THE Richards Bay Station Commissioner has promised stern action after a policeman beat up a motorist in front of his terrified family in an apparent road rage incident on Friday morning.
He allegedly also screamed racial abuse at them and pointed his service pistol at the screaming children, threatening to shoot them.
The incident took place when new arrivals in the city, Joshua Joubert and Engela Joubert were taking their 15 year-old daughter and 12 year-old son to school.
‘A white vehicle sat on my tail from Meerensee, so close I could not see the front of his car.
‘Whenever I changed lanes, he also changed and kept aggressively following me,’ said Joshua.
‘This continued along the John Ross highway and soon after I turned right towards town at the Arboretum robots, I stopped.
‘He stopped right behind me, got out and starting fisting me through the open window.
‘Blood flew everywhere and he was swearing and hurling racist remarks at us.
‘The kids were screaming and he went back to his car and came back with a gun, which he pointed at the children.’
After trying unsuccessfully to get the man’s car keys, to prevent him leaving the scene, Joshua drove to the police station where he was amazed to find out that the plain-clothed assailant was a policeman reporting for duty…
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