Good look for the Police?

When she was in China for the FTA signing, NZPA reported that Helen Clark told Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao that Chinese forces "could not stand by as people were attacked" referring of course to the attackes in Tibetian dissidents. At the time, I pointed out Helen's hypocricy in light of the police response to Len Richards's "megaphone diplomacy" at last year's Labour Party conference. Here's my post: http://keepingstock.blogspot.com/2008/04/helen-hypocrite.html



OK- different day and different circumstances. But why did the Police allow pro-cannabis activists to flagrantly break the law in the grounds of Parliament yesterday, for four hours as reported in this morning's Dom-Post? And who has cropped the photograph above, which in an earlier online appearance was NOT a close-up, and clearly showed a uniformed Police officer in the background? Are the New Zealand Police top brass again embarassed to have their indifference towards illegal activity highlighted in the public domain? If not, they should be! The law may be an ass, but it is the law, and Police officers are sworn to uphold it.

Update - just found the original picture, from Stuff ealier this morning (around 8am) - coincidence, or conscience? You be the judge!