Ex-Honolulu officer sentenced to 4 a long time for forcing homeless male to lick urinal

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July 16, 2020

Ex-Honolulu officer sentenced to 4 years for forcing homeless man to lick urinal

HONOLULU — A U.S. decide sentenced a previous Honolulu law enforcement officer Wednesday to 4 yrs in prison for forcing a homeless man to lick a public urinal, telling him to picture someone performing that to his two younger daughters.

The homeless person was just as defenseless and powerless as the small children of defendant John Rabago, U.S. District Choose Leslie Kobayashi claimed.

“You took from him his only possession: his dignity as a human getting,” Kobayashi said.

Rabago had taken an oath as a law enforcement officer to safeguard and defend but rather took gain of somebody inadequate and homeless, she mentioned.

Rabago, 44, and a further officer experienced responded to a nuisance criticism in 2018 when they discovered the homeless gentleman in a stall in a community restroom.

Rabago threatened to defeat the male and stuff his deal with in a toilet if he didn’t lick the urinal, Kobayashi said. He then grabbed the man’s shoulder, held him down and stepped on his legs to maintain him on his knees till he licked the urinal, the choose claimed.

Rabago later on informed the other officer to delete textual content messages about the incident, Kobayashi claimed.

“I’m right here to choose you on the worst matter you have carried out in your daily life,” Kobayashi said. Nonetheless, she pointed out that he must not permit the act determine his upcoming.

Reginald Ramones, the other officer, has also still left the department and is scheduled to be sentenced future 7 days. Ramones pleaded responsible to understanding Rabago committed a civil rights violation and not informing authorities about it.

Assistant U.S. Lawyer Tom Brady reported Rabago had occasionally been a fantastic officer and finally took obligation by pleading responsible to a pair of civil legal rights violations in the situation, but had in the beginning laughed about the incident and later on denied it occurred.

“To be homeless, not recognizing in which your following food is going to be, to be compelled to lick … a filthy urinal by a uniformed law enforcement officer. There is only a person phrase that arrives to brain: hopelessness,” Brady stated.

Rabago offered his apologies to the victim and his family members. “Two yrs in the past I designed a choice I’m not very pleased of,” he reported. “My actions improved the system of everyday living for all of us.”

His defense lawyer, Megan Kau, reported after the listening to that she and Rabago anticipated a sentence of about three many years.

“I imagine she’s having the national setting and generating him an case in point,” Kau explained about the decide and the protests from racial injustice and police misconduct throughout the country.

“This is not the very same,” Kau claimed, noting that Rabago is Filipino American and the victim is white.

Earlier this year, the homeless male submitted a lawsuit from the Honolulu Law enforcement Department and the town. His legal professional, Myles Breiner, didn’t right away return a contact seeking remark on Rabago’s sentence.

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Portuguese historical films will premiere on 29 December.

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1 year ago

December 20, 2022

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Portuguese historical films will premiere on 29 December.

Method Media Bermuda will present the documentary FABRIC: Portuguese History in Bermuda on Thursday, December 29 at the Underwater Research Institute of Bermuda.

A spokesperson said: “Method Media is proud to bring Bermuda Fabric: Portugal History to Bermuda for its 5th and 6th showing at the Bermuda Underwater Observatory. In November and December 2019, Cloth: A Portuguese Story in Bermuda had four sold-out screenings. Now that Bermuda has reopened after the pandemic, it’s time to bring the film back for at least two screenings.

“There are tickets Ptix.bm For $ 20 – sessions at 15:30 and 18:00. Both screenings will be followed by a short Q&A session.

Director and producer Milton Raboso says, “FABRIC is a definitive account of the Portuguese community in Bermuda and its 151 years of history, but it also places Bermuda, Acors and Portugal in the world history and the events that have fueled those 151 years.

“It took more than 10 years to implement FABRIC. The film was supported by the Minister of Culture, the Government of the Azores and private donors.

“Bermuda Media Method [MMB] Created in 2011 by producer Milton Raposo. MMB has created content for a wide range of clients: Bermuda’s new hospital renovation, reinsurance, travel campaigns, international sports and more. MMB pays special attention to artistic, cultural and historical content.

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CRISTANO RONALDO CAN MAKE UP A GIANT IN CARIOCA AND PORTUGUESE TECHNICIAN SAYS ‘There will be room’

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December 20, 2022

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CRISTANO RONALDO CAN MAKE UP A GIANT IN CARIOCA AND PORTUGUESE TECHNICIAN SAYS 'There will be room'

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Maestro de Braga is the first Portuguese in the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba.

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December 19, 2022

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Maestro de Braga is the first Portuguese in the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba.

Maestro Filipe Cunha, Artistic Director of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Braga, has been invited to conduct the Cuban National Symphony Orchestra, as announced today.

According to a statement sent by O MINHO, “he will be the first Portuguese conductor to conduct this orchestra in its entire history.”

In addition to this orchestra, the maestro will also work with the Lyceo Mozarteum de la Habana Symphony Orchestra.

The concerts will take place on 4 and 12 March 2023 at the National Theater of Cuba in Havana.

In the words of the maestro, quoted in the statement, “these will be very beautiful concerts with difficult but very complex pieces” and therefore he feels “very motivated”.

From the very beginning, Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 will be performed by an Italian pianist (Luigi Borzillo), whom the maestro wants to bring to Portugal later this year. In the same concert, Mendelshon’s First Symphony will be performed.

Then, at the second concert, in the company of the Mexican clarinetist Angel Zedillo, he will perform the Louis Sfora Concerto No. 2. In this concert, the maestro also conducts Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony.

“This is an international recognition of my work. An invitation that I accept with humility and great responsibility. I was surprised to learn that I would be the first Portuguese member of the Cuban National Symphony Orchestra. This is a very great honor,” the maestro said in a statement.

“I take with me the name of the city of Braga and Portugal with all the responsibility that goes with it, and I hope to do a good job there, leaving a good image and putting on great concerts. These will be very special concerts because, in addition to performing pieces that I love, especially Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky, I will be directing two wonderful soloists who are also my friends. It will be very beautiful,” concludes Filipe Cunha.

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