Friday, January 26, 2018

Vol VI No. 687 - 1b - Pissing kanaka maoli/kanaka Hawaii maoli Off.correction Nuha, aaka ;)..... mo bettah to fo da poe ....thanks to alien disrespect......lol

LETTER TO THE MAUI PROSECUTORS OFFICE FROM PROFESSOR KEKAILOA PERRY:
Aloha Kākou,
I am Kekailoa Perry, Associate Professor at the University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa teaching a current issues class in Hawaiian Studies. Our class is reviewing the legal and policy decisions in the State of Hawaiʻi v. Samuel Kaeo (No. 2DCW-17-0002038) case. We are also studying the cultural rules and practices relating to language and sacred sites as they are impacted by your offices prosecution in this case. After witnessing the actions of the judge and prosecutor in yesterday's "trial" I feel obligated to express to you my concern in the way your office has handled the case from the point of view of a Hawaiian community member.
I am writing to implore you as officers of the court in the State of Hawaiʻi to make a conscious decision to carryout your duties, honor the constitution and protect the constitutional right outlined in Article XV§4 of the State Constitution by supporting the active, functional use of Hawaiian language in the courts and public places.
The legal and policy arguments made by your office (via your English only motion) in the case, State of Hawaiʻi v. Samuel Kaeo (No. 2DCW-17-0002038), were poorly contrived and lacked the legal authority to make a convincing legal or policy argument persuasive enough for a more discerning court to grant.
More importantly, your effort to unconstitutionally deny Hawaiian language in the court speaks to the blatant abuse of your station and the responsibilities you pledged to protect. The office of the prosecutor carries such powerful and demanding responsibility. When you advocate in cases like these, your office shows contempt for the law and the citizens you are duty bound to protect. The State v Kaeo case you are managing is an unapologetic, naked act of cultural violence imposed against all Hawaiians. The community expects and demands better behavior than that which you currently display in your briefs and in the court.
Hawaiian language and Hawaiian people are more than activists, numbers on a docket or burdensome problems to be ignored. There is the law and then there is the responsibility of individuals to carryout the law with fairness and justice at its core. Looking at the way your office has handled this case, I am doubtful that youʻve done either of those things well enough to prove that this trial is anything more than an exercise of raw, brutish power against a distinct cultural, racial and political class of people. In most democracies who honor the law, this kind of action is tantamount to institutional racism or worse.
I am hearing now that the judge is calling back his bench warrant and that there may be some glimmer of consciousness in the leadership of your office. I hope that is true. Yet, nothing in the way your office has handled this case thus far has proven anything except the prosecutionʻs willingness to further the destruction of Hawaiian constitutional rights and tacitly support the ongoing threat of violence against Mr. Kaeo and all Hawaiians through your flawed interpretation of the law.
I urge you and your colleagues to find the will to free yourselves from the chains that bind you to such un-natural and hateful approaches to justice and peace. Be better than your predecessors. Be a better you. There is no value or benefit in litigating a case like this except to bludgeon the hearts and minds of the Hawaiian community. And even then, as you now notice, we have no intention of giving up. Who would be so empty to follow such an unhealthy path like the one you currently travel? Give up the case and give yourselves something to be proud of in this community of justice loving people. Moments from now, when this story is told in the classroom, in the school, in the church and in the home, yearn to be on the pono side of history.
Peace,
Kekailoa.

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Mel Wildman Articulate and concise, be also advised that the courts themselves have litigated their response to opinions of the Court with Latin Legal terms of statement, thus a challenge of common law where it can be labeled as discriminatory against another person who speaks a different language, as per se, Res ipsa loquitor. Wildman.
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Heidi Holomua Well done. In my view, the Court needs the interpreter, not Professor Kaeo. Period. It is incumbent upon the Court to understand olelo Hawai'i, as designated "official language" of the state.

Being an "election year", this is the perfect time to effect change. KU'E! ONIPA'A KAKOU!

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Mel Wildman I agree, when you go to JAPAN its official language is Japaneses, same with CHINA, VIETNAM, but in TEXAS ? The official Language is Martian....just like our courts !...
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Mel Wildman Articulate and concise, be also advised that the courts themselves have litigated their response to opinions of the Court with Latin Legal terms of statement, thus a challenge of common law where it can be labeled as discriminatory against another person who speaks a different language, as per se, Res ipsa loquitor. Wildman.
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Heidi Holomua Well done. In my view, the Court needs the interpreter, not Professor Kaeo. Period. It is incumbent upon the Court to understand olelo Hawai'i, as designated "official language" of the state.

Being an "election year", this is the perfect time to effect change. KU'E! ONIPA'A KAKOU!

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WHOA.... Look what you get if you get to the Wailuku rally for Olelo Hawaii in Maui!
#OleloHawaii
Haneoo Hamoan
Coming to the rally in wailuku today at 3pm? I got avocados today for you, each bucket easy 70lbs. 1-2 avocado per human can...
Helped some ohana ttoday required me climbing and topping half the tree, as why free.
#manuahi
#feedourpeople
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Tia Kakalia Mahalo nui!
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David I. Bryan Those look immature. No rush.
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Kumu Cards
Ku’e everyday!


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E ola mau i ka ʻŌlelo Hawai’i!!! We love you Kaleikoa🤙🏽Kaeo!


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this is NYC newspaper...probably get European press too


A bench warrant was issued for the arrest of a University of Hawaii professor on Wednesday.
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Mel Wildman Aloha NY. And welcome to Japan, a Japanese Government run by Japanese who bombed Hawai'i, from Judges to Governor. Please bring your passports when entering our Country.
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John Cosmar aloha Hawaii welcome to Manhattan a beautiful little island once belonging to indigenous people now sold out to the highest bidder thru The EB-5 visa program to people with no conection to this land whatsoever...
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Jan Makepa We also are losing land foreign investors thru the EB5 visa program. Courts sides with investors i stead of Hawaiians.
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Vernal Stevens just more suppression and perpetuation of forced Americanization. I'm at a loss to voice my opinion of Kepani politicians, except for the obvious corruption being a rampant part of Hawaii politics and the urgent need to Americanize the heathen Kanaka Maoli.
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John Cosmar the perception of incompetence of the state gov. is the root cause of a lot of this stuff...social media is a good n necessary defense in these cases...
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Mel Wildman So if i was to speak Japanese to the Judge what would he had said ?...doi doko made desu ka..nihogo desu hawai'i nga. I bet that fucker would answer me back in Japanese....Wildman.
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E ola mau i ka ʻŌlelo Hawai’i!!! We love you Kaleikoa🤙🏽Kaeo!
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E ola mau i ka ʻŌlelo Hawai’i!!! We love you Kaleikoa🤙🏽Kaeo!


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Kāko'o Haleakalā
Mahalo Vote Kim Coco for always supporting the interests of our people.


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Tia Kakalia Mahalo for being a Manawahine.
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HULŌ! - ARREST WARRANT DROPPED FOR SPEAKING HAWAIIAN - FreeHawaii.Info
#FreeHawaii #HawaiianKIngdom #KaleikoaKaeo #Maui #HawaiianLanguage #OleloHawaii #GoHawaii #LetHawaiiHappen
Speaking Hawaiian inside a Maui courtroom could have landed a Kula man behind bars. Trial for a Haleakala telescope protester was scheduled to start at District Court in Wailuku Wednesday morning but it didn't get very far.
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Fifty-one-year-old defendant Kaleikoa Kaeo identified he was present in court, speaking Hawaiian instead of English.
When presiding Judge Blaine Kobayashi told Kaeo he couldn't understand him, Kaeo continued to speak in his native tongue. The judge refused to recognize Kaeo's presence in court and issued a bench warrant for his arrest.
Today the Hawaii State Judiciary dropped the arrest warrant. Judge Kobayashi issued an order recalling the bench warrant.
Also, a hearing has been scheduled regarding the use of a Hawaiian language interpreter. The Judiciary will be reviewing its policies regarding the provision of Hawaiian language interpreters.
According to court records, Kaeo was granted a Hawaiian language translator more than a dozen times for past petty misdemeanor proceedings. Kaeo is able to speak English, and in this case, the judge ordered the trial to be held in English and did not provide a translator.
"It's really unfortunate. If I spoke Spanish, if I spoke Filipino or Japanese, they would provide an interpreter," Kaeo said.
When court was dismissed, Kaeo's supporters shouted and expressed disapproval with the ruling inside the packed courtroom.
"It's a tragedy. But it's also important, it wakes people up that really think Hawai`i has a sense of equality. You would think Native Hawaiians would have some sense of humanity in this place, knowing the history. Knowing the struggles," Kaeo exclaimed.
Protestors in favor of Kaeo filled the court's hallways and exterior with signs and songs. Keiki who attend Hawaiian language immersion program Punana Leo lined the hallways, as well. Some of the children's parents who were there were in shock. Among them, Kumu Hula Napua Greig who tearfully expressed her frustration during a Facebook live stream.
"I can't even believe that this is happening today. I can't even believe it. Why do we educate our kids in our native language if they won't even be allowed to defend themselves," said Greig.
Along with English, Hawaiian, is an official language of the State of Hawai`i.
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The Hawaii State Judiciary announced a new policy on Friday regarding Hawaiian language interpreters during courtroom proceedings.
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Mel Wildman Judicial Commission should bar Judge Kobayashi from the bench for incompetence of duty to the Public in their best interest.
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Keiki speaking for themselves. Making a statement for ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi.
Hawaiian immersion teachers, parents, and students of Ko'olaupoko call on the support of the community for Kaleikoa Kaeo.
Kaeo, an 'olelo teacher for 25 years was issued a bench warrant yesterday for speaking Hawaiian, one of the legal languages of Hawaii during court proceedings for charges incurred in protection of Haleakala, Maui.
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While the bench warrant has been revoked, the issue of whether he will be allowed to present his case in olelo Hawaii is still being hotly contested.
"What has happened to Kaleikoa in a Maui court of law is outrageous!" stated John Laimana, Jr., longtime Kaneohe resident and kupuna of 7 immersion school students. "I thought that the issue of Hawaiian language being an official language of the State of Hawai'i was settled...however, it seems that in the minds of a State Judge and State Prosecutor it is not."
In article XV of the State of Hawaiʻi’s constitution, ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi is codified as one of two official state languages. Yet Hawaiian-language speakers have seen little evidence of ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi truly being treated as an official language.
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Aloha is the outpouring and receiving of the spirit.
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HO‘OHANA—
The value of work: To work with intent and with purpose.
‘IMI OLA—
To “seek best life.” Our purpose in life is to seek its highest form.
The value of mission and vision.
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The value of perseverance. To persist, to continue, to perpetuate. Never give up.
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Welcome guests and strangers with your spirit of Aloha.
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Learn to speak the language of we.
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Well said. No need get all fancy just talk straight from the na'au, that is what I like about you Braddah Bumpy. Simple truth.
Bumpy Kanahele
ALOHA KAKHIAKA!
Met one Aunty at Foodland this morning, she asked me what i thought about the court case and what they did to Kaleikoa.
I told her that judge ...totally screwed up. Aunty told me she has a daughter that is into the Hawaiian language, culture and traditional practices, and wanted to do something to help but did not know how. The mom simply told her to prayer. The Best advice to start my day, and that inspired me to write this.
Memories
Growing up in the 60's watching T.V. shows I always heard my mom saying, "they teach us how to put on clothes, and now look these girls they hardly get anything on".
Same with our Hawaiian language, taken away in the past, and slowly and cautiously restored, generations later.
Today, Kaleikoa Kaeo is challenging the court system, by refusing to speak english, to me he has every right to. The court should have accommodated Kaleikoa, Judge Blaine Kobayashi blew it, had no tact, issues bench warrant, which is a bad mistake, and drops the bench warrant the very next day. Sounds like government is falling apart, high ranking enforcement officers, prosecutor, indicted nuclear missile scares, Trust is gone. Judge Kobayashi, like others who have done the same as you, or worst, the day will come when you and your generations to follow will pay a big price for it.
POINT IS THERE IS A MUCH DEEPER, MORE IMPORTANT MESSAGE HERE, ITS NOT JUST ABOUT OUR LANGUAGE AND CULTURE, ITS ABOUT NATIONAL (identity) SOVEREIGNTY, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL HAWAIIANS.
NEVER FORGET THE INJUSTICES IN OUR HISTORY:
REMEMBER THE 1848 MAHELE!
REMEMBER THE 1893 OVERTHROW!
REMEMBER THE 1897 ILLEGAL ANNEXATION!
REMEMBER STATEHOOD, 1945 UN DECOLONIZATION PROCESS!
Since 1993 U.S. Public law 103-150, the Apology Law makes it very clear that: JUSTICE WILL PREVAIL
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Outrage over a controversial court order on Maui regarding the use of Hawaiian language sparks rallies on three islands Friday afternoon.
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