JMPD investigates officers filmed pulling motorist from vehicle [VIDEO]

Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) officers are facing investigation after they were filmed aggressively throwing a driver from the cabin of his vehicle. JMPD on Friday confirmed that it was aware of the incident and vowed to address the situation as a matter of urgency. The DA in Johannesburg has since urged the city’s executive to make an example of the officer by charging him criminally.

The vehicle is pulled over by JMPD with an officer approaching the driver, whose demeanour is friendly at first. The officer takes a stern tone, telling him to “voetsek”, with the driver responding with a request for the officer to conduct himself in a more respectful manner. Asked why he was being sworn at, the officer responds in Zulu that, “I’m swearing at you because you are disrespectful”.

The officer reacts aggressively, grabbing the driver by the throat, lifting him out of his seat as he waves to his passenger for assistance. In reaching for his phone, the passenger distracts the JMPD officer, who releases the driver, and the confrontation continues verbally. The driver demands not to be spoken to like a child and refuses to hand over his licence after being requested to do so by a second officer. After 40 seconds of the recorded verbal arguments, at least two officers begin removing the man from the cabin of his vehicle.