Ross Meurant: A Fine Line

After Brian Tamaki’s arrest, the Minister of Police was advised via txt from the commissioner of police.(1)

After the event! 

 So, we are informed by Main Stream Media today.

This is a very important claim.

This is the same media which by my standards, is largely beholden to protect the government.

As Hon Dr Bassett comments on the Public Interest Journalism Fund (2) established by Labour:

“Stuff received $300,000 to establish a “cultural competency course”. To encourage Maori TV, NZME, Pacific Media, News hub and support partners to take on journalism cadets who are Maori or Pacific, a cool $2.4 million was handed out. NZME that produces the New Zealand Herald got $440,000. One estimate I’ve seen is that 40% of the total beneficence will go to Maori projects.”

Candace Owens: "George Floyd is not a martyr - police brutality is a myth"

Candace Owens, a black American conservative political commentator who is not afraid to speak her mind, has taken to her Facebook page to set the record straight about George Floyd and those using his death to push their political agendas: 

 

Richard Epstein from the US: The Way Forward On Police Reform

For the past two years, I have taught a course in criminal procedure at the University of Chicago Law School. A key component of that course dealt with police behavior leading up to an arrest. In the class, I pointed out that relations between the police and the public have improved from the bad old days, and that much of the credit should go to the increased professionalization of police departments in controlling police abuse. 

The reason for this change is that it is never possible to effectively control the operation of thousands of individual police officers by ex-post interventions through the criminal justice system. What was needed was a strong police management team that sought out hotspots before they erupted, in order to create a culture in which police self-discipline would eliminate many of these problems before they occurred.