Video: Policeman caught on camera slapping biker
Last Friday, an officer was suspended
for slapping a motorcyclist after a human rights activist filmed the scene and posted it on Facebook:
The video lasts 20 seconds; it has reached 300,000 views on Facebook.
It happened in the city of Ziguinchor, in the south of the country and shows a policeman in a stormy debate with a motorcyclist. Suddenly, the policeman gives the biker violent slap.
Activist Joseph Mendy filmed the incident, posted on social media and was briefly arrested.
The Minister of the Interior swiftly announced the immediate suspension of the policeman.
Human rights organisations say the video shows the tip of the iceberg of police violence in Senegal.
In August 2016 a policeman was suspended after he was filmed accepting a bribe.
It happened in the city of Ziguinchor, in the south of the country and shows a policeman in a stormy debate with a motorcyclist. Suddenly, the policeman gives the biker violent slap.
Activist Joseph Mendy filmed the incident, posted on social media and was briefly arrested.
The Minister of the Interior swiftly announced the immediate suspension of the policeman.
Human rights organisations say the video shows the tip of the iceberg of police violence in Senegal.
In August 2016 a policeman was suspended after he was filmed accepting a bribe.
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