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SHORTLY after President Bola Tinubu delivered his inaugural speech on May 29, a friend of mine called frantically from Abuja to enquire if I listened to our newly minted President. I didn’t watch Tinubu deliver his inaugural presidential speech but I had read the full text before my friend called. I told him I didn’t […]

In at least 70 recorded cases of police brutality in the United States, the victim cried out three words: I. Can’t. Breathe. From Eric Garner in 2014 to George Floyd in 2020, people hogtied or put in a chokehold cried out those words but were ignored by officers who thought they were lying or exaggerating