Thread by @Benjamin_Alamu

So I had my first #Police vs #Dev Encounter today.

Stepped out of School to run an errand and on my way back I was stopped.

We had the regular back and forth on whether I was doing "work" as they called it.

Questioned me about my phones and laptop also

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Showed them my school ID which had Computer Sciences boldly written on it and I told them I needed a laptop for my school activities.

They searched me, searched inside my trousers, hoodie, shirt and bag.

They then began questioning me about homosexuality and cultism 😭😂

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Next thing, they wanted to search my phones and PC. I opened them all for them to search.

Well I use Linux so they couldn't operate my PC, they also couldn't operate my Pixel because the pixel doesn't have the regular back and minimize buttons like the regular Android.

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He wasn't really interested in my Tecno maybe because the screen is bad.

Next thing was, Enter vehicle let's go and meet expert to check your devices very well. I told him I wasn't going to enter any vehicle but I agreed to go and meet the so-called expert.

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Well the so called expert also couldn't operate the Pixel 🤣🤣🤣🤣.

Then he began to check my WhatsApp messages. While he was doing this, his colleagues were busy advising me to settle them.

Me: Settle what? Keep searching for what is not there. We die here today

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Well after searching for what isn't there for a while, I got new messages from a @SAFUnilag group chat I belong to.

Then they began to joke amongst them that 'this one na pastor oo'.

Well they searched for a while and then finally they let me go.

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The entire thing was annoying to me because they kept on insisting that I should just settle them and go.

And luckily for me I had closed all open terminals and code editors this morning which is quite unlike me.

Imagine trying to explain what a DO droplet means/does

7/11

They sha let me go but what is paining me is my @Boltapp_ng ride that was still on.

This police stuff is real, a lot of my tech brothers have experienced it and today it was my turn.

Some of us actually work hard to make a living legitimately in this nation

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The fact that I use a high grade Android phone, I own a PC or wear a hoodie doesn't mean I am a criminal.

After all, you don't stop claim a doctor is a quack doctor because you see him with a stethoscope. It's the tool of his trade and guess what MY LAPTOP IS MY TOOL

9/11

So when you see people talk about #PoliceBrutality and #PoliceReform. It's not because we like to talk, or because we are jobless it's because we have experienced it first hand.

We live
We move

10/11

Thankfully, I am well and fine. I am back to doing the things I love to do.

Tommorow is another day.

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