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This seems pretty reasonable. I like the cherry picking idea, as South Africa did 10 years ago, http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10738073
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Ah, thank you. I am really concerned about the actual process Police prosecution involves here in NZ. As I read upthread, how could the Police arrest (the first step in a prosecution?) Arie without then ascertaining who the property owners were?
http://www.police.govt.nz/resources/2007/inquiry-into-police-conduct/
This is interesting to me in it's obvious bias toward certain conduct, I am interested in Police conduct towards the public, my fear is that with the existing structure serious abuse of power can result. -
Hard News: Angry and thrilled about Arie, in reply to Kyle Matthews,
I don't think it's a terrible idea, Police have power to prosecute here that is complex and not at all transparent, they are also singularly allowed to use private lawyers for the prosecution, this can be open to abuse.
Who or what are the IPCA and could you please explain further why in this context it would be better that they had some teeth? -
Reported as suicide, there was recently a biography written. I mean, suicide by cyanide delivered in an apple, and the apple was not tested for traces of cyanide?
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In a broader sense it is also the discussion round the abuse of power that needs to be revisited again and again.
One of the imported police was noted to say how NZ Police tolerate alot more lip than the UK cops would "back home".
And with enablers like their union head and Minister, the uniform can get pretty inflated I'd wager. -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing
Turing's homosexuality resulted in a criminal prosecution in 1952, when homosexual acts were still illegal in the United Kingdom. He accepted treatment with female hormones (chemical castration) as an alternative to prison. -
This further confirms that the NZ Police must be exposed to external investigation in cases where serious abuse of their powers have surfaced.
I would cite the contact, after the fact, of the building owners, and the launching of an investigation into the TV report.
Also the Minister must have within their warrant the ability to intercede in situations where it is apparent that Police conduct is demonstrably counter to the judicial system. Police ability to prosecute here in NZ needs to be scrutinised.
This is Erebus scale stuff. I want the BORA entrenched, that is another issue, yet connected I feel. -
Hard News: About Arie, in reply to Russell Brown,
And as I understand it Arie had a habit of collecting these fittings and did not on-sell them.
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Failure on every level, not the least human compassion. Go the arresting officers, you know what you did.
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