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Stuart Nash claims Labour Cabinet softened its gang asset seizure policy (www.rnz.co.nz)

submitted 9 months ago by Ilovethebomb to c/politics

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This was a fascinating read, it sounds like he disagreed with his colleagues on a number of issues. And given the election result, I'd say he was right, as law and order was something Labour was perceived as being very weak on.

Also, there's this, about Kiri Allan

"She believed it was anti-Māori and I thought that was absolute rubbish, because this was not targeting Māori in any way, it was targeting gangs.

"It doesn't matter what ethnicity a gang member is, they need to be held to account by society," Nash said.

Isn't assuming gang members are Maori kinda racist?

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[–] Ilovethebomb 4 points 9 months ago

That's exactly what I find unbelievable about this, the government isn't deliberately targeting Maori, merely that a significant portion of gang members are Maori. And I don't think that should be a barrier to stopping them.

The whole comment is ridiculous.