Do not give me the excuse that they don't know or they don't understand—that's simply saying that they can't help but be serious violent criminals and our society should be accepting of it. Labour is telling our communities that it's OK to have harm wreaked upon them because the violent offender was misunderstood and we should all be understanding. Don't give me the reasoning that it's a racist act because Māori are disproportionately affected. That would occur because those people who identify as being Māori are the ones that are committing the crimes—these serious violent crimes.