Mbalula tells police he has their backs if they break the law while dealing with suspects
'Even if you do not have a warrant of arrest‚ slap them. Break the law progressively and let me worry about court cases'
29 September 2017 - 14:03
Police Minister Fikile Mbalula has told the police’s notorious Tactical Response Team to “crush balls” in Gauteng‚ saying‚ in Xhosa‚ that the units must make criminals drink their own urine. “We must squeeze them. When they've got balls‚ we must crush them … If a man says he has balls‚ we must crush those balls. We must find the balls where they are and crush them … these people are undermining the sovereignty of our country‚” he said on Friday at the Pretoria West Police Academy.
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