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Fears Māori will pay heaviest price if police carry guns (www.rnz.co.nz)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz to c/newzealand@lemmy.nz

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Oh FFS.

Regardless of the racially charged headline... the only reason to arm police with sidearms is to make it easier for them to kill people extra-judicially. That's the only function a side arm has.

Police already have easy access to firearms in their vehicles.

Apparently 68% of police see Judge Dredd as an idol.

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[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

It's not specific to RNZ, it's a cancer in all our domestic journalism. "You need to engage the reader with the headline", a factual headline isn't 'enough' anymore.