Welcome to Jalassette News to get top stories in cryptocurrency and Jalassette's and break them out of bite-sized pieces. Today we've got some pretty positive news stories. So first up, number of Bitcoin wallets with 10,000 plus Bitcoin hits 2020 high, showing whales confidence in a sentiment report. This is just another type of incident where we're looking at what's going to happen in the future and we can tell the sentiment is positive. Also, speaking of sentiment, this is kind of negative. Peter Brandt urges the SEC to declare XRP as a security. So Peter went out of his way to tell the SEC, hey, punish XRP. Also we're seeing that Bitcoin is above 16K and kind of holding their steadily, but going down a little bit. However, there's a reason for that as Bitcoin reaches new highs as central banks hint at more stimulus. And here's a hint. It's going to keep continuing. And on top of last night's YouTube debacle where I did a premiere of the video from yesterday, which it was shut down because YouTube went down for an hour. Fantastic timing. Also Celsius was also down. We're going to take a look at why that happened. So we'll go over all that and first take a look at what's going on in the market. So today it is Thursday, November 12th, about 12pm, high noon, Texas time. Now we've got Bitcoin just teetering on that 16K number. It is a fantastic day for Bitcoin holders, 0.7% for 24 hours and almost 14% for the week. That is fantastic. Ethereum sitting pretty at that 450 mark. I like it. Even though it's down 3.5%, it's still up 13 for the week. Tether is tether. XRP, wow, 25 cents. Still holding strong for all you XRP holders. Still at a quarter. Good for you. Chainlink unfortunately is down. Bad for me. I am a Chainlink holder and it's down 7%, but 18.5 for the week at only $12. Bitcoin cash down just a percentage, not too bad. Binance coin a little bit down. Polkadot still hanging around 430, 440. I'll take it. Bitcoin down a little bit. I think it looks like everything's down a little bit, except for Bitcoin, not too bad. And let's see Monero down 5%, Tron, Tron's Tron. I have nothing against Tron. If you hold Tron, congratulations. Stunned some decent things this year, I don't know. Tezos down 4%, jeez, Cosmos down 4%, but Cosmos was on a huge run. It was still up 13% for the week, so I'll still take those gains. Dash. Dash is up majorly. 10%, 20% for the week. So good job, all your Dash folders. I personally don't hold it, but hey, whatever. And then Celcius Network. I have to, I gotta tell you, I gotta tell you, Celcius Network. Some people were asking me in the comments section, which I love to cruise and take a look at. They're like, hey, Rob, why do you keep telling us the dollar cost average? We know Celcius is gonna go to the moon, so let's get in now before it takes off. I'm like, whoa, whoa, whoa, just calm down. This was the same thing that was said in 2017 for every single cryptocurrency and digital asset piece out there. So I will always just say this, dollar cost average, because look, these are the things that can happen. Yesterday, it was at $1.96, I think it was, and I was like, hey, it's gonna hit $2. I think it's gonna hit $2. I'm not sure, but I think it's going to, and it didn't. And this is why I like the dollar cost average, because it takes out the emotional factor and you just are just doing calculation that just every day or every three days or every week or month or whatever it is, you just put in a set amount into a project that you believe in because you have done a lot of research into it and you think, yeah, it's gonna go up. I don't know if it's gonna go up anytime soon, but I don't wanna dump all my money into it because there are gonna be days like this. And here it is down 7% and guess what's gonna happen today? I'm gonna increase my dollar cost average position because it's down 7% and it's a great time to buy. So that again is why I say it. Now over time, it's gonna be the same question over and over again. Rob, why don't we just dump it all in, don't you want me to tell you, it's the same thing, it's the same answer every single time, just wait and relax, stop my first rodeo, this is what happens. What else we got? Unisop, Unisop down 6%, 30% for, ooh, dang, 13% for Aave. They were doing so good. Ooh, hey, Theta Network, yes, is down 6%, I'm gonna have to buy some of that as well. Actually, I can't remember if it's today's my day for Theta, I gotta look. Anyhow, it looks like there's some things down, but all in all, it's a pretty good day as far as if you're into crypto assets.  So don't forget, if you can, if you have the opportunity, I have the opportunity just to give back. So I'm gonna get the two charities today. One I've talked about before, Dog is my co-pilot, it's fantastic. It takes dogs that are in high kill shelter areas, like in my hometown of El Paso in Houston, and they fly them over to areas where people actually need dogs, that they don't have dogs or cats, whatever else. So I'll donate to that today. And also, there's a great website called thelivingblock.com, or thegivingblock.com. And as you can see, it's still churning right here, because I'm on Brave browser. But what's great about this is you can find different charities for whatever you want to, and you can donate to those charities. So I'm gonna switch over to Chrome, because Chrome actually allows this thing to pop up. And yeah, here we go. So what I'm gonna give to, you can filter by category, which is pretty cool, animal welfare, available to children, community service, all those things. And there's one that I was turned on to by a friend, the Ugandan Water Project, And what's great about this is that you can look up all these projects. You can go right to their website. You can do some background research. Remember, there are a lot of charities that a lot of it goes to, in some charities, like 90% go to the management fees of just actually taking care of it in only $0.10. The American Red Cross is one of those examples. They have a horrible rating. But for the research I've done for Ugandan Water Project, it looks great. They actually provide the basic necessity of living to people who have a real hard time getting just water. So I will definitely donate to them. So let's do that right now. So what's great is that it takes Bitcoin, Ether, Litecoin, Bitcoin, all that stuff. So I'm gonna give Ethereum. And right here, I'm gonna put my first name and all this stuff. Oh, great. You know, if you just scroll down, you can continue anonymously. That's cool. I'll do that. Oh, so, hey, look, it's even got, so I can contribute $0.1 or $1.10. Now go $0.15. Sure.  Thanks for donating. So here's where you send it. So I'm gonna copy this and I can get a tax receipt. So I'm gonna go to my Ether wall, which is contained in my Brave browser, and I'm gonna send. So I'm just gonna verify this. So 0XEC86B3. 0XEC86B3. Okay, that's right. And let's do average and then $0.15, $68. Sure. I'm gonna click next. Gas fee, not too bad, $0.48. That's not pretty good. Confirm. And then away it goes. And that's it. So yeah, great. And then you can also track it right there.  Transaction confirmed. Great. What you can't see, because it's on the very top right hand corner. So that's good for that one. And then for doggies in my co-paw, that's super simple. They don't take Bitcoin, which is kind of a bummer, or whatever. So yeah, $50, sure, submit, and then same thing. And digital asset news, that's me. All right, so that one's done as well. So I will link both of these websites in the description of the video. So let's go into today's top story. So first up, this is pretty interesting because it just shows that whales are accumulating. But that's not the big thing. The big thing is that Bitcoin is actually in the minds of a lot of huge investors, and they're going in that direction. So when I always think to myself, I'm like, what is smart money doing? Well, we have these whales with a ton of money, and they're getting into it. What do they know behind the scenes? Like, what are they talking about? So this is just one of those indicators. I'm like, OK, I think I'm in the right place at the right time with the right product. So number of Bitcoin walls with 10,000 plus Bitcoin hits some serious highs. What's going on here? So analytics agency Santament has shared data that shows crypto whales are still confident in their digital assets, and in Bitcoin in particular. This is something I talk to Alex massively a lot about. Alex is the head for institutional investment over at Bequant. I say, hey, man, what are people really asking for? Because is it is it just Bitcoin or is it like Ethereum or is it XRP or is it Tron? Or what are they asking for? I was like, look, it's always Bitcoin. They're always talking about Bitcoin, because that's what people know. And of course, people will say, well, it's not the fastest, it's not the best, and it's old technology. That is true. But it is battle tested and it's never been hacked. And people know about it. And I think it's going to do well in the short to mid term. Now, long term in 50 years, I have no idea. I have no idea. I can't remember. I can't tell you what's going to happen tomorrow, obviously. But I think it's going to do pretty well just in the short term. So we will see. Anyhow, while it's that contain 1,000 to 9900 Bitcoin, the moment are slightly under the all time high of 2135. And this was a tweet that they put out today. And they said, looking for validation that Bitcoin whales are confident in their assets, the number of addresses holding at least 10,000, 10,000 Bitcoin, not $10,000 of Bitcoin, but 10,000 Bitcoin has just matched a 2020 high of 111. Additionally, those with a ton of those Bitcoin address are now just six below the all time high of 2135 wallets. So six below the all time high of 2100 plus wallets is what is going on right now. What do you think is going to happen over the next weeks, months, and just let's just take 2021.   There really wasn't anything else out there. We just thought it would actually happen. And that institutions weren't getting into it. You didn't hear big names. I mean, hell, I remember when there was a tweet from Katy Perry, where she talked about, look, I had these crypto claws and it was just her nails.  So when I hear about this, I'm like, well, this is only to just make sense, especially all the institutions that are coming in right now, all the big money players, all the legendary investors, Drunken Miller and Duncan Miller, whatever his name is. And here's another thing, I messed up his name yesterday. His name is Drunken Miller, not Drunken Miller. I make a lot of mistakes, so I always try to own up to them, which I make a lot of mistakes, that's my wife. But his name is Drunk, Drunk and Miller. Actually, I remember on one of the Bitmex videos, I called the Arthur Hayes, Isaac Hayes, that's, you know, hey, not good with names. So anyhow, this is the types of things that I really like to see about what's happening behind the scenes. I think this is good for cryptocurrency assets, especially, like I've always said, going into 2021, I expect to see fireworks. Let me know what you think of the comment section, let's move on. Next up, this one's funny. Because Peter Brandt, he's another one of those legendary guys, apparently, as far as a trader goes. And he just said, hey, SEC, you got to step in and declare XRP as a security. I don't know. Brandt really has got a thing for XRP, and XRP Army just despises this guy. And I just thought it was an interesting article. So, training veteran Peter Brandt claims that XRP, the fourth largest digital asset affiliated with FinTech Company, Ripple, is actually a security. The only reason why it hasn't been cleared one yet by the SEC is the agency's failure to understand the crypto industry according to Brandt. And this is, it's just interesting. So, ex-CEFDC Chairman Christopher Giancarlo, who is a part of the digital dollar project right now, was the one who defined Bitcoin and Ethereum as commodities and declared that XRP wasn't a security back in June. So I'm like, oh, that's good. But the next sentence kind of blows it. It says, his words, however, should be taken with a pinch of salt. He may now works for a private law firm that provides legal services to Ripple. So whatever, Ripple's main argument against classifying XRP as a security is that the XRP ledger functions independently of Ripple. Owning XRP also doesn't give one stake in the private company. This is what we were talking about yesterday. Well, there was a group of six congressmen and women who were talking to the OCC brand Brooks. They sent a letter and said, hey, you really have to step away from cryptocurrency because we don't believe it's some that you should really be into so much because of the pandemic. And then I just, I pretty much laid it out. I go, this is just them not being educated on the position. And Brian Brooks is a golden opportunity to educate all of them. And then one of the things that we talked about was companies can come and go, but the ledger will still stay. And then Ripple is one of those people that have always said the same thing. Look, if Ripple goes away today, something happens. That XRP will continue to go on because it is decentralized. There's a lot of different people that go back and forth in that, but hey, they do have a lot of nodes. And if you think EOS is decentralized or 21 blockchain producers, then you got to kind of consider that XRP also is as well. But there's two things I'm gonna bring up. First, the how we test and how that all also relates to securities. And the second part is in the last sentence here, it says, moreover in his countless interviews, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse insists that XRP has real utility, which is making cross-border payments more efficient. So I read this great book called The Infinite Machine, and it is all about how Ethereum came to be. And one of the big things that they had as far as a hurdle was trying to get past the whole process of being called a security. And what their lawyers came up with is they said, hey, you know what, you have to just talk about the gas and the utility because it is not going to be a security if it has a function, a real world use function such as they're going to invest in gas. And that's what they're investing in not so much as of Ethereum. And that's what they got around the whole security question, which is the same thing that XRP is trying to do going, look, it's not that you're investing and then you're just letting it just go away. And we do all the work. Really what you're investing for is cross-border payments and what you're gonna use later on. It has the utility. So that is the one part. The second part is the how we test. I'm not gonna spend a lot of time on this. I just wanna go over it just briefly because we're not lawyers and we're not gonna decide the whole outcome. But it is something to be noticed or to be aware of. So there's four parts that will state if a crypto is a security. Four, offer involves a monetary investment. Well, that's checked for everything. There is an expectation of profits from the investment. All right, you got me on that one. The investment is in a common enterprise, all right? And any profit comes from the efforts of a promoter or third party and that's where it gets a little hazy. So what they did is they took a look at, Giancarlo said, well, I'm gonna take a look at Bitcoin Ethereum, right? Is there a monetary investment? Yeah, X-Pace of Profits. Sure, if that's in a common enterprise, nah, not really. And then profits from a third party, because it is decentralized, that means that there is no centralized party that is doing all the work and contributing to the massive amounts of increase or ROI. So they said, nope, Bitcoin's not one of them. They took a look at Ethereum. They said, yes, yes, for the profits and investment and investment in common enterprise, welding Ethereum foundation. Sure, profits from a third party. No, because it's decentralized. And they said, well, since everything's decentralized, you can't say that. Now, this is where it gets good, because EOS, they said, yes, yes, yes. And yes, profits from a third party.  And this is what they did. They smacked them down. And this was in 2018, 2019. They said, look, you raised $4.1 billion. And what we want you to do is pay $24 million in penalties. That's it. So they said, hey, you know, billionaires, give us $24 million. And they're sure, happily. But there is one thing you have to have to notice is that EOS is not considered a security because they did this and said, well, when you did your, your ICO, which was a year long, essentially, and you guys didn't have a main net and you weren't decentralized, you are gonna owe us some money. But after you launch your main net and you have your 21 blockchain producers, now you are decentralized, meaning you are not a security. And then it just went away. That's why you can still invest in the EOS and it's not deemed a security. So look, you know, on this channel, sometimes I'm not been a big fan of XRP because of the investment and how it really hasn't produced anything. Not that I'm gonna be ecstatic about that. Why would I be? However, I'm just too stubborn to sell. But I will say this, that we'll give credit where credit's due. Here's the validator registry. There's a ton of them. Now you will notice down here that they are, there are some that are actually in Ripple. Of course, they're gonna be a part of that. But there's a lot of other ones out there. So if we talk about like decentralization, sure, you got a lot of validators. If you're gonna say that EOS is decentralized, we're 21, then you gotta go and give it to XRP. I could be wrong. Let me know what you think in the comments section and let's move on. Next up, Bitcoin reaches new highs as central banks hint at more stimulus, not really a hint that's gonna happen. So what do we got here? So because we have issues with this coronavirus or COVID-19 pandemic and whether if you believe it is real or not, it is still causing havoc on the economy. And Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said in a post-election address last week that further support is likely to be needed. Like he's not gonna come out and say, we're gonna print money until the cows come home. He's gonna say, hey, look, we're gonna support you until needed, which is code for let's just turn those money printers on. Fine. Powell will speak again today at 1845 UTC to address the falling bond yields in the U.S. And I've heard a couple of economists already say to get out of stocks and bonds and just put it into dollars, which I thought was weird because Druckenmiller said that he is going to be shorting the dollar because he expects it to go down precipitously. We will see. Anyhow, the employment situation in the U.S. has improved slightly as jobless claims fell to 709,000. And the economy's on a study, if not uncertain, path to recovery. I don't know where you're at, but I've got a couple of friends who do not have jobs anymore and are really struggling to find new jobs. Now, tell me where you're at and tell me if the economy is recovering where you're at. I'm just curious to see how things are going on globally. Anyhow, there's a news from Pfizer and BioNTech that they achieved 90% effectiveness of their COVID vaccine trial, which is great, followed by a Russian's claim of 90% efficiency. I guess I'm not gonna put too much faith in Russian medicine, but maybe I'm wrong. If you're from Russia, tell me how wrong I am. Restored faith in ending that pandemic. However, America and Europe continue to report a record number of COVID-19 cases and these require the government's immediate attention. So here's the problem. I just left El Paso, Texas to come to Houston. We had to be here for business and they are really hurting there. Like the cases went from like 500 a day to 1500. I think now it's like two or 3000. So that's pretty awful over there. We already lost our nephew. He passed away from coronavirus and then one of my friends, Ernie just passed away today from coronavirus and Ernie was a guy that when I was a director of nursing, we worked together at this agency and he was a good guy. He's a little bit older. He's in his early 60s, well, I guess. Yeah, early 60s. And he just didn't want to go on event and he passed away today. So this is one of those things where it's an awful situation and it's a weird virus. Like a friend of my Mike, he just had a really bad headache and that was it. And he got through it no big deal. A couple other friends of mine, they just didn't have any symptoms and then that was it. And then my friend Ernie just didn't make it. So I don't know what's going on essentially with that but I mean, we'll see how it all works out. I don't know if this vaccine really is the greatest thing of all time but I will say this, with all this uncertainty, our market is going to increase pretty well. So we will see. And now Global Central Bank, bosses and financial experts came together for the 2020 edition of the Central Bank's annual forum. That sounds like a real rip-roaring good time. Powell iterated in the past that government spending is essential, shocker, and slowed down a monetary stimulus now could hurt the global economy in worse ways in the current recessionary environment. There was a great video that was put out on Twitter and it just takes a look at like how much we have already spent in America, I don't know about globally, for this stimulus package. And I just want to show this to you and it's only like 58 seconds long. This is crazy. So check this out. They're going to compare how much money we've spent and how it looks just in scale. So this of course, 100 bucks, here's 10,000 bucks, not too, here's a million, that looks very nice, here's 100 million, all right. And then let's take a look over here. This is two trillion quarantine package. This is from 340 billion in supplemental spending, hospitals, VA, that's fine, hey, sure. 221 billion in business tax benefits, all right. Here's 150 billion for the states, 500 billion for state loans, 349 billion for, I don't know what it is, 300 billion, 250 billion unemployment insurance, and some more stuff that is just crazy. 400 billion bank bailouts when I, so that's all the stimulus. And this is 27 billion, which is what the Fed prints every day and dumps into the market. That's crazy amount of money. And when you put it into scale like that, you're like, holy smokes, we spend that much money, unbelievable. So when we talk about, you know, is Bitcoin cryptocurrency assets a pretty good hedge against what's going on? Yeah, yeah, I think it is. So to finish up, there's a risk on environment activated. So what they're talking about here is that there was a bullish rally in the stock markets, which was paused a couple of days ago. The S&P dipped 2.6%, I probably think it's gonna go way lower than that as time goes on. And because of this new talk about the vaccine, tech stocks plummeted, things like Zoom and Netflix and everything else, they plummeted way down.   Of course we are. So people picked it up for cheap and it went up 2%, so good for those guys. This was interesting. Gold, on the other hand, held onto losses and was trimmed down to around 1870, even though it's had a high at 1950.  I still think you should have gold silver Bitcoin in your portfolio. I just think you should have more Bitcoin, or at least for me, I can't tell you what to do. I'm not a financial analyst. And then Bitcoin broke above it's yearly high as it tested 16 for the second time and then changing hands around 15, nine. I think it's gonna jump above 16, but I could be wrong. Maybe it goes on to 15 or 14 or whatever else. That's why I'm always saying dollar cost average. I used to think that in 2017 that Bitcoin was gonna go to the moon and it was gonna go to a million dollars like John McAfee said and Scheister. And I was dumping a lot of money into it. And then I saw my portfolio dump in 2018 like nobody's business. And that's why I'm a little bit more seasoned and grizzled and whatever you wanna call it. But I'm just telling you the things that I went through and that's why I do and say the things I do. So look, that's what's going on in the macro environment. Let me think of the comment section. Let's move on to the whole thing with Celsius. So if you don't know, yesterday we had this great premiere where I went through about a five or 10 minute session where I talked about, one of the things we talked about was why my website is 100% for free. And just so you know, the link to the website is in the description below. It's danteacherscrypto.com, 100% for free, very streamlined and easy way to understand crypto and how to buy things and how to do things and all that good stuff. So yesterday we're gonna do a premiere. It was gonna be great. But YouTube just decided to crash for if you don't realize, yesterday YouTube just went down globally, intermittently throughout the entire world. Which is kind of weird. We had to re-upload and it was a little bit crazy. And then as we were going through this and then we did another premiere later on, there was a message that people kept popping up and saying, hey, Celsius is also down. And I'm like, wow, maybe the world's coming to an end because you know, YouTube is down, that's never down. And then Celsius was down, what the heck's going on? So I had to find out from Alex Machinsky here, the CEO of Celsius, what happened. He said, hey, just so everybody knows, we updated the Celsius Network DNS for a website and app. So it may take up to 24 hours to propagate worldwide. No need to get alarmed. I can tell you from my personal experience, I've done this. I've transferred over different plans. I also use GoDaddy just like Alex Machinsky and Celsius does, which I think is kind of odd. They're using GoDaddy. I don't know why they'd use GoDaddy. I would think with like a billion dollar company to have like their own thing, but whatever, it doesn't matter. So it does take a while and it's kind of hairy. I don't know why they didn't send out an email beforehand to let everybody know that this was gonna happen. I think they should have. So people weren't all so alarmed, but whatever. And what he starts to talk about here, is this way he says, we're upgrading systems, we're ready for launch of POC and web app, great. So it's just not going to be exclusively on your phone. You're able to do things on desktop versions. So great, okay. While making changes to DNS settings, we had a disabled two factor authentication on GoDaddy and found some vulnerabilities. Our options were to risk it and move forward or freeze the account to avoid anyone jumping on the front end and try to hack us. As we did earlier this year, when we proactively changed everyone's passwords, we decided to do the hard thing and lock down the account. This may result in short-term inconvenience for some, but it's the right thing for all. Website and Apple back soon. So look, I don't care what you gotta do. Just make sure that you are in charge and you are making sure that nothing gets hacked. Celsius has never been hacked. And I'd like to keep that streak going. So if it's a little bit of a pain in the a for me for like 24 hours, 48, 72, I don't care. Just make sure that you guys are doing the right thing. But again, it is kind of odd and I'll just throw it up there. I think they should have sent out an email before they even went through this and said, hey, we're going to GoDaddy, we're going to propagate the DNS. May take 24 to 48 hours. What have resolved a lot of things? I don't know if I would assume they would know. Alex is kind of a smart guy. I'm sure his team would know, but here we are. And as of 1230 p.m. Texas time, I still can't get into Celsius yet. So we will see and that's it. That's what we know. So that's it for today. So I know there's a lot of stuff but there's a lot of things always going on crypto. So sometimes it goes a little bit long. If you haven't signed up for Dante's crypto, there's a link in the description. Looks just like this. And we'll be adding some more videos in pretty soon. But we try to make it as simplified as humanly possible. There is one video I really want to do and I want to talk about the pros and cons of dollar cost averaging and trading with technical analysis. I don't know squat about technical analysis. I just have no idea. So I reached out to Scott Nulker, who knows me from nobody, but he goes by the moniker, the wolf of all streets. Seems to really do really well in TA in investing and things like that. But he's always talk about just, dollar cost averaging is being a long-term investor. So I reach out to him. Hopefully he'll reach back and we can do a video. Don't know. If not, I'll try to get John and Jerry and Market Rebellion or maybe CJ or Monty because those guys are really great experts. And yeah, that's it for today. Thanks for sticking with me. Really appreciate it. If you like these types of videos, there's gonna be two more on the left and right.  YouTube does their magic. And so check those out. That's it for today. Thanks so much for watching and I'll see you on the next one.


Words at war Sign here corporal. Yes, sir. Oh, I'll just add my signature. It'll make your discharge final There we are. Thank you. Thank you doctor Gosh, it feels good. It's wonderful doc wonderful to be going home. Yeah, you're telling me I can't wait till I get there my girl Christine and mother and dad and oh boy How long has it been two and one half years and now doc I'm as light as a nickel ball on the way. I feel like all the Christmas mornings and birthdays are all in the war Corporal don't take this wrong, but two and a half years a long long time I mean when you do get home keep remembering that a lot of things have happened to you a lot of things have happened to That girl and your folks too. You know well, I guess that's right But what of it? Well, maybe nothing maybe something remember that now so long corporal all the luck in the world The national broadcasting company in cooperation with the council of books and wartime presents another in the widely discussed series words at war Dramatizations based on the most notice notable books to come out of the war Tonight's book is soldier to civilian by George K. Pratt a distinguished psychiatrist and our play using Dr. Pratt's conclusions as a guide will touch on some of the factors of Readjustment which face the soldier on his return to civilian life Will you please come to order all you folks for coming down to the council chamber tonight? This is a very informal kind of a session Some of you are called personally Some of you are here because you saw the notice in the paper Anyway, you're welcome all of you now as your mayor I thought it was none too soon for the people of Greenville to begin preparing for the day When the boys come home from the war as Representative citizens you must have some ideas now. What should we do? What should we plan? Seems to me mr. Mayor that there's really nothing left for us to do really Why do you say that mr. Edwards? Well, Washington has taken care of everything There's the GI Bill of Rights cash loans unemployment compensation free education hospitalization We've got nothing left to offer. Oh, I don't agree with you mr. Edwards And neither does my women's club we think that the town should start right now to collect funds for a monument Monuments landed. Let's have a permanent honor roll to show our gratitude Mr. Mayor yes, sir How about a parade? Oh, of course a parade the biggest parade Greenville ever had and a brown splat Right at the entrance to the hall. Good. Good a merchant's feel But I'd counted an honor to give every returning servicemen five dollars worth of groceries for every silver star I'll give a year subscription to the bugle and to the first veteran to become a father I'll donate a deluxe pre-wallet yet complete since all of them now. I'll tell you what the city is going to do We're going to give the boys preference in all our jobs in a few years The city will be run by who said that I did this is too much. See here young man Not mr. Mayor, please. I've been listening to these suggestions. They're all bad But that last one of yours is the worst of all now if I could say a word now This is the town's people's committees, and you've no but mr.  I'll be what I really want to be Russell Richards private citizen. All right, son. You've got a right to speak. Thank you, sir. I Read about this meeting. I came because I figured I could help and I was right You people just don't know what you could do for the boys. Well, you just heard a list of what I thought were excellent suggestions Now just which ones do you object? I object to all of them. Mr. Mayor just a minute folks Go ahead Richard. Thank you, sir. I'm I'm not very good at talking But I've simply got to tell you what's on my mind. You see everything you want to do well It's wrong because it makes soldiers into a separate group. I don't get it We only want to show you boys our gratitude. Oh you talk about giving us jobs just because we're veterans and putting our names up on Monuments just because we've been in uniform Can't you see all that will just set us apart it'll it'll make us different from everybody else But you are different of course. We're different when we come home, but we don't want to stay different We've all got to live together with our families and our jobs We have to live with you and don't forget this you have to live with us. All right What can we do about it? Yes Richards after all the city can interfere in your personal life when we were made into soldiers Didn't that mean interfering with our personal lives? Oh, but that's different We needed soldiers to win a war won't you need civilians to live the peace of course you will ma'am Citizens who belong not a bunch of ex-soldiers. I know what do you mean? You know well? I got hurt a little at Salerno and after a few months in hospitals the army discharged me Ever since then until a little while ago. I was a soldier impersonating a civilian impersonating a civilian Yes, I wore no uniform and I drew no pay But in my heart in the way I thought I was still a member of company K I could have saved a lot of time if the folks at home had been doing a little Intelligent thinking what about your family they needed help too at least as much as I did they tried hard But they just couldn't understand me the the stranger who came home in the body of their son Let me tell you my story When I was in the army, I was just like any other GI all we thought about was getting home home To me home at my mother and father great people both of them from my private foxhole at Salerno They both seemed perfect Home also meant Christine. We weren't engaged exactly, but well Christine was the girl I dreamed about Sure, I heard some talk about adjustment to civilian life with when I was in the army But I figured why would I have any trouble at home when I wanted to be there more than any other place in the world You can imagine how wonderful I felt when the train pulled into Greenville Where's mom is she Christine Good to me And so does Main Street look same old sugar boy yonder and shows his grocery in the opera house Gosh, it's great glad to get home a son. I'll say I feel as if I've been away for a century Oh nonsense rush.  It's fine dad. That's one sure I forget about it most of the time, but where's mom?  Is she sick? Oh, no, no, not at all. She's Well, she's getting dinner so we can eat since we get home. Oh, I hope that she'd meet me, too She's all right.  I don't get it hang it all. She was nervous about seeing good grief Well, you see rush she was afraid you might be hurt more than you told us. Oh I see don't let her know I told you. I'm sorry Russ Well, let's get going. Yeah, sure. What are we waiting for? I was wrong But I had always imagined that when I came home there would be father mother and pristine all of Waiting at the station for me Somehow I had that picture in my mind and somehow that that first disappointment stuck with me I tried to forget it, but I couldn't It haunted me even when I was so happy talking with Christine even several days later when we sat down to a Sunday dinner That was everything I'd imagined More chicken Russell. Thanks mom. It's swell. We had chicken in the army, but I never tasted quite like this Christine no, thanks. Mrs. Ritchie Christine is watching her figure Ross guess. She's afraid. I won't marry go ahead Christine it'll be a long time before us will be able to marry you anyway dad What makes you say that no you're pretending you're ready for marriage when you want Russ now That's something for Chris and me to decide after all You were just a kid when you got into the army and that isn't so long ago. Don't worry about us mr. Richards will get along it's not that we don't approve of you Christine of course you understand that But Russ is going to need someone to take care of him mother I can take care of myself, but thousands of people our age get married Mrs. Richard. Well, that's different Russ isn't just an average boy.  You're mine dad I I don't feel much like talking about it. Oh, come on Russ. Sure.  Oh, yeah Well, we were awfully tangled up there for a while every inch of the beach was covered I don't know how they managed it. Nobody knew how things stood and it all happened so fast But the shore engineers finally caught up with us and then things began to make a little sense You see you scared Russ too busy to be scared. Yes, of course Well, now it seems to me that if the landing had been properly prepared for there wouldn't have been so much trouble on the beaches Now I read a whole lot about it, but dad sometimes you've got to take risks besides I was saying preparation That's what was lacking now if instead of sending the infantry in so soon they had provided greater air cover you would have found The way I figured is that if this knife with a line of transport ships standing off, but that's not right dad You see let's see now. Yes. Yes. That's right. This knife is the transport and the bread plate is the I Chris is there anything to matter with me? Why Russ? I thought I'd smash something if dad kept on talking another minute Oh, you've had too much excitement today. That's all is it. I wonder of course darling But I do wish you wouldn't be so touchy, but why did he interrupt me? Why didn't he let me finish my story? Why did he keep on treating me as if I was a knee pat forget it Russ? Let's just be ourselves again. Okay, darling. I'm sorry It's like old times being together out on this porch. I almost feel as if I was never away You know you look just like I remembered you only more lovely Please Russ. I'm not used to being flat. You'd better get used to it Because I'm gonna be with you every moment that I can from now on say when and I'll be there tomorrow morning Oh, but Russ I gotta work tomorrow. Forget about work. I can why not? I've got a desk full of priority applications If I don't take care of them tomorrow, it just means delaying getting equipment the army needs out of the factory Besides, I'm in line for a motion stop talking like a civilian Everybody is just trying to show how important Darling be reasonable. I'll see you tomorrow night. What am I supposed to do all day talk to myself? I Wasn't the only thing we quarreled about and it doesn't really matter what we quarreled about because half the time I didn't understand myself. Why I was so irritable By the time I went to bed that night. I was a very lonely and confused ex-sojourn on the next day Yeah, what's am I awake? What is it mother? Yeah, darling, I brought you your breakfast. Oh, no, mom. You shouldn't bother I'll be downstairs in a little while. Please mom. I know you shouldn't shouldn't why come downstairs Well, why not?  Please come now. Let me help you with your tray really mom I'd be much more comfortable sitting at a table. You've simply got to take it easy All right, mom. How about your way?  I'll tidy up and get busy arranging your clothes Why should you I'll do it? I know just where everything is you're going to stay in bed today.  The doctor says my back is all right. He said I should do a lot of walking I was cooped up in that hospital for months Mom, what are you staring? My poor boy You've been through so much stop it. Don't look at me like that. I can't stand it mom Russ I'm sorry to mention it son, but I'm concerned about you what just look at yourself What about it? Your shoes need shining your ties crooked and don't you ever wear anything but sweaters in the three weeks? You've been home. You've done everything you could to look like a tramp. Can't I take it easy for a while in my own house? A boy can't afford to let down Russ. I Hope we see you spruced up before dinner Oh Russell your father doesn't understand that you must have absolute rest Here dear I've shined your shoes for you. I could have done it myself. I think let me help you put them on Russell you ought to go to work for Pete's sake dad. I've only been back a couple of weeks Please don't talk to me like that boy.  Well, he's home, but we're keeping him quiet anything wrong No, only it's best for him to save his energy. Russ has to rest. Well, they give me that phone, but Russ you hello It's Bill Russ. Yeah. Yeah, Bill. I'll be there next week. I'm sorry I missed the first class, but you can explain the charts when I was not don't make any plans I Russell listen to me you're not going to start anything until you feel perfectly all rather can't you please wait I Call you back later bill from some places a little privacy the railroad station, maybe Well son, oh, hello dad. Hi mom. I was relying on you to be in at a reasonable hour You have to get up early tomorrow. What's the idea Russ darling? You've got to take care of yourself Mr. Langford is expecting you at the plant in the morning Russ. I'm not going you know about this course and radio over at the University, I've told Bobby cock. That's a perfectly good job at the plant. I Hate to say it son, but all this talk is just an excuse look get this straight with you. I'm running my own life I won't be pushed. I can't be pushed. I don't need you telling me what to do all day and every day.  I can't breathe in this house. I've got to get out of here I can't take it any longer. Russ I Don't understand that boy. I Simply can't understand him. I Don't know what I did in the next hour. I must have wandered blindly. I Wanted to be with Christine, but something was missing She seemed to be thinking of things in some strange way that I couldn't understand. I Started seeing more and more of the other ex-soldiers in Greenville There wasn't much to bring us together except one thing we all understood.  You have a job to do when it gets done Yeah, they civilians they discussed me take the government They need workers for war plans so they put on a campaign to beg guys to stay on the job I try to get a job. Can I get one? No nobody to hire me the army's through with me. What do I do now? For this I swear it out two years in New Guinea Assistant to the assistant to the vice president in charge of three cent stamps. It's tough. All right. Yeah Don't you know what I've been fighting for so my over-aged brother-in-law can take over the store while I'm gone Sure, and they can put us all out to pasture ten dollars a week for life Richard was that Hank Davis I saw you with last night. What are you doing Chris buying on me? I couldn't believe my eyes you with Hank Davis. What's the matter with Hank? You used to tell me what an awful loaf for he was he never held a job more in a month in his life Look here Chris. You've got no business criticizing my friend. I just repeated what you used to say I was before Hank was in the army in the army. How much good did Hank Davis ever do in the army? Everybody in town knows that they let him out just as soon as they found out it was a brick a gold breaker now Look Chris, I don't want to hear you talk that way about Hank You don't know anything about the army or why they let him out. He's someone to talk to which is more Just listen to me. What is it? Russ, do you still love me? You're all I thought about for two years. Do you still love me? Yeah At least I think I do You think you do? Or else I can't understand you anymore. What's wrong? What's happened to you? A lot's happened to me You don't seem to see that I know but that's over with you out of the army now Yeah, and I thought I came out with some ideas that made sense But you all seem to be just standing still here talking into space What you think about just isn't real. You don't hear what I say. I don't listen to what I want Oh Russ, how can you say that? How can you think we don't want to help? Help me. That's what's wrong with all of you Why should I want you to help me?  I can do without it Russell Do you realize you're losing me? What? Think Russ You're losing me. I'm losing you Are you kidding I I'm willing to forgive.  Maybe some things I see a little more clearly than you do. It's just possible, you know Alright But that's the way you want it It's been nice knowing you Russell Goodbye So long Chris Well, mr. Mayor, that's my story at least that would have been my story if Christine hadn't done what she did Thanks a lot for meeting you. That's okay Chris. I wouldn't have blamed you if you hadn't after last night You see Russ, I'm feeling a little humble. Yeah, I was pretty angry when I left you I guess we both were and then when I got home. I got to thinking about us about you We've always felt that we were meant for each other there's certainly never been anyone else in my life That goes for me. You know that I loved you before you went into service You were everything I wanted or needed. I Knew the guy I love must be somewhere from the same guy went away. I see that now But I didn't see it until it hit me last night hit me like a ton of bricks You know what did it what? When I realized how it sounded to you when I said you were losing me I'll admit it. That was a while.  Maybe I'm the one who needs help You weren't losing me. I was losing you That's what really counts. I wouldn't go that far Chris. I'll settle for this We were losing each other You may need me, but believe me. I need you too. Oh Russ darling Chris Remember what you used to think of the army when you were in it everything was wrong. I can show you your letters I remember and everybody at home was perfect.  He's used to being the center of attention particularly since you went away Hey, you remember how upset you were that Sunday at dinner. Do I don't you see it Russ? He was just competing with you unconsciously Because you had the attention of your mother and me Yeah, I've been plenty wrong myself Chris Then harboring resentments and not speaking out and not taking the family into my confidence I let it let it fester inside of me when I should have got it off my chest Sure, I shot my mouth off, but not in the right way. Oh sure because we've irritated you But you've got a sense of humor and you got to be patient, too. I will be Chris. I promised You can begin finding your real place now You won't have to pretend you're still in the army. That's how you picked up with Hank Davis You don't really like him. Do you Russ?  Mayor, that's the story except for the happy ending to come You see mr. Mayor you talk about personal lives and not interfering with them But what is Greenville? What's our whole country, but a lot of people living personal lives? Maybe that sounds silly and obvious But if you make eight or ten million men feel like a class apart with with plaques and with monuments and five dollars worth of Groceries believe me. You're playing with trouble. I get your point mr. Richards, and I confess you leave me feeling a little helpless What can we do as a community about our discharge soldier problem problem? Did you say problem? Label us as a problem and brother will be a problem You people who stayed home can be a problem to us, too Don't think you can if we choose to look at it that way, but that's the wrong word and we both know it Why does anybody have to be a problem to anybody anyway? Well young man, can't you be more specific? I mean give us some general rules to follow if you want a prescription ma'am. I'm sorry I can't give it to you. You see despite the uniform they wear soldiers are all different. I guess sailors are too I mean they went into the service as separate individuals and so they come out as separate individuals Of course some of us will have more trouble than others getting back into the civilian groove But some of you will have more trouble than others getting used to having us around again, too Well, then what's the answer? Maybe the best answer is a good old American commodity Called common sense, but we can't exactly ignore you you found that out with your family. Yeah, thank goodness That's draining itself out, but don't get me wrong, please I don't mean that we veterans are turning up our noses a little attention on that or even a little hero worship That's how you folks feel But believe me the right job and a chance to make something of it is a lot more important to me than my name on a plaque And and having the folks I love take for granted that I can stand on my own two feet and letting me do it Means more than being cheered while I'm marching a dozen parades Yeah, I see what you mean now about not liking to be reminded that you're different Well when you get right down to it, sir, are we so different? I'm not so sure Maybe we're just about the same guys who went away I'm sure most of us are and we both ought to be glad we are because we've got to live together all of us It's just that Well, some of us have spent a few weeks or months or years living with fear and horror that's all it It did something it was bound to yes You were there in the actual battle at Salerno while while we've just gone on living on Main Street No wonder our little thoughts and ways must seem small and narrow to you No, I I wasn't going to say that but it's a little bit true Maybe yeah, except that don't forget it was that same Main Street I wanted to get back to so much I could taste it But we do have some new ideas of what some things are worth in terms of other things And we want to share those ideas with you more than anything in the world. Yes, you've had a tough son But you've got a new slant too and a new confidence Unless we've ruined it and if you ruin it, of course, we're going to be impatient and jittery We're hungry for your help sir our help Son, we need your help. We will certainly do well. Thank you mayor and thanks to all of you That's that's just what I've been talking about. That's that's just what I mean Don't knock us around and don't Molly coddler's look at us and look at yourselves and we'll do the same if our attitudes are Right and yours are right if we're living together and the air is clean and good Whatever we do for each other now or 10 years from now is bound to be right, too Tonight on words at war you heard a dramatization Suggested by a book by dr. 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The implementation of the Lagos panel report is a sacred duty for San Olu, says Chidi Odinkalu, as Lagos rejects panel's casualty figure. And Babajide San Olu initiates a peace walk, a spot of efforts to ensure harmony in this state. For this, it's plus politics, I am Mary Anacorn. Former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission Professor Chidi Odinkalu has stated that the implementation of the report from the Lagos-Ensar's Judicial Panel of Inquiry is a sacred duty for Babajide San Olu. Also, the Lagos state government has rejected the resolution of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry stating that no fewer than nine persons lost their lives when armed soldiers stormed the Lekitogate to disperse Ensar's protesters on October 20, 2020. Well, joining us to discuss this is a legal practitioner, Chidi Odinkalu. Thank you very much, Baris Odinkalu for joining us. Thank you very much. It's a pleasure being here. Great. I know that you must have perused through the pages of the white paper because it's been made public. A lot of people have copies of it. What was the first thing that came to mind when you saw the white paper? You know, the white paper is the response of the government through the reports of the Judicial Inquiry Panel. And there were divided expectations. Some expected that, okay, if Lagos state has been bold enough to present these reports, which indicted the governments and probably described what many have held as what happened in the Lekitogate on 20th of October, 2020, that the white people should go ahead to establish those findings. And some were expecting that perhaps the government would like to cover up some of the elements of the report, you know. And that sprang from those who monitored what appeared to be like an intimidating response from the federal government. Recall that if Honorable Minister of Information and Culture, Chief Lai Mohame, said it was the report that was detailed by Moonlight, and of course, the Minister of State for Labor, Pestos K. M. Osunabu, of Nigeria, also came out to say that the state's trying to prove some, the military and police is a negat. So if you look at that background, you may expect that the white people may not reflect some of the reports of the, and the critical report here is the description of what happened at the Lekitogate on the 20th of October, 2020, as a massacre. And the report for that stated that at least 46 unarmed protesters were either shot dead, injured with bullets or assaulted by security forces, you know. And what the white people is admitting now is that only one person died. On the 21st of October, 2020, and there was nothing to establish that the death resulted from gunshot from the military. But having said that also, it's been admitted that there were gun wounds. And, you know, it's so difficult to have gun wounds without having people die, you know. And this is where we are right now. And the government is calling for peace. You know also that the governor invited some of the actors during the NSAS protests to come and embark on a peace war. Before we get to that part, before we get to that part, let's look at some of the, you know, the things that are in this particular white paper. Because I listened to the attorney general of the state, and he was on, I think, a rice TV this morning trying to debunk, you know, what was in the white paper. So I'm going to ask you a very straight question for someone who's been studying what the panel has done, and now the recommendations on the white paper. Why do you think that the government seems not to agree with the number of people that the panel has put forward as a result of the fact that they made findings? They're saying that it's just one person. They countered it, saying that the recommendation is not acceptable to Lagos state government for the following reasons. I'll give you. They said the finding of the JPI at page 288 paragraph M is that the evidence of the pathologist, Professor Obafanwa, that only three bodies that they conducted post-mortem examination on were from Leckie, and only one had gunshots injury, and this was not debunked. So I'm thinking to myself, for those who, because there were protests all over Lagos, there were protests on the mainland and, of course, on the island, could they have brought somebody from, let's say, all the way from mile three to Reddington to treat his gunshot wounds.  Is there a possibility that someone who was shot on the mainland was brought to an island hospital and treated of gunshot wounds? You know, we need to go through the value chain of this end-stars-protest-crisis management. Recall that when it happened, right from that 28th October 2020, there were live streaming of what was going on there, lights or gunshots, screaming, and obviously we have not denied the fact that these harmless citizens, these defenseless citizens, were singing the national anthem. They were waving the Nigerian flag, and suddenly the gunshots came hitting them, and at the point it was argued that what CNN presented was trying to doctor some issues, you know, and again, we came all by say, okay, maybe they use blank bullets. At a time, there was an attempt to even deny that the military was there, but when you saw the IT monitoring presentation that were presented and it became, you know, important to try and manage that crisis. And I think that is what the government has tried to do. But having said that also, it has become difficult to establish that someone died. And you know the position of the law, particularly when it comes to the criminal justice value chain, you must prove the allegations beyond all these naval doubts. And I think that is what is playing out here now. And then don't forget that the reports that leaked indicted the state governor, the legacy governor, by saying he invited the military, he allowed the military to come in. And some have said what did the military come to do to disperse the protesters? Was it in a peaceful manner? Because if you look at the fundamental human rights as recognized universally, you have right to life, right to dignity, right to personal liberty, right to fair hearing, right to privacy, right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion, freedom of expression. In fact, the government was expected to protect the protesters. So now that that happened, you must now go ahead in time. If the government admits that there was a massacre at the Lekitul Gate on the 28th of October 2020, our president and those who released the military and the police to go and attack the peaceful protesters, they find themselves in jail when they leave office. Because as a governor, a president, you have immunity in the international criminal court. So you must expect that this would be practically managed to minimize the impact on the players. And one of the recommendations of the panel was that the federal government should make an open apology to the victims. So here we are now. We are saying, okay, only one person died. We cannot even link that death to the intervention of the military and the police. But like I said earlier, we have not been able to debunk the fact or the government has not been able to debunk the fact that there were gun wounds and that there was police brutality. So you can see police brutality now being used to quell a peaceful protest against police brutality. So it's a very difficult one. But going down the path of history, I think it may be characteristic in nature. I recall that in Lagos State at the time, that should be the port of June 1996, Alajia Pidura Tabula was killed by unknown gunmen. And we covered it up until the likes of Rogers, this man that went to jail featured as state actors who played prominent roles in the assassinations that took place in Lagos State then. So here we are. And don't forget also, when it comes to the issue of government reports and stuff like that, at the point in time in this country, the fierce, the most credible, the most transparent election, hope 93, was annulled by the head of state who later in time was compelled to say he didn't do it alone. But genuine reasons in court were given for the annulment of that result. Don't forget also that at the Oputa panel, there were evidences given to how Chief M. K. O'Abiola died. So what have we done with all this? So it's a matter of, for us in public relations, it's a reactive way of managing a crisis. But having said that, I'm curious, just a second, I'm curious, is the official position of the government. Okay, all I've heard in all that you've been saying since we started, it seems you're trying to say that the government, especially the government of Lagos State, is trying to wiggle its way out of, you know, the repercussion or the repercussionary effect of the truth that is behind this report. But then, there are those who argue that the truth is relative and when facts and truths are put side by side, the facts are actually always over, overway, you know, in terms of, you know, evidences that are brought forth. And you made mention to that. So I want to ask again, do you think the Lagos State government is trying to wiggle its way out of this? And one way or the other trying to save face, including that of the federal government, is there undue pressure, is there undue pressure from the federal government to kill this? I'm not holding grieve for the Lagos State government, but I must say this is a very difficult situation for the state to handle. Like I said, if the state government came out to say that there was a massacre at the Lekitul Gate, it's not only the governor himself that may be queried when he leaves office and is no longer under the shadow of immunity. The president and commander in chief of the armed forces that gave direction, whether through the chief of army staff or through the general police, for that intervention on the 20th of October 2020 are likely to find themselves in the international criminal court. Don't forget that we have some West African president that you recall the case of Charles Taylor, but then we have not been able to successfully establish that there are no infractions of human rights. So that is a key issue now. Like I said, no one is saying now that there was not use of brutal force that night. No one is saying there are no gun wounds. What we are saying now is that, okay, this but you claimed a night persons died, but we are admitting that only one person died. And even that cops cannot be linked to the intervention of the military and the police. The big question now, like you brilliantly asked, is that did anybody impose that cops to that place? And don't forget also, as part of the drama we have witnessed here, at the time the Honorable Minister of Works discovered a camera suddenly at the venue. Now he's telling the journalists, don't ask me what happens to that camera. We also got a report that the LCC that manages the tool gate, it tried to manipulate the recorded eclipse. So while you put all this together, you may want to probably move in the direction of those who think there is an attempt to cover up. But then the issues with answers, protests are still there. Police brutality, what are we going to do to ensure that we have a police system that runs in line with the established vision and mission of facilitating an enabling environment for sustainable development. And who are friends of the people who play by the rules? And how do we come to the point where the citizens can trust the government? How do we come to the point where we can now say the primary purpose of government, which is the security and the welfare of the people, have been delivered upon by the constituted authority mandated to deliver. So these are several issues. Now, so I do not at this point envy the executive governor of legal state, Babajidis Honolulu, in managing this crisis. So like I said, we all had the majority of us witness the response of the federal government. The president himself came out to say, okay, we've gotten the report from legal state, we have to wait for the other state. The minister of information came out to say it's still by moonlight. The minister of state for labor came out to say that it was illegal. So when you look at all those frantic efforts, some may conclude that those were gestures, you know, a built up to intimidate the legal state. And when you talk about the white paper, the white paper should be the former report from the government, even though the government set up the judicial panel. They are the ones to say we have received your reports, no matter whatever number of reports that you have given on to us. And these are the ones we agree with. So and that's why the governor is, I think it's making reference to the closure of this matter, but you may close on the report, but can we claim to have closed on the issues that are plaguing society? That's what I'm still struggling with. I'm still struggling with if the government is saying that nobody really died or the person, the only cops, according to them that they have been able to recognize factually may not have really died at the leaky toll. Does it make it's right in any way what has happened? Don't forget the army was invited into a policing issue. An issue was that people were talking about the injustices that have been messaged out on innocent Nigerians by police, the high handedness of police. And then the army was introduced into a place where innocent people who had no guns, they were harmless, they were just protesting. Again, you're saying that people did not die. Does it mean that the people who were injured, people who were shot at, those who were involved in that stampede are not going to get justice? Is this what the legacy government is saying? And saying that coming for a closure of this case, I'm trying to understand, does this not make mockery of the whole, the whole process went from the panel that was instituted up until now? Does it not just totally make a mess of it? You know, what wonderful question there, and I may want to ask you a question, what came out of the National Confirming of 2014 with all the millions that were spent on it? So that's the big deal. And some of the opinion now that if you constituted a panel that sat for one year, admitted evidences from people listening to, listening to witnesses, to key stakeholders, and came up with this report. And you are now saying that there were so many discrepancies. And I agree with the fact that there may be discrepancies. When you have a matter in court, and you are invited to come and listen to the judgment of the court. The court will not rule out all the arguments in that matter. The court will rule out the specifics, considerations, and decisions. So the government is saying now, you've given an assignment, you've brought your report, or this is what we are willing to accept. And going forward, you may be inviting some personalities to come and serve the government and the decline, which has already happened now. You, I mean, we witness how the governor has invited files and some stakeholders during the protests to come for a peace war. And the response is that you have to work alone, Mr. Governor, because for many, the driving force behind peace is justice. So people are now saying, is this justice?  I recall that in Genesis chapter four, Genesis chapter four, verse one to 18, that King rose up to kill his brother, Abel. Nobody saw him. And then God came to him to say, hey, what did you do? And then he had his excuses for the blood of Abel, pride, from where it was laid. So putting all these reports together, I think those who have conscience and those who participated actively on that gory night of 28th of October 2020 should be waiting that if man fails to pin them to what they have done, God will ask them when they step out of the universe. And for that society, largely, we are still yearning for justice. And if you read section 17 of the Nigerian Constitution in 1999 as a mandate, it says that the platform of our coexistence shall be that of justice or freedom of equity. So can we have that justice? Can we have a society where we do not need to jump up and protest and, you know, shout and scream for the right things to be done? And even when we are compelled to protest demanding for the right things to be done, that we do that under a safe environment and such a peaceful movement is not encountered with brutal force. And that is where we are right now. Quickly, before we wrap up, because we're almost out of time, I want to quote the, you know, some of the recommendations or one that really stuck out for me in terms of getting justice for the people. The JPI's report, Causing Them, it stated that the panel recommended disciplinary actions to the following officers. I'd like to call their names, Lieutenant Colonel S. O'Bello, Major General Godwin O'Mello, who refused to honor summons to the panel in order to frustrate the investigation. Now, of course, there are other disciplinary measures that were asked to be meted out to the military officers deployed to dispense protesters at the Lekitogid and to the federal government and the National Economic Council. This is what the Lagos State paper read, the white paper. It said, and I quote, the Lagos State government notes that it will forward this recommendation to the federal government, the National Economic Council and the Nigerian Army for their consideration. All officers excluding Major General O'Matter and men of the Nigerian Army that were deployed to the Lekitogid on October 20 of 2020 should be made to face appropriate disciplinary action stripped of their status and dismissed as they are not fit and proper to serve in any public or security service to the nation. But I'm wondering how this is going to happen if already they're discrediting a lot of things and pointing to discrepancies. Is this really ever going to happen, Bayes, and the fact that the Army has to consider it? You know, from the from the report in the white paper, about 14 recommendations have been classified as being outside the jurisdiction of the state. And I think that is one of them. And that is where Festos Kiamo, senior advocate of Nigeria, may be right that you don't have at the state level the prerogative to question the activities or, you know, discipline, the military and the police. But let me read this out. This Lieutenant Colonel Bello, who is fingered as being a key player in the in what happened at the Lekitogid on the 28th of October 2020, has, you know, has his a promotion in place, you know, it's quite interesting. I think there should be a report that the Army Council met on 28th of October to approve the promotion of officers. And he's one of the beneficiaries. And let me take us back, wonderful Nigerians and our lovely audience to what happened with Wadume, the kingpin kidnapper suspect, the Nigerian policeman trained when to arrest. And they were relayed by the military. And even though reportedly the policeman tried to introduce themselves, they were killed. Some of them were killed by the soldiers. And the soldiers took this suspect away, released him. And now they have not even been able to come for effective prosecution, because the military claims that they are still going through material processes and whatever. So when you talk about justice, the greatest summary we have as lawyers is that justice should not only be done, but clearly seem to have been done. Like I said earlier, those who are known, the June 12 election, they know themselves. Nigerians are still asking who killed the legua. Nigerians are still asking who killed Ebola again. Nigerians are still asking several questions. But then if it's difficult to get justice with man, it is definitely certain that the justice of God be revealed. By and large, we need a society where we can rejoice and be free and be proud to say these are a great nation. And may I advise the government, you need the trust capital to excel in office. And right now, I think we are building off walls, rather than creating that trust capital. It's becoming difficult for many to trust their government to do what is right. Well, I want to thank you. Judeo Logo is a legal practitioner. Thank you very much for speaking on this issue. Well, what is left to be done remains to be seen. Thank you so much. Thank you. God bless Nigeria. All right. Well, thank you all for staying with us. We'll take a quick break. And when we return, Govna Babajideh Sanwarlu initiates a peace walk of harmony in Lagos state. Well, we'll get to talk about this after this.


Yes, so cricket is where we shift focus to on the sports mat zone West Indies women are gearing up to travel to Australia for a six-match white ball tour starting the first of October with the first T20 international the tour will be the first assignment for the new head coach the Australian Shane Deets Deets who has coached Bangladesh women stepped down as the Netherlands women's coach to take up the West Indies job And he says he's focused on enhancing the natural style of Windows women's cricket Cricket I really want to play is definitely the traditional West Indian Calypso style of play Attacking taking it to the opposition and getting on the front foot It's why I've always coached cricket around the world and that's not going to change here. It's a style of play I think that's effective So the players will be definitely getting the message that we're here to win And we're going to try to win by playing attacking free-flowing crickets That's going to take a little bit of time to maybe adjust to or A few skill sets upgrades in players, etc. But we'll work towards that So they've got the ability to be able to play that style of cricket Yeah, that was Deets talking at the first press conference today Here's a look at the full squad to tour Australia these are Windows women Haley Matthews captain Shameen Campbell vice-captain Alia Aline, Shamila McConnell, Shameelia Connell, Afifletcher, Charihan Fraser, Shabika Ghaznabi, Janila Glasgow, Chanel Hendry, Janabi Joseph, Ashmini Munisar, Karishmaram Harak, Stephanie Taylor, Rashida Williams And Zeda James, that's the West Indies squad that will tour Australia for the six white ball matches and You were monitoring very closely Mara the new coach and what he had to say in the press conference today There were several questions hurled at him. How did you think he did and what are your thoughts of him as a new coach? Okay, so as the new coach, I think one we can't judge him very very hard because he's new one to the Caribbean You know, he he still hasn't gotten the opportunity to meet all the women because I spoke to a couple of the players To find out if they've met coaches yet So I think coach is of course speaking from a standpoint of looking on at the ladies the couple of matches He would have seen during the CPL So for now Coach gets a free pass for me because I will not be, you know, saying anything that You know, I can't judge him right now We have to give him the opportunity to go to that tour of Australia With the Windy's woman and see what he has listening from today's press conference He spoke a lot about a program that he has to offer the woman He kept saying, you know, he hopes that the program that he's brought to the Caribbean will suit them and of course benefit them So for me, I'm looking forward to see How that program works and of course I will be chatting with the ladies one on one to hear if you know One they agree with what he has to say to them One if they feel comfortable if they feel as if they're improving all these different things So I know the ladies are excited. Um, it's a new experience for them It's a new thing that they're getting involved in but it's too early to make a decision on coach Ricardo your thoughts on his comments about uh, he wants the women to play the natural west Indy style and calypso cricket Because I'm not sure if they Well The west Indy steam or the 70s and 80s were calypso cricketers based on how they were seen because of how flashy and flamboyant they were But I'm not sure if that's the culture of the women's game from the west Indies I mean, there are a few players like deandre dotting and so on who will not the ball all over the place, but Generally speaking, I'm not sure if west Indies women's cricketers could be Um, accurately described as calypso cricketers Well, I think there are a few players in the team when you look at the butting side Hailey matthews is clearly genuinely a world-class player Yes, and she does have the ability to play that calypso style like cricket There is chenelle henry who the coach pointed to as well who has shown signs of becoming a genuine all-rounder And they are youngsters coming through the system. But for me, I think it's about finding a balance I sort of understood what the coach was saying because I think the type of cricket that he wants to see is positive cricket and I think he wants to get that Into the the the girls as as early as possible in the process and and I say process Because I think that is exactly what it is There is a world cup that comes up in october november next year the 2024 t20 world cup And for me, it's about gradually building up to that tournament. Remember the the west indies women didn't get All to the first round of the last two t20 world cups We got to the semifinal of the last 50 over world cup, but Um, we were suddenly beaten in that semifinal against australia So it's about improving on the small things and gradually building up to the next t20 world cup So we can be extremely competitive when we get there I don't expect miracles and for the west indies women to turn up and win next year's t20 world cup I think this process is going to take much longer than One year or even two years to get us where we want to be but at this stage It's about building blocks It's about improving on the small things lancen mariah the fielding that I thought was poor at the last t20 world cup The running between the wicket which I thought was poor again during the last t20 world cup and those small things We have to improve and I think those things alone if we improve on them Will make this team more competitive And then you can look for the bigger improvements over a longer period of time What I like about coaches is that he's not familiar to the ladies in the sense that you know sometimes as players or as people We know who we can push to what limits. So let's just say You know lance is my coach and I'm really good with him I'm excited for lance to come to be my coach For a team because I know what to expect. I know lance really well So I know what I can get away with and what I can't what I think she indeed brings into this setup is a bit of uncertainty It's as if you now have to prove yourself again to coach I think he comes across based and I've been speaking to players that has worked with him You know, there were a couple of ladies that were in the cpl setup I asked about coach they worked with him in the big bash league and whatnot And they said that he's a no-nonsense person and I think that's exactly what our ladies need You know coach has been involved at the highest level when I speak about Coaching in Australia. I think that's what our ladies need Yeah, and I asked him a question today at the press conference about gaining the trust and the respect of the players because I think that Is important so you can be no nonsense But if the respect is not there then the ladies may not respond to that And it's important that whatever he brings to the table that the ladies are responding to it because that's all You're going to get the improvement over time because if for any reason You're not getting that positive response from the ladies Then chances are it is likely to go downhill And so it's important that you will gain that respect and the trust of the players as quickly as possible Because I think that will help the process going forward I hear you at this stage mariah I'm not sure I like anything about him, but he has a clean slate From which to work and make this was still this woman's team better Yeah, and he's coming from a situation where he has worked with the teams that are not elite internationally The netherlands and and bang a dish and he was actually CEO of the van wato cricket association, which is a country in the south pacific ocean Underdeveloped as far as cricket is concerned. So he was CEO of the entire cricket thing. So he his administrative background Says something about, you know, his ability to organize and and to build And I think that is the the key word building because the western is women's cricket team need to rebuild They were a much stronger team five years ago than they are now And a lot of the players are there the same players. So He has he has work to do But I think he has the tools and I think the players I would hope that they would respond to his coaching style and play play Cricket to their highest potential because there are players who are underperforming. Yeah, yeah Well, what I will say is from what we saw from the cpl I was really happy to see stafani. Taylor back, you know, she has been Dealing with her injury issues Previously, of course, hailey matthews was really good. 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Are bats really dangerous and should it be evacuated completely from the environment? To know answer for this question, do watch this video. Firstly, let's see what are bats? See bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera. Here note that they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. And they have their forelimbs adapted as wings which helps in attaining agility in flight than most birds. Okay, now coming to the importance of bats in an ecosystem. See though often feared and loath as sinister creatures of the night, bats are vital to the health of our environment and our economy. Now let's see how. Firstly, bats play an essential role in pest control. See the recent studies estimate that across all agricultural production, consumption of insect pests by bats result in a saving of more than $3 billion per year. Okay, and now coming to the second benefit. While many bats eat insects, other feeds are nectar and provide critical pollination for a variety of plants like peaches, cloves and bananas. See in fact, bats are the sole pollinator for the gave plant a key ingredient in tequila. Here also note that a gave plant grows predominantly in the Deccan Plateau region. Okay, see the food source of bats is fruit and this is leading to yet another important rule played by the bats in the ecosystem which is nothing but the seed dispersal. Okay, see fruit eating bats can account for as much as 95% of the seed dispersal responsible for early growth in recently cleared rainforest. Okay, so these are all the positives associated with the presence of bats in the ecosystem. Now let's see about the disease carrying capacity of bats. See bats are the host for viruses such as Ebola virus, Nipah virus, Corona viruses etc. And these viruses are capable of causing severe and often deadly disease in humans as well as animals. But bats which are host of such deadly viruses exhibit no signs or minimal signs of the disease even when there is high viral loads of these viruses in the bats body. So to find out the reasons behind it, a study was conducted by researchers in Singapore last year. See the research study found that bats can harbor these viruses without getting infected because bats special immune system enables them to avoid excessive virus induced inflammation. So because of its inbuilt immunity, bats act as a perfect carrier of viruses and other deadly pathogens. See this is yet another important role played by the bats in the ecosystem. But this is a negative role, okay. So this is all regarding the disease carrying capacity with respect to bats. So through this video we saw what are bats and what are the positive role it is playing in the environment and what is the negative role it is playing in the environment. So whenever we talk about the evacuation of a species, we must know whether it is playing only the negative role or it is having some point of positive role. Since it is having some positive role no, evacuating the whole bat species is not good for the whole ecosystem because it will cause imbalance in the ecosystem. And if you want to know more such kind of topics related to environment, do watch our Hindu News Analysis regularly.