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“Death at the hands of police has not stopped. Since May 26, 2020 — the day after former officer Derek Chauvin killed Floyd — police have killed at least 223 Black people” These are the type of Images and videos that elicit collective actions . Social media made it possible for everyone to see, first-hand, what happened to George Floyd.    The video was shared by someone whom, by normal standard, would not be considered influential— 17-year-old Darnella Frazier, and viewed millions of times across the world. The public did not need to see the incident through the lens and filters of mainstream media or high-profiled Hollywood celebrities. The video offered resounding proof to indict Derek Chauvin and three other police officers involved, resulting in Mr. Chauvin’s arrest and prosecution. This post was written as part of Scholarship discourse on media images, especially Social media images: with reference to Images and videos as an important source of information and news ...
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Why student protests in South Africa have turned violent

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  “Burn to be heard.” This chilling statement has been doing the rounds through word of mouth and social media on South African campuses in recent weeks. The message has to be taken seriously.  Buildings  and  vehicles  at several universities have been  burned  since a new wave of protests kicked off in the middle of September 2016. The arsonists haven’t been identified yet, but government and university managements’ fingers are pointing at student protesters. Some students have also used disruptive tactics to shut their campuses down until their demands for free education are met. Universities have responded by securitising their campus; seeking wide-ranging  interdicts  against students and deploying  private security guards . How have things come to this? Protests that are sustained over a period of time are usually part of a cycle that unfolds in interaction with the authorities and other protesters. A cyclical analysis helps us to ...
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How George Floyd Was Killed in Police Custody

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  The Times has reconstructed the death of George Floyd on May 25. Security footage, witness videos and official documents show how a series of actions by officers turned fatal. On May 25,  Minneapolis police  officers arrested  George Floyd , a 46-year-old black man, after a convenience store employee called 911 and told the police that Mr. Floyd had bought cigarettes with a counterfeit $20 bill. Seventeen minutes after the first squad car arrived at the scene, Mr.  Floyd  was unconscious and pinned beneath three police officers, showing no signs of life. By combining videos from bystanders and security cameras, reviewing official documents and consulting experts, The New York Times reconstructed in detail the minutes leading to Mr.  Floyd’s death . Our video shows officers taking a series of actions that violated the policies of the Minneapolis Police Department and turned fatal, leaving Mr. Floyd unable to breathe, even as he and onlookers called ou...
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Nigeria protests: Police chief deploys 'all resources' amid street violence

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  Nigeria's chief of police has ordered the immediate mobilisation of all police resources to put an end to days of street violence and looting. Mohammed Adamu said criminals had hijacked anti-police brutality protests and taken over public spaces. A new wave of looting was reported on Sunday, a day after Mr Adamu ordered police to end the "violence, killings, looting and destruction of property". Protests calling for an end to police brutality began on 7 October. The demonstrations, dominated by young people, started with calls for a police unit, the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (Sars), to be disbanded. How the End Sars protests have changed Nigeria forever President Muhammadu Buhari dissolved the Sars unit - accused of harassment, extortion, torture and extrajudicial killings - days later, but the protests continued, demanding broader reforms in the way Nigeria is governed. They escalated after unarmed protesters were shot in the nation's biggest city, Lagos, on Tuesd...
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Nigeria dissolves violent crime police unit after anti-brutality protests

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  Special Anti-Robbery Squad had been the target of days of mass demonstrations throughout country
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Protests turn violent in India over controversial citizenship law

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  Protests continued unabated   across India   on Tuesday over a controversial new law that offers citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from several neighboring nations. Riot police fired tear gas on the streets of a mostly-Muslim area in New Delhi, as throngs of demonstrators hurled bricks and set fire to a police booth and motorcycles. There were unconfirmed reports of injuries among protesters and police officers. The demonstrations began last week when India's parliament, controlled by the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, passed an amendment to the Citizenship Act after hours of contentious debate. The amendment provides a path to Indian citizenship for religious minorities from the predominantly Muslim nations of Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan who have entered India illegally. The original act, initially passed in 1955, had previously prohibited illegal migrants from obtaining citizenship. Proponents of the amendment say it will grant sanctuary to...
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