SAfrica: Officers in dragged man case suspended
By Associated Press
Mar 1, 2013 2:38 AM CST
In this still frame from TV and courtesy of South African Daily Sun newspaper, showing a South African man as he refuses to get into a police vehicle and seems to be tethered to the back of the vehicle before being dragged behind as police hold his legs up and the vehicle apparently drives off, east...   (Associated Press)

South Africa's police chief has announced that the officers involved in the death of a cab driver who was dragged by a police vehicle have been suspended and that the local police commander has been removed of his post.

Gen. Riah Phiyega said Friday that she shares `'the extreme shock and outrage" over a video showing the abuse of the Mozambican immigrant by police officers.

Phiyega said she fully supports the investigation by the police watchdog agency and added the rights of Mido Macia, a 27-year-old from neighboring Mozambique, were `'violated in the most extreme form."

The scandal is only the latest to undermine confidence in South Africa's police force.

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