It seems to me that in New Zealand, “gang member” would be a pretty racially charged term.
I do not believe anyone believes that white Kiwis are involved in gangs.
That’s like when the Jews tried to claim that the Amish are a gang.
But yeah, they’re just saying that anyone who is opposed to the lockdown is a gang member.
This is one of the top five weirdest things I’ve seen in the last three hours.
RT:
A large group of demonstrators gathered at a major park in Auckland, New Zealand to protest ongoing Covid lockdown measures in the country – many arriving with a procession of motorbikes headed by a local church leader.
The protesters – who numbered between 1,000 and 2,000, per local media reports – descended on the Auckland Domain on Saturday to demand an end to the lockdowns. A caravan of motorcycles led by Brian Tamaki – a vocal anti-lockdown activist who heads the Auckland-based Pentecostal Destiny Church – was among the first on the scene, captured in videos as the procession made its way to the park.
Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki leads a procession of motorbikes moving along the Southern Motorway towards the Auckland Domain to protest lockdown restrictions in Auckland, New Zealand. #NewZealand @ApostleTamaki
More #GettyFootage 🎥Phil Walter ➡️ https://t.co/yoX9QoCsbI pic.twitter.com/e9v0U1XHrp— Getty Images News (@GettyImagesNews) October 1, 2021
Remaining peaceful for the duration of the event, the demo saw Tamaki deliver a fiery, 40-minute speech denouncing the draconian shutdown orders, which have remained in effect in Auckland for nearly two months straight.
Thousands have gathered in front of Auckland War Memorial to protest against lockdowns and mandated vaccinations. @newshub pic.twitter.com/r8Ef4gopw3
— Emma Stanford (@emmastanford11) October 1, 2021
“Now Auckland’s coming up to 50 days – 50 days we’ve been on home detention. That’s the same thing they give to prisoners who’ve done a crime; it’s an alternative to going to jail,” he said. “I’ve been locked up for over 50 days in my house, and I haven’t done a crime. I’ve done nothing wrong, and I’ve been punished. We are penalized.”
“I can’t go outside because the neighbor might tell on me. I can’t drive down the road to get some milk and bread because the policeman might pull me over.”
While the police presence at Saturday’s demonstration appeared somewhat subdued, with no arrests or clashes reported, National Party MP Simeon Brown, the party’s police spokesman, denounced the protest in no uncertain terms, also taking a jab at law enforcement itself.
“The rules are clear. The police have rightly warned protesters in Auckland today – yet we see a blind eye turned to gangs breaking lockdown rules. Aucklanders want out of this lockdown – and it means rules being applied consistency [sic],” he said in a tweet, presumably referring to the biker procession as a ‘gang’.
Whether it’s a gang funeral or a protest – the rules are clear. The Police have rightly warned protestors in Auckland today – yet we see a blind eye turned to gangs breaking lockdown rules. Aucklanders want out of this lockdown – and it means rules being applied consistency.
— Simeon Brown (@SimeonBrownMP) October 1, 2021
Earlier this week, Brown denounced “gang members” – also bikers – after they gathered for a funeral, which was promptly dispersed by police in West Auckland. He said the funeral was “demoralizing for the more than 1.7 million Aucklanders” who have done as they were told and dutifully followed the dictates of their government.
“This is just not good enough. The government needs to make clear that the rules apply to gang members and if they break them they will be treated just like everyone else,” he went on, calling for a harsher police response.
“Perhaps it’s time for some tough love?”
“Tough love” as a euphemism for police brutality is kinda funny.
Aucklanders are fed up with gangs flouting the rules. pic.twitter.com/0tqPhUo9Ds
— Simeon Brown (@SimeonBrownMP) October 1, 2021
But it’s also kinda weird.
Remember, these are the same people who supported burning down cities because George Floyd, a violent multiple felon, died of a fentanyl overdose while resisting arrest after having been caught committing a felony. They are now talking about police beating peaceful political demonstrators with clubs as if it is some cutesy joke.
New Zealand was completely locked down in mid-August by their horse-faced cunt leader after one (1) positive PCR test.
One positive PCR test.
Everyone totally locked in their houses for six weeks and counting.
Anyone still claiming this is about public health is lying or has literally already gone insane.
There is no pandemic, there never was a pandemic, this was always about looting the middle class and establishing a new global authoritarian order.