A woman went to Pretoria Central police station after a friend of hers
had been arrested, wanting to know ‘the nature of the charges and if it was
procedural to detain a person without any evidence linking them to a crime’.
The Friend, you see, ‘was actually one of the victims of a crime’.
For her temerity the woman was berated by a Warrant Officer Moseki for asking too many questions and ordered to get out of his office. Then, when she asked another question, he charged her with interfering with the administration of justice and locked her up in a cell.
Police brutality in South Africa is rife and seemingly on the increase. Barely a week ago a minibus-load of cops assaulted the driver of a car, smashing his spectacles and cutting his face in the process, because he wasn’t able to give way quickly enough for their liking to allow them to overtake. One of the cops told him that “We are going to kill all you f***king whites”.
Recently cops have also been implicated in farm murders.
Read the complete letter to the editor of My News 24, written by the woman’s husband, and, taking into consideration the above, you’ll see the need for a comprehensive shakedown to rid the force of its bad apples.
The Friend, you see, ‘was actually one of the victims of a crime’.
For her temerity the woman was berated by a Warrant Officer Moseki for asking too many questions and ordered to get out of his office. Then, when she asked another question, he charged her with interfering with the administration of justice and locked her up in a cell.
Police brutality in South Africa is rife and seemingly on the increase. Barely a week ago a minibus-load of cops assaulted the driver of a car, smashing his spectacles and cutting his face in the process, because he wasn’t able to give way quickly enough for their liking to allow them to overtake. One of the cops told him that “We are going to kill all you f***king whites”.
Recently cops have also been implicated in farm murders.
Read the complete letter to the editor of My News 24, written by the woman’s husband, and, taking into consideration the above, you’ll see the need for a comprehensive shakedown to rid the force of its bad apples.
