June 01, 2021
"White privilege" as supremacist avoids prosecution
The Māori Party has asked the Independent Police Conduct Authority to look at the way police handled a threat to it and to te iwi Māori in general.
Co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer says when she complained about a YouTube video threatening to slaughter Māori and burn marae, police took two days to call back – and eventually decided the white supremacist who made the video was not seen as a threat because of mental health issues.
That contrasts with the response to a threat against National Party police spokesperson Simeon Brown, where two Māori have already appeared in court charged with threatening to kill.
She says the disproportionate response reeks of racial injustice and white privilege.
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