Attack on UN Office in Nigeria, a Sign of Impending Trends?
Posted by HCN on Monday, October 26, 2020
A United Nations (UN) office has been attacked by locals in Nigeria southern region Calabar, Cross Rivers State just prior to Sunday October 25th 2020
- note added October 26, 2020 EST [placed in emergency red box at top of website October 26th 2020].
It may appear a local skirmish, manifestation of agitation. Locals in Nigeria disgruntled with perceptions of police brutality.
Source article covering event: https://healthwise.punchng.com/un-condemns-attack-on-its-assets-in-calabar/
However, this went on while in places like the US, the 'Black Lives Matter' movement has been underway.
Here is what might be a fulcrum aspect, the thing, on a lense to put all of these in, in Nigeria, the police are of dark completion, basically what the 'Black Lives Matter' group is calling 'Black'.
This wraps once again to a bottom line point, using raced based mentality to try to accomplish objectives is not sound. And, it raises eyebrows as to whether police brutality is really the baseline of what the rioters are upset about.
Economic, socio-economic conditions have worsened for a number of places over the last year, plausibly repercussions of coronavirus outbreaks, measures taken by authorities over the outbreaks, general misbehavior among local youths, older folks abuse of power, abuse of authority while seeking power, lust for power, lust for drugs, lust for drug power, and the list of ills in that category continued.
Front page news, instead of a small blurb in the local Nigeria news, because the attack on the UN building could be sign that more attacks of the sort could be coming to other locations, if the trend of unruly youths follow the trends of others is what is going on.
It may appear a local skirmish, manifestation of agitation. Locals in Nigeria disgruntled with perceptions of police brutality.
Source article covering event: https://healthwise.punchng.com/un-condemns-attack-on-its-assets-in-calabar/
However, this went on while in places like the US, the 'Black Lives Matter' movement has been underway.
Here is what might be a fulcrum aspect, the thing, on a lense to put all of these in, in Nigeria, the police are of dark completion, basically what the 'Black Lives Matter' group is calling 'Black'.
This wraps once again to a bottom line point, using raced based mentality to try to accomplish objectives is not sound. And, it raises eyebrows as to whether police brutality is really the baseline of what the rioters are upset about.
Economic, socio-economic conditions have worsened for a number of places over the last year, plausibly repercussions of coronavirus outbreaks, measures taken by authorities over the outbreaks, general misbehavior among local youths, older folks abuse of power, abuse of authority while seeking power, lust for power, lust for drugs, lust for drug power, and the list of ills in that category continued.
Front page news, instead of a small blurb in the local Nigeria news, because the attack on the UN building could be sign that more attacks of the sort could be coming to other locations, if the trend of unruly youths follow the trends of others is what is going on.
