Nigeria's army cites Trump to justify shooting Shia protesters

[BUtterfield 8 41,849]

The Nigerian army has cited a video of US President Donald Trump to justify opening fire on a Shia group this week.

Nigerian police have arrested 400 members of a Shia Muslim sect after days of deadly protests in the capital.

But a spokesman for the Nigerian army says their decision to fire live rounds at protesters in Abuja was justified because they were armed, telling the BBC "this is what [Mr] Trump was talking about".

The army's official Twitter account shared the video adding the caption "please watch and make your deductions".

The clip shows the US president saying, in reference to Central American migrants, "they want to throw rocks at our military, [then] our military fights back".

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-46074719

[Not The Real Gaga 7,599]

Cheap. 

[Morphine Prince 109,926]

Another example of the influence the US president’s words have... someone like Trump being in that position is irresponsible 

[hoebitch11 3,924]

Absolute mess.

[xdxrovied 323]

where's that user that denied the influence that trump has in the acts of violence that are happening nowadays?

 

[FameHookah 4,841]

28 minutes ago, xdxrovied said:

where's that user that denied the influence that trump has in the acts of violence that are happening nowadays?

 

ikr?

Im scared for our society 😥

[andreas85 400]

Trump is threatening to do the same thing to immigrants coming to America so things like this aren't exactly surprising. Trump is inspiring totalitarians, warmongers, and fascists all around the world.