"Overwhelmingly, those people who die will be young Māori men," the spokesperson for People Against Prisons Aotearoa says.

Oh FFS.

Regardless of the racially charged headline… the only reason to arm police with sidearms is to make it easier for them to kill people extra-judicially. That’s the only function a side arm has.

Police already have easy access to firearms in their vehicles.

Apparently 68% of police see Judge Dredd as an idol.

  • deadbeef79000@lemmy.nzOP
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    1 month ago

    It’s not specific to RNZ, it’s a cancer in all our domestic journalism. “You need to engage the reader with the headline”, a factual headline isn’t ‘enough’ anymore.