The Forceful Brutality of the South African Police Services

During the past several years, the South African Police Services have used forceful brutality and render a fearful disposition. The injustices caused from the cruel actions of police officers reveal a daunting outline for a new democracy.
More civilians have died in police custody or shoot outs in the past five years than ever before. The rise in the brutal behaviour of the police escalates at alarming rates.
On January 8, 2014, a Gauteng police officer was arrested for driving a stolen car. He was apprehended at a roadblock, and the arresting traffic officer said that he would arrest anybody, irrespective of whom they were if they crossed the wrong side of the law.
This is one of the rare instances when justice works. The officer was doing his job diligently.
On Monday January 6, the police and protestors faced a standoff when residents of Kagiso, on the West Rand protested against the opencast mining in that area.
The residents would barricade the road with burning tyres. Throw stones at the police officers who would retaliate with firing rounds of rubber bullets.
This little incident continued for three days with no resolve insight. The tense police officers would sometime ride through the barricades at a high speed to try and disperse the rioters, who in turn continued to throw stones at the police. The police verses residents continued for an entire afternoon, with residents putting large blocks of concrete in the road. The police could not move through the large concrete slabs which had to be removed physically.
Rather intriguing is the reality of the police shielding gangsters. Apparently during December 2013, an incident of taxi violence occurred and resulted in the death of two taxi bosses and a 15 year old. The perpetrators were never arrested.
While the forceful brutality continues to escalate, The Hawks (South Africa's new Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation) have revealed that seven men accused of violence and murders have possibly been shielded by police officers and a prosecutor. It appears that there is no formal investigation into this case. The Hawks have arrested the primary key player, and this followed the arrest of another three men who allegedly attempted to assassinate witnesses. They have recovered a car and a gun used to commit the murders.

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Scary stuff, and its all real. What a wonderful world we live in, such a pity the leaders are so corrupt and do not care about human rights anymore.