Gang Patch Ban passes, all eyes on November and Chris ‘Fricken’ Luxon butches up

By
Martyn Bradbury
-
66
1004

Gang patch legislation passed into law

Gang patches will be banned in public places from November 21, part of a raft of measures the Government hopes will “crack down” on gangs peddling “misery and intimidation”.

All eyes are now on November for National to indulge this bullshit to distract from the economy going backwards.

Meanwhile, Chris ‘Fricken’ Luxon butches up over gangs…

‘It’s not about the frickin targets’: Luxon fires up over gang numbers

- Sponsor Promotion -

…Luxon is the weakest PM in NZs political history. He is so weak he had to fire Melissa Lee to look butch. His PR people know that the public see Winston and Seymour playing Luxon like a chump so they want him to do more of an angry Dad routine to butch him up.

Clearly they’ve landed on a. safe target like the Gangs. Luxon can butch himself up and throw around fricken’ at the Gangs to look tough.

This pantomime is most dangerous because the austerity and amputation of public services to affords tax cuts for the rich will start to bite in the triple dip recession and National need a symbolic victory to eclipse that egalitarian vandalism.

Luxon said he would send 500 armed police into a Gang Tangi to remove a Gang Patch, the madness of this perspective will be tested once the law comes into force in November.

Coster who had previously been a brake peddle on the Government using Police force leaves in April 2025, look for the new hardline use of search and surveillance powers against gangs in their homes to expand once he’s gone. This will escalate immediately as Gangs start forming legitimate grievance beyond their own damaged experience of the State.

This should all erupt before the 2026 election so National can hold up the conflict they’ve inspired and promise to protect us from it.

Am I being too cynical?

No. No I’m not.

 

Increasingly having independent opinion in a mainstream media environment which mostly echo one another has become more important than ever, so if you value having an independent voice – please donate here.

66 COMMENTS

  1. How many millions is he going to waste on a war against 8k people in a population of 5.3 million?.Remember last week he ordered the police to fudge the number of gang members he has been using for the last 3 years to make it look as though he had already cut the numbers .Like his attack on overall crime rates he will fail as these people have been around longer than he has and they live in the real world and his hatred is nothing new to them .Another thing pissing him off is they are sucessful business people that make millions of tax free money just like his owners who probably want that business for them selves .Once he has locked up the gang members who will step in to supply the drugs his mates consume daily .

    • I’m wondering what a gang patch or insignia is? Maybe it’s a blue business suit, or a cops uniform, maybe an All Black jersey. Personally I distrust rural types wearing gumboots because they probably vote National and pollute rivers. Or perhaps they are OK people. This gummint is a farce.

    • The government seems unable to understand that the consequences of their economic decisions is the biggest problem we face as they fragment society. They are so obvious in their favouritism for the already wealthy yet so ignorant of the resentment that will cause.

      • Correct Bonnie. Right wing governments are responsible for the rise of gangs through their punitive rich get richer and poor get poorer policies.
        It has been this way since Adam was a boy.
        When gang members worked in industry it was never a problem but through neoliberalism and the loss of industry, gangs have resorted to drugs for income.

  3. Meanwhile the police arrest almost every Commanchero patched gang member and they now face hundreds of charges and will have millions of dollars of property seized. That’s how you frickin well get tough on the frickin gangs.
    This gang patches stuff is political theatre.

    • The whole commanchero scenario you cite was a 3 year ‘tough on crime’ Op using resourced personnel, included complex digital surveillance and meticulous work by intelligence staff.

      How does taking a now under resourced police force and sending them out wasting time on ineffective patch snatching duty get to the heart of gangs ?

      In the hood our busy local ‘ courier ‘ doesn’t even wear a patch ?

      Think about it.

  4. Mangu Kaha–Black Power–and Mighty Mongrel Mob are just part of the furniture in many provincial communities and some urban suburbs. They have some rough history if you are old enough to know it, but are different to the 501s who just seem hard out drug businesses. Tribesmen and Headhunters are a bit in-between, not keen on them either, and I know a few members of both.

    But regardless…“snatch the patch” is an attack on all that believe in freedom of speech, association and assembly. Cops entering homes and tangi to try and take or find insignia is over the top in a democratic society, but I guess at least the cops might be met by semi autos not just shotties and fists if Act have their way!

    I have been surprised by the number of people in the North who don’t have a particular like for gangs but are opposed to the new search and seizure law. One guy at Kaitaia Market told me his tramping group are getting a patch done, that resembles gang ones, just to annoy the cops and make a point. One of the local cops has really long hair tied back, a full beard and would totally suit a leather vest rather than anti stab vest. It is going to be interesting indeed when Police are ordered to seize patches.

  5. Oops, did not mention luxury Luxon in my comment, if he really wants to butch up he needs to grow some stubble and put bronzer on his shiny bonce, black jumper and Doc Martins.

  7. I think we have run out of words to say how inept Luxon really is. We may all laugh however he is not only inept he has proved how dangerous he actually is especially where David Seymour is concerned. We have this government on one hand taking patches away, entering peoples private houses and on the other hand we have an ACT. Politician giving them access to machine guns and obviously there is absolutely nothing this so called PM can do about it

    • Yep I cant wait to see Luxon and Seymour when one of gangs point one of McKees legal ak 47s through the window of their house.Just like the time a gang member said boo to Simian Brown when he was in opposition ,and self proclaimed gang slayer .He shit himself and quickly swaped jobs to being the minister of building roads we dont need .

  8. Definitely some fuzzy thinking going on in this Fricken COC. Especially with ACT wanting to reinstate the use of semi- automatics, I won’t be happy if I see these being used against the Police, Children or Religious Groups ??? These weapons are totally unneccessary in a Modern First World Country like New Zealand and God Help if they get into the wrong hands.

    Seymore and ACT appealing to the NRA and the White Right Nut Jobs.

  9. Stevie no understan’
    Government intensifies unequal taxation, intergenerational poverty, punishes beneficiaries while creating more unemployment and homelessness. Also provokes anger in Maori by needless debate so David Seymour can have power wank. In addition continues to needlessly prosecute people for cannabis use, while a gun nut in parliament intends to make more dangerous firearms available
    BUT
    To deal with crime, various insignia are banned and more people will be imprisoned.
    Can anyone tell me where and how this has worked?

  10. If the RBNZ doesn’t massively drop interest rates then the continual house price fall and consequent dewealthing effect is going to flow through to 10 percent unemployment and way more desperation crime.

    • If you think lower house prices will lead to 10% unemployment (which it won’t) then this country is truly screwed, and has a serious problem with the way the economy is set up.

Comments are closed.