6 Officers in Video Attack Granted Bail

Six South African police officers arrested for allegedly setting dogs on three black men in a videotaped 1998 attack were granted bail. Magistrate Alan Cohan, who set bail at $260 each, said prosecutors had not proven that the officers’ lives would be in danger if they received bail or that there would be public violence if they were released. He ordered the accused not to interfere with any of the witnesses in the case. Outside the court in Pretoria, several hundred people demonstrated against the officers.