Things to Know About Police Brutality in Nigeria

Four things to know about Nigeria's movement to end police brutality. On Saturday, 3 October, a video of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) officers dragging two men out of a hotel and shooting one of them surfaced on the internet and was immediately followed by outrage from the #EndSARS movement. Four things to know about Nigeria's movement to end police brutality. 1. Founded in 1992, SARS is a tactical police unit created to combat cases of armed robbery, kidnapping and other violent

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