[WATCH] Free State suspect detained in dog cage Updated
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Police in the Free State are investigating a video which shows a Hennenman-based man inhumanely detained inside a dog cage.
According to information, the incident dates back to 2019.
The shows a man hunched over, with his hands in cuffs, inside a double-door dog cage on top of an official police bakkie.
The man sits on the one side of the cage while a police dog barks in the next.
In an effort to authenticate the video, the man was identified as Tshediso Paul Mohale.
Free State Police spokesperson Motantsi Makhele says provincial commissioner Baile Motswenyane has instituted an urgent investigation.
According to Zim, four police officers arrested Mohale on 2 November 2019 for dealing in dagga, before raiding his home without a search warrant. Itâs further alleged one of the arresting warrant officers made racial slurs when addressing Mohale before he was detained inside a dog cage at the back of a police van.
Despite the arrest and raid, the applicant was released from prison two days after the incident and to date, the matter has not been placed on a court roll. Zim, says the dignity of his client was violated when racial slurs were directed at him. Furthermore, his placement inside a dog cage dehumanised him and âcaused him suffering, pain and traumaâ.