Whats the 1st thing that comes to your mind when you see a Police Officer across africa there have been many reports of the police abusing citizens for no apparent reason and south africa victims of Police Brutality are now demanding change. Eldorado park in soweto outside Johannesburg Police fire rubber bullets and protesting youths enraged at a Police Officer who shot a 16 year old in the head and chest. They kill an innocent lives yet is there a notion place. Both families and. They are doing as they are marking us so we dont feel safe how will we feel safe what did. The victim at north annual julius was unarmed and living with down syndrome neighbors say he was shot because he did not respond to officers questions now the Community Demands on says from the authorities a provincial official arrives and finds a devastated mother. When you think you got me. Going it is the phase. Where they suppose. The daily. Here. In this world leads to the only. Juliuss death comes as police face allegations of brutality throughout the country with 300 to 500 People Killed by Police Bullets every year many South Africans ask themselves if Law Enforcement still serves to protect. A week before the shocking death of julius we visited the El Dorado ParkPolice Station and establishment at the heart of a drug and gang ridden neighborhood many residents here believe the police is corrupt and in cohorts with dealers constable can see and could see there are rookies who wish to change that perception. To be honest i dont feel it i do. When i am called. Be it in this is difficult i would call eat in stuff i barrels down myself ill stay the fascinating to make a difference in what in the Community Mean this is saying about us. The young constables in el dorado pocket wage a daily war on drugs today constable could see and kinsey have taken an illegal drug labs apart and arrested a number of street dealers he does. Open with a. Couple. Of. Seeing that the police is actually doing something against the gangsters is well received. Well were safe and sound. So its good skipping the communities more. Says you know madam i think its mostly older stompin says you know and theres the scope is the one you dont know who theyre called but 29000 reported by corruption watch suggests police of the most corrupt Public Servants with abuse of power and bribery being right lawyer vic a stale in johannesburg wants to see more responsible Police Officers in charge he represents victims of Police Brutality and says the trend is systemic and has been institutionalized from the top. I think the problem with the police is that not sufficiently trained they dont just drop leadership the. Police have told them to spokespeople which is shoot. Or one of them is also they think they can do this and. Its back in Eldorado Park the shooting has stopped but the residents are still angry if nothing changes they say the Police Station will be burned down they demand an accountable police that protects and serves its people and. Its not just in south africa where calls for justice and police were telling me are getting louder we ask people across the continent how they feel about their relationship with the police in that country. When everyone says police here in uganda what comes their mind one is the impunity to. Torture 3. Iris with no explanation because thats what police has painted themselves as. Possible for education action and the like that. Actually did you see you know our voice because we wanted to see you so its there. Actually its alternative beat its also because. We is young people we are fearful of those who are supposed to be protecting us. In democracy societies we see Police Officers are supposed to protecting the citizens but in our kids is the face theyre the ones were to maintenance to Police Officers have to sort of go back to school and be told how to handle the public. Well you heard it lovejoy from zimbabwe as i just said that educating Police Officers could help tackling this panafrican problem. We also want to shift our focus away from the problem itself and instead find solutions thats why we took our street debates to kenyas capital nairobi by calling it a committee met up with victims and activists discuss what needs to be done to improve the relationship between Law Enforcement officers and citizens. The 77 percent has been to italy weve been to germany and now were back in the capital city of kenya nairobi and its in this country that in march a curfew was put in place as a covert prevention measure and its reported by the Human Rights Watch that in the 1st 10 days of that curfew 6 people died at the hands of Police Officers and so today we are asking who do you turn to when you need protection from the police and as you can see there are no uniformed Police Officers here we did send them an invitation literally camped at their office but they did make it but the show must go on and so id like to begin this conversation with perpetual karaoke she is actually from the coyote social Justice Center but beyond that you know this idea of Police Brutality its not just abstract to you its affected your family in a very personal way could you please tell us about that. Brother through that. So. They then. Had no idea. How. Can you tell us how your brother came to even be in contact to the police in the 1st place so from this story we were told by the police is that he would he went to his Friend Health who was a wanted guy and the guy got out and looked him from outside and thats when the police came. Executive here and. There was no. Mention of youre under arrest were here for you because of such and such no no no no. So do most people know standing next to you hes from Amnesty International does this sound like some of the reports youre putting in place because you know when you talk about the numbers its easy to forget that these human beings behind them what is the situation currently if based on your own assessment on Police Brutality and well. For me here. If you do this happens especially in. Areas where are the fight against crime is a fight against the use of that area. Just like what happens in the u. S. In black neighborhoods where the police decide about the policing in this area is going to be commuter. We have seen very many cases and during this period the been pretty kisses particularly. Young people well you know me being a 13 year old boy thats thats crazy were talking from much because thats when we had our 1st piece here in kenya 20 people 20 people ok i want to speak to my band who is a musician and a blogger and a resident of these low income areas mother have you been in a situation where you felt the police were being violent towards you exactly ive been in that situation several it not once not twice i cant count. For one reason just my physical appearance just having dreadlocks makes me a criminal so that has has made me come to the police so many times so much that ive become more ive just had to back you know like i know really how i will be able to respond to a policeman also based on how he approaches me here so lets come to gondor were hearing already some very staggering stories so what you must be getting in your office must be out of this world how many cases do you get an average of people complaining about Police Behavior between march and. Because of june we received over 500. 00 complaints and then i want to see that those are not Police Killings stunts those alleged assault and serious if there is of course Police Killings but they are Police Misconduct so how many has a poor how many convictions has a poor managed to get. 6 convictions. On life sentences and hung and hanging but i dont want to look at that statistic come on i knew what one must do that we understand that the cases take really long and our Judicial Service also has its problems but if youre saying 500. 00 complaints in a span of a couple of months and 6 convictions since a body was formed whats the for or the companies that we get not adopting court because we see for them we look at what is with you know what might be what is not within our market we dedicate to other people with the sector organizations that handle those mythos right so thank you so much i definitely understand that but byron i have to come to you because we obviously dont have a Police Officer here but youre the closest person we have to one what goes through the mind of a Police Officer when theyre in that sort of situation you know what would lead a Police Officer to draw his gun and kill an unarmed person coming from a community or very high love billeted organization other special forces i know for certain that when life is supposed to be taken the division is very very critical and so life is a post we can take and is that which is has been thought about so many times and we set up so many times in terms of Decision Making on the part of the operators so the judgment around the practice of security and order to be very sticky does have its just got to be rethought and the functions thereof in terms of even the training of the passion or even the brief for the particular operators has got to be refined of the last minute details of that operation so my solution would be the police being the. Big brother here got to break it to happen when it comes to the reader address themselves to insecurities and how they also apply themselves to the provision of the key to solving this ok propecia very quickly we opened with you had like to hear your final thoughts and also what you think can be done to bridge this gap between citizens and the police most of these Police Allegedly police. They dont wear uniforms they dont identify them we dont know who they answer to because im going to go to the Police Station and report a case and theyll say come later so my. Solution to. This is a Police Reform to be implemented everywhere in this country because all citizens of this country and we have to be treated with dignity oh we did we do deserve to be treated with dignity i can think of a better place to wrap up this conversation thank you so much to my panel whove been so gracious to stand with me as a sun goes down i think what we can take away is that the Police Officers of being that their slogan to michigan or to service to all needs to be to all and from the Community Service from all that we also have a responsibility to play in this thank you all for watching. A big thank you to edith and everybody who took part in the street debates in nairobi and if you want to watch a longer version obvious debate then visit our you tube channel and be sure to subscribe were saying in nairobi in the room a neighborhood to be precise and there we meet a group of talented kids on their way to becoming social media celebrity after watching just a few of their parody videos and remakes i only get why they are so popular and why thousands of fans follow them on instagram. Costume props a little backyard camera and action thats all you need to become an instagram star. These other kids from the room a neighborhood of nairobi and they have big dreams. Wants. To. Make you do what. Plan would look like. The kids of the stars but rose morag is the woman behind the Instagram Account you know shes a local ice cream vendor and taught herself to shoot and edit videos about a year ago she started making videos with the neighborhood kids growing up i wanted this some things i wanted to do but i never became so thats all. We need is. Parity of music videos social commentary nothing is too big for these kids today theyre shooting their version of beyond says music trailer black is king. Its an entire day of shooting featuring multiple sets and costume changes and the crew needs to Pay Attention to thousands of tiny details. Sometimes i look at a phone and see what a set looks like then i go on good news the manager tells me what to do like now shes told me to get a bicycle so now this bike is like a horse. But i got to take. A look because every weekend. To be exact so that the common. Good thats what im very good kids. But for the kids its about more than acting the neighborhood doesnt have many youth clubs or other activities on offer. When i come here im not lazy and we have each other not been there i like the group because there are lots of kids here and im not on my own and i think if one of us makes it will all become serious. You know who would that lots of things going on thats lots of vices that they can fall prey to out there on the street its dangers we started this group to at least keep the kids safe and easy. Yes miss. Rose is not for trending topics hasnt just honed the kids die why skills and creativity theyve also been tackling global issues like the black lives mathematicians and the coronavirus pandemic. The one that he took me right up to the mike to the likes of that. And they both go yeah the old forms will be good for the on. Another group of youngsters hoping to make it big one day and show biz isabel a troop in the Lagos Nigeria now admittedly ballet is much very popular in many parts of africa in fact when i was growing up in tanzania i didnt know anyone who was doing ballet but the dancers in nigeria are passionate about what they do and they hope to inspire other with their elegance. When you think of lagos might not be the 1st place that springs to mind but for me there when i went to dancing ballet is her favorite form of not only exercising but also safe expression. When it comes to dance i thank you so much everything behind us does makes me feel happy and it makes it to express my feelings she needs how i feel my dads just forget about the past now future. 18 year old or mommy they grew up in the legs neighborhood of joel which had since many social problems that are going on mommy to steps up to the bar she forgets whats going on around her she is part of the class of 12 students who train in this makeshift dance studio twice a week and some of them as young as 16 years old. I guess ready for work are doing. To their support to diane or yama has been teaching students like online media for free since 2017 keeping them focused on achieving their goals in writing from the display in a family but those goals may not always necessarily be related to dancing. Some of them are not going to become professional dance as we know thats because you dont know the training that gets you it can be applied to many if youre like daniel is a selftaught professional dancer who uses the streets of audio to showcase their talents of his students some people are clearly delighted to get a free shuttle bus up pops not open minded enough to appreciate the hard work that hes students have to put and doesnt really just be able to mange anything without it is going to send for you to such a good seligs op. You know what youre always being where its not like that. Well namita is a hard worker not just when it comes to hauling her skills but also a hole in shop where she is employed even behind the sewing machine keeps practicing. I dont care what people reactions are because im doing my thing me forget about everybody behind me i just focused on my own you know what i want for my. Wife needed to cope with whatever life throws. At being end of the day she only has a sleepers and how fellow dances. You may be familiar with the somalia of the country in the horn of africa but have you heard of somalia land well its a self declared state bordering somalia it has its own government but internationally it is seen as part of somalia we had asked her parents are from somaliland and although she didnt grow up there she took a bold step to discover her roots. My name is ahmed i was born and raised in canada. Before i left canada right our condo in place to be and the 1st time we traveled was to africa when i was 7 and i remember my mom telling me that we were going to go to africa and i was terrified because all i had was. The idea. What i saw on the road. Traveling changed my mind about the free tickets to nairobi 1st and. I told my parents i wanted to get married moved to a concert to be with. My husband now and they were really shocked because they have no connections to somaliland all. When i was there everything was hurt so just so i was really reliant on my husband to show me around to take me everywhere to. Communicate for me so that was really really difficult the biggest thing was the language barrier. Being a mom or even just being pregnant was the 1st thing that got me thinking about not choking care after i gave birth to my son he developed the moment he was about 6 months old so i started just experimenting with like coconut oil to run on natural things that i could put on him that could feel the exam and nothing was working and then i went online and i read about sheep but are being really good for the money but i was the 1st time i tried it and it really worked so i would bring it with me from canada to how to be so after i bring it here weve run out of it and i go looking for in the city and it was really hard to find so me and my husband were like just fired from the city. When i 1st introduced the butter to people who had a gift that