HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0193.002 2006-2008 "~RE~~ ~~ARV~ST" M®nit®rin~ ay MA
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Rev. ®eborah Spence aka Sister Jo
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94 Kamehameha Ave. ~2
Hilo, I~awai'i 96720
DATE: June 12, 2007
T0: Flawaii' County Council
RE: Anti Green Flarvest Retaliation: More Police Erutality
®ear Councilman Mr. Higa,
Mahalo for asking about the Green harvest "process",
in a letter to the editor, 06/05/07, f-liga takes exception.
We are also interested and want to be educated.
FACT: Two (2) complaints about a "Green harvest Raid"
are being filed with Police Commission.
1. a grandmother in a wheelchair with an extreme medical
condition was brutalized and went to the hospital.
2. a family of seven (7) were horribly terrorized and the
police fired up the grill, cooked theirs steaks, drank the
beer, harassed the teenage daughter, tormented the pets,
and when a neighbor tried to calm the police down she was
sworn at and cursed by the leader OFFICER J01°IN WEER.
MA is requesting to be on the next agenda to learn of
your responses to continued Green harvest brutality.
We would appreciate your help. Thank you.
Sinter ly,
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A satirical cartoon shows what citizens are thinking
BUT, are afraid to write, print or speak about.
Mahalo -Gary doff for your talent and insight.
AND double Nlahalo to the Tribune-Herald for publishing
such an enlightening "piece" on Sunday, March 25, 2007
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THIS CARTOON IS "A CITIZEN'S" INDICTMENT
CAN "THE DEPARTMENT" REDACT TINS CHARGE ?
An investigate of the 2006 Green Harvest Operation is needed.
Who were the 587 + citizens arrested ?
Let us "crunch" the numbers -how much did it cost to destroy
peoples lives, to steal ,their medicine and spiritual plant.
Hilo Fact: During this resolution pro- ily members. These claims have
~1~~ ~~kes eXCept~~n cess before the council, marijuana come from marijuana advocates,
advocates will have the oppor- but I have never heard the police
I felt that I would wait for your tunity to present their testimony side of these allegations. The pub-
newspaper to print the "correct again, and so will the police. lic needs to hear BOTH sides of
facts" regarding the marijuana During m.y three years on the what is happening.
eradication grant funds. As usual, council, I have been privileged To my constituents and sup-
your new ,paper doesn't accurately to hear the testimony from the porters who have asked the ques-
report the news. pro-marijuana people, but I have
Your Sunda headline states, tion, "Why did Stacy Higa vote
Y not heard the police side of how against marijuana eradication?"
"Green Harvest funds cut'' they conduct their operations. My
WRONG. Fact: My vote was to vote is for the "process," and I the answer is -that was never
remove these funds from the bud- want the police to explain to the the question. Stacy Higa voted
get process, which we did. Green council and the public all the facts to change the process of how the
Harvest funds for county budget on how the operation is handled. county accepts the federal grant
year 2006-07 is still in the police Educating the public and inform- money.
budget, and they will have enough ing all of us on what is taking I think it is very sad that T have
money to continue their operation ~ place in and around our neighbor- to write a letter to the editor to
till the grant ends in September or hoods are very important. correct the misinformation that
October of this year. Fact: When Fact: Stacy Higa supports the newspaper prints in its head-
the police department applies for continued marijuana eradication! lines. Don't believe everything
next year's grant, (which should I have heard some of the horror you read in the headlines or the
be around September); they will stories about helicopters hover- newspapers, without verifying the
have to appear before the coup- ing intrusively above homes, and facts.
cil and request that we accept or stories of the police supposedly Councilor Stacy K. Higa
deny these funds by resolution. traumatizing children and fam- llistrict 4-Hilo
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