Police Commissioner lies about police protest surveillance #2

At the end of 2008 NZ Police Commissioner Howard Broad, since dubbed Howard Fraud stated "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.

Just days before the Commissioners statement a solidarity demonstration outside of the Greek Embassy in Wellington 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.
These are the normal behaviour of police, not some exceptional circumstance.

http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=CN8kpUoZ30c

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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[pasqualebrow1230]

Your video is popular on Mexico City

[lordess111]

It's already too late world wide. The term 'terrorist' is being manipulated for every purpose from spying on suspected drug dealers to ' information gathering' and even personal vendettas by powerful well connected people. Fear mongering has worked and they have complete control now. The police and certain militant groups can do anything they please. It's game over for civil and personal freedoms.

[GhettoLifeLA]

Hey they do the same thing in LA!

[cbmilne33]

One very easy way of knowing that you are being spied on is if people take photos/videos of you that are not later on put on the media/internet then you have been spied on-if they are journalists whose stories are then spiked then that journalist is still a legitimate target for our suspicions-sometimes being a journalist can be a good cover job for spies anyway.

[squirrel1984]

Great clip, grr that guy made me angry