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Police arrest Occupy Honolulu Protesters at Thomas Square Park on Saturday Nov. 5, 2011. - Sanjeev Ranabhat, Special to Civil Beat

In the Name of the Law: What the Public Isn’t Being Told About Police Misconduct
By Nick Grube and Patti Epler 02/25/2013

Part 1 of a 5-part series

In 1997, Honolulu police officer Russell Won went to federal prison for his involvement in beating an inmate at the Pearl City police station.

A year later, he was back in Honolulu — and back in police work. The federal prison sentence didn’t cause the Honolulu Police Department to fire him. Instead, he was put on leave without pay while he did his time.

When his sentence was over he was assigned to train new recruits at the academy. He kept his gun and badge and went on to become a detective with a long career at HPD.

Won was one of three officers indicted and convicted at the same time for mistreating prisoners in their custody at the Pearl City station. In a plea bargain, Won eventually was convicted of a misdemeanor and sentenced to a year in federal prison.

More: http://www.civilbeat.com/articles/2013/02/25/18393-in-the-name-of-the-law-what-the-public-isnt-being-told-about-police-misconduct/

Part #2 - http://www.civilbeat.com/articles/2013/02/26/18394-in-the-name-of-the-law-uh-students-vs-the-police/

I'm so grateful that Hawaii has a journalism outfit willing to tackle the hard issues in our state and which certainly bear national relevance on how we look at your society and government.

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