"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.

  • absGeekNZ@lemmy.nzEnglish
    31·
    1 month ago

    Probably from this:

    “In our recent survey of 2023, 68 percent of all police staff supported the general arming so it’s something we’ll be definitely having a conversation with the new Commissioner on,”

    I believe the reference is from Dredd being empowered to arrest, convict, sentence and execute on the street. He is the due process.

    I believe that our police should not be armed, beyond what they currently have. I don’t really want to see an arms race with criminals.

    • Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz
      1·
      1 month ago

      So, because the police want to go from having firearms in the car and easily accessible, to carried on their person, that means they want to be able to execute people in your mind?

      Okey dokey. I knew Lemmy had some cooked takes as far as policing is concerned, but I thought this instance was a bit more reasonable.