Racist attack at north shore supermarket

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#298892 25-Jul-2022 13:00

NZ Herald reporting:

NZHerald: Police are still hunting for the assailant following the attack on the software specialist and family man outside Pak'nSave Albany on Sunday morning.
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The Albany victim's daughter, a North Shore high school pupil who asked to remain anonymous, has spoken out about the harrowing unprovoked assault to raise awareness of what she says is a rising level of prejudice in the area.

She said there is an "awful" increase in the willingness of people at her school to bully others because of their culture.

This is very upsetting. Not only a racist attack - also a school which clearly does not have a robust anti-bullying infrastructure and in all likelyhood never had one.

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#2946185 25-Jul-2022 13:19

Disgraceful but sadly not surprising.

Here is a crazy notion, lets give peace a chance.

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#2946197 25-Jul-2022 13:49

I’d be very surprised if the school in question doesn’t have “robust anti-bullying infrastructure”. The trouble is, evil will always find a way. And there really isn’t any other way to describe either the attack, or bullying, as anything other than evil.

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#2946210 25-Jul-2022 14:18

I am personally noticing a lot more anti-social behaviour in my community in recent years. I am finding it quite stressful seeing the number of people who are becoming socially disengaged, and thinking about the potential for their behaviour to become more extreme over time.

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#2946213 25-Jul-2022 14:24

From time to time I see burly men wearing ankle bracelets at that supermarket. They're not Fitbits either. I'm just speculating here but it does make me wonder if perhaps the sort of chaps who wear ankle bracelets and get dropped off in a white van are perhaps the same sort of people who might have a short fuse.

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#2946214 25-Jul-2022 14:26

I'm really surprised that this would happen where it did.

There's a real multicultural population in Albany and that supermarket is about as multicultural as it gets. Obviously this guy is a died-in-the-wool racist and has some serious mental issues, despite what the victim said about him seeming like a normal guy.

I understand others not wanting to get involved, as these days just stepping up and saying stop can cause you to be assaulted, stabbed or worse, but I am amazed that this could even happen there.

There really are a lot of scumbags in NZ.

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#2946222 25-Jul-2022 14:44

Disgusting no one deserves this!

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#2946226 25-Jul-2022 14:48

At 7850 people, New Zealand’s prison population is the lowest it’s been since 2008 (Projected Growth of Remand Prison Population ‘Alarming’ | Newsroom) and crime is up (After Covid, crime swells in New Zealand’s empty city centres | New Zealand | The Guardian)

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#2946233 25-Jul-2022 15:19

Feels like there is so much more needless crime happening these days. Assaulting someone isn't even "I can't afford food so I'm stealing it", it's just being a prick (it won't let me use proper descriptors, lol)

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#2946236 25-Jul-2022 15:30

Inphinity:

Feels like there is so much more needless crime happening these days. Assaulting someone isn't even "I can't afford food so I'm stealing it", it's just being a prick (it won't let me use proper descriptors, lol)

In some ways this is what worries me the most. It's bad enough when people take what's not theirs, but I think it's even more concerning to see the increasing number of angry people just losing control and randomly lashing out at others around them.

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#2946252 25-Jul-2022 15:55

Journeyman:
From time to time I see burly men wearing ankle bracelets at that supermarket. They're not Fitbits either.

Isn't that making the same generalisation based on appearance that others are making based on race?

(Unless "burly men wearing ankle bracelets" is a dogwhistle for something specific).

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#2946253 25-Jul-2022 15:55

Dulouz:

At 7850 people, New Zealand’s prison population is the lowest it’s been since 2008 (Projected Growth of Remand Prison Population ‘Alarming’ | Newsroom) and crime is up (After Covid, crime swells in New Zealand’s empty city centres | New Zealand | The Guardian)

Doesn't take a genius to figure what this one out. Don't get me wrong I am all for rehabilitation. But letting them out has certainly contributed to the crime spike.
Police are finding it harder to actually prosecute. They know who the offenders are, but they are always walking free being let go. I have spoken to cops and they usually end up catching the same people each week. Doesn't send a particularly good message to the offender...

And social media and lock downs have not been helpful at all... Twitter and facebook are Terrible.

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#2946261 25-Jul-2022 16:11

darylblake:

Dulouz:

At 7850 people, New Zealand’s prison population is the lowest it’s been since 2008 (Projected Growth of Remand Prison Population ‘Alarming’ | Newsroom) and crime is up (After Covid, crime swells in New Zealand’s empty city centres | New Zealand | The Guardian)

Doesn't take a genius to figure what this one out. Don't get me wrong I am all for rehabilitation. But letting them out has certainly contributed to the crime spike.
Police are finding it harder to actually prosecute. They know who the offenders are, but they are always walking free being let go. I have spoken to cops and they usually end up catching the same people each week. Doesn't send a particularly good message to the offender...

And social media and lock downs have not been helpful at all... Twitter and facebook are Terrible.

Facebook is the worst. I think it has made western countries a lot worse as a result, it just seems to fuel the misinformation and nutters. I have personally never used it apart form having an account for when needs by companies for contacting them etc.

I can't understand why our prison population is now so low, when NZ population has risen significantly.

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#2946273 25-Jul-2022 16:32

mattwnz:
I can't understand why our prison population is now so low, when NZ population has risen significantly.

Because the judges have gone soft.

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#2946312 25-Jul-2022 18:35

CYaBro:
mattwnz:

I can't understand why our prison population is now so low, when NZ population has risen significantly.

Because the judges have gone soft.

It's Government policy - Andrew Little: 'Longer sentences, more prisoners - it doesn't work and it has to stop' - NZ Herald and one of the few targets they have achieved. Bugger the consequences.

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#2946335 25-Jul-2022 21:21

neb:
Journeyman:
From time to time I see burly men wearing ankle bracelets at that supermarket. They're not Fitbits either.

Isn't that making the same generalisation based on appearance that others are making based on race?

(Unless "burly men wearing ankle bracelets" is a dogwhistle for something specific).

Yeah sure, they're just white-collar criminals who like to work out.

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