Another Auckland shopkeeper was stabbed yesterday and has bad injuries.
The Police should be pleased because he did what they have suggested - stand there, don't be aggressive and watch closely so you can remember the attacker - not too closely or they might stab you in the eyes as well.
The stabbing happened on the day police told retailers to use common sense when defending themselves after a 40-year-old man stabbed in a fight outside his liquor store was himself arrested. Varinder Singh appeared in Manukau District Court facing two charges of injuring with intent to injure following the altercation outside his Gilbert Rd liquor store in Otara on Tuesday night. He was attacked with knives and other weapons and sensibly defended himself.
The stabbing happened on the day police told retailers to use common sense when defending themselves after a 40-year-old man stabbed in a fight outside his liquor store was himself arrested. Varinder Singh appeared in Manukau District Court facing two charges of injuring with intent to injure following the altercation outside his Gilbert Rd liquor store in Otara on Tuesday night. He was attacked with knives and other weapons and sensibly defended himself.
The Police said "The arrest serves as a reminder to all who take the law into their own hands in some circumstances (it) cannot be justified. The law states that reasonable force and reasonable steps for shop owners in defending themselves, any other persons or their property is acceptable. Those that clearly exceed that force can expect to be arrested and held accountable before the criminal courts ... people need to use their common sense." Yeah well those people who should use common sense are the Police themselves. What a crock. The Police spokesman went on to say "Shop owners who feared for their safety need to get on the phone, dial 111 and the police will respond and deal with it". OK. Tell that to the recent victims who have waited hours for a response.
I guess the best way of dealing with things then is to be like the Knight in Monty Pythons The Holy Grail. Stand there while the bastards chop your arms and legs off saying "I'm only the victim I can't fight you back"
3 comments:
I agree with what you say.
The 'reasonable force' rule is not in keeping anymore with the situation in South Auckland (and other places). Crminals are unpredictable and made worse by 'P' and other substances.
I believe that the facxt that they have demanded money with menaces puts thenm in the position of getting what they deserve whatever it is.
'One was a Christian'
I must confess I find the stance the police take sometimes hard to understand too!
Thankfully we have courts which often see things in a more reasonable way!
Where's Brother Paulinus when we need him?
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