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Journalist claims Maui police put him in 'headlock' for pressing mayor on missing kids
Just the News ^ | August 23, 2023 | Addison Smith

Posted on 08/25/2023 8:55:35 PM PDT by george76

"I know at this point that the government has not been truthful about the death toll," he said during an interview.

An independent journalist in Maui, Hawaii, who flew there to cover the devastating wildfires, claims that he was put in a "headlock" by Maui police for pressing the mayor on the unknown number of missing children and claims the government is hiding the severity of human loss.

"I know at this point that the government has not been truthful about the death toll," Nick Sortor, who traveled to Maui last week, told BlazeTV host Sara Gonzalez. "They’re not talking about the death toll of the children, either," even though "that is what the people here in Maui want to know," he said.

Other footage posted to X by Sortor this week shows him confronting Maui Mayor Richard Bissen repeatedly about the potentially high volume of children who have not been found since the fires began. A man who said he’s with the Maui Police Department then allegedly put Sortor in a "headlock" before saying Bissen is "done" taking questions.

Camera footage shows several seconds of chaos before panning back to the officer. This is when Sorter alleges the physical encounter occurred.

During the press conference, Mayor Bissen said, "I don’t know," when asked about the estimated number of missing kids. When accused of not being transparent, he threatened to end the press conference early.

According to The New York Times, upwards of 1,100 people are currently unaccounted for. Many are feared to be minors. The official death toll is currently 115, but that is speculated to be an underestimate of the actual number given the missing bodies and the portable morgues that have been put to use.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Hawaii
KEYWORDS: corruption; fire; fires; hawaii; hawaiifire; hawaiifires; lahaina; maui; qtardgarbage; wildfire; wildfires
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1 posted on 08/25/2023 8:55:35 PM PDT by george76
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To: george76

Bidencide.


2 posted on 08/25/2023 9:07:54 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: george76

And where is Øbama who allegedly was raised in Hawaii?

Total silence from POTUS 44.

At least Imposter 46 could say “no comment”.


3 posted on 08/25/2023 9:09:59 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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Headlocks can be painful....

https://www.google.com/search?q=wrestlemania+headlock&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjY2s-ruvmAAxUyPN4AHTLqC9YQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=wrestlemania+headlock&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQDFCoClioCmCQHmgAcAB4AIABOogBbZIBATKYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ8ABAQ&sclient=img&ei=SXvpZJiSFbL4-LYPstSvsA0


4 posted on 08/25/2023 9:12:25 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: george76

Well, the reporter is white. And he did come in from the mainland. And he did ask pointed questions to a lying local. So naturally, the local cops would feel free to abuse him.


5 posted on 08/25/2023 9:16:54 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: lightman

“And where is Øbama who allegedly was raised in Hawaii? Total silence from POTUS 44.”

I had that very thought a week ago. Why has not Hawaii’s first presidential ‘son’ been spearheading the response with his former VP?

Answer: Because Obama doesn’t give a shi+ about Hawaii, much less America.


6 posted on 08/25/2023 9:29:16 PM PDT by Bshaw (A nefarious deceit is upon us all!)
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To: george76

Is this not the police force that barred exit to people fleeing the fire? They murdered a number of the citizenry by not letting them escape. How many people did they speak to face to face before they turned them back to the flames? The man with the axe says, “This won’t hurt a bit.”


7 posted on 08/25/2023 9:57:31 PM PDT by arthurus (covfefe Xi Xi rag)
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To: lightman

He was surely raised there. The question for which the answer has been hidden or faked is was he born there?


8 posted on 08/25/2023 9:59:26 PM PDT by arthurus (covfefe Xi Xi Ki)
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And where is Øbama who allegedly was raised in Hawaii?

He's still healing up after that whole "Chef" thing. You're rignt, he has been CONSPICUOUSLY absent about Maui, when he would normally be commenting endlessly on every news network.

9 posted on 08/25/2023 10:01:07 PM PDT by JennysCool ("It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled." - Mark Twain)
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To: george76

Dimocrats gonna dimocrat


10 posted on 08/25/2023 10:38:21 PM PDT by Smellin Salt
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To: george76

Vanguard and BlackRock biggest shareholders of the power company in Maui, something else to think about.


11 posted on 08/25/2023 11:02:42 PM PDT by everlast
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To: lightman

I heard that Obama was on a local Hawaiian telethon, but that is all I’ve heard.


12 posted on 08/25/2023 11:23:42 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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"They’re not talking about the death toll of the children, either,"

Democrat officials in Hawaii and Maui would just love all this to go away. Democrat voters are tolerant of an incredible amount of malfeasance from their politicians, but in this case, too many people and too many kids were killed. They'll still vote Democrat, but this isn't going away.

13 posted on 08/26/2023 12:06:13 AM PDT by Right_Wing_Madman
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Democrats hate kids. They will build Maui into their own private fiefdom. The left destroy the best parts of CA so now they will occupy Maui. There will be no federal help or rebuild. Until all the undesirables have left and sold. They will starve them. The media coverage will be cut off.All will be forgotten. Leftists destroy and move along.


14 posted on 08/26/2023 12:56:14 AM PDT by cnsmom
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To: lightman
And where is Øbama who allegedly was raised in Hawaii? Total silence from POTUS 44. At least Imposter 46 could say “no comment”.

Partner, it goes to show you that this country needs to go back to its foundation.

It is where Obama was raised and it goes to show you how out of touch he really is.

15 posted on 08/26/2023 1:50:02 AM PDT by TheConservativeTejano (The Business of America is Business)
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To: george76

I lived on Maui. Many of the police there are corrupt. The ones who worked in the jail could’ve been on either side of the bars legitimately.


16 posted on 08/26/2023 2:58:20 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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To: everlast

I knew that about Blackrock, but not Vanguard. I think Blackrock pretty much owns Maui Electric.

Convenient that downed power lines were the impetus for a catastrophe that would clear the land to make way for BR’s elite cronies to snatch up valuable land.


17 posted on 08/26/2023 3:03:02 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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“They will build Maui into their own private fiefdom.”

I believe that’s the reason for the oh-so-convenient destruction. Maui will be the getaway for the beautiful people. An island to isolate them from the hoi polloi in the NWO. It’s happening.


18 posted on 08/26/2023 3:06:30 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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To: george76

They are marxists. Next will be bullets to the head.


19 posted on 08/26/2023 3:45:55 AM PDT by exnavy (Grow your faith, and have the courage to use it.)
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How dare you ask your Demi gods a question! But just keep taking it. You’re so easy.


20 posted on 08/26/2023 3:59:01 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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