acmilano Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 South Africa's police watchdog has launched a murder investigation after video footage emerged showing a man being tied to the back of a police van and dragged along the road while bystanders looked on. The death of Mido Macia, a 27-year-old taxi driver from neighbouring Mozambique, has once more focused attention on South Africa's police force, already dogged by allegations of brutality, corruption and incompetence. In the amateur video footage (warning: contains images that some may find distressing), published by South African newspaper, the Daily Sun, Macia's hands are tied to the rear of a police van behind his head before the vehicle moves off. Less than two and a half hours later he was found dead in a local police cell, according to the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID). A postmortem gave the cause of death as head injuries with internal bleeding. The video provoked outrage with President Jacob Zuma labelling it "horrific, disturbing and unacceptable. No human being should be treated in that manner." The IPID responded by launching an inquiry and giving details of the police officers' version of events. The police account alleged that Macia assaulted an officer and took his firearm after officers asked him to move his taxi because it was obstructing traffic. They admitted only that there was a "struggle" to get the taxi driver into the police van. Amnesty International's human rights organisation's southern Africa director, Noel Kututwa, said the incident was "the latest in an increasingly disturbing pattern of brutal police conduct in South Africa". It comes after a series of setbacks for the South African police force, struggling to demonstrate that its low paid, reputedly poorly-trained, officers can be trusted to uphold – or even obey – the law. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/2...rica-police-van Disturbing thing.Police or not-hope they will get full sentence for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chunkyman Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 (edited) It amazes me how half the people watching seemingly had no problem watching a guy being murdered by the police. Edited March 1, 2013 by Chunkyman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple Vacuum Seal Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 We humans are so f*cked up. "shut up, sit down, relax" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sivispacem Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Having done some work in South Africa, you'd be surprised at how common things like this are. I have no qualms in saying it's probably one of the most violent societies on earth. AMD Ryzen 5900X (4.65GHz All-Core PBO2) | Gigabye X570S Pro | 32GB G-Skill Trident Z RGB 3600MHz CL16 EK-Quantum Reflection D5 | XSPC D5 PWM | TechN/Heatkiller Blocks | HardwareLabs GTS & GTX 360 Radiators Corsair AX750 | Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic XL | EVGA GeForce RTX2080 XC @2055MHz | Sabrant Rocket Plus 1TB Sabrant Rocket 2TB | Samsung 970 Evo 1TB | 2x ASUS ROG Swift PG279Q | Q Acoustics 2010i | Sabaj A4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple Vacuum Seal Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 (edited) I have no qualms in saying it's probably one of the most violent societies on earth. They certainly are. The necklacing videos from South Africa are nothing short of traumatizing. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e94_1317489390 (and he was lucky to not be actually "necklaced" by a tire to keep him from dying too quickly) Edited March 1, 2013 by canttakemyid "shut up, sit down, relax" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IM_YOUR_GOD Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Posting this topic is equivalent to me posting this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acmilano Posted March 1, 2013 Author Share Posted March 1, 2013 I have no qualms in saying it's probably one of the most violent societies on earth. They certainly are. The necklacing videos from South Africa are nothing short of traumatizing. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e94_1317489390 (and he was lucky to not be actually "necklaced" by a tire to keep him from dying too quickly) That is really f*cked up! What ever that mad did he didnt deserve such a death! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K20 Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 It amazes me how half the people watching seemingly had no problem watching a guy being murdered by the police. they couldnt intervene... cops would draw guns [remember the miners who protested] saw the video, the crowd were shouting the moment it got heavy, the the looks of it they're against what happened. cops are fcuked. some take their powers too far. they reckons they god or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gtaghost22 Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e94_1317489390 Jesus christ, that was awful. What did he do to deserve this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typhus Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 It amazes me how half the people watching seemingly had no problem watching a guy being murdered by the police. Who were the crowd supposed to complain to? The police? I don't think you understand just how powerless the public are to act when the guardians of the law actively break it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arsenal_fan Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 I have no qualms in saying it's probably one of the most violent societies on earth. They certainly are. The necklacing videos from South Africa are nothing short of traumatizing. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e94_1317489390 (and he was lucky to not be actually "necklaced" by a tire to keep him from dying too quickly) I've seen some really f*cked up videos but what I find so shocking was how many people were involved and bystanders in such a terrible act, usually in sick videos like this it's only one or two, but this was 100+ people involved. As for the police video, I think the crowd thought they were just restraining him, they probably didn't expect them to drive off with him hanging off like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lock n' Stock Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 Just another day in South Africa, smh. If you really want your stomach to turn, look up "farm murders". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pizza Delivery Guy Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 So we've already got the human species, which is one of the few and far between animal groups that kill the same of their species... but now the authorities who are committed to protecting the rights of this species are the ones participating in the murders? We're quite the species, I'll say that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adriaan Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 What's with all the super depressing news threads lately? And as someone who was born in SA and lives here.... this one is extra depressing to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryuclan Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 So we've already got the human species, which is one of the few and far between animal groups that kill the same of their species... Whaaaaa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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