I want to respond to Pem Birds statement made on the 11th December 2010 after a guilty verdict was handed down to Quentin Pukeroa for the murder of Jordan Herewini in 2009.
He states that the guilty verdict is a relief for the “...whole community...[and]...a huge weight off people's minds and hearts” the community can “...now begin to move on, remember Jordan clearly for what he was and celebrate him." Bird goes on to state that "...Jordan's death was a tragedy for the entire community."
Sadly these words are empty platitudes uttered by a man who only months after Jordan’s tangi heaped scorn on Jordan's mother, suggesting that she ‘abandoned’ her son and was negligent in her duty to him. The malice that surged from his hateful mouth was not the words of a leader but of a misogynist and a bigot.
Whilst he purports the positivity of this verdict for the community he and others from the Murupara community, have exacerbated the pain Jordan’s mother is and will continue to live with. If you truly believe that Jordan’s life can now be celebrated, then an apology to the women who gave Jordan ‘life’ might be a excellent place to begin.
He states that the guilty verdict is a relief for the “...whole community...[and]...a huge weight off people's minds and hearts” the community can “...now begin to move on, remember Jordan clearly for what he was and celebrate him." Bird goes on to state that "...Jordan's death was a tragedy for the entire community."
Sadly these words are empty platitudes uttered by a man who only months after Jordan’s tangi heaped scorn on Jordan's mother, suggesting that she ‘abandoned’ her son and was negligent in her duty to him. The malice that surged from his hateful mouth was not the words of a leader but of a misogynist and a bigot.
Whilst he purports the positivity of this verdict for the community he and others from the Murupara community, have exacerbated the pain Jordan’s mother is and will continue to live with. If you truly believe that Jordan’s life can now be celebrated, then an apology to the women who gave Jordan ‘life’ might be a excellent place to begin.
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