{"id":1981362,"date":"2023-07-24T13:50:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T17:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/all-eight-police-officers-tasked-with-guarding-top-official-now-under-arrest\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T13:52:44","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T17:52:44","slug":"all-eight-police-officers-tasked-with-guarding-top-official-now-under-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/all-eight-police-officers-tasked-with-guarding-top-official-now-under-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"All 8 police officers guarding top official arrested."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fall-eight-police-officers-tasked-with-guarding-top-official-now-under-arrest%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1981362&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>All\u2062 Eight Police\u200c Officers Tasked with Guarding Top \u2062Official Now Under\u200b Arrest<\/h2>\n<p>Eight\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/police-search-nevada-home-tupac-shakur-murder-investigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">police<\/a> officers assigned to a\u200d security\u200d team protecting South Africa\u2019s deputy \u2062president have been arrested and are expected to appear in a courtroom\u2064 on Monday \u200dafter they\u200c were caught\u2063 on video kicking and\u2063 stomping on two off-duty trainee soldiers having pulled\u200d their car\u2062 over on a highway in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the\u200d plainclothes \u2063VIP protection \u200dofficers \u2064were carrying\u2064 assault rifles when they dragged the men out \u200cof their \u2062car \u2064and \u200cattacked them earlier \u2064this \u2064month.<\/p>\n<p>One of the men was kicked unconscious in\u2062 the attack, \u2062which was caught on video by another motorist and\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-skips-fact-checking-to-run-with-nurses-unverified-story-about-covid-patients-last-dying-words\/\" title=\"CNN Skips Fact-Checking To Run With Nurse's Unverified Story About COVID Patients 'Last Dying Words'\">shared widely<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-appointed-judge-issues-blistering-ruling-orwellian-biden-bans-fed-contact-social-media-companies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>WARNING: The following video contains footage that some viewers may <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-were-on-a-mission-advocacy-groups-behind-push-to-save-womens-sports-campaign-against-trans-surgeries-for-minors\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: \u2018We\u2019re On A Mission\u2019: Advocacy Groups Behind Push To Save Women\u2019s Sports Campaign Against Trans Surgeries For Minors\">find disturbing<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I will do everything in \u2064my power \u2063to\u2064 ensure that\u2063 these Blue Light Bullies are brought to book. I have already engaged the Executive Director\u2064 of IPID and will be demanding that Minister Cele ensure SAPS arrest these thugs\u200b within 24 hours. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n1PaOAXcin\">pic.twitter.com\/n1PaOAXcin<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2063 Andrew Whitfield,\u200c MP (@andrewhitfield) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andrewhitfield\/status\/1675931333518827537?\">July \u20623, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear why the \u2064officers \u2063pulled the car over \u200cas the video only \u200bstarts as they\u200b are \u200cdragging one of the \u200dmen across the\u2063 road.<\/p>\n<p>But\u2064 the officers are part of a\u200b VIP\u2062 protection unit known in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nightmare-south-africa-us-embassy-warns-americans-ready-power-grid-collapses-civil-unrest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">South Africa<\/a> as the \u201cblue light \u200bbrigade\u201d and which has a reputation for driving dangerously fast \u2062and reacting with unnecessary force if cars don\u2019t immediately get out\u2063 of their way.<\/p>\n<p>The unit normally operates in \u200dunmarked\u200d vehicles \u2064with blue sirens.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200d officers\u200d will face\u200b charges of \u2062assault,\u2064 malicious damage to \u200bproperty,\u2064 and firearm offenses, according to the\u200c Independent Police\u2063 Investigative Directorate, which\u200b investigates police misconduct.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2062 were arrested on\u2062 Sunday and\u200d are being held at\u200b a Johannesburg police station ahead of their \u200dcourt appearance, the \u200cdirectorate said.<\/p>\n<p>The officers are all part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/all-eight-police-officers-tasked-with-guarding-top-official-now-under-arrest\/\" title=\"All 8 police officers guarding top official arrested.\">security\u200d detail assigned<\/a> to South \u2064African Deputy\u200b President Paul Mashatile, who was not present during the alleged assault, according to his office.<\/p>\n<p>Mashatile has condemned the conduct of the\u2064 officers, which sparked\u200d outrage in a country\u200b that has a problem\u2064 with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-womens-soccer-team-kneels-for-anthem-wears-black-lives-matter\/\" title=\"US Women's Soccer Team Kneels for Anthem, Wears 'Black Lives Matter'\">police brutality<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The officers have also been <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/south-africa-police-brutality-vip-protection-15fdce73beff9ee419797d58fe8967b5\">suspended from work.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The officers are\u2062 accused of\u200c assaulting three men,\u200d although the video only captures them kicking and stomping on two men while a third lies next to them.<\/p>\n<p>A woman who was also traveling in the\u2062 car is seen\u200c on the video standing\u2062 with\u200b her hands in the air as the officers attack the men.<\/p>\n<p>The officers were traveling in \u2062two \u2063black SUVs and are seen getting\u200b back into their vehicles and driving \u2064away, leaving one of\u2064 the men lying motionless on\u2064 the side of the busy highway.<\/p>\n<p>A\u200b union that\u200c represents members of the armed forces \u200csaid all of the victims of the attack were in the South African army, although \u2062they \u200cwere not on duty \u200bat the\u200d time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic\">The Western Journal has reviewed this Associated \u2063Press\u200d story and may have \u200baltered it prior to\u200c publication to ensure that it meets our editorial standards.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-8-police-officers-assigned-protect-south-africas-deputy-president-arrested-highway-attack\/\">All Eight Police\u2063 Officers Tasked with Guarding Top\u2064 Official Now Under Arrest<\/a> appeared \u2062first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western\u2062 Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>security officers, responsible for safeguarding South Africa&#8217;s deputy president, have been apprehended. The officers were filmed brutally assaulting two off-duty trainee soldiers during a traffic stop on a Johannesburg highway. 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