South African Police Celebrate Amidst Issues of Brutality

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6 March 2013
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Johannesburg, March 6 - As final goodbyes were being said to Mozambican Mido Macia, National Police Day was celebrated in Johannesburg. Macia's brutal death brought renewed focus to the often heavy handed conduct of police members. But officers at the function said it was unfair for all cops to be branded as thugs.

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