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News that an inquiry
has been launched into police culture in South Auckland is great, but the
rest of New Zealand should also be included, Green Police Spokesman Keith
Locke says. The inquiry, launched
after evidence of abusive and humiliating police tactics were revealed at the
trial of South Auckland Police officer Senior Sergeant Anthony Solomona, was
good news, Mr Locke said. During Solomona’s trial
for assaulting a 17-year-old, it was revealed that police had a wider culture
of humiliating prisoners and photographing them wearing demeaning signs. The practise was
confirmed by another officer, Sergeant John Nelson, who said taking
photographs of prisoners being humiliated occurred in police stations
throughout the country. “Given what Sergeant
Nelson it seems that it’s not just a problem in South Auckland. I would like
to see other areas also subjected scrutiny,” Mr Locke said. |
