Kwere-Kwere: Brutal Cops in South Africa
This report denounces the brutal treatment of illegal immigrants by the South African police as well as the thriving corruption among its services.The so-called 'raiding squads', which are responsible for officially charging, detaining and deporting illegal immigrants are in fact running a sordid but lucrative business, releasing the detainees for a high fee. They do not hesitate to use unmotivated physical and verbal violence against the people they arrest. Among other shocking stories, the film features the case of a Congolese woman viciously attacked in her own home and her fight for justice. Since xenophobia is widespread in all levels of South African society, there is little or no sympathy for the injustice done to immigrants.
02:37 panoramic shot of Johannesburg
04:24 night shot of the police station taken with a hidden camera, a man pays a policeman for his release
07:53 sunday mass in a Johannesburg church
09:20 close up on the Congolese victim's wounds
19:38 medium shot of inspector Mahidi, member of the raiding squad
19:45 shot of Sergeant Majosi, also a member of the infamous squad
19:51 aerial views of Johannesburg
20:23 inside the police station at night
21:45 policeman handcuffing two men]
21:50 arrests, police vans parked on the street
21:58 policeman examining papers
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04:24 night shot of the police station taken with a hidden camera, a man pays a policeman for his release
07:53 sunday mass in a Johannesburg church
09:20 close up on the Congolese victim's wounds
19:38 medium shot of inspector Mahidi, member of the raiding squad
19:45 shot of Sergeant Majosi, also a member of the infamous squad
19:51 aerial views of Johannesburg
20:23 inside the police station at night
21:45 policeman handcuffing two men]
21:50 arrests, police vans parked on the street
21:58 policeman examining papers