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An Episode With The Police Force by tungstar(m): 10:54pm On Oct 23, 2015 |
So, last week, a police man shot my friend at the gate to my estate. Not with injection O! Nope. With a standard issue police rifle. This is the gist. At past 10 at night, he was returning members of a wedding party to their hotel which is inside my estate. There was a traffic jam leading up to the gate because a truck full of iron rods was trying to get in and since this was a violation of estate code they were gated. The truck was escorted by two policemen who were trying to intimidate the security into letting them in anyway. They refused to clear the truck to one side and so it stayed blocking the gate. Behind them a long line of tired residents who had just fought through the vicious more than one hour commute it takes to come home, stretched out. By the time my friend joined the line, some of the more aggravated residents had gone up to the gate to find out what was going on and things were getting heated as words were exchanged between them and those officers of the law. My friend is a people person. He’s that guy that steps into the party and is exchanging bro-shakes with almost everyone he encounters. He is not a troublemaker. I’m saying this so you can get an idea of why he even bothered to get out of his car. He entered the conversation and was even making some head way towards calming people down, including the police men. He had actually turned to the gate to ask the security guards to open up for the sake of the residents when the younger of the policemen decided he didn’t like a comment made by one of the residents. He cocked his gun and threatened to show them who he was (even as I write this it feels like bad fiction. But then I guess life is a lot like that, no?). He aimed his gun at the resident that offended him. The older officer (who probably knows the deal with those guns) quickly pushed the nozzle down and in that moment surely saved that residents life because, guess what? The gun discharged. My friend said everyone scattered at the gun’s report, including him until he noticed that he felt like he’d hit something hard with his leg. He also felt a gushing. The pain would come later. The bullet had hit the ground then, like a nightmare, ricocheted up and into the back of his calf just below the knee. It exploded out of three place in the front of his knee and somehow missed his bones and major arteries. Despite this, blood was steadily shooting out of him like a burst pipe. The bottom of his jeans was soaked in minutes. Everyone pretty much calmed down after that. My friend and his party forced the policemen and the truck to take him to the hospital also located in my estate (this guy, my friend, God has a serious purpose for his life. Like there’s a red sea somewhere that needs a parting…) and I would like to say that the policemen abjectly apologized, the culprit was arrested and that his recuperation has been taken care of by the force. But no. My friend was laid up in that hospital for two weeks and in that time he was visited three times by a Police representative. During those visit he was told 1. That if he tried to sue to the Nigerian Police he would lose 2. The man who shot him (who as it turned out was supposed to be stationed in Sokoto when this incident had occurred) had gone AWOL *shrug* and 3. They would see what they could gather (money wise) for him and that was even out of the benevolence of their heart. My friend left the hospital after paying his own bill. I am attaching the image I took of his X-ray where you can see large pieces of shrapnel floating around his knee cap. In my opinion he will have to see a specialist to make sure that this will not become a problem for him later. He is still limping and in great pain and the self run business that he hustled for years to build up from nothing is suffering while he struggles to recuperate. Worst of all, he doesn’t even feel safe as he is convinced that the police involved might try to settle things a different way if they could (which is why I’m doing this. Juuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuust in case.) Here’s what I need to know now; Is this ok? Is this what we get for being dumb enough to be born Nigerian? Even if anyone thinks he was stupid to step out of his car instead of sitting there and doing nothing, is it that he deserved to be shot? Is that why it’s ok for the police to casually dismiss his life? If the case were the reverse and my friend had shot a police man would they be this casual? Could he just tell them not to be angry and just dip? Could he Is anyone secretly thinking that he is lucky to be alive, that’s how our police are, just leave it…? Can somebody explain to me what any of this means? Source: a friend's facebook wall.
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Re: An Episode With The Police Force by searchcorp(m): 11:04pm On Oct 23, 2015 |
Please attach the pics of the xray. I'm seriously following this post. |
Re: An Episode With The Police Force by fistonati(m): 11:54pm On Oct 23, 2015 |
Firstlay, d police must hv escorted d content of dt truck. The owner of d content must be a resident of dt estate, u hv to identify d person as I believe d truck must hv been apprehended by residents. Whoever d person is must face d tune because he broke d estate rules, as its likely d officers must hv called him wen dey got to d gate. And I believe dt person can't be bigger dan oda residents. Bt u ds ajebo ppl can be funny, he will u allow dt officer to run away. RIP to d deceased, dt gentle soul shall rest in peace. |
Re: An Episode With The Police Force by ProfessorPeter(m): 1:59am On Oct 24, 2015 |
Hausa police from Sokoto? That is the fruit of one Nigerian. That is what happened when people who behave like animals live with sane people. Brother, i wish you speedily recovery |
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