{"id":2458559,"date":"2025-07-11T13:03:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T17:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-convicted-of-anti-white-hate-crime-to-receive-extended-prison-sentence\/"},"modified":"2025-07-11T13:04:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T17:04:51","slug":"man-convicted-of-anti-white-hate-crime-to-receive-extended-prison-sentence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-convicted-of-anti-white-hate-crime-to-receive-extended-prison-sentence\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Convicted of Anti-White Hate Crime to Receive Extended Prison Sentence"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fman-convicted-of-anti-white-hate-crime-to-receive-extended-prison-sentence%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2458559&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A native Hawaiian man, Kaulana Alo-Kaonohi, may face additional prison time after an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-american-group-on-essential-race-concept-racist-repressive-discriminatory\/\" title=\"Chinese-American Group On Essential Race Concept: \u2018Racist, Repressive, Discriminatory\u2019\">appeals court ruled<\/a> that his 2014 attack on a white man, Christopher Kunzelman, qualified as a hate crime. The attack occurred when Kunzelman tried to buy a home in a Maui village where Alo-Kaonohi and Levi Aki Jr. lived. both men were convicted in 2023 for the assault, but initially, Alo-Kaonohi&#8217;s sentence did not include extra time for the hate crime aspect. The appeals court later decided the hate crime enhancement should apply, potentially adding up to three more years to his sentence.<\/p>\n<p>Kunzelman and his family bought the house despite hostility from local residents who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meghan-claims-racism-prevented-archie-from-being-a-prince-the-rule-barring-his-title-dates-to-1917\/\" title=\"Meghan Claims Racism Prevented Archie From Being A Prince. The Rule Barring His Title Dates To 1917.\">made racist remarks<\/a>, warning that no &#8220;haole&#8221; (white person) would be allowed to live there. During the attack, Alo-Kaonohi struck Kunzelman in the head with a shovel, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >causing severe brain injuries<\/a>. The victim&#8217;s wife described ongoing animosity in the community and stated the property remains unsellable due to the antagonistic habitat.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A native Hawaiian man could be facing extra time in prison over a 2014 attack on a white man after an appeals court ruled his sentence should be increased because the incident was a hate crime.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, Kaulana Alo-Kaonohi and Levi Aki Jr. were convicted of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/illegal-immigrant-charged-terrorism-hate-crime-felonies-targeted-attack-chicago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attacking<\/a> Christopher Kunzelman in 2014 when he tried to buy a home in the Maui village where Alo-Kaonohi and Aki lived, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/maui-hate-crime-hawaiian-white-ab2f0646069d97232f4075217bc833a7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alo-Kaonohi was sentenced to 78 months behind bars while Aki was sentenced to 50 months in prison, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/archives\/opa\/pr\/two-maui-men-sentenced-racially-motivated-attack-white-man\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a> from the Department of Justice at the time of the original 2023 sentencing.<\/p>\n<p>Although the jury at the time said race was the motivating factor behind the attack, the judge in the case did not apply extra time for a hate crime when Alo-Kaonohi was sentenced, the AP report said.<\/p>\n<p>Alo-Kaonohi appealed his sentence, while prosecutors cross-appealed.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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she said. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s so much animosity.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Lori Kunzelman told the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/11\/us-news\/native-hawaii-man-kaulana-alo-kaonohi-to-be-resentenced-in-hate-crime-against-a-white-man-he-beat-with-a-shovel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a> that he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-no-charges-will-be-filed-against-officers-in-daniel-prude-case\/\" title=\"BRE...NG: No Charges Will Be Filed Against Officers In Daniel Prude Case\">suffered severe brain damage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We had vacationed on Maui year after year &mdash; loved, loved, loved Maui,&rdquo; she said, leading them to buy an oceanfront house for $175,000.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was obviously a hate crime from the very beginning. The whole time they&rsquo;re saying things like, &lsquo;You have the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/renaming-schools-when-the-right-decision-feels-toxic\/\" title=\"Renaming Schools: When The Right Decision Feels Toxic\u00a0\">wrong skin color<\/a>. No &lsquo;haole&rsquo; is ever going to live in our neighborhood,&rsquo;&rdquo; she said after the 2023 trial.<\/p>\n<p>Haole is a Hawaiian word used to mean &ldquo;foreigner&rdquo; or &ldquo;white person.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>According to the Justice Department release, after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dem-houston-mayoral-appointee-princeton-fellow-slams-girls-killed-texas-flood-going-white-camp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">victim<\/a> bought the house as a place to live with his wife and their three daughters, &ldquo;he was harassed and threatened by various Kahakuloa residents who told him things like, &lsquo;This is a Hawaiian village. The only thing coming from the outside is the electricity,&rsquo; and &lsquo;You don&rsquo;t even belong in Hawaii.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The release said that on the night of the 2014 attack, local residents &ldquo;stormed onto his property and demanded that he pack his things and leave, threatening to &lsquo;tie [him] up and drag [him]&rsquo; and make him &lsquo;go missing&rsquo; if he did not comply,&rdquo; the release said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When C.K. replied that he owned the house, Alo-Kaonohi dragged his index finger along C.K.&rsquo;s jaw and told him, &lsquo;Your skin is the wrong f***ing color,&rsquo;&rdquo; the release said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Aki then picked up a roofing shovel and handed it to Alo-Kaonohi, who struck C.K. in the head with it, opening up a bloody wound on the back of C.K.&rsquo;s head. Later on, after C.K. had already begun packing up his possessions, the defendants attacked him a second time. During that attack, Aki head butted C.K. and struck him in the face with the shovel a second time, giving C.K. a concussion and causing him to lose consciousness,&rdquo; the release added.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When he came to, the defendants were kicking him in the side and broke two of his ribs. 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