Complaint against police at Mbare Station. Today, along Remembrance Drive in Harare, I was harassed by officers manning a roadblock near the gate of Mbare Police Station. My car was impounded, and the officers took my car keys and driver’s licence.
I was told that I had to pay a US$15 fine immediately, or leave my car at the station. Mhosva yangu hanzi hapana chicover cheboot icho, so mota inoitwa impounded here for that offence. When I explained that I did not have the money on the spot, hanzi maker a plan, ndikati hapana plan. All hell broke loose pandati hapana plan. The Officer in Charge, a rude male Sergeant who refused to give me his name, instructed one officer to accompany me to their offices.
At their offices, I met a very unprofessional police lady. I was harassed, abused and told to fokol. I politely asked her name. She started shouting at me insisting that I should not ask her name. I asked permission to see the Officer in Charge, hanzi its none of your business enda unovatsvaga wega. Ndazama kuvaudza I am a teacher vana vakamirira teacher wavo, hanzi hazvinei nesu.
