I cannot be arrested by k*****s

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'I cannot be arrested by k*****s'

The station commissioner at the Ga-Rankuwa police station has opened a case of crimen injuria against her neighbour and his son after they allegedly hurled racial slurs and pointed a gun at her in a dispute over a rugby ball that landed in her yard.

Director Eunice Makgwane told the Pretoria News she was traumatised and humiliated after her neighbour and his 16-year-old son called her a "meid" and a "k****r" on more than one occasion on Sunday.

Apart from the initial charge of crimen injuria and a charge of pointing a firearm, the 49-year-old father is also facing a second charge of crimen injuria after he allegedly told two police officers who went to arrest him that he "cannot be arrested by k*****s".

'Here I was being belittled in my own home by a young boy'
Makgwane's trauma began on Sunday afternoon when she noticed a rugby ball belonging to her neighbour's children in her pool.

She said her neighbour's eldest son climbed over the wall and politely asked her to give the ball back, but she waved, indicating that she was on the phone. Makgwane said she was dealing with a municipal official over a power failure at her house.

She alleges that the younger son, a 16-year-old whom she described as "ill-mannered", became impatient.

"He climbed over the wall and said 'hey meid, gee vir my my bal' (hey, maid give me my ball) twice. I was so shocked and stunned that I did not know how to react. Here I was being belittled in my own home by a young boy. I stood against the garden wall and asked why he was being so disrespectful. He kicked my thumb away from the wall," said a tearful Makgwane.

Minutes later the boy's mother charged at Makgwane and ordered her to give her sons their ball, accusing Makgwane of provoking them. She also threatened to call the police.

'He grabbed me by my T-shirt and shook me... '
"This was such a small issue and I thought we would solve it amicably as parents, but this woman started shouting.

"I told her she could call the police and she left," Makgwane said.

Later, as Makgwane was dropping off her electrician, she received a frantic call from her domestic worker telling her there were "angry white men looking for her".

"The father came with his two sons and opened my gate throwing the padlock roughly on to the ground. He came into my yard asking for the ball. I had taken the ball out of the pool and into the house. He grabbed me by my T-shirt and shook me, saying I was not the first 'k*****meid' he had ever dealt with. I was horrified," she said.

Makgwane reached into the boot of her car for her pepper spray to defend herself.

"I told him he had no manners and was trespassing and that I would use the pepper spray on him. They all went to their car and two of them came back with guns, cocked them and pointed them at me. He said that next time he would shoot me and called me a 'k****r' again.

"It was horrible. I was threatened in my own home. Then the men left. It was like a bad dream. I was thinking a lot of things, including using my own gun. I held back because I know the law," she said.

A shocked and hurt Makgwane, who also speaks fluent Afrikaans, said the irony of the situation was that she had spent all her life protecting people, including her neighbours, because she was a police officer. "Yet it is these same people who have the audacity to make me feel as if I'm not a human being."

Makgwane laid a charge that evening at the Akasia police station. Two suspects were arrested.

"We arrived and identified ourselves to the suspect's wife, who was not co-operative," Captain Podu Mamabolo said. "She denied her husband had done anything and tried to refuse us entry. She started shouting. I tried to keep her calm while other officers handcuffed the suspects and took them to the van."

The police allege the suspects resisted arrest, claiming they could not be arrested by "k*****s".

Akasia police spokesperson Captain Lucas Sithole confirmed that police had opened a case of crimen injuria against the father and his son. Both suspects have been released on R300 bail.

Said Makgwane: "I ask myself if my life is worth R300. This was a serious criminal offence and this man was let go just like that. What if he had come back for me?"

Human Rights Commission spokesperson Vincent Moaga said on Wednesday the commission was dealing with several discrimination and equality cases, and it was clear that racism was still alive.

When the Pretoria News visited the suspects' house on Wednesday, his wife said their lawyer had advised them not to comment.
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If this is all true, then it is pretty sad that there are still white people like this in South Africa. :(
 
Garyvdh said:
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn20091203043343451C673793
If this is all true, then it is pretty sad that there are still white people like this in South Africa. :(
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Agreed:(

Akasia police spokesperson Captain Lucas Sithole confirmed that police had opened a case of crimen injuria against the father and his son. Both suspects have been released on R300 bail.

Said Makgwane: "I ask myself if my life is worth R300. This was a serious criminal offence and this man was let go just like that. What if he had come back for me?"
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Welcome to SA. :(
 
Reminds me of living in the early days of the New South Africa in Bloem's suburbs. Interesting times they were indeed. :D
 
You get dumb people everywhere. Obviously the father doesn't think further than his nose.
 
That is pathetic. If you want to pretend that you are superiour learn to behave, follow the law and respect everyone else.

Those same people he calls meid probably had to wipe his arse for him and probably still do.
 
Can't believe someone would act in such a manner over a rugby ball.

The saddest part of this entire article is her asking why they were let out on R300 bail. Honestly she asks that when she works for the police? They let out murders on R1000 bail. Overall the worst fail in this article is the justice system. Racism is still everywhere, on all sides, so no surprises there.
 
Gnome said:
The saddest part of this entire article is her asking why they were let out on R300 bail. Honestly she asks that when she works for the police? They let out murders on R1000 bail.
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The police don't determine bail, that is the job of the courts.
 
Nod said:
The police don't determine bail, that is the job of the courts.
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I know but do you honestly want to tell me that someone whom works for the police is shocked by that information? Surely this isn't the first time she has seen criminals get off on < R1000 bail? If you work for the police I would think that you at least have some exposure to the court system.
 
I hope the entire family goes to jail for en-ought time to really think about what they have done. I unfortunately have family members who are racist and try to avoid them as much as possible but Christmas is coming up and i have to do what I have top do.
 
Just disgusting really. No other way to describe it:(
 
Garyvdh said:
If this is all true, then it is pretty sad that there are still white people like this in South Africa. :(
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There's always 3 sides to a story. She added some "spice" to it most likely. I'm not defending the whites though. Those kind of "white trash" are the kind that needs to leave this country because they are making it tougher for us non racists. :(:mad:
 
1. I do not agree with the racial insults thrown out by these people if true. This shows how backwards some people still are in SA.

2. There is more to this story as the way it's written doesn't see to reflect the true story. The ball was in the pool when the laaitjie jumped over the wall, he asked her to fetch it :confused: She was inside the house on the phone and then the laaitjie left without taking the ball from the pool? :confused: Then they returned later and she had the ball in the house....

3. If guns where pointed they would not have only had those charges against their names.

This sounds like another sensationalist article and I think the Police woman is in on it ;)

But we'll wait and see how it pans out.
 
J0n0 said:
There's always 3 sides to a story. She added some "spice" to it most likely. I'm not defending the whites though. Those kind of "white trash" are the kind that needs to leave this country because they are making it tougher for us non racists. :(:mad:
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How could she have added some "spice", when insults were also hurled at the two arresting officers?
 
Pitbull said:
1. I do not agree with the racial insults thrown out by these people if true. This shows how backwards some people still are in SA.

2. There is more to this story as the way it's written doesn't see to reflect the true story. The ball was in the pool when the laaitjie jumped over the wall, he asked her to fetch it :confused: She was inside the house on the phone and then the laaitjie left without taking the ball from the pool? :confused: Then they returned later and she had the ball in the house....

3. If guns where pointed they would not have only had those charges against their names.

This sounds like another sensationalist article and I think the Police woman is in on it ;)

But we'll wait and see how it pans out.
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ja, that's why I put the disclaimer in there. It definitely sounds a bit stretched. But the racist part is unfortunately quite believable.
 
Pitbull said:
1. I do not agree with the racial insults thrown out by these people if true. This shows how backwards some people still are in SA.

2. There is more to this story as the way it's written doesn't see to reflect the true story. The ball was in the pool when the laaitjie jumped over the wall, he asked her to fetch it :confused: She was inside the house on the phone and then the laaitjie left without taking the ball from the pool? :confused: Then they returned later and she had the ball in the house....

3. If guns where pointed they would not have only had those charges against their names.

This sounds like another sensationalist article and I think the Police woman is in on it ;)

But we'll wait and see how it pans out.
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Having been through such a situation, it sounds very possible to me.

Kid wants to get ball, and is upset the "meid" wont let him get it, goes complaining to mommy, she has her little rant, and when daddy comes home and hears what happened, he also throws a bloody tantrum.
 
Smooth Criminal said:
How could she have added some "spice", when insults were also hurled at the two arresting officers?
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Garyvdh said:
ja, that's why I put the disclaimer in there. It definitely sounds a bit stretched. But the racist part is unfortunately quite believable.
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See above posts, and post before yours. :)
The officers weren't there from the start... And i didnt say she is lying about what she's been called have I? But lets not turn this thread into yet another debate and arguementive thread please... :rolleyes:

Thanks.
 
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