 Welcome back to the breakfast here on plus TV Africa. No, let's go back in history and then going back to 2014 One incident of course that changed the way policing is done in the United States with the you know A vote for body cameras for police officers But it was on this day that a young man Michael Brown was shot fatally by police officers While of course, you know out in the street with his friend It was an 18-year-old african-american male in Vegas in Missouri was shot and killed by a police officer After reportedly assaulting the officer and attempting to steal his weapon that of course eventually led to a protest across the United States That lasted for a couple of weeks the United States president back then Barack Obama then proposed for You know a funding for body cameras Brown was accompanied by his 22-year-old friend Dorian Johnson and of course the police officer Wilson said that an altercation ensued when Brown attacked The police officer in his car and tried to take control of the gun until it was fired. There was of course controversy over You know with the Michael Brown killing, you know seeing that he of course was unarmed at that time And there wasn't enough proof there was arguments whether he truly you know tried to get the police officers gone or not And of course that spot protest across the United States that went on for weeks destruction of you know some property here and there the Black Lives Matter of course a conversation started all over again and you know the United States president back then Barack Obama announced the federal government would spend 75 million dollars on body cameras for law enforcement officers and It was one of the measures that was taken in response to Michael Brown's shooting mostly because of the you know disparity with You know what truly happened on that day You know was it true that he tried to attack the police officer and take his gun or you know Was this just you know one incident more or one more incident of the United States police officers? Not being able to you know hold themselves back when the suspect was an African American And so yes on this day Michael Brown was killed in the United States This story, you know was very controversial because There are lots of activists and advocates behind Michael Brown Regarding the story and it was one of the most significant stories You know that really really changed began the process of changing how the US justice system You know viewed people of color, you know, there was the issue of racial profiling You know the police officer involved said he saw Mike Brown And his friend walking on the sidewalk and they seem to match the description of some Robbers robbery suspect. He told them to get on the sidewalk Mike Brown reached out to him It was just lots of details that that that was very conflicting But the important point to note here is that Mike Brown was unarmed It's in your old walking with his friend and yet he was shot six times terrible, yeah You know back, but I mean it's these are things that you know, they've been speaking about for for you know years for decades actually Racial injustice and you know the fact that the United States police Always somehow some way profiled black Americans different from the way that whites, you know were profiled You know, you would also get to see a lot of other videos where you would see whites, you know, you know Americans Caucasians rather, you know acting very very violently Towards police and you don't get to see the same reaction that you're seeing with a with an African American And so it's one of those reasons once again And you know, does it got me to go off six times if you're trying to protect yourself does, you know The the suspect need to be you know fired six times as you need to get shot six times before you are sure that you are safe it's part of some of all those conversations and You know what then happens next, you know in a case like that They've tried to of course and that's one of the reasons the body cameras have come into You know as part of the police and system in the United States. It has helped no doubt To change, you know, and of course a limited amount of the number of these incidents happening But you still see them happening right now and then Let's move on now from 2014 to 1995 This day is very significant in South African history Because when you look at where South Africa as a country is coming from regarding appetite, you can imagine just how much Segregation injustice that especially South African women black women in South Africa suffered at the hands of these colonialists and It was in distant history August the ninth in 1995 that women in South Africa first celebrated a national women's day Now this day, you know takes us all the way back to the 1950s when you know women in South Africa Went on to the Union buildings in Pretoria to protest against, you know, the issuance of passes So they had a past law in South Africa back then that said that if you're a black woman You had to have a pass at all times now The idea of this past was basically to limit freedom of movement, you know As a black woman you needed to have this past meaning that of course get the process of getting those passes You can imagine how cover something will try to have made it be to ensure that women Black women do not have access to some places that attempt as white only so these women What they decided to do was to pick a Thursday now Thursday in essay at that time was a day when you know Women who worked as domestic help, you know got it was basically like the off day at that time so they picked a Thursday and That was to make sure that as many women as possible were able to come out so women came out in their numbers They had, you know this petition about a hundred thousand women signed the petition that said that they were not in support of the past law That would go ahead to further strengthen the appetite movement They took that to the Union buildings in South Africa about 20,000 women marched there They stayed there silently silently for about 30 minutes And then they began to sing a song that they had pop was really composed against the past law and against the appetite in South Africa and And so many years later that that historic event happened in 1950s now many years later August the ninth 1995 women in South Africa came together to say that they wanted to institute a national women's day You know that this is the day where we're going to dedicate to talking about you know issues that affect women And in fact in South Africa August the month of August is women's month is the month where they basically celebrate You know women where you have you know Women who have you know power influence in South Africa organize events where they talk about issues that affect women So it's really is a power day in South Africa and in fact a power month. Yeah, absolutely. I You know, so when when I see things like this, you know, and you know, it it it makes me feel, you know bad because As legal as protests are, you know, we as Nigerians for a long time I mean in the last couple of years or decades have not been able to pull, you know together these numbers to make a statement Protests aren't you know always meant to be violent in any way there and in any way meant to you know be destructive You know, it's really just a combination of people gather of thousands of people coming together To make a pass a message to the government, you know, and you know, if possible if I change I don't remember if we've been able to pull 20,000 30,000 people 10,000 people together, you know in one gathering and I feel like Nigerians need to get to that place where we stop Being divided by numerous conversations and just focus on what's important and come together, you know And you know make a statement at some point Anyway, we'll be gone a short break when we come back our first major conversation is starting up We are going to be talking about the all-progressives Congress and the little court of judicial chaos that might be in With the party and its leadership may Malabuni we'll get into that after the short break here on the breakfast. Good morning once again