By Anele Siwa
06 December 2007
The eight Joe Slovo informal settlement residents who were charged with public violence a few months ago appeared in Bishop Lavis magistrate court on Wednesday morning.
“The case was postponed until the 14th December 2007,” says Joe Slovo Task Team Spokesperson Mzwanele Zulu.
According to Zulu they don’t even know why this case has been delayed.
“This is a very unfair case to begin with since it was well documented that it was the police who committed public violence against us by shooting us at an illegally unacceptable close range with rubber coated metal bullets and dragging old women along the ground and injuring them, says Zulu
Zulu says that the arrests were even more unlawful because the police targeted activists only, while the entire community was involved in the peaceful protest.
Attempts to get comment from Bishop Lavis Magistrate Court have failed.
06 December 2007
The eight Joe Slovo informal settlement residents who were charged with public violence a few months ago appeared in Bishop Lavis magistrate court on Wednesday morning.
“The case was postponed until the 14th December 2007,” says Joe Slovo Task Team Spokesperson Mzwanele Zulu.
According to Zulu they don’t even know why this case has been delayed.
“This is a very unfair case to begin with since it was well documented that it was the police who committed public violence against us by shooting us at an illegally unacceptable close range with rubber coated metal bullets and dragging old women along the ground and injuring them, says Zulu
Zulu says that the arrests were even more unlawful because the police targeted activists only, while the entire community was involved in the peaceful protest.
Attempts to get comment from Bishop Lavis Magistrate Court have failed.
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