Media beat-up No 255
"By day the heavily tattooed Rigel Walshe works as a court escort in the Counties Manukau police district. But in his spare time he is lead singer and bass guitarist of the band Dawn of Azazel.
On the band's website, Walshe is quoted as saying the motivation for forming the band was to create a "dark extreme hateful metal".
It was reported on Sunday that Walshe had been warned by his superiors not to discuss his job with the media.
... a spokesman for the Office of the Police Commissioner, Jon Neilson, told NZPA that Walshe's bosses were investigating his employment internally. "The distinction is around his employment, not what he does in his private time."
Latest media beatup - "Death metal cop", "Spotlight on thrash metal cop", "Skinhead cop fronts satanic death metal band", "Police investigate constable's death metal hobby", and on it goes.
Still, could be worse...
"Rappers and rap groups in France are facing legal action after being accused by lawmakers of inciting riots in the country through their raps. 200 lawmakers signed a petition on Wed. (Nov. 23) that was co-signed by 152 Deputies and 49 Senators and presented to Justice Minister Pascal Clement, singling out seven rappers/groups. The rap groups could face legal action and are specifically accused of inciting racism and hatred."
source: Allhiphop.com
2 comments:
are they idiots?
they (the POlice) should be jumping on this, its actually GREAT pr, how do we get kids to respect the cops? make them cool, make the guy a real cop, now all we need is a hiphopcop, god, if they tried to "create" one themselves imaginghow wrong it would be.
ugh.
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