ALZHEIMER SUFFERER JAMES BROWN BEATEN TO DEATH IN KRIEL SAPS CELL –
NOBODY EVER CHARGED:
TWO PICTURES ABOVE: June 9 2009 – deniseryan@mweb.co.za sent around an internet petition, demanding an investigation into the deeply mysterious death of Kriel old-age pensioner James Brown in a cell of the local police station . The TV programme Third Degree, broadcast by ETV in South Africa, showed these pictures of the late Mr James Brown, a 09-year-old Afrikaner and also an Alzheimer’s sufferer, who was arrested at the Shoprite supermarket in Kriel – for ‘taking a chocolate bar without paying for it’. Ryan writes: “The old man was assaulted, beaten and sprayed with pepper spray by the police officers who arrested him without any probable course for their behavior towards him – the old man did not resist arrest and the police officers were never in any danger from him at any stage. This old man did not know he was doing anything wrong because he was an Alzheimer’s sufferer – his doctor said his physical health was good, but he did suffer from Alzheimer. “After his arrest, his civil rights were also violated because he had nobody to assist him and his right to a phone call was not presented to him otherwise he could have been assisted by a family member or attorney. “He died within four hours of custody at the Kriel police station.
