Comments on: Of course there is Police bias against Māori

By: Lone Comet

Lone Comet — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 11:08:33 +0000

Yeah, I do not get the pearl clutching over what Tamatha Paul said. It’s a total fact and the police didn’t get the moniker Pigs because people loved them. That being said, I am also grateful to them for being there at car accidents etc…however, they need better education in almost every way. And they should not have to deal with mental health crisis situations as they do not have the skills.

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 08:06:30 +0000

First of all police have to be tougher than criminals whether it be muscles, hand to hand combat or restraint, or just shear numbers. And there’s no guarantee the odds will be in police favour all of the time. If we’re not going to fund police to minimum standards then we are going to have accept that sometimes shit happens.

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 07:59:45 +0000

What if it is against human rights conversations. Criminals have to have a fair trial. Police just aren’t equipped or can be trusted with less than lethal weapons because they’ve been found in breach of there own policies offended. This isn’t some revenge fantasy blog.

By: Kiwijoker

Kiwijoker — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 04:04:38 +0000

Anyone remember the Red Squad, Bastion Point? Such perfect examples of empathetic community policing.

By: Tiger Mountain

Tiger Mountain — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 02:56:06 +0000

Illegal photographing, and DNA sampling of young Māori, pullovers for “driving while Māori”, the historic Mt Roskill episode of racially targeting Somalians, and the very overall stats themselves show that the NZ coppers have an institutional bias, along with grudge holding and a deeply macho culture. Academic studies have proven this but they are ignored.

Half this country may have grown up in a figurative Sunday School but many of us did not and are not about to let the blue bellies off the hook.

By: Paul+Bieleski

Paul+Bieleski — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 00:08:39 +0000

The police need something other than a gun to take control of violent/unstable/erratic/etc people. A net or foam or glue or anything but killing.