Tamatha Paul: a woman mocked for her views on Police.  

Chris Hipkins says her views on beat Police were unwise, and then he went further and said they were stupid.  

The Prime Minister says she’s in lala land. 

Yesterday I commented that life must be really sweet on her planet - pity it’s not ours. 

But that didn’t stop her doubling down yesterday on her views, because they are not untrue. 

She pointed out that brown people have quite a different perception of police than others. 

Look up profiling and it’s meaning. 

She pointed out the terrible failure of the police in the case of the 11-year-old confused with a twenty-year-old that we’re all shocked at. 

She highlighted the hassle of homeless. 

She didn’t back down because as she said they are legitimate experiences amongst her constituents.  

And she has constituents. She’s not a list MP. She won Wellington Central fair and square. 

However, the complaints of one are not the complaints of a hundred. The vast, overwhelming, majority of New Zealanders feel better with cops on the beat. 

So, she is wrong. But I will defend her right to point out the flaws, because that is the true meaning of free speech.  

Tamatha Paul: a&nbsp;woman mocked for her views on Police. &nbsp;
Chris Hipkins says her views on beat Police were unwise, and then he went further and said they were stupid. &nbsp;
The Prime Minister says she’s in lala land.&nbsp;
Yesterday I commented that life must be really sweet on her planet - pity it’s not ours.&nbsp;
But that didn’t stop her doubling down yesterday on her views, because they are not untrue.&nbsp;
She pointed out that brown people have quite a different perception of police than others.&nbsp;
Look up profiling and it’s meaning.&nbsp;
She pointed out the terrible failure of the police in the case of the 11-year-old confused with a twenty-year-old that we’re all shocked at.&nbsp;
She highlighted the hassle of homeless.&nbsp;
She didn’t back down because as she said they are legitimate experiences amongst her constituents. &nbsp;
And she has constituents. She’s not a list MP. She won Wellington Central fair and square.&nbsp;
However, the complaints of one are not the complaints of a hundred. The vast, overwhelming, majority of New Zealanders feel better with cops on the beat.&nbsp;
So, she is wrong. But I will defend her right to point out the flaws, because that is the true meaning of free speech. &nbsp;

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Andrew Dickens: Tamatha Paul shares complaints of one, not one hundred

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