Post by Kiwi Frontline on Nov 11, 2016 16:13:51 GMT 12
VICKI LETELE CASE PROVES JUSTICE SYSTEM IS RACIST - MARAMA FOX
Terminally ill prisoner Vicki Letele's difficulty in getting released has been blamed on a "racist" justice system.
Serving a three-year jail sentence for mortgage fraud with just months to live, Ms Letele was released on Thursday night on compassionate grounds.
Māori Party co-leader Marama Fox says the mother-of-three has been treated unfairly.
"The system is inherently racist, we've known it for a long time. In fact, people don't even like to call it 'institutionalised racism', they call it 'unconscious bias' - but what does that mean, that we were asleep when we were being racist?"
Ms Fox says Ms Letele would not have had to beg to die in peace with her family if she wasn't Māori.....
www.newshub.co.nz/nznews/vicki-letele-case-proves-justice-system-is-racist---marama-fox-2016111107
Terminally ill prisoner Vicki Letele's difficulty in getting released has been blamed on a "racist" justice system.
Serving a three-year jail sentence for mortgage fraud with just months to live, Ms Letele was released on Thursday night on compassionate grounds.
Māori Party co-leader Marama Fox says the mother-of-three has been treated unfairly.
"The system is inherently racist, we've known it for a long time. In fact, people don't even like to call it 'institutionalised racism', they call it 'unconscious bias' - but what does that mean, that we were asleep when we were being racist?"
Ms Fox says Ms Letele would not have had to beg to die in peace with her family if she wasn't Māori.....
www.newshub.co.nz/nznews/vicki-letele-case-proves-justice-system-is-racist---marama-fox-2016111107