NORML President furious at Police reaction to gang threats
The President of NORML NZ is calling for all police involved in the latest Daktory raid to lose their jobs for
negligence.
Julian Crawford is laying a Complaint with the Independent Police Conduct Authority after police were called to the club
deal with gang threats.
However, police repeated the gang’s earlier threat to kick the door down and began an 8 hour raid on the club, which is
NORML’s Auckland branch HQ.
“We no longer feel safe calling the police when there is a gang threat,” Mr Crawford said. “The police and gangs are now
working hand in hand to shut down community cannabis clubs, driving demand into the black market.”
It has been an open secret that cannabis can be obtained and consumed at the Daktory and police have known this for 3
years. Police even describe the club as a “safe-haven” for cannabis users.
We previously had an arrangement with Police where we could report criminal behaviour without fear of reprisals. This
good relationship with police is now broken.
One Daktory member, a middle-aged women with no criminal history is now portrayed by police as a major drug dealer.
“If really feel for this woman, who is a medical user of cannabis and a devout Christian, she was terrified when the
gangs came to the club and then 15 minutes later police kicked her door down and chucking her in prison.”
“The truth is that all members benefit from the proceeds of the Daktory’s ongoing civil disobedience campaign. The club
will continue to operate its civil disobedience campaign until cannabis is legally regulated.”
"Police should protect the community and uphold the peace, when the apply the letter of the law and those are bad laws
then they actually work to preserve violence and intimidation. If gangs return we will not be able to call the police
and if someone is injured or killed their blood will be on the hands of the politicians that maintain cannabis
prohibition.
We are asking for the publics’ support for our campaign to allow a safe, self regulated cannabis clubs for adults, which
put profits back into the community."
ENDS