Rob - your response was intelligently restrained. How unfortunate that the odd few rotten apples in SAPS tar all with the same brush. They have an awful job to do - so let's support the (majority) good ones. On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 6:12 PM, Rob Gaylard <[email protected]> wrote:
> The front page article in today's Argus refers - "City Cops in CCTV > beating" - (there was also extensive covearge on Cape Talk). A > Woodstock club owner was allegedly assaulted by police officers while > handcuffed. When a woman friend of the owner tried to intervene she > was allegedly pepper-sprayed, manhandled and had her skirt torn (she's > a journalist who works for The Big Issue). Let's hope there will be a > proper investigation. I'm all for 'zero-tolerance' when it comes to > clubs that deliberately and repeatedly break the law (I don't know > what the status of thisparticular club is) - but the police must > obviously act within the law themselves. They have a difficult job to > do: one suspects that a lack of proper preparation and training may be > behind recent police excesses (e.g. the recent fatal shooting of an > unarmed protestor in Ficksburg. I hope the new station commander at > Woodstock acts swiftly to restore the image of police under his > command. I am sure the CPF will also take the matter up. We need to > have confidence in the police who serve and protect us. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en.
