TMT - Contested Case Hearing Status - Hilo

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

The roads are made public to everyone

Tickets are issued every day for jaywalking or walking against the light on a public road. It's for everyone's safety.

so why should folks be knocked unconscious

Not folks, but one person causing a ruckus and another who had to be slightly pulled by an officer to encourage him to remove himself from under a truck, where he could have been crushed. He then continued to crawl out on his own, uninjured. Any action by the police increased the personal safety for all of the protesters, officers, reporters, and spectators in attendance.

The person who was taken to the hospital was released the same night and according to his friends is doing fine. You can read into that what you may about the seriousness of his injuries, and the actions taken by the police. If he was looked at by medical personnel and immediately released, it's probably not a case of police brutality.

I applaud the restrained actions by the police on Maui, responding only as necessary to enforce the law toward people who were breaking the law. I hope this sets a precedent should there be future protests on Mauna Kea.