Video has emerged on social media showing a member of the public being manhandled by Johannesburg metro police officers.
The video of the excessive force being used — over a traffic violation — was filmed by a woman at the entrance to the Mall of Africa in Midrand earlier on Tuesday.
In the post that the accompanied the video‚ Carmen Bell said that by the time she grabbed the phone out of her bag the JMPD officers had “already punched‚ pushed and kicked this person to the floor”.
She said that one of the officers was kicking and hitting the man while he was on the floor.
The comment that accompanies the video also said that the man was physically assaulted by the officers when he refused to be arrested for not having number plates on his vehicle.
In the video the man can be seen saying that JMPD are stealing his car when it appears that one of the officers is driving the car away‚ only to return it a few moments later when he is informed that incident is being filmed‚ according to the woman who captured the incident.
A female officer attempted to stop the woman from filming the incident.
Spokesperson for JMPD Chief Superintendent Wayne Minnaar said that an investigation was under way. But he said that they need the man involved to come forward and make a statement.
Minnaar said that officers were trained and the behaviour was unacceptable.
Bell said in her Facebook post: “This poor man was SO frightened he could barely speak because he was ganged up on by three officers. The tall officer was blatant in his physical abuse and he is a shining example of the power trip that members of JMPD are on. It was disgusting and so scary to watch!“
Johannesburg Metro police caught on camera punching motorist
The video of the excessive force being used — over a traffic violation — was filmed by a woman at the entrance to the Mall of Africa in Midrand earlier on Tuesday.
In the post that the accompanied the video‚ Carmen Bell said that by the time she grabbed the phone out of her bag the JMPD officers had “already punched‚ pushed and kicked this person to the floor”.
She said that one of the officers was kicking and hitting the man while he was on the floor.
The comment that accompanies the video also said that the man was physically assaulted by the officers when he refused to be arrested for not having number plates on his vehicle.
In the video the man can be seen saying that JMPD are stealing his car when it appears that one of the officers is driving the car away‚ only to return it a few moments later when he is informed that incident is being filmed‚ according to the woman who captured the incident.
A female officer attempted to stop the woman from filming the incident.
Spokesperson for JMPD Chief Superintendent Wayne Minnaar said that an investigation was under way. But he said that they need the man involved to come forward and make a statement.
Minnaar said that officers were trained and the behaviour was unacceptable.
Bell said in her Facebook post: “This poor man was SO frightened he could barely speak because he was ganged up on by three officers. The tall officer was blatant in his physical abuse and he is a shining example of the power trip that members of JMPD are on. It was disgusting and so scary to watch!“
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