TMT crews fail to reach Mauna Kea summit
Hundreds of protesters turn up to block passage; 12 arrested
By Brenton Awa
KITV
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Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Mauna Kea, Hawaii -- On Wednesday, hundreds of protesters
forced construction crews for the Thirty Meter Telescope
to come to a halt, but it didn’t come without sacrifice.
In total, 12 people were arrested for obstructing the
path, but after a six-hour attempt to make it to the top
of the summit, TMT crews only reached about a mile and a
half up from hale pohaku before turning back.
It’s been a long haul for those for and against building
what will be one of the world's largest telescopes on
land held sacred by many Native Hawaiians, a divided
image that has been making headlines since the beginning.
But on Wednesday, that divided image softened as both
protesters and DLNR officers understood what the other
had to do.
"I don't want to arrest anybody. I get Hawaiian just as
much as most of you guys here. I just got to do what I'm
supposed to do as my job," said Lino Kamakau, one of the
DLNR officers at the scene.
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