The Other Side Of The Truth

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Nigerian police - English police - khaki uniforms

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The Nigerian police is different than the English police. First, in Nigeria, they are in khaki uniforms and they have black berets. They do much noise because it's written « banging, rattling. » Their attitudes is rough because their way of speak is very bad for example. They don't prononce correctly the words. They have hustled papa out of the gates. They are in a hurry, they do not take time to answer the questions, they do not want to laugh. They just want to make what they have to make and to leave without giving the slightest explanation. Maybe that their acts don't follow the law but they laugh at it. They act silly without trying to understand why they make that. At final, they push the father into the back of their truck without explaining why.

The English police is more quiet and less rough than the Nigerian Police. First, their lights are simply blue and they don't flash as the Nigerian police. They wear a high black helmet and a pot-shaped hat. The noise is from the siren. They act calmly, silently and carefully. They don't want to afraid children so they are nice and comprehensive. They speak calmly to help children to understand them. They ask them with a slowler voice. They want to show at children that they are not here to hurt them but for help them to refind their parents. Too, they don't want to hasten them.

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[...] Maybe that their acts don't follow the law but they laugh at it. They act silly without trying to understand why they make that. At final, they push the father into the back of their truck without explaining why. The English police is more quiet and less rough than the Nigerian Police. First, their lights are simply blue and they don't flash as the Nigerian police. They wear a high black helmet and a pot-shaped hat. The noise is from the siren. [...]

[...] They ask them with a slowler voice. They want to show at children that they are not here to hurt them but for help them to refind their parents. Too, they don't want to hasten them. They ask easily : do you understand me ? If you've done nothing wrong there is no need to be afraid . They say that to calm them because they see that they made nothing so they just want to help them and to be nice. [...]

[...] She raises her eyebrows, she speaks slower for example. When it says like Papa's computer »Sade compares her brain to her father's computer when he crashes. You could tap in as many commands as you liked but nothing would come out. She is so affraid that she doesn't any more manage to think correctly or to express her thoughts, she is totally lost and she is unable to give an answer to the policewoman. She reacts like that because she doesn't want revealing her identity and be forced to return in Nigeria. [...]