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<v Speaker 1>Nigeria's self styled online police officer, Martins of shay Aka,

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<v Speaker 1>verydict Man, has been released after meeting an Abuja magistrate

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<v Speaker 1>caught two million nairas brom conditions for using Nigeria Police

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<v Speaker 1>Force uniform for public entertainment or playing to illustrate as

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<v Speaker 1>an activist fighting against wrongdoings online. Nigeria Police Force in

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<v Speaker 1>the suits interpreted the action of Very dark Man as impersonation,

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<v Speaker 1>but Nigeria criminal called law for decades have always permit

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<v Speaker 1>the use of police or any armed forces uniform for

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<v Speaker 1>the purpose of stage play or public entertainment, apparently in

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<v Speaker 1>line with the spirit and intent of press freedom. Press freedom,

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<v Speaker 1>as guaranteed by the Nigeria Constitution, is the right to

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<v Speaker 1>publish and disseminate information, thoughts and opinions without restraint or censorship,

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<v Speaker 1>which human rights activists, artists, skate makers and other entertainers

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<v Speaker 1>are long journalist media persulengbu help mountain pressure or press

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<v Speaker 1>on public issues using any dramatic style or force to

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<v Speaker 1>contlain their messages in the public domain. But of recent

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<v Speaker 1>the Nigeria Police Force LPF, including the Economic and Financial

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<v Speaker 1>Crans Commission EFCC, have been issued directives asking media personnel

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<v Speaker 1>to always seek approfile before using armed forces or police

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<v Speaker 1>uniforms for stage play or public entertainment, apparently in violation

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<v Speaker 1>of Nigeria laws. The LPF and EFCAC have not been

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<v Speaker 1>able to back any of their directives with the section

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<v Speaker 1>of Nigeria laws that permit the armed forces or police

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<v Speaker 1>to sensor media contents when the media perslem decide to

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<v Speaker 1>use armed forces or police uniform for bona phil scripted message, drama,

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<v Speaker 1>stage play or public entertainment. Very that Man, in the

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<v Speaker 1>recorded video posted on his social media profiles some days

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<v Speaker 1>ago said I AMCSP Very dot Man of the Online Division,

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<v Speaker 1>Nigeria's number one online police. I am not an activist,

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<v Speaker 1>so stop callingly an activist. I am dedicated to sanitizing

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<v Speaker 1>the social media space by using my platform to stand

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<v Speaker 1>against people who abuse power, oppressors and especially my favorite

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<v Speaker 1>customers online vendors. Before now, Very Dutman has always identified

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<v Speaker 1>himself as online police officer pressing against operation and abuse

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<v Speaker 1>of power using online media platforms. Very Dutman was arranged

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<v Speaker 1>on Friday at Court one, Chief Magistrate Court US Zone

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<v Speaker 1>six in the Federal Capital Territory for allegedly impersonating as

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<v Speaker 1>a policeman after he was detained on Thursday when he

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<v Speaker 1>honored police invitations over the issue. He was granted two

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<v Speaker 1>million nyers well in the ruling of the Court in

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<v Speaker 1>charge number c R five hundred and ten twenty and

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<v Speaker 1>twenty fourth Commissioner of Police Rusus Vincent Martins o'sha Aka

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<v Speaker 1>Very Dutman. According to Sahara reporters, the very conditions include

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<v Speaker 1>the provision of two shotase is light terms and shorts

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<v Speaker 1>are to deposit their passports with the courts. The shotase

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<v Speaker 1>must reside within the court's jurisdiction, particularly Abuja Municipal. Shots

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<v Speaker 1>are also to provide means of identification and deposed to

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<v Speaker 1>Alfedelit to provide the defendant during trial at all times.

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<v Speaker 1>The court also ruled that the prosecutor should verify the

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<v Speaker 1>shotings addresses, while the shotings will also provide their utility bills.

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<v Speaker 1>The court also ruled that Very dark Man will depose

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<v Speaker 1>to an Alfedelit that he will be available at all

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<v Speaker 1>times during trial. Earlier on Friday, the Nigeria Police Force said,

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<v Speaker 1>in response to recent developments, VDM cost Rail name is

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<v Speaker 1>mister Martin's O'Shea is said to appear in courts today

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<v Speaker 1>following allegations of impersonation related to the unauthorized use of

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<v Speaker 1>Nigeria Police force uniforms in the viral social media video.

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<v Speaker 1>The Fcity Police Command is at handling the case under

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<v Speaker 1>scoring the Nigeria Police forces commitment to upholding the integrity

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<v Speaker 1>of its symbols and preventing their misuse. Interested persons are

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<v Speaker 1>encouraged to follow up on the proceedings as the case

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<v Speaker 1>on folds. Lawyer to Vary dat Man denj Ameoju had

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<v Speaker 1>stutled on Toldsday that the human rights activist was detened

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<v Speaker 1>after honoring a police invitation. Arneoju said his clients had

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<v Speaker 1>honored a similar invitation on weight. Our client VDM has

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<v Speaker 1>been detered after honoring a police invitation just like yesterday.

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<v Speaker 1>VDM has been consistent in stating that the Nigerian police

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<v Speaker 1>are our friends, even when we all know they are not.

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<v Speaker 1>Very dut Man had tended a public apology to the

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<v Speaker 1>police for using their uniform in a viral video where

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<v Speaker 1>he described himself as a CSP of an online division.

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<v Speaker 1>Very Dutman meant the apology in a video he posted

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<v Speaker 1>on his exit count after he was growed by the

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<v Speaker 1>police on Wednesday for alleged impersonation. The social media Influenzas

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<v Speaker 1>said that he didn't know police permission was required to

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<v Speaker 1>wear police uniforms or other similar ones. He therefore cushioned

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<v Speaker 1>fellow content creators to obtain necessary clearance from law enforcement

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<v Speaker 1>before using similar uniforms for content purposes. Shortly after the

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<v Speaker 1>video went viral on social media, Nigeria Police Force Headquarters

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<v Speaker 1>in a statement condemned the use of its uniforms without

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<v Speaker 1>approval by the social media user. The Nigeria Police Force

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<v Speaker 1>strongly condemned the unauthorized use of official uniforms and accountments

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<v Speaker 1>by an online personality, mister Martin's O'she popularly known as VDM,

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<v Speaker 1>in a video posted on his social media platforms. The

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<v Speaker 1>Force on equivocally disassociates itself from those unauthorized portrayal and

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<v Speaker 1>has launched a full investigation to determine the soul of

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<v Speaker 1>the police get used as well as the authority under

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<v Speaker 1>which he acted. It is important to remind the public

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<v Speaker 1>that the unauthorized use of police uniforms, insignia or a

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<v Speaker 1>culturalize constitutes a criminal offense as stipulated in section two

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and fifty one of the Criminal Code Law and

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<v Speaker 1>section one hundred and thirty three of the Penal Code

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<v Speaker 1>Law and is subject to strict penalties. While the Nigeria

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<v Speaker 1>Police Force recognizes and supports the creativity of young Nigerians

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<v Speaker 1>in the content creation space, we strongly cautioned against the

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<v Speaker 1>misuse of police uniforms or symbols. Unauthorized use of these

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<v Speaker 1>items on the minds the values and integrity of the

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<v Speaker 1>force and will not be tolerated. Police authority stated in

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<v Speaker 1>a press statement.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, my name is CSP very dark Man of

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<v Speaker 2>the Online Division, the Nigerian number one Online Police. I

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<v Speaker 2>am not a nativist, so stockconomia nativists one out there.

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<v Speaker 2>I am dedicated to sanitizing the social media space by

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<v Speaker 2>using my platform to stand against people that abuse power

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<v Speaker 2>or perss us and especially my favorite customers, the online vendors.

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<v Speaker 2>The online vendors that call their money from customers and

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<v Speaker 2>they will not deliver the goods or deliver whatever thing

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<v Speaker 2>that is agreed upon. I stand up against them one

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<v Speaker 2>undred percent, therefore standing for the victims to collect their

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<v Speaker 2>money back and to stand against general operations in the society. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>this work is not easy because a lot of people

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<v Speaker 2>are really complaining about my approach and the way I

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<v Speaker 2>do it. They say, this boy is very rude, this

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<v Speaker 2>boy is not manner. It's disrespectful. But the truth is,

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<v Speaker 2>you cannot fight for Najulia with respect. That is why

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<v Speaker 2>I tend to be disrespectful, and I swear to God,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not even going to change. And we disrespect a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of people that are very bad and are bad

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<v Speaker 2>agg in the society one hundred percent. Unlike the regular

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<v Speaker 2>police that we have in the society, we had to

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<v Speaker 2>go through a lot of procedures and protocols. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>do that. The moment to bring an evidence against anybody,

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<v Speaker 2>we stand up and spoil their name. Love spoiling people's name,

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<v Speaker 2>and we spoil your name, and I don't care your

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<v Speaker 2>position in society, and we spoil it so long there's

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<v Speaker 2>and evidence against you. So it's better to be good

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<v Speaker 2>and not fall into my trap. Now, how do I

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<v Speaker 2>do this work? When you bring an evidence to me

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<v Speaker 2>and we post it online, I will not carry those evidence.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll not write a petition with my own money. Don't worry,

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<v Speaker 2>You're not going to pay me one there with my money,

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<v Speaker 2>I take it to the police and I believe that

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<v Speaker 2>in police force it's also an armor and the body

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<v Speaker 2>that's also dedicated to fighting against corruptions. So while they're

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<v Speaker 2>doing their own offline, I am doing my own one

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<v Speaker 2>undred percent online because I have the plasform and like

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<v Speaker 2>I said, I will continue to do this in a

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<v Speaker 2>very very rude manner. Also again because some progeas of Nigeria,

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<v Speaker 2>I also draw and create awareness on a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>issues that we suffolcate the growth of Nigeria at last.

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<v Speaker 2>So I do a lot of things on this media.

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<v Speaker 2>Now to the people that are saying, oh, very dark

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<v Speaker 2>my way, I don't selling noodles before now and they

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<v Speaker 2>come online, we't talk about social uprightness because I say

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<v Speaker 2>my news, make a letter brought selling on, make a

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<v Speaker 2>letter your sister selling, or make a lady. Future generation

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<v Speaker 2>said their own as everybody say, and I say, oh no,

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<v Speaker 2>they say experience is the best teacher. And to other

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<v Speaker 2>people they say, oh, don't too much. Very soon they'll

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<v Speaker 2>set them up. They'll do this, they will do that.

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<v Speaker 2>I always say something, if you come for me, you're

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<v Speaker 2>the victim. If I come for you. You are the vitiam.

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<v Speaker 2>And guess what when I say don't play, you're gonna learn,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean don't play. You're gonna learn, or you will

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<v Speaker 2>learn the hard way. I believe my workie talking is

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<v Speaker 2>ringing in the car. Then gonna know who is calling

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<v Speaker 2>you over and how, over and out. Don't play? All right?

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm back from the policians. Back and forth, back

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<v Speaker 2>and forth. They brought me in based on the post

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<v Speaker 2>that I made where I said I was a CSB

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<v Speaker 2>of the online division. So a lot of discussion now

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<v Speaker 2>that ocation and I found out something you know, we

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<v Speaker 2>learn every day.

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<v Speaker 1>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>First of all, me, I made my video and I

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<v Speaker 2>said CSP me my own interpretation, what I meant was

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<v Speaker 2>chief social Media Person. However, the Nanderian police have a

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<v Speaker 2>RAM called CSB which means chief Supertendant of Police. And

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<v Speaker 2>also the center the uniform I was wearing is similar

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<v Speaker 2>to the Nandian police. That if at all you want

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<v Speaker 2>to use a uniform like similar to that of the

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<v Speaker 2>Nanderian police, you have to seek permission, which I know

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<v Speaker 2>all this you understand, so it's looked as in yours

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<v Speaker 2>caricature in the Dandran Police which was never my intention.

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<v Speaker 2>So I want to make it form of acologies to

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<v Speaker 2>the Andran police. Of course, like a long caricature. You'll

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<v Speaker 2>be without you. Who is going to protect us?

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<v Speaker 1>Just as one hold me day, bring day, Bring me in.

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<v Speaker 1>The Morggits aware