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02-17-19 09:29 #3288
Posts: 4706Originally Posted by Losi5 [View Original Post]
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02-17-19 01:01 #3287
Posts: 1276Complaints
Agree, them raid beenhappen forever in AMP and bars, looking for minors and duress, which is a common around the world, Hawaii is no different.
Usually a complaint is the trigger fo action.
Pimps always a problem too.
All part of the game, some good, some bad.
Empire was the worse of bad, but there have been other convictions and dangerous situations.
Keep in mind it's all cash and built on lies and half truths.
Originally Posted by DangerBoy [View Original Post]
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02-17-19 00:08 #3286
Posts: 2479With everything going on with busts / raids / I'd checks, beware of your speeding. Chief Ballard wants a zero tolerance on speeding because of the big accident on Ala Moana. I'm sure you see more cops gunning during the day, and at night. There are even Solo bikes out a night. Drive safe! If you have a laser jammer, you know the drill to shut it off when you get pinged.
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02-16-19 23:27 #3285
Posts: 1157Originally Posted by Losi5 [View Original Post]
Contacted a friend who works in the news and they didn't know anything about it. As others have noted, massage parlors are very visible, soft targets (not much chance of violence or guns on site) so it would be easy for the cops to tip the media off of busts for the evening news, but HPD didn't.
So it wasn't for PR or "optics". Also there's been chatter that no one was arrested.
The raids were also very visible with cops standing around and supposedly Specialized Services (SWAT) was on the scene. So if it was a shakedown for a payoff, that's a lot of potential witnesses and a lot of visibility. Even if you're a cop doing something shady, I'd still have to believe you'd want few to no witnesses that you were there.
Dunno. This feels different. Like a show of force or to show the cops has eyes on those places.
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02-16-19 00:58 #3284
Posts: 1039For a raid on an AMP. Who you going to call?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ONOQnV2pzw
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02-15-19 20:56 #3283
Posts: 6Alternative bars
Originally Posted by Losi5 [View Original Post]
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02-15-19 19:26 #3282
Posts: 70I have zero evidence to back this up, but it seems like if any massage parlor were to have undocumented providers, it would be places like Vanilla and Sunflower or Century Center in general, but you don't hear of them getting hit as often (assuming the raids are nothing more than ID checks, and I guess Mayflower would be a notable exception). I wonder if it isn't just a big P. R. stunt, while mama slips a cool 10k in the pocket of the lead T.W.A.T. detective.
On a more serious note, what happens to mongers caught in a raid? Anyone with first hand experience like to share or PM?
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02-15-19 04:25 #3281
Posts: 4706Originally Posted by JohnRoss [View Original Post]
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02-15-19 04:05 #3280
Posts: 2479Another thing. Why don't the gambling houses get raided instead of the AMPs. Is it because the Prosecutor's office is crooked, or gun shy after Kaneshiro's fuck up with the game rooms? Or perhaps someone profited when Tracy Arakawa et al. , had their machines confiscated, and they are still in operation? Just food for thought.
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02-15-19 03:37 #3279
Posts: 1039[/QUOTE]=HardEight;4152049]They got hit about 11 this morning.[/QUOTE]Is it S.W.A.T. or T.W.A.T. ? Did a monger barricade himself in Happiness and didn't want to leave?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHDg96-ZN_U
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02-15-19 02:17 #3278
Posts: 2479They like to go in in their tactical gear. I mean it is good to be safe, but it isn't like an AMP girl will be yielding a Tec9 or a MP5. It is just intimidation tactics. It seems the raids did not make the news, so they were probably under the guise of "welfare checks". No arrests, but a way of saying "Hello, we are watching". The new tactic seems to be going in the mid morning, instead of evenings when it will be busier. The state should go back to how it was during WW2. Have licensed brothels that have required medical checks for the girls. Govt makes money off the taxes, the madam and girls still make a bunch of money, albeit a little less because it is taxed. However, there would be no worry about getting busted because these transactions will be legal. I'm sure there will be a couple more police actions this weekend.
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02-14-19 18:28 #3277
Posts: 36Search warrant
Originally Posted by HardEight [View Original Post]
Already business phone must be seized or sim card copied.
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02-14-19 18:23 #3276
Posts: 58Happiness getting visit from SWAT
They got hit about 11 this morning.
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02-14-19 12:38 #3275
Posts: 1562Non culture Chinese New Year
Originally Posted by Bigboner [View Original Post]
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02-14-19 04:54 #3274
Posts: 137Originally Posted by DangerBoy [View Original Post]
https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessi...WvADtE7P16pvW0