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Has anyone read or heard about marking vehicles with zip ties? I don't understand the procedure, and maybe it's yet one more case of the misbegotten cross breeding of social media and conspiracy theories. It sounds crazy to me, but from Old Hilo Town:
... a 24-year-old Volcano woman had exited the home improvement store and noticed a “zip-tie” attached to her vehicle.
The 55-year-old Pahoa man was attempting to exit the parking lot, and entered the woman’s vehicle in an attempt to move it out of the way, according to police. In the process, the 24-year-old woman was assaulted as she attempted to prevent the Pahoa man from moving her vehicle.
“There are stories on social media regarding “zip-ties” on vehicles being connected to possible abductions and human trafficking. At this time police cannot confirm any validity to that story in this case,” the department said in a media release.
Pahoa man arrested after disturbance at Hilo Home Depot
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Sounds like both parties had bad judgement. The woman left, then returned and blocked an exit. The man got into her car and then assaulted her (allegedly) instead of using one of several other exits or notifying on-site security. Stupid times two.
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From an article I read earlier, the woman's (special needs criminal) boyfriend and associates blocked the other entrances as well. Noticing this, the dude attempted to get in the car to move it out of the way and get out of the potential kill box. He claims the woman then returned and assaulted him before he defended himself, and that the Home Depot security footage would vindicate him.
Who knows. Crazy freaking people...
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The details of this story are about as bizarre as anything I’ve seen in East Hawaii. The woman saw a zip tie on her car, she called her boyfriend and associates, they blocked all the exits at Home Depot so they could conduct a manhunt in the parking lot - - and found a guy with an accent who probably fit the bill, or was close enough anyway, because “instant red flag”:
Michael “Mikey” Glendon, a 38-year-old candidate for mayor... “I don’t need to see a video to verify it. So we run outside, block the parking lot,” Glendon said in the Facebook video, noting that three cars were involved in the blockade. “Because whoever’s doing this is here in this parking lot. So I’m goin’ block this thing and check every car and find out.”
“So now, we’re at a point where all exits are blocked, and there’s this one guy who’s not from here, has an accent, haole guy, trying to escape with his life. Instant red flag, instant common sense, yeah, to us local people.”
Pahoa man arrested after incident at Home Depot
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Michael “Mikey” Glendon, a 38-year-old candidate for mayor... "acquitted of a STABBING by reason of Insanity in 2011"
Glad the cops got the guy trying to escape the parking lot, and not the insane stabber.
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Glad the cops got the guy trying to escape the parking lot, and not the insane stabber.
You make an excellent point randomq. Why didn't the police arrest the insane stabber?
Let's change a few details about the participants. Given what's occurred over the last few months, how would people look at this altercation if instead something like this had occurred (not a real event):
Four or five white people prevented everyone in a Home Depot parking lot from leaving by blocking all exits. They conducted an illegal search of cars and shoppers without knowing exactly who or what they were looking for, perhaps someone in the possession of zip ties. The leader of the posse described one "suspect" by the color of his skin and the manner in which he spoke, and said he was "trying to escape with his life. Instant red flag."*
Several people captured the entire disturbance on their cell phones and uploaded it to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, even Punaweb. The police arrived and did not arrest any of the white people, but arrested "this one guy that’s not from here."* Perhaps the person arrested did assault someone and should be charged. But what about the other group who held any entire store hostage?
What do you think would be the response if that had happened? Would the police department and their officers be called into question?
* Details in HTH
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07-14-2020, 07:54 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-14-2020, 08:10 PM by HereOnThePrimalEdge.)
UPDATE:
Charges against the man who wanted to leave the Hilo Home Depot parking lot were dropped. Video evidence showed he didn't assault the woman blocking an exit as she reported. Police also found no evidence of a zip tie on her car. The man arrested didn't cause any trouble. What about the 4 or 5 or 6 people who created a vigilante manhunt and hostage situation out of thin air?
The video, according to (Mitch) Roth, shows Valentino getting out of his car to see what was going on. Valentino was seen knocking on the driver’s side window of the woman’s car, opening the door to look inside the vehicle, then stepping away from the car.
Bizarre Home Depot Incident
Here's a reminder of who was involved and who instigated the incident:
Michael “Mikey” Glendon, a 38-year-old candidate for mayor who has twice in the past decade been acquitted on criminal charges because of mental incapacity... received a distraught call from the woman, whom he identified as his girlfriend.
“All the fear in her head explodes,” Glendon said. “She calls me, and I’m so thankful she did.”
Glendon said he called some friends for backup, but didn’t call police.
“Why call the cops when this s—- is still going on?” he said.
Earlier News Article About The Incident
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Following a (lengthy) Hawaii County Police Department investigation, it was determined the Pahoa man initially arrested for assault in the Home Depot parking lot was in fact, the victim:
Once all three parking lot entrances were blocked, Glendon was observed walking around the parking lot with a Hawaiian shark tooth war club.Glendon, Wong, and Hoopii, can also be seen assaulting the 55-year-old Pahoa man who was trying to leave the parking lot. He was initially punched in the face by Hoopii, then tackled to the ground by Wong. Glendon then approaches with a Hawaiian shark tooth war club and repeatedly punches the man’s head, face, and upper body.
Three of the parking lot vigilantes have been (finally) charged by police.
Hawaii Island Mayoral Candidate Charged for Home Depot Incident
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Wow. Do I need to hire a body guard to go to Home Depot in Hilo? Anyone going to vote for this vigilante mayor?
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