oh my word stried handcuffed and then
punched and kicked by uniformed
policemen and private
guards this video is from Cape Town but
the man being beaten isn't South African
he's Nigerian police
brutality it sparked a heated discussion
about South Africa's attitudes towards
immigrants and pages are now being set
up online encouraging people to report
abuse and
misconduct that's not how you treat the
person the footage was filmed by two
women in a nearby apartment building
their distress and outrage has been
reflected on social media within days of
being posted the video was viewed tens
of thousands of times the two police
officers have been arrested on assault
charges and an independent investigation
is underway we wouldn't have had this
footage had it not been uh for social
media we picked it up on YouTube members
of the public are encouraged to report
to actually film and Report these kinds
of incidents there is still too much
xenophobia in South Africa too much
hatred of foreigners especially
Nigerians in a country known for its
right struggle are Nigerians now the
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