A Lawsuit Says Honolulu Police Are Arresting People For Impaired Driving Even When They Are Sober

A Lawsuit Says Honolulu Police Are Arresting People For Impaired Driving Even When They Are Sober

 The Honolulu Police Department said it will review all impaired driving arrests after the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging officers are arresting sober drivers in an overzealous focus on making drunk-driving arrests. In recent years Honolulu officers have arrested “scores” of drivers who show no outward signs of impairment, perform well on field sobriety tests and whose breath tests often show no alcohol, the lawsuit said. The department is driven by a “singular focus” on getting arrests for driving under the influence, even if they don’t result in convictions, the ACLU said. Supervisors give...

Israel Accepts A US Proposal For A Temporary Gaza Ceasefire And Hamas Gives A Cool Response

Israel Accepts A US Proposal For A Temporary Gaza Ceasefire And Hamas Gives A Cool Response

Israel has accepted a new U.S. proposal for a temporary ceasefire with Hamas, the White House said Thursday. U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, expressed optimism earlier this week about brokering an agreement to halt the Israel-Hamas war and return more of the hostages captured in the attack that ignited it. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that Israel “backed and supported” the new proposal. Hamas officials gave the Israeli-approved draft a cool response, but said they wanted to study the proposal more closely before giving a formal answer. “The Zionist response, in essence, means perpetuating the occupation...

U.S. Rep Massie Calls For An End To U.S. Military Aid To Israel, Says Nothing Can Justify Number Of Civilian Causalities

U.S. Rep Massie Calls For An End To U.S. Military Aid To Israel, Says Nothing Can Justify Number Of Civilian Causalities

United State Representative Thomas Massie has publicly advocated for the cessation of U.S. military aid to Israel, citing the high number of civilian casualties in Gaza over the last two years. According to the Rep there is no excuse for the number of deaths and causalities in the past two years between Israelis and the Palestinians, he wrote submitting that all assistance to Israel should cease.  In his words: “Nothing can justify the number of civilian casualties (tens of thousands of women and children) inflicted by Israel in Gaza in the last two years. We should end all U.S. military...