“#endsars protest”
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Documented on October 24, 2020 in Oakland, CA.
Original article via the Peninsula Press here.
captured on Canon 5d Mark III. sequenced and edited in Adobe Lightroom CC.
Hundreds of Bay Area residents - many Nigerian and Nigerian-American - gathered in Oakland, Calif. on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020 to raise awareness of police brutality in Nigeria. (Noah Cortez)
Protestors stand in solidarity against SARS during a protest in Oakland, Satuday, Oct. 24, 2020. SARS, or Special Anti-Robbery Squad, is a police unit in Nigeria that have been scrutinized for becoming reckless with corruption. (Noah Cortez)
Onyinyechi Nwosu holds up a sign in Oakland, Calif. Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020, honoring those killed by Nigerian armed forces in Lagos, Nigeria, on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020. (Noah Cortez)
A boy wears the Nigerian flag with #endSARS written on it in Oakland, Calif., Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020. #endSARS is a movement largely driven by Nigerian youth both in Nigeria and in diaspora. Nigeria has a large young population - nearly 70% of its population is under the age of 40. (Noah Cortez)
A protestor wears the Nigerian flag with "Okofi Lekki" written on it in Oakland, Calif., Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020. The massacre on Tuesday, Oct. 20, took place in Lagos at the Lekki toll gate. (Noah Cortez)
Kris Francis poses for a photo at the #endSARS protest in Oakland, Calif., Oct. 24, 2020. (Noah Cortez)
Nate Farmer holds up a sign calling out Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari in Oakland, Calif., Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020. Buhari is criticized by many for being an ineffective and corrupt President. (Noah Cortez)
Women hold up signs at the #endSARS protest in Oakland, Calif., Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020. The theme of police brutality in Nigeria parallels a similar issue in the United States. (Noah Cortez)
A woman holds up a sign in Oakland, Calif., Satuday, Oct. 24, 2020, calling for an end to police brutality in Nigeria. (Noah Cortez)
A protestor watches a woman give a testimonial in Oakland, Calif., Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020, about police brutality in Nigeria. (Noah Cortez
A group of young men at the #endSARS protest in Oakland, Calif., Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020. (Noah Cortez)
Bolaji Idakoji (left) and Olayinka Sanni (right) hold up signs during the #endSARS protest in Oakland, Calif., Satuday, Oct. 24, 2020. (Noah Cortez)