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Protesters ahoy
By Steven | April 12, 2011
Andrew Geddis on Pundit has posted an analysis of some of the legal and constitutional issues surrounding Greenpeace’s protest against mining surveyers on the seas off the East Cape.
Among other interesting points, he suggests that the seas can’t be a public place for the purposes of a charge of disorderly behaviour. I’ve suggested they can, though that’s not to say that such a charge would be appropriate.
UPDATE: the debate has moved well beyond disorderly behaviour, but there’s still a bit of head-scratching as to the width of the police powers.
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