Eight South African police officers were charged with murder on Friday in connection with the death of a taxi driver dragged by a police vehicle, an episode that was captured on videotape. South Africa’s police chief, Gen. Riah Phiyega, said that she shared “the extreme shock and outrage” over the video evidence of abuse of the man, Mido Macia, left, by police officers and that his rights had been “violated in the most extreme form.” The restraining and dragging of Mr. Macia, who was said to have parked in the wrong spot, was videotaped by members of a horrified crowd of onlookers who beseeched the police officers to stop their abuse and questioned their motives in dragging him away with their police car. Mr. Macia was found dead in prison a few hours later, having sustained head and upper abdomen injuries, including internal bleeding.
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