Mike Yardley: The Police Minister is drinking the Kool Aid
(Photo / NZ Herald) Thu, 22 Jul 2021, 10:09AM
There’s no question that the Police Minister’s appearance on the programme yesterday was an epic fail. And the fallout has been immense, with calls for the Minister to be sacked.
I really wanted to know why she was so dead against those Armed Response Teams. What had stiffened her spine. Let alone her never never opposition to the general arming of the police. No matter how many cops are attacked or shot.
I put it to Poto, that along with the Police Commissioner she was placing far too much stock on the woke radical pressure groups who purport to represent the public pulse on policing issues.
Mike Yardley: Attacks on cops wouldn t happen if they were armed
(Photo / 123rf) Wed, 21 Jul 2021, 10:00AM
I’m sure you were sickened and disgusted by the footage of that vile piece of scum punching an Auckland police officer eight times in the head and smashing him to the ground.
Would these reprobates have the same perverse bravado to have a crack at cops, if our police had guns on their hips? I don’t think so.
It’s just one reason why I’ve long supported the general arming of our frontline police. But that’s not going to happen under this Government.
Tuesday, 20 July 2021, 12:04 pm
Police data shows that they have killed 37 people by
initiating high-speed car chases and killed a further 13
people by shooting them, say community group People Against
Prisons Aotearoa. The data comes as the Police Association
renews calls for police armament, following an unsuccessful
trial that ended in 2020 amid public uproar. People Against
Prisons Aotearoa say police armament is unwanted and
unnecessary.
“New Zealand’s police force is
already armed,” says the group’s spokesperson, Emilie
Rākete. “As police data shows, they shoot and kill New
Zealanders frequently enough as it is. Putting guns on their
hips instead of in their cars will not make anybody safer,
Press Release – People Against Prisons Aotearoa Police data shows that they have killed 37 people by initiating high-speed car chases and killed a further 13 people by shooting them, say community group People Against Prisons Aotearoa. The data comes as the Police Association renews calls for police …
Police data shows that they have killed 37 people by initiating high-speed car chases and killed a further 13 people by shooting them, say community group People Against Prisons Aotearoa. The data comes as the Police Association renews calls for police armament, following an unsuccessful trial that ended in 2020 amid public uproar. People Against Prisons Aotearoa say police armament is unwanted and unnecessary.
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