Police checkpoint targeting euthanasia supporters unlawful -CathNewsNZ

Police checkpoint targeting euthanasia supporters unlawful

Thursday, March 15th, 2018

A police checkpoint targeting euthanasia supporters in Lower Hutt in 2016 was unlawful, the Independent Police Conduct Authority says.

The Privacy Commissioner has also condemned police actions, saying officers unlawfully and unfairly collected personal information and harmed some of the people involved.

Police have accepted they broke the law – but maintain they “acted in order to protect life and did not intentionally break the law”. Continue reading

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