SAPS: shame of the nation
March 2 2013 at 09:18am
By Marianne Merten
By Marianne Merten
SATURDAY STAR
Protesters
outside the Daveyton police station voice their anger and re-enact the death of
Mido Macia, a 27 year-old taxi driver from Mozambique, who was allegedly
dragged behind a police vehicle. Picture: Paballo Thekiso
Johannesburg -
Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa should not step down, the police ministry has
said.
And national
SAPS spokesman Brigadier Phuti Setati has failed to respond to questions about
whether the national commissioner, General Riah Phiyega, will resign.
This follows
the latest incident of police brutality, which has sent shockwaves around the
globe – for the second week in a row South Africa’s poor policing has made
world news.
With Mthethwa
on honeymoon until March 12, State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele has been
drafted in to manage the fallout from the horror video of Daveyton taxi driver
Mido Macia being dragged behind a police van for upward of 500m, the subsequent
alleged assault for two hours by police officers, and a further four hours in
which he was denied medical attention – finally leaving the Mozambican dead.
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