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At least 7, 707 persons have signed a petition in request for justice for a 27 – year -old Nigerian , Mr George Nkencho , who was shot dead by police in Ireland .
Nkencho was reportedly killed by gardaí ( Irish police ) during an incident in west Dublin on Wednesday afternoon .
A protest took place Thursday morning outside a garda station in Dublin following the fatal shooting of the 27 -year – old Nigerian .
In a video that surfaced online , some protesters knelt outside Blanchardstown Garda Station in memory of Nkencho .
They also displayed placards with various inscriptions .
Tweeps on social media compared the Nigerian ’s killing to high profile events in the United States , involving the death of black people at the hands of the police .
It was learnt that shots were discharged at the Nigerian after apparent attempts to subdue him by two tasers and pepper spray proved unsuccessful .
The online petition on change .org targets 10 , 000 as of 05 : 28 pm on Friday when the website was visited.
The petition , titled , ‘Justice for the unlawful killing of George Nkencho # justiceforgeorge ’, was started by Megan Lacey .
It read , “A young black man was fatally shot dead by Garda on the 30 th of December 2020 . 12 Garda followed him home and shot him outside of his home three times . George Nkencho suffered from a mental illness . There were five Garda with guns and George was carrying a knife .
“The Garda are trained to be able to deal with it these situations, and the fatal shooting of George was completely avoidable and unlawful .
“The garda that have been trained to project our country have failed miserably . They are trained so that justice is always served . They need to take responsibility for their actions and the unlawful killing of George .
“Help us get the attention of the Department of Justice . We want answers! We want justice for George.”
Fatimah Oyesanmi
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