SAHRC must investigate police brutality against Taxi Driver
The DA is shocked and horrified at the brutal actions of the Daveyton police officers that resulted in the death of taxi driver Mido Macia yesterday, and will be calling on the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) to investigate the incident.
The Daily Sun has video evidence of three police officers tying Macia to the back of the police van. He was then dragged at high speed down the road in full view of the public. He was later taken to a police station where he was allegedly beaten to death.
Macia paid for parking on the wrong side of the road with his life. Instead of issuing him with a ticket, the police killed him.
It is extremely disturbing that any police officer who is supposed to protect the public can behave in this way, and it shows the deep systemic problems of brutality and lack of discipline and professionalism within the SAPS.
In October last year, the SAHRC found that the disproportionate and excessive use of force by the police resulted in Andries Tatane's death during a violent protest in Ficksburg in 2011. Other examples over the past few years of police brutality and excessive use of force include: