COVID-19 rule breaker 'resisted arrest'

Reached for comment following the video going viral across social media platforms, the Botswana Police Service’s (BPS) Public Relations Officer, assistant commissioner Dipheko Motube denied the alleged assault.

“There was no assault as alleged.  The Mogoditshane police officers stopped and questioned the man who was walking in public without a facemask and he resisted arrest. Obviously, when a person is resisting arrest there will be physical contact, but the suspect was never assaulted as alleged,” Motube said.