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Tourist accused of hurling rock at rare Hawaiian seal was ‘brutally assaulted,’ his lawyer claims
(www.independent.co.uk)
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He wants a slush fund
So we're looking for the other guy to give him a medal?
and?
Information about monk seals is all over Hawaii. The idea that this guy who visits frequently and is a fisherman would not know what a monk seal is is absurd. At minimum it should be cause for him to be banned from the state for being too stupid to safely travel there.
Also, even if that wasn't a critically endangered species, attacking marine mammals of any species is still illegal. One of his charges is for violating the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
Throwing big rocks at wild animals is a cunts act and he should reap what he's sown.
This! I don't care if it's endangered. I don't care if it's marine. I don't care if it's wild. Throwing rocks at any animal is enough to get your ass beat. Full stop.
While snorkeling at St John USVI I was following a sea turtle from a distance. It was just such a vibe to watch this thing eating the turtle grass. Then some asshole comes flailing towards the turtle with a gopro on a stick and basically starts poking it. The turtle swam away with the guy chasing it. Pissed me off so much.
I went to a bar that evening and told the bar tender this story. He stopped what he was doing and looked sternly at me. He said in that moment I witnessed the turtle being harassed, if I had swam to shore and gotten some locals to help find a ranger then the dude would have been lucky to just walk away with a large fine and not get his ass kicked by the locals as well. Bartender made me promise to report it if I saw it again.
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Lytvynchuk’s defense attorney, Myles Breiner, claims his client was trying to protect sea turtles, mistaking the monk seal for an aggressive sea lion.
"So his response was not to hurt this monk seal, but to get it away from the turtles," Breiner stated.
Oh, I mean... people can make mistakes. I wouldn't jump to...
The witness confronted Lytvynchuk, who allegedly responded that "he did not care and was ‘rich’ enough to pay any fines."
Welp.
The 'affluenza' defense.
Also, there are no sea lions in Hawaii.
He's rich enough to pay fines but also poor enough to catch hands LMAO
Most rich people I've known are not famous, have no private security, and have an unsecured iPhone which they do not keep in lockdown mode. If a person is famous or known to be rich, they might have security, but most rich people look normal and aren't famous. I am aware that I don't know everyone on the planet.
Igor Lytvynchuk can get fucked.
So can his lawyer.. Claims his client was "brutally assaulted".. No photos, no police report. OK buddy. And Wtf kind of racist-adjacent statement is this:
The attorney also suggested his client is being unfairly targeted as a "white outsider," claiming, "The vast majority of attacks on monk seal and turtle are by locals."
Imagine being this insufferable. I'd kill myself.
Me reading my inbox today..
'uhh.. wtf did I write last night??'
There is video of him eating a few punches from a local after the incident.
Unfortunately for Igor, the unnamed local was promptly named an honorary ambassador by a local politicians, while still being kept anonymous.
The same again for the lawyer, please.
Yes. But real quick for those who don’t know - a defense counsel says whatever they need to say to get the client out of court/prison/whatever. And that sounds weird until it’s understood that the State has the burden to prove their case and they cheat at every opportunity. That’s because the state has so many resources, and it uses all of them on every bastard that upset a cop.
People go to prison for stealing a candy bar, due to recidivism laws, minimum sentencing, and a shit-ton of Republican legislation for the last fifty years. Additionally, conservatives hold most of the judgeships and some of these people are dumb as f*ck.
So while the lawyer might be an asshole, even if they weren’t they’re still obligated to say their client was wronged, the facts are poor- whatever. That’s the way the adversarial system the US uses works.
No photos
Hypothetically, there might be some video of this piece of shit getting karmalized by a seal defender. I didn’t see it and if I did I don’t recall.
LOL they actually pulled the racism card against a people who are held under colonial rule.
One of my favorite anecdotes is about a (white) professor at University of Hawaii-Manoa who had a white student complain about being called a haole, saying it wasn’t fair that Hawaiians could be “racist” against white people. The professor responded “if you’re white in Hawaii you can be one of three things: a haole, a dumb haole, or a dumb fucking haole.”
I grew up white in Hawaii, and I’m happy to say I was only ever called a haole.
is haole basically "outsider"?
good story, it goes to show how ingrained race relations can be in people
Indigenous Hawaiians would greet each other by touching foreheads and “sharing breath.” The English colonizers and missionaries thought that was dirty, and were called “ha ole,” “without breath.” Over time, “haole” came to mean “foreigner” and then “white” (after multiple ethnicities would intermarry while white people largely refused to do so.)
So to avoid being called that as a white person, you have to have grown up with the native Hawaiians and be treated as one of them, I presume.
As someone who grew up in Brazil as a gringo,
Asking how not to be a gringo is pointless.
Gringo oozes out of your pores, it's in your haircut, your shoes, on your breath, your skin, your jewelry, your posture, how sweaty you are, everything.
If you go, you'll be a haole, you have to live with it.
Nobody called me names when I went. Then again, I wasn't throwing rocks at seals or doing other stupid shit.
Don't act like a jackass when you're an outsider and most people will not give you a hard time. Tends to be true most places.
Hawaii is literal paradise and a bunch of jackoffs bought most of it and pushed the natives to the margins. They have every right to not want anyone there. If you go, just remember, you are a guest in a place that you do not belong. Be respectful and be kind, but don't be shocked when a Toyota Tacoma comes flying up past you and rips past as you're staring off into the trees doing 24.5 MPH on the road that they use to go home.
Us outsiders are tolerated, but we do not belong.
This was also my secret to a happy life when I lived in Argentina. Most people thought I was European, which was a bonus. I have that "maybe not from here but I can't tell from where" look.
I think the thought is that native islanders can harbor racist notions against white people. Whether that actually played a part or not remains to be seen.
Edit: what's with the downvotes? I'm explaining why they might try to play the race card. Not condoning racism, claiming racism for sympathy, or his actions.
Maybe so, but it's a terrible defence as the lawyer stated it.
Like the lawyer is in a Hawaiian court and says what boils down to "bro the natives only hate him cos he's white - plus they way more seals your honour". That's a terrible argument. 1) know your audience. 2) "a different race also broke the law" is not a defence. P. S. Didn't downvote, I appreciate the attempted explanation.
I don't think it would've made a difference, when he was told there was a fine for attacking the seal and that it's extremely endangered he responded with "I don't car, I'm rich"
Dudes face immediately became a target regardless of race
Oh man, I hope this whole process is legally, financially, and personally agonizing for him
Good.
Good.
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I didn't see nothin'.
Throw shit, get hit.
look at these precious babies
I feel the urge to chuck a hunk of love their way.
(If he was) it makes me glad to know he got at least some kind of consequences he found painful. Since the $20 fine just made him smug.
Lytvynchuk is charged with violations of both the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act. If convicted, he faces up to one year in prison for each charge, along with potential fines of up to $20,000.
Well i hope he has an opportunity to prove how rich he is like he callously responded when confronted and pay that $20k fine for each offense.
This makes me feel happy.
And... ?
So? That has no bearing on his crime.
And?