Once again, race has been included by the separatists to enhance the emotion of their argument. Where all of the arrests Maori or Pacific Islander? If not then your race argument has no grounds, so drop it completely. If the people arrested have any connection to criminal events or criminal persons, then you have no argument so drop it completely.

Would you want the Police to raid a known Neo-Nazi community if you heard one of them talking about an attack on a suburban marae? The answer, as we all know, is Yes.