Police assault on unarmed man in Fish Hoek

[dualmeister]

Ian Cameron retweeted this
The comments are crazy -

There are some very very sick people in South Africa

People love to flame Twitter, but if it wasn't for Twitter videos like this would never see the light of day

 

[CB40]

Nothing will come of it but ...

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You are so right"just looking into the matter"

 

[CB40]

He either got beaten because he did something wrong.

Or he got beaten for standing up against something that is wrong.


It is just so convenient that the video gives zero context.

Doesn't matter what actually happened.There are other ways to restrain someone unless he had a knife or gun threating them.
Cops " not all" are thugs just the same

 

[wbot]

Still against the law. They are not Judge Dredd.

Some deserve it though. Always good to see police handing out a few klappe and skoppe to real criminals.

 

[Thugscub]

Where be Julias and the Circus?
No doubt thinking up the next scam.

 

[My_King]

Hear me out. Perhaps he did not pay the rental fee for one of their rental firearms?

 

[RedViking]

Doesn't matter what actually happened.There are other ways to restrain someone unless he had a knife or gun threating them.
Cops " not all" are thugs just the same

Yap. Video needs context.

 

[Guest 290922]

Some deserve it though. Always good to see police handing out a few klappe and skoppe to real criminals.

I agree but the problem is if we allow police officers to dish it out in the street then innocent people will get hurt.

 

[RedViking]

Ian Cameron retweeted this
The comments are crazy -

There are some very very sick people in South Africa

Twitter is a cesspool of hate and mostly filled with trolls and bots.

 

[Craig_]

Either the dumbest cops in the world, or he did something....

 

[Craig_]

He either got beaten because he did something wrong.

Or he got beaten for standing up against something that is wrong.


It is just so convenient that the video gives zero context.

This. Many a criminal gets beaten up on a regular basis. This thread needs more information. Very surprised that there's so few calls in this thread for it. When that only man gun pointed a kid and beat him up this forum was all in for ore information.

 

[R13...]

Imagine this being two white police officers beating a black guy like this....

Don't be that g...
/Never mind

 

[BeerIsNotGood...]

This. Many a criminal gets beaten up on a regular basis. This thread needs more information. Very surprised that there's so few calls in this thread for it. When that only man gun pointed a kid and beat him up this forum was all in for ore information.

Same can be said said of you

 

[TEXTILE GUY]

This. Many a criminal gets beaten up on a regular basis. This thread needs more information. Very surprised that there's so few calls in this thread for it. When that only man gun pointed a kid and beat him up this forum was all in for ore information.

More information would allow us to make a more toned comment - on this video.

Still doesn't make the lack of restraint on the part of SAPS right, considering the guy was not armed - in the video, was not retaliating - in the video.

Race shouldn't even come into it - that's the concerning part. Its an obsession in SA.

Equally - no amount of information on this particular video can erase the fact that SAPS are facing claims amounting to almost ZAR60bn nor will it erase the fact that the SAPS literally can get away with murder.

According to the most recent SAPS annual report, between April 2020 and March 2021, the police incurred 10,689 claims — mostly relating to arrest and detention — totalling R16.7-billion.
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/art...g-2017-arrest-of-sandf-officers-and-civilian/
In total, said the report, SAPS was facing 52,203 active claims amounting to R59.8-billion. KwaZulu-Natal accounted for 26% of all claims, with Gauteng in top spot at 37%.
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/art...g-2017-arrest-of-sandf-officers-and-civilian/
“A total of 2,899 payments [as a result of] court orders and settlements were made to the value of R367,247,932, of which arrest and detention claims were the highest payouts, [totalling] R239,299,759,” according to the report.

The South African Police Service (SAPS) has found Athlone station commander Colonel Mark Adonis guilty of misconduct for failing to act on torture and murder allegations against officers on his staff. He was given a “verbal warning”, according to former police commissioner Khehla Sitole, who was responding to a parliamentary question.

 

[G'Wobblez]

He either got beaten because he did something wrong.

Or he got beaten for standing up against something that is wrong.


It is just so convenient that the video gives zero context.

It’s still not the way to disable the alleged assailant.
We saw it with the cops and the policevan a while ago.
You handcuff it and disable the perp. You don’t beat it up unless it has a weapon and are threatening your life. And then you disarm them and cuff them.

Trying to find the link.
This is police brutality.

 

[RedViking]

It’s still not the way to disable the alleged assailant.
We saw it with the cops and the policevan a while ago.
You handcuff it and disable the perp. You don’t beat it up unless it has a weapon and are threatening your life. And then you disarm them and cuff them.

Trying to find the link.
This is police brutality.

Correct. Context is necessary.

 

[Pak Fa Fui]

The police have their own video so if they lashed out at him they would have reason for it, I think this guy assaulted the police first

 

[Thugscub]

At least he didn't ask them to shoot him in the pip.

 

[Neptuner]

The police have their own video so if they lashed out at him they would have reason for it, I think this guy assaulted the police first

Ok but why was the cop intimidating those around them?

 

[Whright]

Amazing thing is, that if you read a lot of the comments it's the guy being beat up who is racist and the cops are just doing their job.

The BIG question is..

the guy being beat up, does he have a criminal record, is he high on fentanyl, does he have an arrest warrant on his name, is he resisting arrest or does he have fake rand notes ???????????

or these cops just abusing their power.