Police
brutality drag man for 100m on vehicle
Quote:
“15 March
2013
The DA
says it is shocked by the latest case of alleged police brutality in which a
court interpreter was dragged alongside a car for 100m in Setlopo Village,
Mahikeng, in North West.
Democratic
Alliance MP Dianne Kohler-Barnard said on Friday that President Jacob Zuma and
Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa had failed to show leadership on the issue.
"The
[SA Police Service] is past crisis point, and the South African public must
know that the president and the SAPS leadership take this matter seriously.”
She said there had been no response from Zuma on a call for the establishment
of a judicial commission of inquiry into police brutality.
"Since
our request for this commission more than a week ago, there has been no action
from the president.” Earlier on Friday, Mthethwa’s spokesman Zweli Mnisi told
SABC radio news that the incident was embarrassing and disgusting.
He said
the "issue of command and control” at police stations needed to be looked
at.
The
Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) said on Thursday that a
North West police officer had been arrested for allegedly assaulting a man in
Setlopo Village in Mahikeng, and dragging him alongside a police vehicle.
The man,
a court interpreter at Molopo Magistrate’s Court, was called over to the police
vehicle after speaking to a boy who had allegedly been harassed by the same
officers moments earlier.
A
36-year-old sergeant was arrested on Wednesday, and was due to appear in court
on Friday, said Ipid spokesman Moses Dlamini. – Sapa”
