'Black Lives Matter' in Nigeria, Too, Amid Increasing Violence

'Black Lives Matter' in Nigeria, Too, Amid Increasing Violence
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For good reason, there has been a national outcry about the brutal death of George Floyd, a black man who died under the knee of a white police officer in Minneapolis. The video of Floyd’s struggle for life continues to shock and horrify viewers. Anyone with a sense of human decency is appalled by his story and by all racially motivated law enforcement injustices.

But in the meantime, while round-the-clock global media reports focus on the shattered streets of New York, Minneapolis and beyond, atrocious violence against black women, children and men is surging in Nigeria. 

And we hardly hear a word about it.

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