26 September 2024

Self-Defense Is Legal in Hawaii

And when cops ignore a bad situation, it gets worse. Charges dropped for man who fatally shot suspect in deadly Waianae dispute | KITV

You could file this under, "Don't bring a front end loader to a gunfight."

Waianae, Hawaii is about a 40 minute drive north and west of Honolulu, on the western shore of Oahu.

The charges are being dropped following the deadly neighborhood dispute in West Oahu because they said he did it out of self-defense. The man fatally shot his neighbor Hiram Silva on Aug. 31 after Silva plowed through the home with a front loader.

He had threatened to kill them since 2021, so they went and purchased firearms. I don't think that is particularly easy to do in Hawaii.

"This man's threatened to kill these people in 2021," said Keamo-Carnate's attorney, Michael Green. "They went out and got registered firearms after he threatened to kill everybody, to protect themselves. He was running all kinds of illegal things on his property he was ignored by the city."

The video of the front end loader crashing into the home is astonishing. Click thru; it's only a couple of minutes.

So why were the police not interested?

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