[Shock video] Man in S. Africa dies after being handcuffed to police vehicle and dragged

[green73]

http://youtu.be/wocQ689bYv

A taxi driver in South Africa died after being handcuffed to a police vehicle and dragged hundreds of yards, it has been alleged.

Independent police investigators are looking into the claims after video footage emerged showing a man being dragged along a road behind a police van.

The man, named locally as 27-year-old Mido Macia from Mozambique, was later found dead in a police cell in Daveyton, Johannesburg, on Tuesday.

Officers have claimed they put Mr Macia in a police van in order to take him to a police station on the East Rand, and cannot explain how he later died.

But the video, obtained by South Africa's Daily Sun newspaper, shows officers struggling to overpower a man - believed to be the taxi driver - before attaching him to a point at the rear of their vehicle and then driving off leaving him hanging outside.

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http://news.sky.com/story/1058102/south-africa-man-dragged-behind-police-van

 

[coastie]

 

[kathy88]

I definitely can't watch that.

 

[VBRonPaulFan]

i don't understand how all those people could sit there and watch that happen w/out doing anything...

 

[WarNoMore]

Wow that was really stupid. So they thought they would hold up the guys legs and run step for step with the van as the van drove off? That makes no sense. It doesn't make sense why he wasn't just put in the back of the van, either.

 

[nobody's_hero]

I was trying to think of which American city would be abbreviated "SA" when I saw the title.

I just assumed it happened here.

 

[The Gold Standard]

I was trying to think of which American city would be abbreviated "SA" when I saw the title.

I just assumed it happened here.

I thought the OP meant San Antonio.

 

[ravedown]

i imagine this is being shown as a moral booster at morning briefings here in the US.

 

[chudrockz]

I thought the OP meant San Antonio.

My first thought was SuperAmerica, actually.

 

[bolil]

Apparently the man resisted a police officer. Saftey ensured, and served the shit out of him.

 

[ninepointfive]

i don't understand how all those people could sit there and watch that happen w/out doing anything...

tried to quickly look for the witch burning video with 4 people burned alive, and a full crowd. on liveleak - its there somewhee

edit: ohh wait

Witches burned alive in Kenya, Africa **GRAPHIC!**
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1fe_1310865020

Eleven Elderly People Burned To Death For Witchcraft (GRAPHIC)
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=541_1360629400

 

[KrokHead]

I'm nominating this for the Police Brutality Hall of Fame.

 

[pacelli]

i don't understand how all those people could sit there and watch that happen w/out doing anything...

Lets be real. The crowd was whistling, cheering, and filming.

This was entertainment for them.

Sick culture. They throw flaming tires around the necks of "witches" as well.

 

[Texan4Life]

tried to quickly look for the witch burning video with 4 people burned alive, and a full crowd. on liveleak - its there somewhee

edit: ohh wait

Witches burned alive in Kenya, Africa **GRAPHIC!**
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1fe_1310865020

Eleven Elderly People Burned To Death For Witchcraft (GRAPHIC)
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=541_1360629400

HOLY SHIT.. i should not have clicked

 

[presence]

http://marylandshooter.com/ar15/Funny/ani_belly-bump.gif

for Mido