alan schauffler. azeera. >> you can watch alan's full report tonight at 8:00 eastern. >>> we rarely hear about men being rescued from boko haram that's because they typically kill them before taking the families hostage. >> reporter: sad and broke. this man recalls the good old days before boko haram met the town it's so-called caliphate. he father of 14 had houses farms, and more than 100 head of cattle. now these two cows are his only asset. >> translator: people still come to ask neighbors whether i am still sane. i lost so much. at some point even the will to go on. i am still hanging in there. >> reporter: but the pain he feels most is the loss of two adult sons both killed by boko haram. after their death, he and 500 others fled to settle here. since boko haram was run out of town in march, some are thinking of going back. but he sees no future there. >> translator: i think when we eventually go back most of us will be going back to our graves. what is the use when our youths are either dead or g

alan schauffler has more. >> reporter: protesters start the workweek early, chants ringing.y walked to the port of seattle's terminal 5. that's where shell oil's huge drilling rig, the polar pioneer is moored being prepped for oil exploration off of the coast of alaska. >> we need to stop it for the generations to come. if we do not stop this today, we -- we will be extinct like so many species already are. >> reporter: plenty of music and dancing keep the mood light here but the pushback against shell is happening in other less cheerful arenas as well. >> these are complicated vessels, and we don't have a high level of confidence that they know what they are doing. >> reporter: the watchdog group has challenged the contract process in court, saying more environmental review is required. >> they have to conduct an environment review any time they change a use of a shoreline, and they skipped that process, and just went ahead and negotiated the lease, essentially in secret. >> reporter: the rig drew a huge crowd of kayaks over the weekend. and has drawn criticism from the gov

. >> alan schauffler is covering the protests. >> reporter: it's a david and goliath scene on the waterversus big oil, exactly the symbolic image these people want to show the world. >> it's huge. it's huge. and what it represents is so much bigger. >> we're the mosquito fleet. we're these little bugs racing about the huge bow hee mouth coming into our harbor. >> reporter: dave runs a manufacturing business, and sisi at at at -- says seattleited needs to realize this is an industry. the arrival of the drilling rigs has become a political circus in seattle with the mayor and city council emphatically not putting out the welcome mat. >> we reviewed the contract. the permit is for a cargo terminal. this is clearly not cargo. >> reporter: besides taking to their kayaks, environmental groups have launched a lawsuit claiming the work isn't appropriate for terminal 5. the city planning department and the mayor have said the same thing. but today isn't about rules and regulations, it's about the symbolism of this moment. >> we can't just to do nothing. even though we feel it is a tough fight. r

alan alan schauffler tonight. >> reporter: we just wrapped up a press conference here at seattle's olderfrican american church. he was talking about the case that has landed him in the public eye. he has some very specific questions for the officer who arrested him. >> most of these policemen are good people. but you have got rotten apples in all professions, and she is a rotten apple. >> reporter: here is william wingate last summer stopped by a police officer on a street corner. >> can you put that down please. >> what? >> your golf club. >> what about my golf club? >> can you put it down. >> you just swank that golf club at me. >> i did not! >> reporter: he was arrested and spent a night in jail. >> you know, that woman did a lot of damage. she really did. >> reporter: he is now suing the city the police department and the officer asking $750,000 in damages. >> if you did it cause you were afraid of a 70-year-old black man, what would you do if one of those young men came along? >> what we want is accountability and for things to change. >> reporter: after the arrest came to light, th

alan schauffler is in seattle. i guess this is seattle's terminal 5?reporter: port of seattle's terminal 5, absolutely. and there it is right there the polar pioneer. that's what it is all about. the mayor, the city council, the planning department don't want it here but shell is here prepping for a mix up above the arctic circle. protesters got together today and marched on the port. they said they wanted to blockade the facility and stop all work from happening, but that didn't exactly happen. this is a continuation of three days of anti-oil festival that was held here in seattle. these folks wanted one more chance to make their point. >> no people deserves this. they are draining our earth dry of this precious resource and we need to stop it for the generations to come. if we do not stop this today, we will be extinct like so many species already are this >> reporter: do you really think you can stop work here? or is this really a good symbol? >> no, we're going to do it. all three gates are blocked, and we're going to put our message out to the pla