"We're Doomed": SA TikTokker YungEarn's Police Hijacking Story Leaves Mzansi Furious

• South African TikToker YungEarn shared a video on 27 October venting about the state of policing in SA
• His friend was hijacked and told by police that they don't work weekends, then asked to find the car himself
• Thousands of South Africans flooded the comments sharing their own alarming experiences with SAPS

A South African TikToker has sparked a wave of frustration online after sharing his friend's experience with the police following a hijacking. On 27 October, YungEarn posted a video while visibly exasperated, with an on-screen caption reading:

"This country is going to the dogs."

He explained that a friend was hijacked on a Thursday night and went to open a case at the local police station. According to YungEarn, officers told his friend they did not work weekends.

According to @YungEarn, when Monday came and they finally made contact, the response was even more baffling: his friend was told to go and look for the stolen vehicle himself. In the clip, he said:

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"Imagine, bro, like, what type of world are we living in, where the police tell you to go look for the car yourself, and they don't work on weekends?"

Watch the video below:

SA viewers share their SAPS encounters

The video hit a nerve. Thousands of South Africans flooded the comments to share similar stories of being turned away, ignored, or dismissed by police when they needed help most.

@Jason@25🇿🇦 said:

"The problem is the ANC because there is no standard anymore for right or wrong."

@Brogan💜 shared:

"They shouted at me when I wanted to open a missing persons report for my friend; they said whoever saw her last must open the case. I couldn't believe what I was hearing."

@Kyle_dc99 wrote:

"This is why voting is so important! Vote for a party like DA who can actually run a country and at least provide you with the dignity of basic human services that actually work... 4/5 years ago when my father passed away, the police did not even answer the phone!! I was furious."

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@Calvin Calliez Jude added:

"And then when a man defends his family against criminals, they'll arrest the victim."

@bruh potatoes wrote:

"My house got broken into at about 1 am. They held me at gunpoint and forced me to transfer all the money out of my bank account. When I called the police, they came 6 hours later, and their response was, 'we didn't know it was an emergency'."

@Jack Mabaso shared:

"My sister once went to open a case because she got assaulted and the cops said we can't help because we weren't there so we didn't see anything."

@tashblair777 said:

"These coming elections are really make-or-break for SA. I'm hoping ANC doesn't win coz we're doomed if they do."

Other Briefly News stories on police conduct

• A viral TikTok video filmed by @maxaba350 outside a local police station captured a furious confrontation after an officer abruptly refused to certify documents or process affidavits for the day after processing only one affidavit.
• SAPS management opened an internal departmental case and formal inquiry against two Gauteng police officers deployed under Operation Shanela in the Wierdabrug policing precinct.
• Surveillance footage from a Johannesburg residential property captured masked men dressed in official South African Police Service uniforms trespassing into a private yard under cover of darkness.

Source: Briefly News