Please do not watch this video if you are a sensitive viewer.
This footage, shot by an unknown member of the public and supplied to the Daily Sun shows SAPS members wrestling man to the ground, before beating him and handcuffing him to the back to a police van. The man, who appears to be on the brink of unconsciousness, is then dragged on tarmac behind the police van. The video ends with the man still being dragged behind the vehicle, thus the final distance for which he was dragged cannot be verified, although some estimates put it at 400 metres.
The arrested man in the video, 27 year-old taxi driver Mido Macia is reported to have later died of his injuries in a police cell.
eNCA has more:
Police watchdog, the IPID, is investigating the death of a Mozambican man at the hands of police in Daveyton, east of Johannesburg. The probe follows a Daily Sun report based on cellphone video footage of a taxi driver being dragged behind a police van.
The IPID states that the police docket presents a completely different version of events to accounts provided by members of the community on the scene.
It is believed that the man had earlier assaulted and disarmed one of the officers, who then called for back up.
[Source : Daily Sun]
