Crime in Hawaii late 60's/early 70's.

Factual Questions
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This thread is inspired by THIS thread, which was inspired by things my wife and I came across while making plans for our vacation in Hawaii in November. (the 50th state we’ll have visited, completing our goal of 50 states visited by 50 years old! :cool: ) Yes, we’re bragging. We’ve spent at least a week in each of the 50 United States!!!

Anyway, Hawaii Five-0 was one of my favorite T.V. shows as a kid. Had you asked me when it first came on at 8 years old I probably would have told you that Hawaii was a crime ridden place full of criminal masterminds, mobsters, and inter-national spies. :eek:

But then again; I would have told you the same thing about auto racing, based on what I saw on Speed Racer! :stuck_out_tongue:

So? WTF?

Was Hawaii ever a place of lawlessness and debauchery, or were the producers just taking a gigantic dose of poetic license about a place they thought most would never actually travel to?

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I lived there for 6 years 7 years ago (so long!) and still have family and friend ties.

Me personally: Never much more than having my car broken in to a couple times.

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I didn’t know it was 1977!

Just fuggin’ with ya!:wink:

But I am interested in the late 60’s early 70’s.
I’m looking for the inspiration of the writers/producers of that show.

According to my math, Mcgarrett arrested everyone on the island at least twice!:stuck_out_tongue:

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My mother in law lost several teeth in a bar fight around that time. Does that help? :slight_smile:

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Probably not.

But I’d absolutely, positively LOVE to hear the story behind that!!!

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Until the detailed evidence arrives, I think a safe assumption is that a prime-time TV show is not a documentary and will quite happily present an array of fully fictional crimes and criminals.

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Yeah, but what Hawaii 5-0 presented was over the top of what most cop shows did/do, what with the mob and international spies. Way over the top for a place that’s not very big. I still say
Mcgarrett arrested everyone on the island at least twice!

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Maybe. How did the other guy fare?

9

She probably kicked all three of their asses. Lumberjacks! :stuck_out_tongue:

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Although when crimes did occur, the had the distincion of being committed in pidgin: “Gon funnit! Dey come heist my house!”

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There hasn’t been much crime since Wo Fat died. :smiley:

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Don’t worry about them; the Asian-looking ones all got multiple guest appearances on MASH later.

5-0 kept in business after the show’s cancellation, apparently, based on “Magnum P.I.”'s regular references to it.

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My mom said things were pretty safe up until Green Harvest which was in the late 70s or early 80s. Green Harvest was an attempt by the state to stamp out the local pot growers in order to minimize drug use in Hawaii. The unfortunate side effect was that local demand remained and was now supplied from outside sources who were connected to a bunch of people you don’t want to be connected with. We moved out of the Puna district on the Big Island not so long after that as there were now a few murders and attempted murders in our neighborhood.

But before that our house was in the middle of nowhere and left unlocked all the time and nothing happened. Before that my parents lived on the beach on Maui during the late 60s and early 70s and when ever they talk about it they make it sound almost ideal.

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Rethought posting the dark secrets of my mother in law