Photo: ODT filesA police officer has rebuffed a statement by Sensible Sentencing Trust founder Garth McVicar which congratulated police for shooting and killing a man. McVicar took to Facebook yesterday to praise police after the fatal shooting of a 29-year-old east Auckland man after a police chase on State Highway 1 near Pohuehue yesterday morning. The post has received much criticism, with commenters saying McVicar should be ashamed of himself and his comment was "totally inappropriate". The NZ Police are not big game hunters, shooting a human being is never a time to congratulate anybody. The officer's reply is one of more than 40 that criticised McVicar's post.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 31, 2018 23:26 UTC