BEAT COPS

A VIDEO doing the rounds on social media showing a Manenberg student telling cops that they ‘are pieces of sh*t’ has stirred major controversy

Storm Munro, a design student and part-time videographer and video editor, told the Daily Voice that on 30 October around 1pm he packed his bag to go to his uncle’s house to do some work before cops arrived at their court.

What happened next was filmed by a number of residents, with Munro also sharing a recording he took on his own. 

In it, he says that he is not a gangster as cops manhandle him. When they leave, he shouted that they don’t know who they are ‘f***g with”. 

Another angle showed the triggered armed officers turn back, pepper spray him and one stomps on Storm’s head. 

He explained: “Upon leaving my home, I was packing my laptop into my bag and at that moment, I made eye contact with a police officer heading up the staircase in front of my house. 

“As I closed my bag, a police officer rudely called me to search my bag, and in that moment, I asked for justification as to what warrants a search.

“I told them that I am a student, and an officer then responded ‘So, what?’ The officer could not provide a reasonable answer, so I proceeded to show my laptop in my bag. 

“Furthermore, after voluntarily showing my laptop in my bag, multiple officers approached me and manhandled me, they proceeded by violently holding me and took my bag while continuing to search it without consent.”

He says the way he was treated left him in a state of anger which led to him swearing at the cops.

Storm added: “I expressed multiple sentiments, with the last one being ‘you guys are pieces of s**t,’ which led to them turning back toward me. One officer then punched me in my right eye, and another proceeded to demobilise me to the floor. 

“Afterward, multiple officers kicked me, someone pepper-sprayed me while I was lying on the ground.”

While some mense online reckon the laaitie provoked the cops, his father, Owen, says they weren’t there to see what really went down.

Police spokesperson Captain FC van Wyk said: “Kindly be advised that the matter you are referring to is subject of an investigation by Ipid [Independent Police Investigative Directorate], please forward your enquiry to their communication department for a suitable response.”

The Daily Voice reached out to Ipid for a comment, however could not receive one before publication.