JOHANNESBUG \u2014 The footage is shaky but unmistakable. A slender black man dressed in a red T-shirt, black pants and sneakers is tied to the back of a police truck. He kicks. He writhes. The vehicle pulls away, dragging the man behind it. Police officers run along with him. Cellphone cameras snap away.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did he do?\u201d bystanders shouted.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was him who started it,\u201d a police officer replied.<\/p>\n
Late Tuesday night, the man, who has since been identified as Mido Macia, 27, a taxi driver from Mozambique, died of head injuries at the Daveyton Police Station, 27 miles southeast of here.<\/p>\n
In South Africa, where violent crime, vigilante attacks and police brutality are daily fare, the video, captured on a mobile phone and first published by The Daily Sun, a local tabloid, has incited outrage for its brazen and outsize cruelty.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe come across a lot of cases of police brutality,\u201d said Moses Dlamini of the Independent Investigative Directorate, which investigates police crimes, in a television interview. \u201cThe police don\u2019t even care that people are watching.\u201d <\/p>\n