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Tuesday, 03 March 2009 11:38 |
 Bruce Emery, a 51 year old businessman has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison for stabbing 15 Pihema Cameron to death. What a joke!!! Could you imagine how long a Maori or Pacific Islander would have received in jail for doing the same crime? After all, Emery chased Cameron 300 metres down the road with a knife. After he had stabbed him, he refused to provide any help to Cameron. He then went back home, and hid the knife.
There is much racism in the so called justice system. While Maori make up around 14% of the population, they represent about half of the prison population. Furthermore, the case has highlighted just how redneck the lawa and order lobby are. Despite the fact that Cameron was killed, this was justified by right-wingers as a justified defence of private property. And what about the Sensible Sentencing Trust, who supposedly speak out for every victim? They thought even four years was too harsh a sentence. Do brown victims not count?
RIP Pihema Cameron |
