#EndSARS is not just one massive protest for police reform or even for democratic accountability. It is a reckoning meant to counter the crisis in governance whilst the looting which happened in the aftermath of the protests is a catharsis.
‘When we revolt it is not for a particular culture. We revolt simply because, for many reasons, we can no longer breathe.’
— Frantz Fanon
On October 3, 2020, a video trended on social media showing a Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) police office
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