Punishing a white official threatened the Somali complainant’s safety

Evidence

A day later, Osman reported the exchange with Cossu to Prato. The commissioner rebuked Osman for bypassing him and told the young officer to drop the request for transfer lest Cossu use that opportunity to punish him. Prato promised him that he would try to find a way to get him leave for some time out of the area. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 168

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Colonial officials pressured superiors to punish defiant Somalis — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 163; Italian colonial judges punished Somalis for disputing white testimony without evidence — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 154
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Colonial officials pressured superiors to punish defiant Somalis — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 163; Italian colonial judges punished Somalis for disputing white testimony without evidence — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 154