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Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 2, 2019 17:10:56 GMT 12
CHANGE IN DISCRETION COULD ADDRESS POLICE RACISM A drug policy analyst says proposed changes to the drug laws need to be closely monitored to ensure they are producing fairer outcomes for Māori "It is a positive step forward but we as Māori know and evidence shows discretion and the presumption of prosecution or non-prosecution can be applied unevenly quite often and sometimes in an outright racist way because of the institutional racism in the police force so that's why we have to keep a close eye on this idea of discretion while also recognising it is a step forward," Mr McDonald says....... www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjE2MzY/Breakfast%20with%20Dale/Change-in-discretion-could-address-police-racism
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Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 2, 2019 17:13:57 GMT 12
WHAKAMANAWA REPORT EXPOSES HEALTH SYSTEM RACISM A researcher on the Mental Health and Addictions Inquiry says the report on the Māori submissions must be released. The 200-page Whakamānawa report was briefly available on the website of Māori health group Te Rau Matatini in December and then withdrawn. A watered-down 75-page report was released in February, with all criticism of the inquiry process and the Health Ministry removed. Lynne Russell says the removal of Whakamānawa from the debate is symptomatic of the way Māori were excluded from the process, www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjE2Mjk/Whakamanawa-report-exposes-health-system-racism
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