“It’s like carrying the power on my back.”
Summarised by Centrist
A 12-year-old in Mt Wellington was stopped by police on Christmas Day for wearing a boxing gym shirt featuring a logo resembling Black Power’s insignia. Officers claimed the shirt breached NZ’s gang patch ban, confiscating it despite the boy’s insistence it was a uniform. “It’s like carrying the power on my back,” he said. The gym denied any gang affiliation, sparking misuse-of-law concerns.
Stuff reported my conclusion, but not the reasoning behind it.
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