Kate Hawkesby: Try as we do to endlessly support the Police, they’re not making it very easy for us

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Jun 28, 2023 · 3m

Try as we do to endlessly support the Police, they’re not making it very easy for us are they?

This story of the citizen’s arrest this week irked a lot of people - and rightly so.

If you missed it, a Christchurch business owner and some tradies tackled a thief to the ground after he allegedly stole motorcycle parts, he had an armload of stuff, they chased him, got him on the ground, held him down while they called Police.

The guy was putting up a fight and was yelling apparently that if they called the cops he’d ‘go back to prison’.

Some pause for thought there as to whether getting sent back…