I have read and heard a lot of stories about soldiers and police brutality but fortunately for me, I have never been a victim...
I have had an encounter with the police and soldiers only once and it was not bad as people portrayed it...
My first encounter with the police was two years ago, I was with my girlfriend and we were heading back home in the night when suddenly two officers without their uniforms surrounded me and they started asking me questions that sound irritating to the ears, What do I have in my bag, I got furious as I thought they were area boys, I was already exchanging words with them and it seems they were not expecting such reaction from me and they also realize I did not know they were police officers so one of them told me, that was when I look at their cap and saw it was indeed a police cap, hmmm I calm down a bit knowing they were after yahoo boys and since I was not one, I have nothing to fear..
I had to calm my girlfriend down as well because she was also mad at them, they ask me to enter their van and they drove me away from the bike spot a little bit to the front and they started questioning me about what I do for a living, I told them am a blogger, the other two still insist of checking my bag and I showed them, they saw my laptop and ask what I have there, I told them it is my work and I opened it, one of them said he is a freelancer, let him go....
They did not even check my phones cos I was with two phones that day, obviously, they did not check my pocket so they didn't know and I guess that was because of how I spoke to them earlier, they know I am not a yahoo boy and my confidence scares them somehow too, they don't want to harass someone who could be a problem for them if only they know I am nobody...
My encounter with a soldier was brief, it was 7 years ago, I wanted to register for a national card inside the army cantonment at pwd in Lagos, and there was a checkpoint at the main gate, as I got down from the bus, the first scene I witnessed was a soldier slapping a man, hehe this is serious, no idea what transpired between them but that actually took my calmness level to 100 percent from my usual 90 percent cos I am a calm guy....
When it was my turn, I had no problem with the soldier and I was granted entry, it was at the second checkpoint which lead to the office where I wanted to register for the Nin, a soldier man shouted Hey hey I did not know it was me he was talking to but I looked back to know what is going on, and that was when I realized he was talking to me...
He said, don't go and fight there or else you will blame yourself, I told him no o, I just want to register, and he said ok, why would he make that statement? Of course, I know lol... My eyes are always red when I spent too much time outside, it happens unconsciously so yea that kind of makes it look like being angry, so I guess that is what he saw too and probably thinks am angry lol...
That was it, nothing much happened, just the warning and when I was going back he saw me, I greeted him and he also waved so both my experience was not bad...
As for the police, the reason why most people have issues with them is because of how they respond to them, people don't respect police officers and when they stop them, they kind of make that known and police officers are human too, men don't like to be disrespected so when you don't respect them, expect a hostile behavior from them...
If I had continued with my rude approach after knowing they were police officers, even if I am innocent, they won't let me go easily but because I talk to them politely and also show them the evidence they didn't even ask for, I respected them and they love that, and they showed me respect too by letting me go..... Respect is reciprocal.
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I was about to share your story today lol, but I realized that was your only encounter with the police so I stopped lol
lol you want to make me postless
Lol
First off, I need to let you know that I always find your articles interesting because I can always relate to them. So, I always look forward to articles from you. However, my views about police officers are a little different. I agree with you to a point that people disrespect police officers. However, 80% of the fault still lies with the police themselves.
It is quite difficult to respect policemen that go around with POS terminals (hope you know what they do with it). And some of them will even escort you to the nearest ATM terminal and check your account balance. And even if many of them are after yahoo boys, remember that they are only after them to take their cut of the booty, and NOT TO UPHOLD the law.
In fact, some bigger yahoo boys have policemen as friends. They settle the policemen regularly and when another set of policemen "carry nose", they'll gladly call their police friends to intervene.
Here's another factor to consider. Some policemen operate after taking some cheap alcohol. They could be tipsy while talking to you. I'll round up my post by saying you were just damn lucky!
i guess i was lucky, lucky is my second name.. yea many always say bad things about the police so i was surprised i had it easy with them
It's true. Over here we disrespect police alot. It's probably because we grew up knowing they collect #20 on check points so we hated them and disregarded them. If you show them a bit of respect, two things happens, they either take advantage of you and let you off.
yea most people let what they hear control how they talk to the officer, you will see a driver arguing with them , a passenger also shouting, like that is rude, let them do their work...
I think 70 percent will let you off if you are very polite with them
Yes, I agree
After reading that article of yours, it reminded me of what happened a year ago here in our country where one police shot dead the granny and her grandchild. Until now, I can't believe that police like that exist. I believe for a police to be respected they must know the word respect first.
By the way, may I know how and where did you edit your thumbnail with your name and hive logo?
may those souls rest in peace, that is heartless
ksam did the hive logo and signature for me but not sure he is still into it
Oh where can I contact him? I really love the signature logo!
he is
ksamon hive, drop a comment on his blogThank you so much.
You're one of the few guys that have had good experiences with police officers and soldiers
yea many people always complain so i don't really know what to believe
The police men you met were okay, some would have raised hands on you the moment you raised your voice.
Well they cant raise hand except they are sure i know they were policemen, they also know i didn't know and that was why they told me
You are lucky because in my country the police are notorious for being dishonest and are always looking to take some money from us to let us go free.
which country is that?
Venezuela
it is indeed everywhere
i would have just told you that you were playing, you think police are friendly because you met the calm ones, wait till the bad egg ones chase you one day before you realise that not all of them are friendly
i think the same goes for everything, good and bad police, good citizens and bad citizens, so we can't expect all the police to be good, the point is we still have good police men out there