12-08-2014, 08:17 PM
First off, thanks for sharing this. It is a difficult, but important topic. Overall the police handled themselves well, with the exception of forcing the door and attempting to grab the car keys which created the tense moments. The two individuals in the car did well to remain calm and voice their objections.
Overall, civil disobedience even at the individual level is usually part or challenging and ultimately changing the law. Given the cloudiness of the legal situation of the Kingdom of Hawaii, more actions like these are probable and necessary to force a response from the court system (local, state, national, international). Trying to reconcile two systems of overlapping governance will be challenging especially down at the minutiae of vehicle plates, personal ID, building codes, permits, etc... Is there even a contempory or historical situation that is analogous?
In the meantime, local PD needs to develop a method to resolve these situations without needing 5 officers and a supervisor. I'm not sure what this might be given the fundamental contention over jurisdiction...
Overall, civil disobedience even at the individual level is usually part or challenging and ultimately changing the law. Given the cloudiness of the legal situation of the Kingdom of Hawaii, more actions like these are probable and necessary to force a response from the court system (local, state, national, international). Trying to reconcile two systems of overlapping governance will be challenging especially down at the minutiae of vehicle plates, personal ID, building codes, permits, etc... Is there even a contempory or historical situation that is analogous?
In the meantime, local PD needs to develop a method to resolve these situations without needing 5 officers and a supervisor. I'm not sure what this might be given the fundamental contention over jurisdiction...