Hawaii telescope protest 202111/24/2023 ![]() ![]() Mazie Hirono and Brian Schatz of Hawaii, both Democrats, recommended Connors to Biden. "Blocking a public road is a crime, and the Department of the Attorney General will prosecute such conduct consistent with its duty to uphold the rule of law,” Yamashiroya said. However, Gary Yamashiroya, a spokesperson for Connors, said prosecutions of the protesters arose “from a deliberate effort to block access to Mauna Kea for the purpose of preventing lawful construction of a project permitted by the Hawaii Supreme Court.” “I think of her as a danger to many situations in Hawaii because she doesn’t have to seem to have the compassion or the aloha that is needed considering our political situation,” Pisciotta said.Ĭonnors, Hawaii’s state attorney general since 2019, said she is honored by the nomination but declined to comment further on the pending confirmation process. attorney because Native Hawaiians have been deprived of their land and their right to self-determination since the U.S.-backed overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy in 1893. Pisciotta said she's concerned about Connors being named U.S. One was found guilty last month after a separate trial, fined $500 and sentenced to one day in jail, which he won't have to serve if he avoids further violations for the next six months. The 38 Native Hawaiian elders prosecuted for obstruction were in their 60s through 80s and many of them are community leaders. They say building the Thirty Meter Telescope on the state’s tallest mountain would further desecrate a place already defiled by a dozen other observatories. Pisciotta and other Native Hawaiians who oppose the telescope believe the summit of Mauna Kea is sacred. “She has acted aggressively towards the Hawaiian people during all of our stand for Mauna Kea,” said Kealoha Pisciotta, one of the protest leaders. attorney in the 50th state, saying Clare Connors treated dozens of elders like criminals when her office prosecuted them for blocking a road while protesting the construction of a telescope in Hawaii. HONOLULU – Some Native Hawaiians are objecting to President Joe Biden’s choice for U.S.
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