Kyle Matthews
@kylermatthews.bsky.social
Research fellow at He Whenua Taurikura. Research the far right, Atlas network, free speech/hate speech, and radical social movements across the political spectrum. He/him. https://people.wgtn.ac.nz/kyle.matthews
Every second awful TERF the FSU brings here has a maths PhD: James Lindsay, Helen Joyce. It’s clearly a factor radicalising people to extremism.
November 12, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Every second awful TERF the FSU brings here has a maths PhD: James Lindsay, Helen Joyce. It’s clearly a factor radicalising people to extremism.
I research violent extremism and the answer in that field is commonly “it is complex” but the evidence there is pretty clear: restricting access to high powered firearms reduces deaths. See, for eg, www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Armed to Kill: A Cross-Sectional Analysis Examining the Links between Firearms Availability, Gun Control, and Terrorism Using the Global Terrorism Database and the Small Arms Survey
According to the Global Terrorism Database, the use of firearms in terrorist attacks has been on the rise, and firearms-based attacks are the most lethal. In the aftermath of mass-casualty attacks ...
www.tandfonline.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I research violent extremism and the answer in that field is commonly “it is complex” but the evidence there is pretty clear: restricting access to high powered firearms reduces deaths. See, for eg, www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Yes, but police is a hierarchical organisation so following orders is common - im not sure this is a spread, rather it’s the default. As this shows that’s often not good. Other police elsewhere resisted which has helped bring this to light.
November 12, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Yes, but police is a hierarchical organisation so following orders is common - im not sure this is a spread, rather it’s the default. As this shows that’s often not good. Other police elsewhere resisted which has helped bring this to light.
These revelations about police staff redirecting emails sent to the minister so that he couldn’t see them are appalling (and illegal?): www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
How did police stop ministers from hearing about their disgraced deputy?
The police top brass stepped in to stop ministers receiving emails about Jevon McSkimming, Police Minister Mark Mitchell has revealed.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 12, 2025 at 2:33 AM
These revelations about police staff redirecting emails sent to the minister so that he couldn’t see them are appalling (and illegal?): www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
I’m not the only one to point out that the phrase ‘bad apple’ has its origins in the way that one bad apple corrupts other apples near it. To fix bad apples you need to remove the bad apple, and figure out what made it bad. Only a systemic rethink of the institution of policing will do that.
November 11, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I’m not the only one to point out that the phrase ‘bad apple’ has its origins in the way that one bad apple corrupts other apples near it. To fix bad apples you need to remove the bad apple, and figure out what made it bad. Only a systemic rethink of the institution of policing will do that.
There was a lot of work done yesterday in the media conference to prevent ‘in the job trouble’ of this IPCA report leading to broader substantial change, with ‘a few bad apples’ being thrown around a lot.
November 11, 2025 at 10:05 PM
There was a lot of work done yesterday in the media conference to prevent ‘in the job trouble’ of this IPCA report leading to broader substantial change, with ‘a few bad apples’ being thrown around a lot.
We need a complete rethink of how we conceive of an implement public and private safety in our society. From who polices, how they police, and how lawbreakers are dealt with. But that’s clearly not going to happen.
November 11, 2025 at 10:05 PM
We need a complete rethink of how we conceive of an implement public and private safety in our society. From who polices, how they police, and how lawbreakers are dealt with. But that’s clearly not going to happen.
The fact that those officers are men and what was shut down was a woman's complaint against a male police officer isn’t surprising. And as people have pointed out, it’s 18 years since the Bazley inquiry which said the same things as the IPCA report yesterday, so it’s not changing.
November 11, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The fact that those officers are men and what was shut down was a woman's complaint against a male police officer isn’t surprising. And as people have pointed out, it’s 18 years since the Bazley inquiry which said the same things as the IPCA report yesterday, so it’s not changing.
But sometimes it’s just straight ‘how can I use my power in this situation to make my life easier on and in the job?’ We’ve absolutely seen the latter here – multiple people corruptly shutting down a potential criminal inquiry in order to protect their positions, and advance McSkimming’s.
November 11, 2025 at 10:05 PM
But sometimes it’s just straight ‘how can I use my power in this situation to make my life easier on and in the job?’ We’ve absolutely seen the latter here – multiple people corruptly shutting down a potential criminal inquiry in order to protect their positions, and advance McSkimming’s.
At its most understandable (but still terrible culture) that’s driven by a sense of a ‘thin blue line’, colleagues in a ‘battle against society’, and attachment to an institution that attracts and rewards loyalty.
November 11, 2025 at 10:05 PM
At its most understandable (but still terrible culture) that’s driven by a sense of a ‘thin blue line’, colleagues in a ‘battle against society’, and attachment to an institution that attracts and rewards loyalty.
The police will exercise wide discretion to achieve these. That discretion comes with a big dollop of institutional (and sometimes individual) racism and misogyny, prejudices which divide society into those worth listening to and protecting, and not, and protecting state and corporate institutions.
November 11, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The police will exercise wide discretion to achieve these. That discretion comes with a big dollop of institutional (and sometimes individual) racism and misogyny, prejudices which divide society into those worth listening to and protecting, and not, and protecting state and corporate institutions.
How can I do less annoying work so I can do more ‘actual police work’? In the job trouble is having to appear before superiors, courts of inquiry, or political leadership and having to be accountable for their actions and how they appear in terms of ‘trust in the institution’. Police hate this.
November 11, 2025 at 10:05 PM
How can I do less annoying work so I can do more ‘actual police work’? In the job trouble is having to appear before superiors, courts of inquiry, or political leadership and having to be accountable for their actions and how they appear in terms of ‘trust in the institution’. Police hate this.
But it also involves what Waddington (1996) calls avoiding ‘on the job’ and ‘in the job’ trouble. The former is avoiding ‘annoying’ elements of police work. How to end a protest without having to deal with problematic issues such as arresting protesters, ending up in court, and filling in paperwork.
November 11, 2025 at 10:05 PM
But it also involves what Waddington (1996) calls avoiding ‘on the job’ and ‘in the job’ trouble. The former is avoiding ‘annoying’ elements of police work. How to end a protest without having to deal with problematic issues such as arresting protesters, ending up in court, and filling in paperwork.
Numerous studies have pointed out the complicated and problematic nature of police culture (see studies by Jennifer Earl; P. A. J. Waddington; Choong, 1998; Loftus, 2009). Sometimes that involves straight corruption and protecting individuals and the institution, which this incident looks like.
November 11, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Numerous studies have pointed out the complicated and problematic nature of police culture (see studies by Jennifer Earl; P. A. J. Waddington; Choong, 1998; Loftus, 2009). Sometimes that involves straight corruption and protecting individuals and the institution, which this incident looks like.
As documented by hundreds of studies of police culture globally. It has been, and remains, a problematic institution and we would be better to have an honest conversation about that rather than shouting down Tamatha Paul when she points it out.
November 11, 2025 at 9:12 PM
As documented by hundreds of studies of police culture globally. It has been, and remains, a problematic institution and we would be better to have an honest conversation about that rather than shouting down Tamatha Paul when she points it out.
The Minister and Commissioner were working hard in the press conference to make this about 'a few bad apples' rather than a systemic and cultural problem which is long-standing in the institution. There's going to be a lot of work done to make those fundamental problems glossed.
November 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The Minister and Commissioner were working hard in the press conference to make this about 'a few bad apples' rather than a systemic and cultural problem which is long-standing in the institution. There's going to be a lot of work done to make those fundamental problems glossed.
Good to get a chance to rewrite your presentation with new data!
November 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Good to get a chance to rewrite your presentation with new data!
It’s like the tv show unbelievable come live onto our news. Rage.
November 11, 2025 at 8:16 PM
It’s like the tv show unbelievable come live onto our news. Rage.
That was my prediction as well. Gone by lunch time?
November 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
That was my prediction as well. Gone by lunch time?
I have a piece hopefully forthcoming in Human Geography journal which analyses this action and Maipi-Clarke's act of ripping up the Treaty Principles Bill in parliament as acts of resistance to colonial sabotage in Aotearoa.
November 11, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I have a piece hopefully forthcoming in Human Geography journal which analyses this action and Maipi-Clarke's act of ripping up the Treaty Principles Bill in parliament as acts of resistance to colonial sabotage in Aotearoa.