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MauiTime Publisher Tommy Russo Sues County of Maui Over April 2011 Dog The...
On April 8, MauiTime Publisher Thomas Russo filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court against the County of Maui, Maui Police Chief Gary Yabuta and Maui Police Officer Nelson Johnson over an April 12,...
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The US Supreme Court Says Photography Is Not A Crime Yet Maui Police Pfficer...
On the morning of Tuesday, Nov. 20, two Maui police officers arrested Thomas Russo, MauiTime’s owner and publisher, while he was attempting to film them with his cellphone camera during “Operation...
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County Of Maui Needles Occupy Monsanto
I keep a number of famous quotations posted around my office at work, and one of my favorites has always been from Voltaire: “It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.” There’s...
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Maui Mayor: Halloween Returns To Lahaina This Year
That’s right kiddies: The full and complete Halloween festivities that once crowned Lahaina the “Mardis Gras of the Pacific” — not seen since 2007 — are coming back this year, according to a County of...
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Hawaii Public Safety officials confirm inmate death at Maui Community...
Daisy Kasitati, an inmate at Maui Community Correctional Center, died in her cell yesterday afternoon, Hawaii Public Safety officials confirmed today. As to how Kasitati died, officials would only say...
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QuizUnderstood: What do you know about CBS rebooting old TV shows like Magnum...
1. On Oct. 22, The Maui News reported that a candidate for Maui County Mayor has, in fact, decided NOT to run in 2018. Who is the candidate? A. Maui County Councilmember Elle Cochran B. Maui County...
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Hawaii Supreme Court to hear oral arguments this week in State v. Thomas A....
This week the creaky but somehow still rolling miscarriage of justice known as The State of Hawaii v. Thomas A. Russo is going on the road–to the Big Island, to be exact. On Thursday, Nov. 9 at 10am,...
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Quizunderstood: What do you know about Maui Police Department’s Halloween DUI...
1. On Friday, Nov. 3, a large group of people gathered at the state Capitol in Honolulu to protest a visit to Hawaii from President Donald Trump. Which Maui legislator attending the protest was later...
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MauiTime Publisher pleased with Hawaii Supreme Court oral arguments in Hilo
About 300 students went to the University of Hawaii at Hilo Performing Arts Center to see the Hawaii Supreme Court hear oral arguments in the case State of Hawaii v Thomas Russo on Thursday, Nov. 9....
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Maui Police finally release Officer Tristin Hickman’s booking photo
And only 16 days after they arrested him! Way, way back on Oct. 26, the Maui Police Department sent out one of their press releases stating that they’d just arrested one of their own: Officer Tristin...
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Eh Brah: Thanks for showing compassion to that man!
To the Maui Police Officer at the gas station in Wailuku who helped a man with gas money: Thank you for your empathy, compassion and generosity. You’re a credit to the badge you wear. Thank you for...
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An open letter to the Maui County Council about the Maui Police Department’s...
Maui County Council Chair Mike White and the rest of the Maui County Council: Don’t we live in momentous, wondrous times? Futuristic technology seems everywhere right now. Earth-orbiting satellites...
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Hawaii Supreme Court rules in favor of MauiTime Publisher Tommy Russo,...
There is no more State v. Thomas Russo. Maui County Prosecutor J. D. Kim’s five-year effort to punish MauiTime‘s publisher for photographing two Maui Police Officers back in November 2012 is finally...
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Maui County officials want help identifying individual who vandalized 19...
County of Maui officials are asking for the public’s help in identifying the individual responsible for vandalizing at least 19 county vehicles at around 5:30am this morning. The vehicles were parked...
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2017 MauiTime Year In Review
It’s been a helluva year, and that’s not a good thing. For the United States, the watchwords for 2017 have been violence and hatred–against women, African-Americans, immigrants, LGBTQ individuals and...
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Analyzing the Maui Police Department’s policy governing body worn cameras
Filing a request under Hawaii’s Uniform Information Practices Act (UIPA), MauiTime has obtained a copy of the Maui Police Department’s policy regarding its deployment of body worn cameras (BWCs)....
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Maui News takes 2 months to report MauiTime Publisher’s Supreme Court...
It took two months, but The Maui News finally ran a story (without a byline, of course) on Feb. 13 on the Hawaii Supreme Court exonerating MauiTime Publisher Tommy Russo. As Civil Beat columnist Brett...
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UPDATED: Inmate frustrations boil over at Maui Community Correctional Center
[NOTE: This story has been updated to include information on why work to replace some of the prison’s broken emergency exit doors, which was to have happened by Mar. 30 of this year, still hasn’t...
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Quizunderstood: What do you know about Maui Police Officer Kelly Pauole?
1. On Apr. 13, attorneys for Maui Police Officer Kelly Pauole announced that the officer was suing the County of Maui, alleging disability discrimination and workplace retaliation. How many years has...
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