Saturday, September 10, 2022

Mob member wasn't a suspect when he boarded plane

Stuff reports today that police have issued a statement saying Mongrel Mob member Hendrix Jury, who is wanted in connection with a Christchurch shooting, was not a suspect at the time he boarded a plane to Napier in an incident referred to in a post on this blog yesterday. 

The police say Jury flew to Napier on the same day the shooting happened, in which case they couldn't reasonably have been expected to have issued an alert for him. My criticism of them for not intercepting Jury would therefore appear to have been unfair and unwarranted. 

The rest of my post remains valid but I have deleted it in its entirety as a lesson to myself not to jump to conclusions. 

13 comments:

Doug Longmire said...

Fair enough Karl. It was an honest mistake.
All credit to you for correcting it.
The rest of your article could be re published separately later on maybe ?

Phil said...

What is puzzling is that the photograph taken on the plane was referenced as being taken because the man looked like the police suspect. I assume the photograph was taken and photographer only later realised it was the same man.

Anonymous said...

A journalist who owns their statements, and is prepared to correct any mistakes. Excellent! I wish more would follow your example.

Gary Peters said...

Jumping the gun is hardly a sin when compared to the way this government has been "jumping the shark" for quite some time now.

Anonymous said...

Kia ora no Maraenui. Very quiet around here today. (They turn their sirens off before they come into the Nui.) The signs of neglect and apathy are my daily reality.

Media use the Nui to ‘expose’ poverty and crime. They even managed to keep the property prices down during the housing frenzy. Politicians ‘show case’ their ideas here. We are exploited and oppressed at the same time. If I knew where that man was I wouldn’t tell anyone. There is law in the Nui. It’s just not the same one thats letting you guys down right now. But remember it let us down first. Law works really well when it’s applied. Ever heard of a random stabbing in Maraenui? When you consider the amount of stimulants consumed here? I know. You’re told they are ‘mentally ill’ people. Can’t help themselves? So these mentally ill people around me wouldn’t dare randomly stab someone’s grandma in the street - not around here anyway. Why do you think that is? Why do you think these mentally ill P crazed people in my suburb do not engage in road rage, random street violence, mugging of a pedestrian … or even verbal abuse of people they don’t know. I feel utterly safe here today. At least from that sort of random crime.

Meanwhile Luxon feeeeeels for young people - ankle bracelets being too severe a punishment for lilly- livered politicians stuck in the visions they had during the 1980’s: university educated pakeha as the new messiahs’, the new saviours of Maoridom, and anything else you care to name. It’s enough to give you cognitive dissonance.

Karl du Fresne said...

Maraenui: working-class suburb of Napier.

Richard Arlidge said...

Maybe Karl, but what did the rest of that utter claptrap mean other than perhaps the anonymous he's/ she's/ they's perhaps been imbibing something they oughtn't?
As for the rest of what you said before taking it down, I agreed - although I couldn't now recite it. But, I trust you know about what recently happened to Martin Devlin? The Police have a lot to answer for in terms of prioritising what's important. I accept they may be short on staff, but all I see is way too many of them issuing tickets and standing around with weapons well after the fact that there's any real risk to the public. And, do we have any confidence that they know how to handle those weapons - their track record indicates not.

Hugh Jorgan said...

You may also want to have it taken down from The Platform.

Karl du Fresne said...

I requested that yesterday morning but see that it's still on their website. I have just repeated my request to The Platform in firmer terms. Muriel Newman also ran my post on her Breaking Views website but promptly took it down yesterday at my request.

David McLoughlin said...

Ka pai Karl. In the best journalistic practice.

Karl du Fresne said...

I see The Platform has now taken down my post, more than 24 hours after I requested it. However they have not published the brief statement I sent them explaining why I wanted the post deleted. Readers of The Platform who had read my post deserved to be told that one part of it might not be fair and accurate. My credibility is affected because it will look as though I wasn't prepared to fess up to what appears to have been a mistake. Regrettably this forces me to reconsider the informal arrangement whereby The Platform is allowed to take content from this blog.

Karl du Fresne said...

Further to the above:
For as long as I've been in journalism, there has been a stubborn reluctance to correct errors. It's part of the journalistic culture and I've been guilty of it myself.
This may explain The Platform's reluctance to publish my statement, even though in this case I made it clear the error was mine and not theirs.

Hiko said...

Karl Owning up to a mistake and correcting it
Wow thats refreshing in this day and age