Posts Tagged ‘Urewera 18 um 4’

Not with a bang but a whimper

Written By: - Date published: 7:14 pm, March 20th, 2012 - 86 comments

So, from a 300 police raid and headlines screaming ‘Police foil paramilitary plot’ to, 5 years later, 4 people convicted of half a dozen firearms possession charges each. I’ll admit, the SIS and Police carved a compelling narrative from their video footage but the evidence just wasn’t there and clearly the jury, like the public, just don’t trust the SIS given its track record.

Disconnect in Urewera case

Written By: - Date published: 9:21 am, February 16th, 2012 - 128 comments

If the evidence against the Urewera 4 is so strong and what they were planning to do so serious, how come they’ve only been charged with a handful of minor offences? And how come the others had the charges dropped? Where are the treason and conspiracy charges? After 4 years of delays, lies, secrecy, and official fuck-ups, do we trust the cops’ evidence?

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