An attack near a global woman-centric event, especially considering this apparent history of "family violence," steers this into soggy knee territory.
Also, guns r bad, mmkay?
He's also brown, and his victims were largely white...
The media reaction to this was absolutely based around downplaying that fact, plus the fact that he should not have been out working in public, let alone able to buy a gun without a licence...
Seriously, the difference in reaction to if whitey did the same was huge, from everyone including police, politicians, the media, and even fucking FIFA, lol...
They'll play down every angle except the gun violence one, because this guy is Maori. The last thing the NZ media wants is to be accused of profiling Maori guys as violent.
An attack near a global woman-centric event, especially considering this apparent history of "family violence," steers this into soggy knee territory.
Also, guns r bad, mmkay?
He's also brown, and his victims were largely white...
The media reaction to this was absolutely based around downplaying that fact, plus the fact that he should not have been out working in public, let alone able to buy a gun without a licence...
Seriously, the difference in reaction to if whitey did the same was huge, from everyone including police, politicians, the media, and even fucking FIFA, lol...
They'll play down every angle except the gun violence one, because this guy is Maori. The last thing the NZ media wants is to be accused of profiling Maori guys as violent.
He sounds like a Maori, so protected class, will probably blow over quick enough.