERS DEFENSE ALLIANCE
AUSTIN WELCOME BACK WE ALWAYS
APPRECIATE YOUR INSIGHT HERE.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T
QUITE GRASP US GRASS THE STORY
JUST YET TELL US MORE ABOUT HOW
THESE PROTESTS BEGAN AND WHY
THEY TURNED SO VIOLENT.
>> WELL THEY DID THE PROTEST
BEGAN LIKE SO MANY PROTESTS
BEGIN NOW IN AN ENVIRONMENT
WITH EVIDENCE THOUGH SOME CELL
PHONES
INDEPENDENT SOURCES, PEOPLE WHO
ARE THE
REAL DOCUMENTING MISS JUSTICE A
MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE WHERE
POLICE ARE OVERZEALOUS DOES HE
HAVE BEEN
8 CASES IN THIS CASE I THINK
THE SORT OF INITIATIVE THAT
WAS REALLY POLICE OFFICERS IN
THIS SPECIAL SARS UNIT TO THE
SOME 2 INDIVIDUALS INTO IT,
GOOD TO BE A BUILDING OF SOME
SORT OF A HOTEL OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND ONE OF
THEM DID NOT COME TO LIVE WITH
WHAT CAME OUT, YOU KNOW BEAT UP
BADLY AND THAT WAS DOCUMENTED
SO THERE WAS SOME VIDEO
EVIDENCE AND
THAT'S WHERE INDIVIDUALS LET
DENNIS WHY WOULD THOSE
INDIVIDUALS SAY LOOK ENOUGH OF
THIS WE'VE BEEN WATCHING POLICE
BUT BY LET'S
GO UNCHECKED FOR REALLY YEARS
NOW DOES IT WAS THIS A HACK
ATTACK STARTED ALMOST 2 YEARS
AGO NOW SO THEY'RE FED UP
WITH IT. IT BEGAN WITH VIDEO
EVIDENCE PEOPLE REACT TO THAT
BECAUSE NOW
THE PLATFORMS WE'RE ABLE TO BE
SPREAD ACROSS SO MANY DIFFERENT
DOG CELL PHONES AND INTO LIVING
ROOMS.
>> AND WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT
THOSE DEMONSTRATORS THAT WERE
KILLED DURING A PEACEFUL
PROTEST. WHAT ARE THE RIGHTS OF
PROTESTERS IN NIGERIA AUSTIN.
>> IT'S QUITE DIFFERENT
EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY AND LIKE WE
HAVE HERE WE'RE REALLY LEAN
SUPREME YOU DON'T HAVE THE SAME
KIND OF
LIMITATION FORCE I WAS SORE
THUMB AND INSURGENCIES ARE
LIMITATIONS ON POLICE CONTACT
WHICH YOU REALLY
DON'T HAVE HAVE IS A SYSTEM
THAT HOLD POLICE ACCOUNTABLE
THIS WAY. POLICE INSIST THEY
HAVE IMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY'RE
SAYING SHUN THEY'RE BEING GIVEN
THE BLESSING TO DO. THESE TYPES
OF SWEETS ENRAGED BY THE
GOVERNMENT. SO HOLD THEM TO
ACCOUNT IN OTHER WORDS SAY THAT
5 POLICE OFFICERS, LET'S PUT
LAWSUITS FILING THE SUIT
AGAINST THEM THAT SOMEHOW HAVE
SOME SORT
OF RESPONSE TO BE A YEAR THAT
LIMITS WHAT THEY CAN DO THAT'S
WHY THESE HARMS ANY IS ABUSES
BY POLICE OFFICERS CAN GO
SO FAR THE PROTEST PURPOSE
IS SUMMER TOP SEEDS LIKE THAT
BECAUSE NOW THE PROTESTERS SAY
YOU
KNOW BECAUSE ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
LET'S HOLD THE POLICE OFFICERS
TO ACCOUNT AND IF YOU DON'T
LIVE IN A USER OWN METHOD
OF CIVIL UNREST WHICH IS THE
WAY REALLY ONE OF THE WAYS IT'S
A DIFFICULT AND PAINFUL AS IT
MAY BE THAT SEEMS OFTEN COMES.
>> SOME EXPERTS COMPARE THESE
PROTESTS IN NIGERIA TO OUR
PROTEST OVER THE SUMMER OF
COURSE OVER RACIAL INJUSTICE
WOULD YOU AGREE WITH THE
SIMILARITIES HERE.
>> I WOULD ABSOLUTELY AGREE
WITH THAT AND OF COURSE ARE
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE MENTION
ABOUT LAWS. BUT REALLY THERE'S
A THERE'S A SEASON NOW AND
THERE'S A LOT OF CIRCUMSTANCES
THAT MAKE THESE PROTESTS REALLY
PARTICIPATE IN THE WIDER FOR
MONEY USED TO BE WE DO HAVE
A PANDEMIC WE KNOW THAT IT'S
POSSIBLE OR NOT THIS IN THAT
STATE BUT IN OTHER COUNTRIES
EMPLOYMENT IS IMPACTED. EXPORTS
ARE AFFECTED PEOPLE ARE MORE
LIKELY TO BE AT HOME AND MORE
LIKE TO BE ABLE TO LISTEN IN
SEE EVENTS HAPPENING INDEED
THAT'S
WHY WE I HEAR CELEBRITIES
RESPONDING TO WHAT WAS
HAPPENING IN NIGERIA AND INDEED
BY HER SO
THEY WERE A LOT OUTCRY ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED DURING OUR
PROTESTS AND THE PLEA PART OUT
THE SAW IN THE STATES IN THE
DURING THE SUMMER SO WE ARE
ALSO BECOMING CALM
JOINED IN MANY WAYS BY THE SORT
OF CONNECTION YOU NEED TO SEE
SOCIAL MEDIA AND I'LL BE ABLE
TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE
AS THEY SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING
HERE AND LIST AND
THE FOR A LOT OF FOLKS WHO
HAPPEN TO BE SIR MY COMPLEX IN
A SIMILAR AND BEYOND THAT
OF COURSE THEY'RE SEEING
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE JUST ON
BEING CREST IN WAYS THAT WE
SAY LET IT LOOKED IF THEY DON'T
LOOK
LIKE US. WE CAN IDENTIFY WITH
MANY PARTS OF WHAT THE STRUGGLE
IS AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE JUST
SORT OF COMING AROUND WITH
OTHER CELEBRITIES BRINGING
ATTENTION TO THIS NEXT WHEN
YOU'VE GOT
A TWITTER FALLING IN THE
MILLIONS YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
PEOPLE SAY LOOK WE'RE GOING TO
DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.
>> DO YOU THINK THESE
CELEBRITIES LIKE RIHANNA
BEYONCE INTEREST ALICE SO MANY
HAVE JUMPED ON THIS FOR
SOCIAL MEDIA. YOU KNOW WITH THE
HASHTAG END SARS HOW DOES
SOCIAL MEDIA PLAY A ROLE MORE
IMPORTANTLY DO THINK THERE'S AN
AMPLIFYING THE CAUSE AND
BRINGING IT MORE
NOT THE GREATEST WORD MORE
MAINSTREAM.
>> WELL SOCIAL MEDIA DOES PLAY
A HUGE ROLE BECAUSE EVEN IN THE
PLACES THAT WE DON'T QUITE
UNDERSTAND THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE
SAY WELL BECAUSE AFRICA IS A
COUNTRY THAT IS NOT A COUNTRY
AFRICA'S A COLLECTION OF MANY
COUNTRIES AT
THE CONSULATE. BUT WHAT YOU DO
HAVE IN VARIOUS PARTS OF WEST
AFRICA, YOU KNOW EAST AFRICA IF
INDIVIDUALS THAT WHAT'S
APPLE COM. BUT TWITTER COM YOU
CAN FACEBOOK COM AND THOSE
ACCOUNTS THEY'RE FOLLOWING
WHAT'S NOT HERE WITH THEIR
FAVORITE CELEBRITIES IN THE
STATE AND WERE ABLE TO SEE WAS
AND MANY OF THE TWITTER
FOLLOWERS WERE A POPULAR
CELEBRITY COULD BE OTHER
INDIVIDUALS OUTSIDE OF
THE COUNTRY. SO WHAT YOU SEE
NOW IS YES SOCIAL MEDIA IS SORT
OF THE IMPETUS OF THE MOVEMENT
AND THEN THE SECOND
PART IS THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE
THIS LITTLE
YEAR YOU KNOW TO SEE THINGS ON
IMAGES THAT WE JUST
FIND IT OUR WILL AND
UNACCEPTABLE YOU SAYING THAT
PLATFORM LOCKED INTO
LIVING ROOMS AND JUST CELL
PHONES AND MANY MANY MILLIONS
OF PEOPLE AND YOU JUST YOU JUST
THE SENSE OF SORT
OF HUMANITY AND THE CONNECTION
THAT WE ALL HAVE BRAINS THAT
OPERATE IT WILL CAUSE IN THE
REGION SAY LET'S
GET OUT LET'S GATHER UP WE'RE
ALL AT RISK FOR THIS WE'RE
GOING TO PROTEST AND DO
SOMETHING ABOUT IT AND CARRY
WHATEVER POWER WE HAVE INTO THE