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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-533/
- Published: 2022-03-29T17:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-03-30T08:50:53.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Crime, Featured, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 01:12

> \[…\] this protest left no doubt that fringe elements took advantage of genuine protesters and essentially kicked them out of their own protest.  
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> Police spent 23 days attempting to negotiate and de-escalate and soon came to realise there was an entrenched group within the protest ranks that would never leave without being forced to.  
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> A significant number of these people had resorted to the disgusting levels of violence and thuggery we all witnessed. \[…\] – some were just spoiling for a fight. Well, they got it.  
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> Police meticulously planned the operation and prepared for a variety of contingencies, a key one being to wait until the numbers on the lawn had dropped to a manageable size. When it did, they moved in and, ultimately, used the type of force that would never have been acceptable in the early days of this event.  
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> To take just one day – albeit a long, tiring and very physical one – to bring the mayhem to a halt is testament to the planning and execution.  
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> \[…\] Without the professional, courageous and relentless actions of the Police staff deployed to rid the capital’s iconic centre of chaos and disorder, a plan would remain just a plan.  
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> So, well done to you all – from raw recruits to 40-year veterans, you stood up and delivered in a way we can all be incredibly proud of.  
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> People from all over New Zealand have contacted the Police Association asking for their gratitude to be passed on to you all.  
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> March 2, 2022, will, whether we like it or not, be remembered in the history of Aotearoa, but also in the history of our Police for a job bloody well done.  
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> [https://www.policeassn.org.nz/news/presidents-column-outstanding-work-restores-our-capital#/](https://www.policeassn.org.nz/news/presidents-column-outstanding-work-restores-our-capital?ref=goodoil.news#/)

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