Post by Kiwi Frontline on Nov 3, 2023 4:16:13 GMT 12
GANG TATTTOO BAN MASK FOR RACIST RESPONSE
A Māori law professor says the incoming Government is likely to run into some serious legal problems with its proposed anti- gang strategy – including conflict with the Treaty of Waitangi.
Khylee Quince from Auckland University of Technology says while National’s police spokesperson Mark Mitchell is technically right when he says can circumvent the Bill of Right Act to ban tattoos and gang patches, the policy could trigger a Waitangi Tribunal inquiry into whether it breaches treaty rights to active protection of taonga.
She says the proposed measures and anti-gang rhetoric are a thinly veiled cover for being anti-Māori....
waateanews.com/2023/11/02/gang-tatttoo-ban-mask-for-racist-response/
A Māori law professor says the incoming Government is likely to run into some serious legal problems with its proposed anti- gang strategy – including conflict with the Treaty of Waitangi.
Khylee Quince from Auckland University of Technology says while National’s police spokesperson Mark Mitchell is technically right when he says can circumvent the Bill of Right Act to ban tattoos and gang patches, the policy could trigger a Waitangi Tribunal inquiry into whether it breaches treaty rights to active protection of taonga.
She says the proposed measures and anti-gang rhetoric are a thinly veiled cover for being anti-Māori....
waateanews.com/2023/11/02/gang-tatttoo-ban-mask-for-racist-response/