Howard Broad Police Commissioner lies about surveillance

NZ Police Commissioner Howard Broad, dubbed Howard 'Fraud' lies about surveillance of protests on National Radio.

Video evidence collected at demonstrations in Wellington as recently as last week expose Police Commissioner Howard Broad as a bold-faced liar notes Michael Medved, spokesperson for the Justice NOW! Collective

Howard Broads precise words were that they "Were not interested in the to-ings and fro-ings of protest groups who might be wanting to stand outside a building and put placards up or do all the sorts of things you associate with lawful protest in a free and democratic society."

Watch this video and see for yourself that Howard Broad is simply not telling the truth. said Dr Medved.

A solidarity demonstration outside of the Greek Embassy in Wellington on Friday 12 December (immediately before the revelations about informant Rob Gilchrist) was heavily surveilled, videoed and photographed by police staff simply for standing outside the embassy with banners. Everyone at the picket was targeted by the police photographer as uniformed police and members of the diplomatic protection squad took photos and video. A similar demonstration outside the annual weapons conference in Wellington in October was surveilled by both police and contract intelligence agents from security firm Thompson and Clark who are working closely with police to target and exploit activists. This is the normal behaviour of police, not some exceptional circumstance.

The sole purpose of this police surveillance is to gather intelligence on political action and activity. Frankly, it smacks of a police state. The Police Commissioner should resign and the SIG should be disbanded immediately for this grotesque intrusion into legitimate political activity concluded Dr Michael Medved of Justice NOW!

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[DrMMedved]

The SIG need to be disbanded along with all these other 'pre-emptive' spying bureaucrats that are costing the country a fortune. Rob Gilchrist is just the tip of the iceberg that is the state surveillance gravy train

[DrMMedved]

Either the SIG are lying to Broad or Broad is lying to the public. He is either totally dishonest or he has lost control of his department - Either way he has to go, along with the SIG, the informers and the rest of his spying bureaucrats.

The first clips were from a solidarity picket ONLY last week. The antiwar picket from October.

[blayzzz]

Fuck the police, useless cunts.

[bevanpalmer]

Make me ritch

[bifkin]

FUCK COPS

[KiwiSentinel]

reminds me of a Beatles song George Harrison wrote which appeared on the White album