Another NZer shot dead by the cops – where did all the tasers go?
Remember the argument the NZ Police used to gain access to tasers? It’s better someone gets tasered than get shot.
So as another Police shooting occurs against a background of Police shootings in NZ that are highly questionable, we are being asked to accept that pre-warned Police chose to engage with a man who had a machete without tasers?
Do we have a trigger happy police force who use non compliance as the threshold to use guns? I certainly believe we do.
These are trained Police Officers who have belt access to tasers, the guns are locked in the boot. We are being asked to believe the Police had the time to stop the car, open the boot, get out their gun and shoot but didn’t have the time to reach for their belt and pull out their taser?
The alpha culture of the Police extends to a subservience of the media, demanding answers to people being killed is not a betrayal of society, it’s the obligation and responsibility of decent citizens.
You were not there, you have no idea. What I do know is that confronting someone at 4.00AM (in total darkness) wielding a machete is not for the faint hearted or under equipped.
Tasers have limitations, as do batons or just trying to reason with someone.
Now go and wipe your bottom.
So don’t confront him. Police’s job is to protect people – including from themselves.
Bugger the tasters shoot them all, he wanted to die,obviously a nut and police duly obliged.
Looks like suicide by cop and I guess the cop must feel pretty bad for killing the individual.
Guess he’ll be wiping his bottom for sometime , to kill someone and walk way thinking a job well done could be hard to morally justify.
Trigger happy yes! and where were the tasers and dogs they will make some lame excuse up when they investigate themselves.
Where is all the detail of this event in the report? Who,how,where, why, what were the difficulties in apprehending this person? How dangeroue or unstable was the person Are we supposed to form an opinion just because an offender was shot. Do tell us more!
Yes, I noticed this …YET ANOTHER death by police shooting.
As if they don’t already cause enough deaths by their car chases.
WHATEVER HAPPENED to shoot to disable?
I notice these days its shoot to kill. Followed by media whitewashing- few facts & let reader assume it was necessary.
There was another case not long ago, and I noticed the SAME thing.
YES this is a very disturbing new trend .
There is no doubt the police policy is to “shoot to kill”.
I have known police officers who quite frankly should not have access to a night stick let alone to fire arms.
Not all police officers are of the right stuff to serve and protect.
This happened between 3 – 4 am. Wouldn’t it have been better to isolate the guy (they had spiked his car) and close the highway BEFORE they ‘had’ to kill him? He had a machete, not a gun, and he was obviously out of his mind, he would have calmed down eventually. Very sad. He was a victim, the police are not handling mentally ill people in these situations humanly. Do they know how to?