Hi ONW Teun Baartman, the Woodstock CPF Chairperson is taking this matter up as noted following: I have already made enquiries and will have a meeting with the station management. The CPF members will be informed in due course. Having said that and without making any judgments or defending anybody: any intelligent reader will notice immediately that the story in the Argus is very one-sided and "Daily Voice-ish". I think we should be very careful to draw conclusions based on what is in this "newspaper". Regards James
On 27 April 2011 20:27, Rosemary Robins <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
