Daily Sun (March 1) - A second video emerged yesterday which casts even more doubt on the police version of how taxi driver Mido Macia fell victim to killer cops. The 27-year-old Mozambican was dragged behind a cop van for 500m on Tuesday and died in police cells.... At first cops said Macia was put into the van, when the video clearly showed he was dragged behind it. In a statement yesterday, national spokesman for the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID), Moses Dlamini, claimed Mido grabbed a gun and assaulted a police constable who accused him of obstructing traffic. The new video, handed to Daily Sun by a schoolboy yesterday, clearly shows Mido arguing loudly with the cop, apparently over the return of his driving licence. But at no point does he assault the officer. And he does not grab the constable's gun! See the Daily Sun's mobi site for more.

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