Kempton Park resident Gerald Carey charges local
SAPS with assault
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Kempton
Park resident Gerald Carey says he was beaten up by Kempton Park SAPS when he
refused to pay them a bribe 9 May 2013
JOHANNESBURG –”Tonight you will die, you will learn your lesson…’ In yet another incident of alleged police brutality, a Kempton Park man has been left injured after being beaten up by two policeman.
Gerald Carey said he was driving home on Thursday night when two Kempton Park police officers pulled him over and tried to solicit a bribe.
One of the cops allegedly ordered him to drive to the closest police station and jumped into his car and began hitting him on the way there.
He said he was then put into the back of a police vehicle where the officers threatened to kill him.
“I was asking them what they were doing and why they were doing this to me. I told them they were hurting me and asked them why, because they were the police.
“They were supposed to be helping me. They were just saying ‘tonight you will learn your lesson, tonight you will die.”
Carey said he was taken to a mielie field where one of the officers began beating him up with a baseball bat.
After he managed to stand up, he made a run for it and was able to hitchhike home before being taken to hospital.
The case is being handed over to the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID), but Carey said he still fears for his life.
the police’s Katlego Mogale said the officers have also opened a charge of assault against Carey.
“A police officer was also assaulted. He had injuries to his upper eye and hand. Both cases have since been handed over to the IPID.”
Carey said the police are trying to cover up what he calls an unprovoked attack.
BOERE KRISIS AKSIE
