A hate crime lays bare Hawaii’s complicated race relations

A hate crime lays bare Hawai‘i’s complicated race relations

HONOLULU — Two Native Hawaiian men wouldn’t have brutally beaten a man if he weren’t white, a U.S. judge said Thursday in sentencing them to yearslong prison terms for a hate crime in a case that reflects Hawai‘i’s nuanced and complicated relationship with race. A jury convicted Kaulana Alo-Kaonohi and Levi Aki Jr. in November, finding that they were motivated by Christopher Kunzelman’s race when they punched, kicked and used a shovel to beat hi…

A hate crime lays bare Hawaii’s complicated race relations - West Hawaii Today

HONOLULU (AP) — Two Native Hawaiian men wouldn’t have brutally beaten a man if he weren’t white, a U.S. judge said Thursday in sentencing them to yearslong prison terms for a hate crime in a case that reflects Hawaii’s nuanced and complicated relationship with race.

A hate crime lays bare Hawaii’s complicated race relations

HONOLULU — A Native Hawaiian man was sentenced to more than six years in prison Thursday for the hate crime beating of a white man who tried to move into his remote, traditional fishing village.

A hate crime lays bare Hawaii’s complicated race relations

HONOLULU (AP) — In a case that reflects Hawaii’s nuanced and complicated relationship with race, two Native Hawaiian men are scheduled to be sentenced Thursday for a federal hate crime in the brutal beating of a white man who tried to move into their remote, traditional fishing village. Read more...

Maui hate crime case spotlights Hawaii's racial complexity

Two Native Hawaiian men are scheduled to be sentenced for federal hate crime convictions in the brutal beating of a white man who tried to move into their remote, traditional fishing village

Maui hate crime case spotlights Hawaii’s racial complexity

A jury convicted Kaulana Alo-Kaonohi and Levi Aki Jr. in November, finding that they were motivated by Christopher Kunzelman’s race when they punched, kicked and used a shovel to beat him in 2014.