KJK has had to call off her trip to NZ

It's an appalling state of affairs, but good for her for putting her own safety first. Honestly, there would be less uproar if she was a Holocaust denier. Hordes of idiots trying to literally 'burn the witch' for stating biological facts and putting women and girls first, and the police just shrug. It's beyond ridiculous

The live stream was terrifying - it must have been awful for KJK's family back home if they were watching.

Also I recall she said that when she was removed to the police station, and held there for her safety until they took her to the airport, it was all kept secret so the minimum number of people knew where she was for her safety. Perhaps that was because the police looking after her knew there were others in the force who couldn't be relied on to protect her? (I'm putting that politely).

I watched the live stream too, absolutely horrifying.

No doubt the NZ TRAs will be crowing, but really? Proof the police knew what was happening and did fuck all until the literal last minute? They were meant to stand in a line and protect the women from the get go, like fuck they did. And look who had a hand in it all eh?

All this shows is that the level of violence against women and the institutional capture of the police means that women who refuse to submit are no longer safe in that country. They would go harder at her next time, and any nutter with a weapon could approach her and do her harm, and know the police will stand back and watch it happen, or at the very least not reach her in time to protect her. I wouldn't be crowing about that.

So the person who was involved in the complete failure to organize an adequate police presence was also likely involved in organizing a 2000 person protest?

Wow.

Sounds negligent to me and the conflict of interest is crystal clear.

Fortunately Posy walked out unharmed and therefore probably has no claim but I wonder whether the woman or women who were injured would be able to make a claim against the police for their absolute failure to do their job.

I'm glad she's not going. I stayed up to watched the live stream when she did go and I honestly thought I was about to watch her be murdered.

I watched ‘Becoming Rhona’ about the TW involved and all I can say is KJK’s description is pretty accurate.

Invited by indigenous women to talk about women's rights and needs.

Slammed down by a lot of white men, with the power to control and enforce their personal religion on others. And who will witter righteously about how awful the racist and colonialist treatment of said indigenous women was, and how they identify as Much Much Better Than Other White Men Who Did That, And They're Doing It For Good Reasons Not Bad Ones.

We all knew what was going on behind the scenes but to see it actually there in black and white.

I don't blame her for not going. She was lucky to get out of there last time. I fear the odds would have been even more stacked against her this time.

There is something very wrong happening in our society at the moment....allowing males to gain legal recognition as women is causing many problems. They are different to women and cannot be allowed to muscle into our previously single sex spaces/sports/prisons etc. The sterilising of potentially gay children is absolutely conversion therapy-that so many politicians are blind to this fact is terrifying.

FFS

I think sadly it's the right decision, right now, given the fact that the police cannot be in any way trusted to protect women in NZ. I expect that there will be a lot of cock a hoop reaction about this from her detractors, but I imagine she'll be working on other ways to make her presence felt.

The fact that they knew and understood and yet didn't protect NZ women in that park shows just how poor the NZ Police are able to judge a volatile situation and act to provide women with safety.

It is a horrendous threat that now hangs over any women's group who wishes to meet publicly at a rally in New Zealand.

Wow. Institutional capture, in real time, fully visible, in full view of everyone.

Evidence of the existential struggle of our times. I mean, how do you even begin to get to a place where this is reversed? How do you even start to remove the Japanese Knotweed of entrenched TRA in our institutions, the police no less?