Another video
showing police BRUTALITY surfaces
Monday 3 August 2015 20:24
Aldrin Sampear
Tonic Mzangwa is seen in the video
crying out for help, his hands cuffed to the back of a police van. (SABC)
Yet
another video has surfaced of police dragging a man behind a van. The incident
happened at Mamelo informal settlement, near Vereeniging on Sunday.
In an exclusive SABC interview, Tonic Mzangwa (51) recounts the brutality. He says his crime was for querying why police had an altercation with the locals. "I don't know what the officer was thinking. I screamed and tried to pull up against the door, but I couldn't. He continued to drag me.''
Mzangwa is seen in the video crying out for help, his hands cuffed to the back of a police van. Beside him, his 13-year-old son is also in tears in full view of hundreds of community members.
Angry residents eventually stopped the van and allegedly forced the officer to uncuff Mzangwa. An eyewitness re-accounts the incident saying Mzangwa was badly injured, he was in pain and his child was next to him. "It was not a good for the child (to see this)."
After Mzangwa was dragged, the driver's colleague was confronted by angry residents and minutes later the police car was set alight. The incident has left Mzwangwa struggling to walk. His bruises are also still fresh with the laceration marks around his wrist is evidence of the tight handcuff.
This incident will further tarnish the police's image. Mzangwa is now demanding justice. The father of three says he will open a case of assault against the officers. The police have been unavailable for comment.
In an exclusive SABC interview, Tonic Mzangwa (51) recounts the brutality. He says his crime was for querying why police had an altercation with the locals. "I don't know what the officer was thinking. I screamed and tried to pull up against the door, but I couldn't. He continued to drag me.''
Mzangwa is seen in the video crying out for help, his hands cuffed to the back of a police van. Beside him, his 13-year-old son is also in tears in full view of hundreds of community members.
Angry residents eventually stopped the van and allegedly forced the officer to uncuff Mzangwa. An eyewitness re-accounts the incident saying Mzangwa was badly injured, he was in pain and his child was next to him. "It was not a good for the child (to see this)."
After Mzangwa was dragged, the driver's colleague was confronted by angry residents and minutes later the police car was set alight. The incident has left Mzwangwa struggling to walk. His bruises are also still fresh with the laceration marks around his wrist is evidence of the tight handcuff.
This incident will further tarnish the police's image. Mzangwa is now demanding justice. The father of three says he will open a case of assault against the officers. The police have been unavailable for comment.
