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General Topics => Political Discussion => Topic started by: ren on March 03, 2020, 07:53:21 PM
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and continue to punish law-abiding citizens
https://www.khon2.com/local-news/add-councilman-arthur-brun-to-list-of-public-employees-getting-paid-while-not-working/ (https://www.khon2.com/local-news/add-councilman-arthur-brun-to-list-of-public-employees-getting-paid-while-not-working/)
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By Lynn Kawano | August 5, 2020 at 10:22 PM HST - Updated August 6 at 12:31 PM
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Prosecutors in Honolulu and Maui county have begun dismissing thousands of citations issued by police for violations of emergency orders.
Data obtained by Hawaii News Now reveals that more than 10,000 such citations were issued statewide, the majority on Oahu, and that thousands were issued to homeless people.
Homeless are exempt under the Governor’s order.
That means, sitting on the beach may get a sheltered person a ticket during COVID-19 shutdowns, but an unsheltered person sleeping in a closed park cannot be cited.
It’s a confusing issue even for law enforcement as one week people were allowed to sit on the beach in small groups, then the next week only traversing the beach was allowed.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii Executive Director Joshua Wisch actually believes the data shows a pattern of harassment.
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/08/06/thousands-emergency-order-citations-many-given-homeless-are-being-dismissed/
The police state is only for the law-abiding sucker, actual criminals get off scot-free...
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If there are vacancies/space in shelters for these homeless, and they choose to remain outdoors, the citations should stand.
Not hard to get those numbers on the dates citations were written.
Choices = consequences.
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Mine was never entered into the system. Cop was just busting my balls for surfing out of my zip code and knew he was in the wrong.