White
SA couple Larney de Swardt 23 thrown in cell with MEN - she & partner Bryan
Jarrett suffer 12 hours of SAPS harassment with trumped up 'Urination' arrest:
thrown out of court
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15:58 Jul 24 2013 Alberton,
South Africa
Description
Alberton woman Larney de Swardt 23 and friend Bryan
Jarrett suffers 12 hours of harassment over trumped up 'Urination' arrest by
SAPS -- July 24 2013 at 10:37am By Lerato Sibanda: PICTURE The Star - Larney de
Swardt, 23, and her boyfriend were harassed by two police officers. Picture:
Antoine de Ras
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Johannesburg - Alberton resident Larney de Swardt says she spent 12 traumatic hours being taunted by police officers after she was thrown into a holding cell at Alberton police station. She said she was detained at the police station with three MEN for no apparent reason other than being “cheeky”. De Swardt and her boyfriend Bryan Jarrett had gone to get some pizza in Alberton at about midnight on Friday when two officers – a policeman and a policewoman – “pulled up from nowhere”.
The officers immediately zoned in on Jarrett, who was on his phone, saying that urinating in public was a criminal offence.De Swardt said Jarrett had not been urinating,but he simply said: “Thank you for telling me.”
The officers got very angry and an altercation broke out. De Swardt said they had started pushing Jarrett around, and at one point, the male officer went onto his knees and said sarcastically: “Please, white man, get into the van.”
De Swardt took out her smartphone and started recording the incident, which was later put up on the eBlockwatch crime-fighting website.
“I read their (officers’) expressions and felt that something is not right.”In one of the video clips shown to The Star, the officers shove Jarrett into the van and he bumps his head against the door frame.
There is a lot of screaming from the two officers. The female officer shouts repeatedly: “Urinating in public is a criminal offence.”Jarrett and De Swardt were arrested and taken to Alberton police station.
De Swardt said she was kept in a holding cell, along with Jarrett and a drunk man, for more than an hour.A third man, arrested for drunken driving, was later thrown into the cell with them.
De Swardt was traumatised and burst into tears.The two officers began laughing and mimicked her crying noises,They also refused to read Jarrett his full rights.
They read De Swardt her full rights only when her father Lukas arrived.Lukas told The Star that the police told him they had arrested his daughter because she was cheeky.
When Jarrett and De Swardt were released the next morning – about 12 hours after their arrest – the cops told them what charges they faced.
SAPS spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Lungelo Dlamini said the pair had been arrested for crimen injuria, resisting arrest and interfering with police duties.
He said the Alberton police station manager was getting more details from the officers to establish if there was any misconduct.
The SAPS website describes crimen injuria as “the act of unlawfully impairing the dignity or privacy of another person, according to the SAPS”.
Chapter 2 (35) (a) of the constitution states that “an arrested and detained person has the right to be informed promptly of the reason for being detained”. – Cadet News Agency
lerato.sibanda@inl.co.za
The Star http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/woman-s-trauma-after-midnight-cop-drama-1.1551793#.Ue_kirok2Eh
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White SA couple falsely arrested for 'urinating in public' -
http://youtu.be/I86expSZdPc
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July 20 2013 - ALBERTON. Andre Snyman owner of Eblockwatch writes that 'a member's son and his girlfriend illegally arrested by Alberton SAPS 'for urinating in public'.
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video by Eblockwatch: it's owner Adriaan Snyman writes:"We have now set up a clever way to record police. Warning. Ploce get twitchy if they are being recorded so they also target the ' JOURNALIST" recording them. They have been known to take arrest them and then force them to delete the evidence. Eblockwatch has now taken another step ahead and we will tell those registered on our eblockwatch community button how to be streetwise when recording Police.
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http://youtu.be/I86expSZdPc
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Go to www.eblockwatch.co.za and connect your home to our community panic button now.
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UPDATE: (PAGE VIEWS ATTACHED)
jULY 22 2013 Andre Snyman writes: "The charges did not even get into the court roll. Ryan and L are speaking to our eblockwatch reporter for the papers tomorrow. Even the court Okay: " wanted a bribe to keep off the roll even when it wasn't going to be there. He wanted lunch money." (His son also was arrested for 'recording the incident of the police-harassment, which reportedly included a black policewoman screaming 'Mandela birthday viva...'
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Andre Snyman also reports that 'the video footage shows that this was not the case.' He adds: " The two video clips indicate that there also were justifiable resistance to being arrested (by the couple).
"Lukas writes" "The claim of urinating in public was never a charge on the charge sheet. Secondly the police officer who said she had proof of the incident, produces a wet spot on a smooth yellow wall.
"The wall in the back of the video is a Tuscany greenish wall. It made us wonder what the motive was and why the police would allow someone to do his business and then arrive to arrest him.
"Secondly. a round wet spot on a wall? If the person urinated against it the pattern should be different.. This seemed to be fabricated evidence. "Interestingly, the charge of urinating in public was only mentioned on the video, never again in any charge sheet (by the arresting police).Lukas, the father, writes: "We have the interesting scenario that someone is arrested for resisting arrest on a charge that was never brought up?
"Does this mean that police officers may arrest people at will and then if you reasonably resist, get arrested because you resist the arrest?"I did not hear one word of abuse on the video. The charge is crimea injuria?"My daughter was arrested for taking the video under the auspices she was "interfering in police work."
Somebody needs to police the police. "If they did everything right, why arrest her for interfering by filming the "arrest"? If they (the police) were doing everything perfect, the video should show that.
"This episode cost me 22 hours of my time and the legal fees. Is this fair given the competency levels observed?
Andre Snyman of eblockwatch writes: "While we wait google Drop box. This is what we use when we ask members to record arrests. This get the recorded arrest out of the phone and onto a server.
The police can not force our members to delete the footage."
Rudy Buys writes: " It (urinating in public) falls under public indecency. According to the Jhb Bylaws they can only fine you, but according to SA Law you may be arrested and charged."
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Johannesburg - Alberton resident Larney de Swardt says she spent 12 traumatic hours being taunted by police officers after she was thrown into a holding cell at Alberton police station. She said she was detained at the police station with three MEN for no apparent reason other than being “cheeky”. De Swardt and her boyfriend Bryan Jarrett had gone to get some pizza in Alberton at about midnight on Friday when two officers – a policeman and a policewoman – “pulled up from nowhere”.
The officers immediately zoned in on Jarrett, who was on his phone, saying that urinating in public was a criminal offence.De Swardt said Jarrett had not been urinating,but he simply said: “Thank you for telling me.”
The officers got very angry and an altercation broke out. De Swardt said they had started pushing Jarrett around, and at one point, the male officer went onto his knees and said sarcastically: “Please, white man, get into the van.”
De Swardt took out her smartphone and started recording the incident, which was later put up on the eBlockwatch crime-fighting website.
“I read their (officers’) expressions and felt that something is not right.”In one of the video clips shown to The Star, the officers shove Jarrett into the van and he bumps his head against the door frame.
There is a lot of screaming from the two officers. The female officer shouts repeatedly: “Urinating in public is a criminal offence.”Jarrett and De Swardt were arrested and taken to Alberton police station.
De Swardt said she was kept in a holding cell, along with Jarrett and a drunk man, for more than an hour.A third man, arrested for drunken driving, was later thrown into the cell with them.
De Swardt was traumatised and burst into tears.The two officers began laughing and mimicked her crying noises,They also refused to read Jarrett his full rights.
They read De Swardt her full rights only when her father Lukas arrived.Lukas told The Star that the police told him they had arrested his daughter because she was cheeky.
When Jarrett and De Swardt were released the next morning – about 12 hours after their arrest – the cops told them what charges they faced.
SAPS spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Lungelo Dlamini said the pair had been arrested for crimen injuria, resisting arrest and interfering with police duties.
He said the Alberton police station manager was getting more details from the officers to establish if there was any misconduct.
The SAPS website describes crimen injuria as “the act of unlawfully impairing the dignity or privacy of another person, according to the SAPS”.
Chapter 2 (35) (a) of the constitution states that “an arrested and detained person has the right to be informed promptly of the reason for being detained”. – Cadet News Agency
lerato.sibanda@inl.co.za
The Star http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/woman-s-trauma-after-midnight-cop-drama-1.1551793#.Ue_kirok2Eh
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White SA couple falsely arrested for 'urinating in public' -
http://youtu.be/I86expSZdPc
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July 20 2013 - ALBERTON. Andre Snyman owner of Eblockwatch writes that 'a member's son and his girlfriend illegally arrested by Alberton SAPS 'for urinating in public'.
------------------------
video by Eblockwatch: it's owner Adriaan Snyman writes:"We have now set up a clever way to record police. Warning. Ploce get twitchy if they are being recorded so they also target the ' JOURNALIST" recording them. They have been known to take arrest them and then force them to delete the evidence. Eblockwatch has now taken another step ahead and we will tell those registered on our eblockwatch community button how to be streetwise when recording Police.
====================
http://youtu.be/I86expSZdPc
=================
Go to www.eblockwatch.co.za and connect your home to our community panic button now.
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UPDATE: (PAGE VIEWS ATTACHED)
jULY 22 2013 Andre Snyman writes: "The charges did not even get into the court roll. Ryan and L are speaking to our eblockwatch reporter for the papers tomorrow. Even the court Okay: " wanted a bribe to keep off the roll even when it wasn't going to be there. He wanted lunch money." (His son also was arrested for 'recording the incident of the police-harassment, which reportedly included a black policewoman screaming 'Mandela birthday viva...'
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Andre Snyman also reports that 'the video footage shows that this was not the case.' He adds: " The two video clips indicate that there also were justifiable resistance to being arrested (by the couple).
"Lukas writes" "The claim of urinating in public was never a charge on the charge sheet. Secondly the police officer who said she had proof of the incident, produces a wet spot on a smooth yellow wall.
"The wall in the back of the video is a Tuscany greenish wall. It made us wonder what the motive was and why the police would allow someone to do his business and then arrive to arrest him.
"Secondly. a round wet spot on a wall? If the person urinated against it the pattern should be different.. This seemed to be fabricated evidence. "Interestingly, the charge of urinating in public was only mentioned on the video, never again in any charge sheet (by the arresting police).Lukas, the father, writes: "We have the interesting scenario that someone is arrested for resisting arrest on a charge that was never brought up?
"Does this mean that police officers may arrest people at will and then if you reasonably resist, get arrested because you resist the arrest?"I did not hear one word of abuse on the video. The charge is crimea injuria?"My daughter was arrested for taking the video under the auspices she was "interfering in police work."
Somebody needs to police the police. "If they did everything right, why arrest her for interfering by filming the "arrest"? If they (the police) were doing everything perfect, the video should show that.
"This episode cost me 22 hours of my time and the legal fees. Is this fair given the competency levels observed?
Andre Snyman of eblockwatch writes: "While we wait google Drop box. This is what we use when we ask members to record arrests. This get the recorded arrest out of the phone and onto a server.
The police can not force our members to delete the footage."
Rudy Buys writes: " It (urinating in public) falls under public indecency. According to the Jhb Bylaws they can only fine you, but according to SA Law you may be arrested and charged."
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