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March 2015 5:54 PM
Citizen
testimonies are calling in to question the credibility of the South African
Police Services (SAPS). Listeners have made allegations prompting an
exploration into police criminality.
Thandi
Losi's story
On
Monday 9 March 2015 702's John Robbie received a call from Thandi Losi,
reporting that she had been arrested the previous day for attempting to capture
eyewitness footage of police brutality with her cellphone, and refusing to
surrender the recording.
When I
refused they told me its fine, then they were going to lock me up; they
actually did and charged me with assaulting a police officer.
Losi
alleged that she was detained in Sunnyside Police Station, Pretoria with others
for several hours by the policemen. After appearing in the Pretoria Magistrate
Court that morning, she was told the case was withdrawn.
Losi
says she then spoke to a senior investigating officer at the Independent Police
Investigative Directorate (IPID) Mandla Mahlangu, who informed her that the
police officers who allegedly assaulted her have pending IPID cases against
them.
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