Kiwi_Guy. No he doesn’t need to explain. 4 things: who caused the problem in the first place? The shop assistant. This is Auckland airport for goodness sake. She should be used to serving people of different ethnicities in a professional manner. 2. Why did the cops need to intimidate him? Ummmmm….
And no I don’t hate the cops. Just the goons who like to fuck around with people’s lives and get paid by taxpayers for doing so. Are they doing the country a service? NO! Just radicalising people even further and giving the ‘cops’ a greater excuse for interfering in the private lives of law abiding citizens. I don’t think it was so much racism, but more about left leanings and colour. 3. Who gives them authority to do this? Ummmmm. Not sure. 4 how do I know this? Call it ‘wealth of experience’.

It is obvious that Mr Collin’s behaviour was disturbing enough that the police were called, and that they thought the situation was serious enough to warrant their attention.

You accuse me of bias without providing any argument for this, while happily accepting Mr Collin’s version of events without question because he is claiming “racism”.

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Yes Mr Collins does need to explain, because he is making accusations and needs to justify those. His story is full of red flags.

The police can investigate incidents that involve inappropriate behaviour – no one has to have been physically attacked.

Your hostility to police is so extreme you unquestionally buy into a one sided, flimsy narration that fits your meme.

It is still called team policing. Often times I am working a late shift in the city. I have seen this scenario many times. There is a liquor ban in place. Invariably if white people are caught by the cops with alcohol, they will be made to tip it out. On the other hand, people with brown colored skin who commit the same infraction are arrested, handcuffed, and paraded to a waiting van to be locked up.

Crumb – did the thought occur to you that perhaps the cop was grumpy not only because you were speeding and putting others lives at risk – but also – you were doing it on the most notorious My thinking is that he had every right to be grumpy as you were endangering the loves of other people . The man at the airport was not a danger to anyone and was not breaking a law – Your comparison is not valid.

Or – in right wing conservative speak – a phenomenal waste of tax-payers paid time (maybe if they have the time to do this then we need fewer police – thereby making some more $$$$$ for a more effective response to the PTSD that develops subsequent to sustained police bullying) or more Police could be diverted to do some actual community development, after of course being trained and acheving at least minimal ‘national’ standards in the basics like respect for the dignity of humanity.

He doesn’t need to explain anything. The shop assistant should serve the customer and if she’s not aware that her behaviour is annoying then she shouldn’t be a shop assistant. And why should the police get involved in such an intimidating manner. Had he broken the law, punched her out, stolen the goods, knocked the counter over? NO. No need for them to get involved either. Can’t see the complaint going much further, especially if they were from the ‘goon squad’ masquerading as cops. That lot can do what they like, have unlimited resources and are above the law.

If going to South Auckland made your mate want to wear a sheet and burn crosses, I suspect it wasn’t the trip that made your mate racist. After all, this pakeha once attended a league tournament at Otara and didn’t even get to the stage of considering a vote for National.