POLICE REBELLION

I am always reading that the Police Department leaders and the county
Prosecuting Attorney's Office keep insisting that they will continue
to ignore the "Peaceful Sky" initiative because marijuana is still
illegal under state and federal laws, and therefore they will continue
"green harvesting" and harassing marijuana users.

I am under the impression that the Hawaii Police Department and the
county Prosecuting Attorney's Office are employed by the citizens and
representatives of Hawaii County.

The police and the prosecutors are not employees of the state of
Hawaii, nor are they employees of the federal government, and as such
are legally bound to obey rules created by Hawaii County citizens and
our representatives.

That means, by extension, they are in open rebellion against the
citizens of Hawaii County. They will do what they want to do, and the
citizens be damned!

Citizens need to be aware that if this rebellion is not put down,
someday some civil rights organization will notice, and the cost of
their lawsuits will make the Police Department hiring scam settlement
seem like "chump change."

J. Stoeckel

Keaau