Taxpayer funded gang violence getting worse in HB

Stuff reports:

Mutually agreed rules between the Mongrel Mob and Black Power around gang conflicts in Hawke’s Bay have been abandoned, police say.

A summary of facts presented to court following the guilty pleas of two Mongrel Mob members in Napier District Court on Thursday revealed the gangs’ shift from previously held “rules”.

“The use of firearms has become prevalent and the previous mutually agreed rules around conflict between gangs (no open conflict amongst other members of the community and the targetting of family homes) are no longer being adhered to,” the summary stated. …

The summary said the incident was the 13th gang-related shooting to have occurred in Hawke’s Bay since July 1, 2020.

13 gang related shootings in Hawke’s Bay in 15 months and the Government is giving almost $3 million to the local Mongrel Mob for so called drug rehabilitation. Its offensive.

A survey of 597 people in Napier, undertaken before the shooting in February, revealed that 44 per cent of locals felt the city was not a safe place to live, with gangs being their biggest concern.

Yet the Government gave the gangs money.