The Nat's gang policy hits a bit of opposition

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With regard to their idiocy around facial tattoos; the mob have hired lawyers. That might prove interesting - clearly Mark Mitchell & National are eager to appear tough, but perhaps they didn't consider that we already have one politician with a full Moko, nor that more & more Maori women are having  Moko Kauae. Can they legally apply such a daft law to just one section of the commmunity or will that prove illegal....


https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/mongrel-...BKJDDEV6Y/


"The Mongrel Mob has instructed a lawyer to look at NationalÔÇÖs gang policy and threats that Foul Masks - members who have gang regalia tattooed on their faces - will be forced to use makeup to cover up.
Free speech advocates, meanwhile, said NationalÔÇÖs policy was ÔÇ£bad and counterproductiveÔÇØ, likely to ÔÇ£push gangs further underground to festerÔÇØ.
Tokoroa lawyer Arama Ngapo confirmed that she had been asked by the Mongrel Mob to investigate the legality of NationalÔÇÖs election pledge.
ÔÇ£I can confirm that I have been asked for legal advice on that matter,ÔÇØ Ngapo told the┬áHerald.



ÔÇ£If Mr [Prime Minister-elect Christopher] Luxon thinks the solution to gangs in Aotearoa/New Zealand is to ÔÇÿThin LizzyÔÇÖ the problem away, he is ignoring over 100 years of colonisation and systemic racism which left M─üori in a cycle of poverty that led to the creation of gangs.ÔÇØ



Last week potential incoming Police Minister Mark Mitchell announced that National - the majority party of the incoming coalition Government - may ban gang facial tattoos if its planned ban on gang patches does not work.
Mitchell said gang members will be made to apply foundation when they wake up in the morning or face arrest."