(Metro) Cops in 'raid of terror'

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Cops in 'raid of terror'

By Alex Eliseev

When officers stormed the Doors nightclub and began raiding it for drugs and underage patrons, Yolandi Brits asked if she could fetch her driving licence from the car.

Instead of being granted a chance to prove she was 21, she was thrown into a police van, dragged out of it by her feet and beaten so severely, she landed up in hospital.

Her story is one of more than a dozen of how a "nightmare" raid was conducted by Ekurhuleni metro police department (EMPD) officers in Edenvale at the weekend.

The raid has sparked a criminal investigation - initiated by Brits - and an internal probe, and a string of civil suits are expected to be launched against the EMPD.

The Doors' management was due to host a meeting tonight to discuss taking further action against officers who treated its patrons "like terrorists".

EMPD spokesperson Inspector Mveli Nhlapo on Monday said 35 people were tested for drugs, with 17 being arrested.

Other arrests included that of three alleged drug dealers, five people in possession of stolen goods, and a drunk driver.

Some of those drinking liquor illegally were as young as 12, Nhlapo claimed, and the "large quantity" of drugs seized ranged from dagga to cocaine.

But Edenvale SA Police Service spokesperson Inspector Jean Olckers said only 16 cases were registered - all for the "use of drugs" (following the urine tests).

Olckers said no drugs were booked in as evidence and no underage drinkers were detained.

He confirmed that a case of assault had been opened against the EMPD.

Brits recalled on Monday how she was punched and kicked in the face by three officers - including two females - after raising objections to her arrest and the assault of another woman outside the club.

She was then forced to take a urine test at a nearby licensing centre, but was released after testing negative.

Afterwards, at a nearby petrol station, she collapsed and blacked out.

Her friends rushed her to a hospital, from which she was released with medication.

On Monday, she complained of headaches and pains in her wrist and skull, where she had suffered a previous injury that was now aggravated.

She said two of her friends who tried to assist her during the assault were also manhandled and pushed around.

A patron who filmed the assault on his cellphone had it smashed by the officers, she claimed.

"I'm disgusted. They strip you of everything," she said.

Doors owner Carlos da Cunha consulted his lawyers on Monday, vowing that "we're not going to leave this".

"We've been hassled before," he said.

"But I've never seen anything like this."

Doors manager Andrew Bowker said between 30 and 50 officers were in the club.

"Whoever was inside had no human rights. As soon as you opened your mouth, they locked you up," he said.

"They walked in like we were a bunch of terrorists."

One 20-year-old woman, who spent a night in jail after having her urine tested at the club, said on Monday the entire group was set free because "everything (the EMPD did) was illegal"
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I hope they take the EMPD to the cleaners :mad:

I am very sceptically about their right to make you take a urine test.
 
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F*cking pigs - this angers me beyong nething. I really hope something comes of this, and those disgusting useless excuses for humans acting as law enforces should be beaten to within an inch of their own lives and locked away until they die or get put down, either way those animals need to be dealt with.
 
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Glad i was not there, i tend to have a big mouth when things like this happen...
I feel bad for the patrons, but after some of the horror stories i have heard about the doors bouncers, i dont feel much for the owner
 
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And just like after the Stellenbosch raids early last year, nothing will be done about it. Great.
 
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Well good thing i stay away from clubs neway - they all sketchy
 
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What?

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Well good thing i stay away from clubs neway - they all sketchy
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How is it a good thing that the cops that are supposed to protect and serve and all that crap beat up innocent civilians?
 
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ThomasH said:
How is it a good thing that the cops that are supposed to protect and serve and all that crap beat up innocent civilians?
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I could be wrong but I think he was saying that he's glad he doesn't go out to these kinds of clubs.
 
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Haha. Will brush up on those reading skills.
Anyway, does anyone know if anything happened to those Stellenbosch cops? There was a lot of talk about legal action afterwords but can't find anything on the internet?
 
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Instead of being granted a chance to prove she was 21, she was thrown into a police van, dragged out of it by her feet and beaten so severely, she landed up in hospital.
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Somehow I doubt this. :confused:
 
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Sounds like these fools are jealous of their mates in the blue light brigade. I hope they get nailed big time. I'm sure if they looked hard enough they could have found some real crime to fight at the time of their "daring" raid.

Looks like another Carte Blance story in the making.
 
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Metro police is in soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much kark!

HAHA! Sue the tossers! TAKE THEM TO THE CLEANERS! :D
 
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Well in general metro police are idiots that think they can do just as they please, whether it is Brakpan or Jhb. I am not fond of them at all. They are very rude and enjoy beating up innocent people and then claim the person were resisting arrest. Bloody idiots.:mad:
 
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Is this even a task for the Metro Police?

Can one be arrested for having used drugs? (urine test thing)
 
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Perhaps someone call shed some light on the correct procedure for a drug/underage drinking raid, because every time one takes place, the public is up in arms about police procedure and the clubbers wail that their human rights have been compromised. And yet the public complains that the police are not doing enough to curb drug distribution?
 
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