All rational people will agree that racism is evil.  There are laws to protect citizens against discriminate acts of racism.  As a doctrine, it is not punishable by law but when ones safety is threatened by racist brutes, the law enforcers are responsible for providing protection to the public.

On August 18, 2006, the law enforcers of Honolulu miserably failed in their duty to protect those who celebrated Statehood at the Iolani Palace which is on public property.  The Hawaii Admission Act granted the ceded land to the State of Hawaii “as a public trust for the…provision of lands for public use.”

Those who participated in the Statehood celebration had obtained a permit to hold the celebration on the Palace grounds to which the public was invited.  From the live report on KHNL 2, news coverage by the Star Bulletin, August 19, 2006, and personal testimonies on HawaiiReporter.com it is clear that they were challenged by hostile demonstrators.

This was not a peaceful demonstration but one where people were victims of racist and vicious verbal attacks, were spit on, and even “flashed” (a lewd act) by a demonstrator who said he was on crystal meth.  Apparently law and order counts for nothing when faced with zealots for “Hawaiians Only.”  This is what the future of Hawaii will be like if ruled by brutes.

Hana Johnson, Director of Youth Programs for the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, Hawaii's first and only free market public policy institute focused on individual freedom and liberty, can be reached at: mailto:hana@grassrootinstitute.org