| Wind Watch is a registered educational charity, founded in 2005. |
Police dispute second claim of mistreatment of wind farm protester
Credit: By HNN Staff | Hawaii News Now | October 25, 2019 | www.hawaiinewsnow.com ~~
Translate: FROM English | TO English
Translate: FROM English | TO English
Police are disputing another claim of mistreatment from someone arrested at a wind farm protest in Kahuku.
Kent Fonoimoana is the former president of the Kahuku Community Association.
He claims an officer grabbed four of his fingers and began twisting them while he was being arrested
HPD showed video of the arrest at a news conference and said it’s interested in setting the record straight. The video did not show any evidence that officers twisted Fonoimoana’s fingers.
“They’re going to grab him under the arm. It wouldn’t make sense to grab his arms or wrist,” HPD deputy Chief John McCarthy said, as the video of the arrest played at the news conference.
“You can see his hands clearly there. He’s not in any pain. Nobody’s injuring him.”
Fonoimoana is the second protester to claim he was mistreated during an arrest.
On Thursday, police held a news conference to deny a teen’s claim that he was tased and punched while officers worked to free him from a cattle gate that he’d chained himself to.
This article is the work of the source indicated. Any opinions expressed in it are not necessarily those of National Wind Watch.
The copyright of this article resides with the author or publisher indicated. As part of its noncommercial educational effort to present the environmental, social, scientific, and economic issues of large-scale wind power development to a global audience seeking such information, National Wind Watch endeavors to observe “fair use” as provided for in section 107 of U.S. Copyright Law and similar “fair dealing” provisions of the copyright laws of other nations. Send requests to excerpt, general inquiries, and comments via e-mail.
| Wind Watch relies entirely on User Contributions |
 (via Stripe) |
 (via Paypal) |
Share:
[ Short URL: https://wind-watch.org/news/?p=94979 ]
