In this June 7, 2020, photo provided by Norm Tabije, Angela Keen uses her home computer in Honolulu to do work for her Facebook group, Hawaii Quarantine Kapu Breakers. The group, using the Hawaiian word for laws or rules, focuses on tracking down people who violate Hawaii's 14-day quarantine on travelers arriving to the state. During the coronavirus pandemic, she’s putting her skills to use finding tourists who defy Hawaii’s mandatory two-week quarantine on arriving travelers.
So far, volunteer sleuths with her group Hawaii Quarantine Kapu Breakers — “kapu” can mean “rules” in Hawaiian — has helped find about 13 people on Oahu and 22 people on the Big Island who were later arrested by police, Keen said. Members on other islands assisted with other cases that led to arrests, she said.
“I think when you have these instances of individuals blatantly violating the quarantine, you’re naturally going to get this kind of response from the community,” said Sen. Jarrett Keohokalole, who’s on the Senate Special Committee on COVID-19. “It’s been a challenge tracking down handfuls of quarantine violators. If that ramps up to hundreds or thousands, we’re going to have to change strategy.
He was arrested an hour before his flight to Los Angeles. He posted $2,000 bail and caught a later flight, officials said. “But we don’t want that right now because it’s a risk for all of us,” she said, pointing especially to Native Hawaiians and their history with Europeans bringing deadly illnesses. “They are the most precious part of Hawaii. And we want them to be around for a long time.”
Mahalo!
Wow that's news
One giant network of Karen’s!
Hawaii is part of our nation. Can someone explain how Covid-19 affects HI any differently than CA? People should be free to move around their own country without being surveilled! As a liberal, I’m concerned that what we despise gets accepted as legitimate.
Is this Karen? 👀
The (D)onkey state of Hawaii has many problems !! Why would anyone visit?
Good. Hawaii takes this seriously and wants to protect their citizens. Mahalo to those lending a helping hand to keep the community, health workers and public servants safe.
At low point we were averaging 100+ arrivals each day...now at 1800+..Hawaii is now unable to keep up with enforcing quarantine rules..we normally average 40,000+ arrivals..tragic actually considering these are ISLANDS..strain on resources...
Hope they do better than New York CNN people.
Sounds like Karen needs a job
Covidiots
For a visitor that’s a mandatory two-week hotel stay without being able to leave the room. I’m sure the hotel owners want Hawai’i to keep allowing visitors to arrive.
And Hawaii wonders why tourism is down.
Why not just keep them out?
So a whole fleet of Karens.....
Why don’t they just stop people from coming in? That would make more sense.
But, Karen ...But ...
But a rich man and helpful did not come. In this world It hurts a lot. Think of the people of this world? Is there anyone? Save lives by donating to helpless families?
This is not normal
Volunteer sleuths? I prefer to call them all Karens!
If people do not benefit people. Will that huge financial resource come in handy? You don't have to pay everything to save a family. If you can save the life of a helpless family. That helpless family will be blessed and eternally grateful for the rest of their lives.
sounds like they need a healthy hobby
Mahalo
Please play this video. Everyone in the world help me😭
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