Thad Fumio Sugai, a 26-year-old Hawaiian Native man from Honolulu, was working as an officer with Hawaii’s State Security Division when his life was cut short on December 20, 1983, inside Diamond Head Crater. The day had already taken on a strange and dangerous shape before he arrived. Reports described a man inside the crater behaving wildly, terrifying visitors, throwing rocks, and even jumping on cars. What should have been a response to a disturbance in one of Oahu’s most recognizable pl
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