The Nigerian Police Force has said that there is no law prohibiting the force from the use of handcuffs to restrain a suspect, particularly one that has shown acts of violence. The Head of Chambers of the Nigeria Police, DCP Simon Lough, stated this in a statement released on Thursday, May 18. Lough released the statement while reacting to claims made by counsel to embattled Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, on Tuesday, May 16, faulting the decision of the …
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FBI has joined the investigation into the death of a Black man named George Lloyd who died on Monday, May 25, after a Minneapolis police officer forced his knee into his neck to keep him pinned to the ground. In a video going viral, a police officer is seen holding George down after he “physically resisted officers”. “I can’t breathe,” he kept repeating but the cops didn’t listen. The cop who was kneeling on his neck did …