Q&A with acting Ipid boss Patrick Setshedi on police brutality during lockdown

Police brutality has been a horrifying feature of the Covid-19 lockdown. Chris Barron asked PATRICK SETSHEDI, acting head of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) ...

31 May 2020 - 00:00 By Chris Baron

Why is Ipid so quick to exonerate police involved in assault and murder?..

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