ANOTHER case of police brutality has been reported after a Mdantsane man was allegedly assaulted and injured by police for being drunk and disorderly inside his cousin’s house.
The alleged incident happened on Saturday night at Mdantsane’s NU1 .
Khululekile Mzothani claims that police officers, driving in two police vehicles, assaulted him so badly they broke his bones as they searched for a suspect in the same house.
Mzothani said the assault happened without provocation. “ I was drunk but I was assaulted inside the house. How could I stop police from doing their work inside the house? I’m nursing a broken ankle and fingers because they dragged me,” said Mzothani.
Mdantsane police spokesman, Nkosikho Mzuku, said police were attending to a case of intimidation.
“He was charged with being drunk and disorderly. He was resisting arrest . It may happen that he sustained some injuries during the .”
Mzuku said no case was opened by Mzothani.
Mzothani said that on Saturday night he heard a noise coming from a neighbour’s house and his cousin went to investigate. An argument apparently led to a fight and one of the people involved came back to the cousin’s house where he was enjoying himself with his cousin and friends. After a few minutes, two police vehicles arrived looking for the man.
“They arrested the person they were looking for but one of them told me that I was drunk and disorderly and the next minute I was on the floor with my left hand handcuffed. They dragged me out of the house, through the kitchen down the footpath to the police vans,” he said.
l East London actress Soso Rungqu was arrested by police and allegedly dragged out of her mother’s house in Amalinda.
Her mother Vuyelwa said her daughter’s crime was to prevent police from removing furniture belonging to a tenant who did not pay rent. “The tenant came to take his furniture but my daughter refused and she was handcuffed on both legs and hands.”
Rungqu is being detained at Cambridge police station. “I went to that police station but I was told that they will detain her until Monday next week. I am scared for her safety,” said Vuyelwa.
Daily Dispatch has seen a video clip, where male police officers wrestle with Rungqu as they cuff her .
Cambridge police spokesman Captain Mluleki Mbi confirmed that Rungqu would be charged for interfering with police work.
Police have been in the spotlight recently following a number of incidents, the most recent being the death last week of Mozambican taxi driver Mido Macia, 27, in Gauteng. Eight policemen have been arrested.
On February15 in Sterkspruit, 15-year-old Nkosiyethu Mgoqi was shot and killed during a community protest which turned violent, and on January 25 in Barkly East, Sergeant Sibongile Xoli was found dead in police cells In August last year, 34 miners were shot and killed by police in Marikana.
l In Western Cape’s farm strikes, farm worker, Michael Daniels was shot and killed, allegedly by police.
All these cases are being investigated by the Independent Police Investigation Directorate . —
Police brutality attracts public attention, again
The alleged incident happened on Saturday night at Mdantsane’s NU1 .
Khululekile Mzothani claims that police officers, driving in two police vehicles, assaulted him so badly they broke his bones as they searched for a suspect in the same house.
Mzothani said the assault happened without provocation. “ I was drunk but I was assaulted inside the house. How could I stop police from doing their work inside the house? I’m nursing a broken ankle and fingers because they dragged me,” said Mzothani.
Mdantsane police spokesman, Nkosikho Mzuku, said police were attending to a case of intimidation.
“He was charged with being drunk and disorderly. He was resisting arrest . It may happen that he sustained some injuries during the .”
Mzuku said no case was opened by Mzothani.
Mzothani said that on Saturday night he heard a noise coming from a neighbour’s house and his cousin went to investigate. An argument apparently led to a fight and one of the people involved came back to the cousin’s house where he was enjoying himself with his cousin and friends. After a few minutes, two police vehicles arrived looking for the man.
“They arrested the person they were looking for but one of them told me that I was drunk and disorderly and the next minute I was on the floor with my left hand handcuffed. They dragged me out of the house, through the kitchen down the footpath to the police vans,” he said.
l East London actress Soso Rungqu was arrested by police and allegedly dragged out of her mother’s house in Amalinda.
Her mother Vuyelwa said her daughter’s crime was to prevent police from removing furniture belonging to a tenant who did not pay rent. “The tenant came to take his furniture but my daughter refused and she was handcuffed on both legs and hands.”
Rungqu is being detained at Cambridge police station. “I went to that police station but I was told that they will detain her until Monday next week. I am scared for her safety,” said Vuyelwa.
Daily Dispatch has seen a video clip, where male police officers wrestle with Rungqu as they cuff her .
Cambridge police spokesman Captain Mluleki Mbi confirmed that Rungqu would be charged for interfering with police work.
Police have been in the spotlight recently following a number of incidents, the most recent being the death last week of Mozambican taxi driver Mido Macia, 27, in Gauteng. Eight policemen have been arrested.
On February15 in Sterkspruit, 15-year-old Nkosiyethu Mgoqi was shot and killed during a community protest which turned violent, and on January 25 in Barkly East, Sergeant Sibongile Xoli was found dead in police cells In August last year, 34 miners were shot and killed by police in Marikana.
l In Western Cape’s farm strikes, farm worker, Michael Daniels was shot and killed, allegedly by police.
All these cases are being investigated by the Independent Police Investigation Directorate . —
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