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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 5, 2020 4:09:33 GMT 12
ARMED POLICE TEAM CRITICISM: THEY COULD INFLAME MĀORI COMMUNITYFormer police officer and National MP Chester Borrows, who chaired the Government's justice advisory group, has voiced concerns over the implementation of the new armed response teams. "My concern about this is that it's sort of ramping it up and it's in certain communities where that response will be inevitable and that will lead to, not only more arming by police, but even more arming by criminals. So we'll see more police shot and probably more public shot by police." Borrows said Māori were most targeted by police and the most confronting to them. He pointed to a justice report released last week by Advocacy Group Just Speak that highlighted the disproportionate targeting of Māori by police..... www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star-national/armed-police-team-criticism-they-could-inflame-m%C4%81ori-community
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