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PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE HAWAII POLICE DEPARTMENT
Police continue to search for Justin Joshua Waiki, left, the 33-year-old suspect in the fatal shooting of a Hawaii island police officer Bronson Kaliloa, right, in Mountain View Tuesday night.
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The killing of Hawaii County police officer Bronson K. Kaliloa, 46, in the line of duty Tuesday night is a deeply tragic reminder of the dangers police face each time they’re on duty.
Kaliloa, a 10-year veteran of the Hawaii County Police and 2014 “Officer of the Year” for his district, was shot Tuesday night during a traffic stop near Mountain View as he and other officers approached a vehicle. It turns out the suspect, Justin Joshua Waiki, 33, who fled the scene, was wanted on a no-bail warrant; he has three previous felony convictions.
Kaliloa leaves behind a wife and three young children. There are $10,000 rewards out for Waiki’s capture; surely someone has seen him. Call the Hawaii Police Department at 911 or at 935-3311, the U.S. Marshals Service at (800) 336-0102, or CrimeStoppers at 808-961-8300.
Twitter gets real with fake accounts
The truth hurts. So, undoubtedly, many Twitterers will be discovering once they witness their count of followers shrinking in the coming days.
Twitter has announced it is purging tens of millions of accounts that had been locked because of suspicious activity. Most notoriously, social media have been used by Russian operatives who would create fake accounts and use them to steer political divisions.
Among the notables hit by the purge — the current president and the last one, both of whom saw their apparent popularity tank precipitously. Guess that’s all part of the fake news.