Disabled community 'disgusted' at Kiwi rapper Tom Francis after his Lamborghini spotted in mobility parks twice in one week

New Zealand's disabled community has reacted with anger and frustration after a car belonging to a Kiwi musician was spotted in mobility car parks without a permit.

Rapper Thomas MacDonald, commonly known as Tom Francis, is the owner of the Lamborghini which was seen parked in two disability parks within five days.

Francis, who has collaborated with Snoop Dogg, has been slammed since the photos emerged on social media.

A photo shared to his Instagram shows the artist posing in front of his Fluro-orange sports Lamborghini inside the Auckland car dealer and showroom in Grey Lynn.

The photo shows Francis standing beside a worker, with a large grin on his face.

However, Francis has since been named and shamed on a popular Facebook page which shared two images of his new Lambo parked in disabled parking spots.

One image shows his vehicle parked on a disabled park on Taupō's Te Heuheu Street on 10 March, while a second photo shows his car in a disabled car park just five days later at Auckland's Albany Westfield mall on Friday.

Those in New Zealand's disabled community have shared their frustration and disappointment with the "self-entitled" rapper.

One 61-year-old man who lives in the Bay of Islands says he often visits Auckland with his wife and relies on disability parking.

He told Newshub he'd held a Mobility Parking Permit for 30 years and is classified as disabled but prefers to be referred to as re-abled.

He has undergone 10 spinal surgeries which left him mobility-impaired and has experienced an "astonishing number of heart attacks since".

"Some days I wake up and my legs just don't work. There are some days where I literally can't walk at all, and I rely on my wife to help me get around.

"I am able to walk under 200 metres unaided, or with assistance," he said. "This is a classification to hold a Mobility Parking Permit."

"The issue of unpermitted people using mobility parking spaces is they have no respect for the disabled people, they take their parking, stealing their independence, stealing whatever little pride and dignity they have left".

"I have been dealing with this issue for many years, it is frustrating," he said. "For me, seeing a celebrity, or so-called celebrity, parking in a car park which doesn't belong to him is basically him putting up his middle finger at the people who actually earn that right".

"It's hard enough feeling and knowing you aren't a fully functional person," he explained.  

He described Francis as a "self-entitled person in his multimillion-dollar car".

"He's also someone who can obviously afford to pay for private parking.  

"I'm angry, disappointed and disgusted. It's just not acceptable and it never will be. It is an illegal activity," he said. "There are people out there who really needed that park".  

The man said he hopes Francis learns from his actions.

"He needs to learn about what it's like to be disabled. He needs to spend some quality time with people who have disabilities, or even just spend a day helping them around to truly understand just how difficult things are for us."

Newshub has obtained screenshots of abusive messages sent to people who called Francis out on his parking.

"Shut up you fat f**k," he allegedly responded to one person.

"I'll show you what it's like to [be] injured from a chainsaw cuzzo," he said to another.

"Come here right now, let's get to it," he said to a third person, before adding "look in the mirror you depressed f**kwit".

Newshub approached Francis for comment who saw the messages but didn't reply.

New Zealand's disabled community has reacted with anger and frustration after a car belonging to a Kiwi musician was spotted in mobility car parks without a permit.

Rapper Thomas MacDonald, commonly known as Tom Francis, is the owner of the Lamborghini which was seen parked in two disability parks within five days.

Francis, who has collaborated with Snoop Dogg, has been slammed since the photos emerged on social media.

A photo shared to his Instagram shows the artist posing in front of his Fluro-orange sports Lamborghini inside the Auckland car dealer and showroom in Grey Lynn.

The photo shows Francis standing beside a worker, with a large grin on his face.

However, Francis has since been named and shamed on a popular Facebook page which shared two images of his new Lambo parked in disabled parking spots.

One image shows his vehicle parked on a disabled park on Taupō's Te Heuheu Street on 10 March, while a second photo shows his car in a disabled car park just five days later at Auckland's Albany Westfield mall on Friday.

Those in New Zealand's disabled community have shared their frustration and disappointment with the "self-entitled" rapper.

One 61-year-old man who lives in the Bay of Islands says he often visits Auckland with his wife and relies on disability parking.

He told Newshub he'd held a Mobility Parking Permit for 30 years and is classified as disabled but prefers to be referred to as re-abled.

He has undergone 10 spinal surgeries which left him mobility-impaired and has experienced an "astonishing number of heart attacks since".

"Some days I wake up and my legs just don't work. There are some days where I literally can't walk at all, and I rely on my wife to help me get around.

"I am able to walk under 200 metres unaided, or with assistance," he said. "This is a classification to hold a Mobility Parking Permit."

"The issue of unpermitted people using mobility parking spaces is they have no respect for the disabled people, they take their parking, stealing their independence, stealing whatever little pride and dignity they have left".

"I have been dealing with this issue for many years, it is frustrating," he said. "For me, seeing a celebrity, or so-called celebrity, parking in a car park which doesn't belong to him is basically him putting up his middle finger at the people who actually earn that right".

"It's hard enough feeling and knowing you aren't a fully functional person," he explained.  

He described Francis as a "self-entitled person in his multimillion-dollar car".

"He's also someone who can obviously afford to pay for private parking.  

"I'm angry, disappointed and disgusted. It's just not acceptable and it never will be. It is an illegal activity," he said. "There are people out there who really needed that park".  

The man said he hopes Francis learns from his actions.

"He needs to learn about what it's like to be disabled. He needs to spend some quality time with people who have disabilities, or even just spend a day helping them around to truly understand just how difficult things are for us."

Newshub has obtained screenshots of abusive messages sent to people who called Francis out on his parking.

"Shut up you fat f**k," he allegedly responded to one person.

"I'll show you what it's like to [be] injured from a chainsaw cuzzo," he said to another.

"Come here right now, let's get to it," he said to a third person, before adding "look in the mirror you depressed f**kwit".

Newshub approached Francis for comment who saw the messages but didn't reply.

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