Yesterday morning, about 4:15, a van pulled up to a small group of men on River St. and 2 guys jumped out with a shotgun and assault rifle firing on at least one in the group, all of whom fled instantly. But one wasn't able to get away and died at the corner of Pauahi / River Sts.
Street word has it that it was local Samoan VS mainland Samoan. The mainland guy's use guns, whereas the locals don't, yet.
Word has also lately been that you buy your drugs only from the Samoan sellers, as other sellers give lesser deals or sell bunk.
This murder depicts an escalation of turf wars concerning the blatant dealings that occur night and day, in the open and far inside compliant doorways, with very little HPD presence, excepting for a daytime focus on traffic, jaywalking, and other reletively minor infractions, while the more serious problems persist and may be increasing.
The City has taken (odd) measures, like removing the ability to park along the curb on Pauahi St., which must make residents and proprietors upset, and removed overhead sheltering from the tables along the river, making regulars there upset, but doesn't put much of a dent in the dealing.
There has to be a better use of our patrol officers instead of a priority of merely getting a high ticket count when dealing is rampant and getting deadly, and in such a confined area it shouldn't be a huge problem.
The 'mean streets' of Honolulu are nothing compared to the mainland, and we need our Police Dept. to make sure that this latest killing is the beginning of the end of this stuff, and hand the streets back to law abiding citizens.
Street word has it that it was local Samoan VS mainland Samoan. The mainland guy's use guns, whereas the locals don't, yet.
Word has also lately been that you buy your drugs only from the Samoan sellers, as other sellers give lesser deals or sell bunk.
This murder depicts an escalation of turf wars concerning the blatant dealings that occur night and day, in the open and far inside compliant doorways, with very little HPD presence, excepting for a daytime focus on traffic, jaywalking, and other reletively minor infractions, while the more serious problems persist and may be increasing.
The City has taken (odd) measures, like removing the ability to park along the curb on Pauahi St., which must make residents and proprietors upset, and removed overhead sheltering from the tables along the river, making regulars there upset, but doesn't put much of a dent in the dealing.
There has to be a better use of our patrol officers instead of a priority of merely getting a high ticket count when dealing is rampant and getting deadly, and in such a confined area it shouldn't be a huge problem.
The 'mean streets' of Honolulu are nothing compared to the mainland, and we need our Police Dept. to make sure that this latest killing is the beginning of the end of this stuff, and hand the streets back to law abiding citizens.
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