Good day all. On Sunday I went to see a friend of mine on Scot road, while waiting for him to come out around 3pm , a caucasian guy approach my car, just because there were two packet of paper bags of kfc and he assume it's was me who dispose on inappropriate place and he said I quote" this black guy dropping paper around " I look at him and smile he start taking pictures of me and my car. Nevertheless please Obz is a very nice place and let not spoil the vibe of Ubuntu in this area, I have been in Obz for 14 years. I was offended but I forgive the guy and hence another brother is being victim of same issue I decided to bring it to light.
Sent from my iPhone > On 14 Jul 2016, at 11:25, Obs NW Chairman <chair...@obswatch.org.za> wrote: > > Hi Itumeleng, > > Thanks for your mail. > > I can't confirm whether the person that photographed your vehicle yesterday > was one of our members as I am not aware of any pictures of your vehicle > having been posted to any of our platforms. > > However, it is quite likely that it could have been one of our members and I > sorry that you were offended. > > Unfortunately we have recently experienced a number of incidents where black > males use hired vehicles to come into Obs to commit crimes ranging from house > breaking to armed robbery. These vehicles are often new shape Toyota's, VW's > or Chev's and often have EC or GP number plates due them being rented > vehicles. The occupants are usually well dressed and well spoken. > > Our members will often post pictures of suspicious vehicles/persons onto our > Central Whatsapp Group so that SAPS can check on the registration details and > then together with Law Enforcement, OBSID and the wider community, monitor > their activities while they are in the area. > > Our members are encouraged to be as discreet as possible in taking these kind > of pictures - for their safety and to avoid offending anyone. We(ONW) are not > allowed to stop and search anyone - only SAPS and Law Enforcement can do > that - and you should not have been harassed in any way. > > Once again, I apologise on behalf of the ONW if it was one of our members who > offended you. > > Please report any inappropriate behavior from our members in the future so we > can deal with it. > > Thanks and regards, > Steve > ONW Chair > > > >> On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 5:22 PM, molopo riva <molopor...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hello all hope this finds you well, My name is Itumeleng I stay in >> Observatory Pepperquare, Today I experienced an incident were I was treated >> like a culprit by a Caucasian male between the age of 40-45. I had just >> parked my car next to the church on Wesley got out of the car ,waiting for a >> friend , the white man was passed by ,after 20 meters he proceeded to take >> pictures of the car while I was standing next to it. I understand the law >> permits people to freely take photographs in public spaces ,but in this >> instance this it was not artistic. I started wondering wether he would have >> reacted the same if it was a Caucasian male parked in the same manner that I >> was. What if I had reacted to his actions ? I kindly ask that man to Please >> refrain from such actions as being black does not mean criminal. attached is >> a picture of the car I drive, feel free to launch a police investigation >> seeing that you have a lot of time on your hands. 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