{"id":690608,"date":"2019-08-24T13:47:56","date_gmt":"2019-08-24T13:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"30\">Gauteng police commissioner Lieutenant General Elias Mawela has demanded an urgent internal investigation to establish the identity of a man who appears to be a police officer, assaulting two"},"modified":"2019-08-24T13:47:56","modified_gmt":"2019-08-24T13:47:56","slug":"south-africa-police-launch-urgent-internal-investigation-following-video-of-officer-manhandling-two-suspects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/24\/south-africa-police-launch-urgent-internal-investigation-following-video-of-officer-manhandling-two-suspects\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa: Police Launch Urgent Internal Investigation Following Video of Officer Manhandling Two &#8216;Suspects&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"30\">Gauteng police commissioner Lieutenant General Elias Mawela has demanded an urgent internal investigation to establish the identity of a man who appears to be a police officer, assaulting two men.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"35\">The incident was captured in a video shared on social media by photojournalist James Oatway on Thursday. In the post, Oatway writes that he came across the incident in Orange Grove, a suburb of Johannesburg.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"24\">&#8220;I stumbled upon this scene in Orange Grove earlier today. The two young men had allegedly stolen hubcaps from a nearby car,&#8221; he tweeted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"37\">Oatway told News24 that the incident occurred around 09:15 on the corner of Osborn Road and Louis Botha Avenue. He said he had been told that the men who were being violently handled had allegedly stolen hubcaps.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"21\">In the video, the man dressed in a SA Police Service uniform is seen kicking and shouting at the two men.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"9\">He waves his service pistol around during the attack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"22\">Police spokesperson Brigadier Mathapelo Peters said the police encouraged the two men to open a criminal case, while the internal investigation unfolds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"20\">&#8220;That kind of violent behaviour can never be justified and is thus condemned in the strongest possible terms,&#8221; Mawela said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"22\">The police have appealed to Oatway to urgently contact them to assist with narrowing the location, date and time of the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"2\">Source: <strong>News24<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--\/.story-footer-link--><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gauteng police commissioner Lieutenant General Elias Mawela has demanded an urgent internal investigation to establish the identity of a man who appears to be a police officer, assaulting two men. 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