Luxon defends practicality of National’s public gang patch planNational leader and Prime Minister-elect Christopher Luxon said his plan to ban gang patches in public will be enforceable. Passing a law to ban gang patches in public is part of National’s 100-day plan once it’s in government. Gang patches are already banned in schools, hospitals, courts and other premises managed by either central or local government. The culture is different and the gang patch is worn by vastly greater numbers of people than simply members. The smarter policing needs to be aimed at the organised crime gangs, not gangs per se.

Source: The Guardian November 02, 2023 10:38 UTC