Video footage of two SAPS officers has left the community of Fish Hoek and the Western Cape in shock.
The one-minute video has since gone viral and shows the two officers assaulting a man that appears to be unarmed. The man can be seen pleading for the officers to stop with bystanders asking the officers to “leave him alone.”
The South African Police Service has since released a statement in which it stated a senior police official located at the district level has been appointed to investigate the officers in terms of SAPS disciplinary code.
“Preliminary findings reveal that the two policemen in the video are from Fish Hoek SAPS and had responded to a complaint in the area about a missing individual,” the statement read.
“While criminal investigations into the conduct of SAPS members fall within the ambit of the IPID, the SAPS internal investigation will focus on whether the members had flouted any disciplinary prescripts that relate to the conduct of police members.”
According to SAPS, one of the police officers featured in the video has since opened a case of assault at the Fish Hoek police station against the man in the video.
The man was treated at a nearby medical facility and has too opened a case of assault against the officers.
“The SAPS management would urge that space be given for investigations into the incident to unfold. Once the internal probe is finalised the outcome will be made known,” the statement concluded.
Watch the video below:
This video showing 2 SAPS members from Fish Hoek, Cape Town, assaulting an unarmed (and seemingly harmless) man, went viral over the weekend. What could possibly justify this herendous behavior by the police? IPID has confirmed that it’s investigating the matter. pic.twitter.com/cNqWykpSnv
— Ian Cameron (@IanCameron23) August 15, 2022
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