Inspired by the U.S., West Africans Wield Smartphones to Fight Police Abuse

DAKAR, Senegal — The YouTube video shows a grim scene from Ivory Coast: An unarmed man lies on a street with his arms up. A police officer fires a shot that appears to strike him.

The man, a theft suspect, squirms on the road as the officer kicks and hovers over him, firing his weapon several times near his head, bullets hitting the ground just inches away. The officer then aims directly at the man’s forehead and pulls the trigger, killing him.

The video, recorded by an onlooker using a cellphone camera, spread widely across social media this summer, attracting comments like “What is this horror.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/17/world/africa/police-abuse-videos-west-africa.html?emc=edit_th_20160917&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=60905533&_r=0