If I called upon people to firebomb National Party electorate offices, how quickly would the cops be on my doorstep?
Bishop Brian Tamaki recently urged his angry followers to purge Muslim, Sikh and Hindu kiwis from NZ and to turn down their mosques and temples!
This isn’t a free speech issue, he’s inciting his followers to violence, followers who already have a track record using violence against librarians for drag queen story time – why hasn’t he been arrested?
If I told people watching this show to go out and firebomb National Party electoral offices, how quickly would the cops be on my door step?
Look – I’m an atheist marxist, I don’t believe in a magical invisible flying wizard, but this is a liberal progressive democracy, we believe in freedom of religion – you have every right as a member of our society to believe in whatever you want – but Brian Tamaki is calling on his followers to burn down temples and mosques as if Muslims, Hindus or Sikhs somehow weren’t our brothers and sisters and neighbours – they are New Zealanders who have every right to practise their faith!
Taking his guns off him isn’t enough – he has incited his nutty followers to burn down temples and mosques – arrest him!
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From Allen & Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand:
He Told Us
by Chris Wilson and Michal Dziwulski
NZD $37.99
…..”Essential reading if we are to learn the lessons of 15 March, not by looking at what was known but at what could have been known ahead of that fateful day.” Lianne Dalziel, former Mayor of Christchurch
“As someone who lost my father Abdelfattah on 15 March, I read this with a particular weight … a necessary and unflinching account that asks us to confront not only the events themselves, but also what might have been seen, named or acted on sooner.” Sara Qasem
…..The book lays bare how warning signs were missed — the terrorist even telling us publicly online that he was planning an attack. It dismantles the Royal Commission of Inquiry’s assurances that he planned his attack alone. And it tears down the misleading facade that surrounds the perpetrator and that continues to inspire mass killers around the world.
….‘He Told Us’ provides a comprehensive account of 15 March and tells the stories of some of the remarkable people whose lives were lost or changed forever that day. Essential and urgent, this is the story of how a terrorist openly told us what he was going to do — and how we failed to stop him…..
Will another mosque attack, be followed by a Royal Commission of Inquiry whitewash, followed by another ‘He Told US’ book?
Why didn’t the police sieze Brenton Tarrant’s guns when one of his on-line supporters incited Tarrant to burn down mosques, and Tarrant replied, “Soon”.
A tragedy could have been avoided.
Martyn Bradbury asks us why Brian Tamaki hasn’t been arrested.
“…. he’s inciting his followers to violence, followers who already have a track record using violence against librarians for drag queen story time – why hasn’t he been arrested? Martyn Bradbury
Could some lawyer or law professor reading this can give us their expert legal opinion on why Brian Tamaki has not been arrested for incitement to commit acts of arson.
Could the same legal expert be able to tell us if the police can act retrospectively, to arrest Brian Tamaki, if one Tamaki’s followers acts on his incitement to burn down mosques and Sikh temples?
“…… he has incited his nutty followers to burn down temples and mosques – arrest him!” Martyn Bradbury
I agree with Bradbury that the police should arrest Tamaki before one of his followers acts on his words, rather than after.
Maybe another tragedy could be avoided.
It’s not like the police don’t have enough grounds to arrest Brian Tamaki for committing the alleged crime of incitement. He most obviously has, and should be tried in court for it. Let his lawyers argue that he hasn’t.
Those who incite or encourage offences. Specifically:Section 66(1)(d) establishes that anyone who incites, procures, or counsels any person to commit an offence is a party to that offence and can be charged as if they committed it themselves. The Crimes Act 1961, Part 5, Section 66,
Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years who incites the public or any class of persons to violence, lawlessness, or disorder, or to attempt to procure the alteration of the laws/government by unlawful means. The Crimes Act 1961, Part 5, Section 73,