Tension Between Rastafarians and Police Rising

An arrest was made seven minutes after curfew, which resulted in two Rastafarian brothers allegedly being beaten during apprehension. This incident happened exactly a week after the viral video emerged of 19-year-old Nzinga’s locs allegedly being cut by the police. The incident has further infuriated some Rastafarians lobbying for fair treatment and freedom to practice their religion.

The brothers say they took the police’s orders and began to walk towards the Methodist church and stopped at a plaza where others were standing to avoid the police. According to the brothers a group of police approached them asking for identification, when the matter allegedly escalated.

The brothers say they were handcuffed to a rail where they were told many derogatory statements by the police. One of the brothers say they were also threatened by particular police, who allegedly told them they would be put into a cell “where a known criminals would beat and rape them”.

Alleged witnesses and bystanders managed to record an hour of the conversation which in some instances was considered inappropriate, shedding light on the incident.

Their mother of the siblings, Rose Callum who teaches at a prominent all girls high school says when she first approached the station to bail her sons she was told to leave.

Callum says she is however thankful that her sons are alive, but she is demanding justice