A woman who was manhandled by Tshwane Metro police officers is taking legal action against them. A video circulating on social media shows her being dragged into a van at a petrol station in Lyttleton, Pretoria.
The incident happened on Tuesday night.
There, the officers can be seen manhandling her and dragging her into a van.
“Those are our members involved. Immediately when the chief of police saw this video she instructed the head of internal investigation to immediately commence with investigations,” said Tshwane Metro Police spokesperson, Isaac Mahamba.
The Tshwane Metro Police Department has received statements from three of the police officers involved, as well as the victim.
The Institute of Security Studies’ Gareth Newman says police are properly trained, but they still often don’t adhere to the laws they’re meant to uphold.
“When police officers act like this, it’s critically important that appropriate action is taken to ensure that that behaviour is stopped and start acting like professionals that they should be,” said Newman.
In other news – Twitter agrees DJ Maphorisa’s verse on Lorch is fire
Hailed for killing the music game right now, DJ Maphorisa believes his verse on the hit song, Lorch, is the “best” SA has ever heard. Maphorisa, who’s having a great year so far, shared his thoughts on social media and told anyone who disagreed to go argue with their ancestors.
“I think my verse on Lorch it’s da best verse in all time. Go argue with your Madlozi.” It is not surprising that Maphorisa is yet again blowing his own trumpet, as he is known to have confidence and flex game to last his whole life. continue reading
Source: eNCA
