Golriz Gahraman allegedly attempted shoplifting

[C_T_Russell]

Absolutely pitiful way the greens handled the whole situation and as expected, they just play the mental health card.
Mind you, I dont expect anything different from them, they knew about this since the 27th.
She knew what she did was wrong, never realized Golriz was from Iran of all places.
Probably the best place for her, dont they chop off thieves hands over there?
This person was defending criminals over there, seems perfectly qualified for the job!
Good riddance I say, and if any of the rumors are true that another Green MP handed back the stolen goods on the 23rd to the retailer and apologized on her behalf, than the greens, have much much more to worry about.
Just glad that this party is not in power, what a shitshow it would be.
And to think there are people defending this kind of shit says everything about the green party and their voter base.

You're surely not claiming she should have a hand amputated - even for you, that would be stunningly out of proportion given the circumstances. And a particularly nasty suggestion.

I suspect that if we were subjected to a constant  stream  of hate filled abuse from ignorant, vicious people then we might also, eventually, react very badly & in a very out of character way.

The role of a lawyer IS to defend people regardless of their crime because in a  democracy (the system which allows us to freely express our views - much as we do in this forum) everyone charged with a crime is entitled to legal defence.

You are trying to put words in my mouth, I never said she should be amputated, NZ is more civilized than that!
But I said it would be the best place for her. Why? Because I highly doubt she would go about shoplifting in Iran would she?

Also I question if she is a qualified lawyer at all, from the research I've done, she was more of a legal aid to criminals in Iran, which is far from a democracy.

I don't give a rats arse how much abuse she claims to have received, she accepted that as part of the job as all other politicians do and we don't see other MPs facing similar abuse going around and shoplifting as some form of therapy.
Kiri Allen is the only thing that comes close, and her incident looks tame in comparison, she was another playing the same mental health card.

What sickens me the most is how our left leaning media are showing their true colours and trying to defend this scumbag.
https://theplatform.kiwi/opinions/the-st...-ghahraman

I also have seen the images of the CCTV from the store, anyone know why is Chloe Swarbrick seen with her?