It’s been about four years since the police raids in Stellenbosch that had the whole Cape Town talking – you remember, right? Shotguns, riot police, pepper spray, the whole hog. Seems the police haven’t learnt – on Saturday the popular Stellenbosch night club, Terrace was raided by the police, under the guise of “breaking up a fight.” Video after the jump.

In the video, 10 police vans are present to “break up a fight.” According to eyewitness reports, police took to pepper spraying everyone in the vicinity, and throwing people into the back of vans – even those merely trying to offer an explanation for what was going on.

Look carefully on the video at about 1:15-1:35. You can clearly see a guy being dragged across the tar in by his ankles, being kicked in the ribs by a police officer,  before being thrown into the back of the van. The video is very dark, but it’s there. Scary.

Civil action is now being taken against the minister of police by the parents of one of the students.

[Source: Die Burger]