Kamau Wairuri, Edinburgh Napier University Days ahead of the first anniversary in Kenya of the Gen Z-led anti-government protests that resulted in at least 60 deaths and displays of police brutality, news broke that Albert Ojwang, a young Kenyan blogger, had died in police detention. Kamau Wairuri who has studied the politics of
Douglas Lucas Kivoi, The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) The recent killing in Kenya of a young man in police detention highlights a string of systemic failures to hold the country’s security officers accountable for their actions. Despite public outrage and protests, Kenyan police officers continue to use inhumane,
An investigation by The Markup found that Uber is slow to respond to law enforcement requests, leaving drivers vulnerable to repeated attacks By: Dara Kerr In St. Louis, a narrow and quiet street, shadowed with trees, has haunted Brian Blagoue since the spring of 2021. It’s where two passengers carjacked him at gunpoint
As calls grow to defund or dismantle police departments in the wake of the death of George Floyd, questions about what that would look like — especially in cities with high crime rates — remain. In a Saturday interview on “Fox & Friends Weekend” with host Pete Hegseth, retired Dallas police officer C’mone Wingo said that imagining