Ban on offensive facial markings could come as part of wider crackdown on gangs, National party says
New Zealand’s incoming government has said it will crack down on gangs, including proposals to extend police search powers.New Zealand’s incoming government has said it will crack down on gangs, including proposals to extend police search powers.New Zealand’s gangs may have to cover up offensive tattoos with makeup if the incoming government’s crackdown on gang activity goes ahead.
“There are stories in Australia, where you have senior gang members over there that wake up in the morning and have to apply foundation,” Mitchell said. “There’s a point at which you go beyond effective policy into … spiteful laws,” said Lauchs, comparing Western Australia’s tattoo ban to a plan to force jailed gang members to wear pink jumpsuits in Queensland prisons.were proposed but never enacted and were designed to embarrass gang members rather than increase public safety, the purpose of anti-gang laws, Lauchs said.
“What counts as a Mongrel Mob tattoo as opposed to the cultural tattoo of the people who joined the Mongrel Mob?” Lauchs said. “It is going to be a point of contention that could cause a lot of confusion.”Members of the country’s largest gang, the Mongrel Mob, are a familiar sight in many provincial towns and cities, and it is common for members to have insignia, including bulldogs, tattooed on their faces.
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