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Hawaii: Six Arrested as Civil Disobedience Slows Telescope Construction

HeadlineAug 03, 2017

And in Hawaii, police arrested six activists early Wednesday as they halted a convoy delivering part of a giant solar telescope being constructed on the island of Maui. Protesters used plastic “lockboxes” to chain themselves together as they lay in the street in an act of nonviolent civil disobedience. They say one activist lost consciousness and suffered a concussion after officers tackled him to the pavement. Native Hawaiians say the telescope is being built on sacred ground—a mountain peak in Haleakala National Park—and that the permitting process failed to respect Native Hawaiian sovereignty. The protests hope to build on a campaign that has successfully halted construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope atop the Mauna Kea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island.

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