South African police Assaults 50
year old grandmother
On 23 November 50 year old Roseline Appolis was
assaulted by police as you can see in the video. She was allegedly trying to
help break up a fight after her daughter was slapped by the police.
South Africa’s police brutality
continues to shock. This time we can see evidence in a shocking video of a
grandmother’s head being trampled in a police scuffle.
The incident took place in full view of
the community in Cape Town on Sunday November 23. It is alleged that the
50-year-old grandmother, Roseline Appolis was ‘roughly arrested’ after she
intervened in a street fight where her daughter was slapped by the police.
The graphic footage shows Appolis lying
down, then one of the police stepping on her head as he “climbs over” her.
Appolis was then arrested and kept in a cell for two days.
Some of the bystanders started swearing
at the police and one man, speaking in Afrikaans, even asked the police to hit
him instead and leave the old woman alone.
According to eNCA, Appolis appeared in court on 25 November, and told to go
to hospital to collect a medical certificate if she wanted to lay a complaint
against the police.
