Vice: Season 8, Episode 2

8 - 2: Nigerian Uprising & The Brink

In 2020, Nigerian demonstrators were gunned down at one of the largest and deadliest protests in a generation. It was a deadly turning point of the #EndSARS movement. Alzo Slade meets the young Nigerians at the center of the movement, and those involved in the crackdown against them; The events of Jan. 6th have been described by many government officials as the closest America has come in centuries to a military coup. Seb Walker sits down with top Trump administration officials to understand what was really going on in those chaotic days.