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https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-fires-timeline-maui-lahaina-road-block-c8522222f6de587bd14b2da0020c40e9

Cause of death: climate change, cops, cars

“So the police were blocking roads, the exit, some of the exit roads out,” he says. “And I’m assuming it’s because there’s been some downed power lines or some downed trees.” Maui Police Chief John Pelletier confirmed that at a news conference two weeks later. "We did not close or forbid people from getting out of Lahaina,” Pelletier said. “If there was a downed power line that was live, we wanted to make sure that you didn’t go over a downed live power line.”

“The gridlock would have left us there when the firestorm came,” said Cuevas-Reyes, 38. “I would have had to tell my children to jump into the ocean as well and be boiled alive by the flames or we would have just died from smoke inhalation and roasted in the car.”

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[-] blobjim@hexbear.net 34 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

HOW THE HELL WAS HE ALSO IN CHARGE AT THE LAS VEGAS SHOOTING HOW HOW HOW. This country is such a cruel joke. Another example of cops failing "up" so they can do bigger crimes at another police deprtment until they make the news. Why the hell was this guy qualified to be a police chief in Maui, he's not from there. It seems like police chiefs basiclaly have to be vetted by the federal government or something in order to be allowed to be a police chief. Cities are constantly hiring them from elsewhere like they're some corporate executive. Because there's only so many thoughroughly vetted ruling class ghouls to select from.

[-] EmotionalSupportLancet@hexbear.net 17 points 2 years ago

My conspiracy sense is tingling. With so many unanswered questions about the Vegas shooting the police chief ending up with a cushy job in Maui just makes everything more sus.

[-] Pointman@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago

I mean the conspiracy here is the govt is brainwashing people to think this was caused by direct energy weapons and not climate change, single occupant vehicles, poor city planning, & the US just destroying Hawaii

These people died because there was no organized evacuation.

Pelletier botched a response to something which does warrant a "conspiracy" investigation. We don't know what the fuck Paddock was up to. That was a weird fucking guy with weird connections.

This is just a cop failing up as usual.

Is it the government spreading the laser narrative? If we treat Q as an op I could see that, but I’m fairly sure Q is organic hog.

[-] Pointman@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

The question with Q is not whether it's a psyop, but whether it was a psyop at the very beginning, or the feds got a hold of it later. You can go talk to Hotwheels in the Leftypol Dot Org Matrix chat, I think. May have left. He didn't like them.

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