Posts by DexterX
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Hard News: Drunk Town, in reply to Matthew Poole,
More about where they're deployed, and how.
That is what I was alluding to when talking about perhaps there were less Police about when it mattered.
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Hard News: Drunk Town, in reply to Russell Brown,
Sorry about what happened to your mates - I have yards of weird, droll and tragic stories from working nights.
One – I drove into a guy who was stamping on another guys head a she lay prone in the gutter corner of Queen and Mayoral Drive – just nudged the stamper over with the “means of transportation” I was driving at the time - I had to drive through a red light to do it – the guy having the shit kicked out of him was a completely innocent party who was just walking up Queen Street. When others and I got there he was bleeding from everywhere and his head was swollen and out of shape I couldn’t even say what he looked like it was so bad. The Police arrived and got the assailant who had come back to give the poor guy another bash – the Police were so quick and onto it and ran the assailant down at the bottom of the town hall – the Police arrived before the ambulance and they were great.
Another incident two seriously dangerous drunks were hassling the staff and dinners at a restaurant, when the owner arrived they dragged him out onto the pavement and were beating him – I intervened and called the police – when they arrived the thugs had gone – so I went with the Police for a drive around and we found them – the police questioned them and then said they couldn’t do anything because they didn’t have a written complaint – So I said OK give me piece of paper and I’ll give you one – reluctantly they did and I wrote it out on the bonnet of the cop car whilst they arrested the thugs who abused the shit out of me and made threats – one of the cops was slightly annoyed that I had persisted – I found out the guys did get convicted as the other cop phoned me to tell me the outcome.
So it is a mixed bag –we can’t expect police to be perfect – but I do expect them to be largely competent which is what I have found them to be - but you have to be guarded all the same.
Really the problem is our poor behavior towards each other – and that includes the political sphere (as well) the behavior of which has been disgusting of late - and the availability of liquor outlets.
Look at the inane and spiteful nature of political debate of late – the tone of governance is pretty low. But I digress.
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I don't go into town (Auckland) as I regard it as unpleasant, unsafe and largely a filthy suckhole.
Having worked nights in the City for six or more years Fri, Sat, Sun and Mon - what gave me the shits was the groups of geezer or single aggro dudes who would come in tanked (and sometimes not) looking to king hit someone and then kick the crap out of them as they lay on the ground - largely to watch someone get hurt and then boast about it, I saw some real bad stuff like this just erupt for no reason at all – it was at times insanity on a stick.
IMHO it is what is bubbling underneath that is the problem - if a person or group of people are already aggro for one reason or another, or for no reason at all, then them getting tanked, at home or in town, or preloading and then going to town - eventually makes for a dangerous and life threatening nuisance.
Maybe RWC last year - lots of police overtime used up - tighter budgets - perhaps there are less police about at present on party nights and as a result less of a lid upon the whole drunk and disorderly thang that Len Browne and others are presently banging on about.
I can't see the proliferation of liquor outlets in the burbs as a good thang – nor the general attitude to the role of alcohol in society – We don’t seem to have a lot of respect for ourselves or others as a general rule – that statement is a bit too broad but it is part of it.
Part of the solution proposed is to issue instant fines - just classic Council bollocks - lets have wardens and police issuing instant fines to drunken yobs - that will really suck.
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Paul McCartney turns 70 and Justin Bieber releases his new wingle "Boyfriend" - listening to the radio newz has it hazards - they played some of his wingle - it is newsworthy how?
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Jazz - Miles - In a Silent Way, Kind of Blue, Man with the Horn, We Want Miles are cool - The short and
The long of some of it
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Hard News: Friday Music: The Jazz, in reply to Jackie Clark,
Paul Weller has got a lot of road miles.
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Cool
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Hard News: Briefing, blaming, backing down, in reply to merc,
The pokie deal is <sorry> a deal breaker. If they prove that JK halted the tender process, outski PM quicksi
With Key he is just so great that legal constraints - the law – doesn’t present any issue - nor are the objects of an Act of Parliament anything to be given consideration to in the running of a SOE or Govt Dept.
These guys are all about making "it" happen regardless of what "it" is, and what "it" is whatever they want "it" to be on any given day.
ACC needs to be made subject to a Judicial Review or a Commission of Inquiry - good on Bronwyn Pullar for detonating the bomb that ACC manufactured.
I can’t help feel that even with a Labour Govt the thrust of ACC would have been the same – the overall direction of governance seems to be based in treating the Taxpayer/Voter/Member of the Public as the enemy..
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Hard News: Friday Music: More Finding, in reply to Russell Brown,
I know - I have to go to a disco on Friday evening - at least they are serving "Jelly" - perhaps I will be able to stick my head in a bowl of it.
Life During War Time - is about Bryne living in Alphabet City.
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If you have the time, adn the inclination, this is pretty amazing - if you can plug the PC into your sound system and "vege" it is even better: