This is a selection of some of the more interesting recent tweets in reaction to the Police action and inaction over the ‘roast busters’. As usual, it’s in reverse chronically order – the most recent tweets are first. More will be added [Read more below]
remember - in 2011 - John Key saying police could investigate TeaPot tapes because crime was so low that they didn't have anything to do?
This image's creator was threatened with police action. If you do one good deed today, please make it retweeting this pic.twitter.com/agTqEgBo8Y
I suspect that this outcome is *exactly* what Bomber planned when he put his "censored" post up. #BetterRapeStories
So, you can rape girls for 2 years, and post about it everywhere, and the cops do nothing. Post one image criticising them...
I doubt you can defame the police. And you can't be in contempt of sthg not before the courts.
So, @norightturnnz has tweeted the ‘banned’ Police pic, & its now been retweeted 27 times by the likes of Farrar & Fisher. Is this a crime?
> Idiot/Savant @norightturnnz
@bryce_edwards I've also posted it on my blog. If the police don't like it, they can talk to the lawyer I don't have yet
> James Macbeth Dann @edmuzik
@norightturnnz @bryce_edwards or they could, y'know, spend some time addressing the RAPE CLAIMS THEY HAVE IGNORED FOR TWO YEARS
> Russell Brown @publicaddress
@bryce_edwards @norightturnnz 23 people have tweeted my instance of it alone.
Alasdair Thompson @ajthompson13
Outraging, blaming, judging, holier than thouing, raging, aggressing, preaching, pontificating, narcissiting, hating, ranting, disapproving.
I don’t even much like this @TheDailyBlogNZ parody, but I like even less police abusing the law to suppress it: pic.twitter.com/BzqajO3s9f
The image the police censored #BetterRapeStories #BarabraStreisand pic.twitter.com/IDfkC5V2hR
Campbell Live @CampbellLiveNZ
Why didn't police act earlier on the Roast busters? Can we continue to have confidence in the police? Commissioner Peter Marshall is live.
@pipkeane @Zagzigger @CampbellLiveNZ @RichardSutherl2 You could ask why the police sent a legal letter to Bomber about a satire graphic?
Imperator Fish @ImperatorFish
Finally, some speedy police action in connection with the Roast Busters matter. Oh, wait...
Martyn Bradbury @CitizenBomber
Is this joke okay or do I need to get permission from the NZ Police? pic.twitter.com/HvappBetzN
Hayden Donnell @HaydenDonnell
Glad the police took swift action against @CitizenBomber. He was really asking for it posting his crimes online.
@DFisherJourno @norightturnnz Let’s get some solidarity going, then. They can’t threaten all of us.
Tips for @TheDailyBlogNZ: When threatened with jail over a post, get the police to put it in writing. Hint: They won't. #BetterRapeStories
Hashtags I thought were impossible #solidaritywithBomberrandHooton
@CitizenBomber Seriously though Bomber, put it back up. I'll write an opinion piece by "The Police" if you do #solidaritywithBomberandHooton
If the threats against @TheDailyBlogNZ are the best @nzpolice's lawyers can come up with, its no wonder they can't prosecute rapists #muppet
Nice one Roastbusters; you've made Bomber a martyr and Hooton the champion of morality. I hope you're proud
Morgan Godfery @MorganGodfery
I'm glad the police have their priorities right: bloggers are a real menace on the streets of West Auckland.
@CitizenBomber I hope they don't type "police" into The Civilian's search bar.
BREAKING: @TheDailyBlogNZ caves into threats from Police Headquarters instead of standing up for itself. http://thedailyblog.co.nz/2013/11/07/breaking-police-threaten-daily-blog-editor-with-6months-imprisonment-5000-fine-for-parodying-their-roast-buster-rape-inaction …
Morgan Godfery @MorganGodfery
Brag about raping: police inaction. Call out police inaction: threats of imprisonment and fines #Betterworkstories http://thedailyblog.co.nz/2013/11/07/breaking-police-threaten-daily-blog-editor-with-6months-imprisonment-5000-fine-for-parodying-their-roast-buster-rape-inaction/ …
Martyn Bradbury @CitizenBomber
They won't prosecute rape bragging but they will prosecute me for parodying their inaction - un-fucking-believeable - http://thedailyblog.co.nz/2013/11/07/breaking-police-threaten-daily-blog-editor-with-6months-imprisonment-5000-fine-for-parodying-their-roast-buster-rape-inaction/#sthash.vdQx0YFz.dpuf …
An older @avancenz piece, relevant now for some reason: What stops women becoming top cops http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/7277364/What-stops-women-becoming-top-cops …
Miriyana Alexander @miriyananz
Police seem to have filed Dame Margaret Bazley's report under ignore.
Earlier tweets:
Winston Aldworth @WinstonAldworth
Police credulity test. 1.) Four girls with sex assault allegations: "Ha! As if!" 2.) Fat German Bond villain in Coatesville: "Go! Go! Go!"
I sincerely hope the finger pointing point scoring & blaming here doesn't become bigger than these young women getting justice #roastbusters
So after wondering why police never executed a search warrant, they've now done so, just in time for any evidence to have been destroyed.
Morgan Godfery @MorganGodfery
The minister has admitted to learning more from the media that her own police. Surely that is ground enough for resignation #incompetence
@MorganGodfery wots new? All MPs know the cops are are all powerful, they are the law and as Tuhoe asserted apparently above the law.
> Morgan Godfery @MorganGodfery
@matuashane Yep. I think it's time for a clean out when you're in government matua.
@MorganGodfery review of Helen's efforts re cops in Louise Nicholas ordeal shows they are a hardened outfit and resent MPs interfering.
Cops lied to us. Cops lied to govt. Cops, the final analysis I think will show, essentially lied to the victims.
The Police and Roastbusters is one thing..the male hatred and supposed guilt shaming of men is something else
Martyn Bradbury @CitizenBomber
Anne Tolley, the Police Commissioner, Police investigators & IPCA walk into a crime scene - 'what are you wearing'? No joke. Welcome to NZ
Has anyone heard anything from Jo Goodhew? Where's our Minister for Women's Affairs?!
The cop who dealt with my assault was a really good guy, and the son of an abuser. I can't imagine how awful he feels today.
That poor kid who went to police - four days of hearing police say she hadn't been "brave enough". #RapeGang
Morgan Godfery @MorganGodfery
Ah, so the Police Commissioner is using the John Banks/John Key defence: I don't know because I wasn't told. Plausible deniability and shit
The onus is surely now on the police to prove they are NOT corrupt and incompetent, because the prima facie case against them is compelling.
nz police manage to enthusiastically bungle murder prosecutions yearly and yet claim caution when children come to them for help. Bullshit.
And they wonder why we call them pigs http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/9371620/Four-complaints-laid-over-Roast-Busters-group …
every snotty teen who sneered "why aren't you out catching real criminals, pig!" when made to tip out their woodstock turned out to be right
Lower Police ranks are armed with tasers and batons - further up the chain are armed with continuous flow of soothing and confusing words
HeathduPlessis-Allan @hdpaNEWS
Should we keep referring to them as the 'roast busters'?
@hdpaNEWS OR - should always be explanation of Roast Busters name origins; SPIT ROAST = 2 men treating a woman like a piece of meat.
@hdpaNEWS No. Or "Roast Busters" becomes a t-shirt slogan for sub culture. Call them "the West Auckland gang accused of teen sexual assault"
I fear policing hasn't been immune from the managerial revolution of hitting targets. Though it can wildly distract from the intended goal.
Jessica Williams @mizjwilliams
Tolley: Roastbusters "not a particularly nice term". Erm, understatement.
Police forces should not have such massive train wrecks on such a regular basis. #ChildAbuse #LouiseNicholas #Bain #Lundy #Pora #AndOnAndOn
Bonnie Hartfield @toryhipster
so instead of shouting "fuck the police" to high heavens, how about we ask what went wrong and try come up with a solution.
#Rape Also no complaints about ethnicity-focused stop-and-search practices, use of excessive force by police or investigative malpractice.
Morgan Godfery @MorganGodfery
Shorter police: "we're so sorry for getting caught out as liars and incompetents". Are you sorry for retraumatising the complainants? "No"
Struggling with the concept of informal rape complaints. "I just dropped by the police station to mention, casually, that I was raped"
Struggling with the concept of informal rape complaints. "I just dropped by the police station to mention, casually, that I was raped"
hamish mcneilly @southernscoop
The Roastbuster victim who laid a formal complaint should request her police interview video.
Police not happy with roast busters attention… want to get back to talking about all the other prosecutions they've cocked up over the years
"There are guidelines. But they change from case to case." Uhm, what?
"That's the information I was presented with." Even the police is now complaining about being lied to by the police. @ninetonoon
Today, we should be asking whether Police Commissioner Peter Marshall is merely incompetent or a stone cold liar. Either way, sack him.
The police aren't here to keep teen girls safe from rapists. They're here to convict journo's who leave tape recorders near my cups of tea.
Bring back Margaret Bazeley..she who found police culture flawed re treatment of sexual assaults. Remind me what's changed?
Why do we see no 'cop ratbags lying about rape complaints' headlines from Whaleoil ? #roastbusters
Maybe I'm not listening right, but I haven't heard any of our fearless truth-seekers ask the cops "Why should we trust anything you say?"
Roastbusters debacle shows nothing has changed since Malcolm Rewa's first victim named him in 1988 and they didn't bother checking his alibi
Do our cops prefer the glamorous work of spying and counterterrorism to the hard, icky, unglamaourous work of protecting kids from rapists?
Job 1 for the Police Minister is to take these boss cops out back and beat them with axe-handles. Or the Ministerial equivalent thereof.
Are people marching with pitchforks yet to the Waitemata Police HQ? I'm surprised they are not. Unbelievable revelations this morning. FOUR!
Remember when Anne Tolley was angry about mucked up police oaths. She must be about to turn bright green and flip over a car
Can the minister sack the commissioner? Heads need to roll at every level that fucked this up.
We didn't really have evidence, but we also couldn't really be bothered searching for any more #GetBetterWorkStories
Something is rotten at @nzpolice when they can storm Dotcom's house with helicopters but do nothing for child rape complainants.
Jonathan King @MrJonathanKing
"We have been in contact the boys to make sure they are safe, and (to) provide some advice," said Superindendent Searle - about the rapists.
BREAKING: Media investigation reveals Senior West Auckland Police unable to count beyond zero.
Hello Greg O'Connor, are you there, Greg? Anyone seen Greg?
Planning a career in crime and don't know what to do? Try serial pack rape. The Solicitor General's got your back. #roastbusters #NZpolice
I believe the public deserves to know if the boy Hales father works/worked alongside the original investigating police officers.
Earlier tweets:
News: Roastbusters update - Location: National News Police investigating allegations involv... http://ow.ly/2BkDnA
All the bush lawyers and Police apologists are pretty quiet tonight, I wonder why that is.
Jacinda Ardern @jacindaardern
Based on information revealed tonight on the way underage sexual violation case has been handled, we will be referring it to the IPCA.
Martyn Bradbury @CitizenBomber
That awkward horrifying moment when you realize that if this had been boyracers & not pack rapists, then something would've been done by now
@CitizenBomber it's been dismal watching everyone flap around in the past few days. Imagine if it was a real issue like speeding or tagging
Joshua Hitchcock @jcphitchcock
Right, who is organising the march on every police station in the country to express our disgust at a rotten, corrupt institution?
Amanda Reilly @DrAmandaReilly
Something is very wrong with the NZ police. I am angry & disgusted & this had better not be brushed under the carpet. Heads need to roll.
Martyn Bradbury @CitizenBomber
So it's the Police victim blaming mentality that needs changing, not our internet laws?
New Zealand Snapper @SnapperFishNZ
kiwi human police - why u no do the job that y u're paid to do? U don't think catching rapists good work story? Shame on you!
Hate to combine two issues of the day but: Quotas for female Police Officers? Seems like the obvious way to bring about a culture change.
In 1st story on west auckland rape gang, police said they couldn't act unless a girl had 'courage' to come forward. how they reconcile that?
This story is appalling, devastating. But it fits a very precise pattern. Also: try being brown, or poor, or disabled.
So the Police lied...
Morgan Godfery @MorganGodfery
I don't think I've ever hated the institutions of our society as much as I do now. I'm signing off Twitter for now.
@MorganGodfery I know the feeling. My sense of national pride in the inherent fairness of Aotearoa just melted.
There are almost too many systemic failures in this story to keep track of.
Jordan McCluskey @JordanMcCluskey
The 2004 Bazley report only dealt with how Police who were offenders themselves. New inquiry needed into Police culture.
Not feeling excessively tender towards people who claim to have lost their innocence concerning the cops and justice in this country, though
I think we can fairly start talking about police corruption now.
@publicaddress How does the timeline fit with the Shipton/Rickard prosecutions? You'd think those cases would have sharpened police minds.
@publicaddress I think we can also fairly start asking the Prime Minister & Police Minister if in the Commissioner enjoys their confidence.
@publicaddress a uniform and age is the only difference between the cops and the roastbusters
I like to think I'm cynical and detached, but this latest RoastBusters revelation has pushed my rage levels to 11. #RoyalCommissionOrBust
Jordan McCluskey @JordanMcCluskey
Calling for a Royal Commission of Inquiry is not hyperbole. This is systemic, cultural and horrifying.
Emma Espiner @emmawehipeihana
Kind of answers the question of why more victims haven't been 'brave enough' to come forward.
Can we re-do that @TheVoteNZ debate on whether we have confidence in the police?
Jordan McCluskey @JordanMcCluskey
I have lost all respect for the police.
You know what, this is the moment Police Minister Tolley needs to pick a side. Is she a #PoliceRapeCultureBuster or an enabler?
A #purge of police seems to be the only way to root out their toxic, misogynist, rape-enabling culture
Jessica Williams @mizjwilliams
Anyone - ANYONE - who dares to express the view that feminism is over/unnecessary/irrelevant? This week is proving you wrong.
When the New Zealand Police force is an instrument of #rapeculture rather than justice, it does not serve me or enjoy my confidence.
This is where police attitudes get us: where rapists can rape children with impunity, and the police will make excuses for them
The Auditor-General monitors their implementation of that. Every year, they report that police are dragging their feet and don't care
13yo rape victim says interviewing officer told her that her dress on the night would make it hard to prove a case. Commission of Inquiry.
> Joanne Carroll @J0anneCarr0ll
@publicaddress agreed it says as much if not more about the justice system as it does about the police investigation
Martyn Bradbury @CitizenBomber
Police won't tolerate violent incitement against Roast Busters, but will tolerate Roast Busters rape bragging for 2 years
Thought police were meant to have upped their game on sex crimes, but Roast Busters disgrace shows they're still clueless, inviting impunity
Martyn Bradbury @CitizenBomber
Passing questionable cyber laws in wake of public disgust at 'roast busters' isn't the solution - it's Police misogyny that needs changing
"Police have been monitoring the Roast Busters Facebook page for months." How good of them. This is insanity.
Shayne Misselbrook @SMisselbrook
The law is inadequate, but it is not the reason roast busters haven't been charged. Seems more like Police culture...
Alison Sammes @LittleCatDesign
Surely there must be more to this roast busters crap? It can't just be a case of police incompetence and abusive men walking free.
Rebecca Quilliam @bexquilliam
Have had a lot of emails from people outraged at police not charging Roast Busters, maybe anger should be directed at the young men?
Regarding Roast Busters - what I want to know is did police try to actively trace and contact victims, or did they just sit on their hands?
Police seem to lack the proper motivation to pursue the Roast Busters rape cases. Perhaps they need a visit from the Minister of Justice.
