The New Zealand Government has budgeted 10 million dollars to arm and support the issue of Taser weapons for frontline police officers.

The UN has expressed concern that the NZ justice system is racist as Maori and Pacific Islanders are disproportionately represented, it does not elevate the Bill of Rights above other law, and now it arms its police with a weapon that inflicts extreme pain.

The NZ Government has thus endorsed random torture.

It may be intended to defuse violent situations but it can not be successfully used against a gun, so will only be used when a criminal is unarmed. This makes criminals into victims. That makes convicting them a malfeasance of justice, since the Taser shock is essentially the death penalty combined with a morbid lottery. The accused has already faced death. It makes the frontline officer judge, jury and in some cases executioner.

The 1 year “review” of Tasers for NZ police resulted in a police recommendation that the weapon be used.

When an innocent person is hit by a Taser, the resulting physical risk and damage to the person is clearly unacceptable.

It also makes every casual use of the weapon into an act of torture and since the National zealots have decided to budget 10 million dollars for them – and we have our fair share of stupid reactive angry people as police – with 720 units of torture now to menace the streets – it is only a matter of time before an officer uses one for reasons other than to quell a violent offender.

All this and what increasingly looks like another miscarriage of justice due to police acting on prejudice and biased convicting based only on circumstantial evidence plays itself out. If we had the death penalty, it would ensure the silencing of all opposition.

Our police are over zealous in policing downtown Auckland on a Friday night. Not arresting violent criminals but drunk kids. When they start carrying Tasers, the streets will be too unsafe for human beings.

This is not policing, it is stupid jackbooted behaviour to “set an example”. Fascism is once again rearing its very ugly head.

NZ Herald article on Taser budget

UN Concerned at NZ Justice System