Post by Imbannedeverywhere on Nov 25, 2015 3:19:18 GMT
And one proof of this, is the problems people have gaining access to information.
What do the police have to hide?
Time for a commission of inquiry I think.
www.stuff.co.nz/national/74381812/call-for-police-to-scrap-censoring-contracts-after-researcher-dr-jarrod-gilbert-banned
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11550680
What do the police have to hide?
Time for a commission of inquiry I think.
www.stuff.co.nz/national/74381812/call-for-police-to-scrap-censoring-contracts-after-researcher-dr-jarrod-gilbert-banned
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11550680
Sitting in front of me is a 20-page document. It's my police file. It doesn't say much, because 17 of those pages are completely blacked out.
I requested my file because I've been deemed by the police to be unfit to conduct research - I've been banned from accessing basic and uncontroversial police data. As an academic who studies crime, this is rather crippling. It's also a staggering abuse of power.
The police have deemed me unfit because of my "association with gangs". This association won't surprise many people: I did New Zealand's largest ever study of gangs. It was long, exhausting and sometimes dangerous work, but it was worth it. The research culminated in an award-winning book, and academic publications all around the world.
I requested my file because I've been deemed by the police to be unfit to conduct research - I've been banned from accessing basic and uncontroversial police data. As an academic who studies crime, this is rather crippling. It's also a staggering abuse of power.
The police have deemed me unfit because of my "association with gangs". This association won't surprise many people: I did New Zealand's largest ever study of gangs. It was long, exhausting and sometimes dangerous work, but it was worth it. The research culminated in an award-winning book, and academic publications all around the world.
