Maui ukulele player back in jail after Matisyahu show in L.A.
COURTESY MAYJAH RAYJAH
Matisyahu
MAUI POLICE DEPARTMENT VIA AP
This August 2016 photo from the Maui Police Department shows Clint Alama. A judge allowed Alama to fly to California while temporarily released from jail, where he’s being held on a probation violation.
A Maui ukulele player is back behind bars after a brief release to perform in Los Angeles with reggae artist Matisyahu.
Clint Alama’s public defender Danielle Sears says he was late returning to Hawaii because he missed his flight and then caught another one after Friday’s concert at the Hollywood Palladium.
A judge allowed Alama to fly to California while temporarily released from jail, where he’s being held on a probation violation.
Matisyahu and his bassist Stu Brooks were at a Maui coffee shop recently when they heard Alama performing the singer’s hit “One Day.” Matisyahu sang along, while Alama seemed oblivious to his singing partner’s identity.
Alama —who turned himself in to police last week after a warrant was out for his arrest— revealed his legal problems when Matisyahu invited him to Hollywood.
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pallaDIum…your emPHAsis is on the wrong sylLAble
Also, long “a”. Accent on second syllable. So, Pa–LAY—dee—um.
I hope this serves as inspiration for Alama to get his life on the right path. Good luck to him.
ditto
Opportunity knocks only once?
Sometimes it knocks multiple times but we don’t recognize it as such. Sometimes we need to step back, look at things differently, listen more…
I knew he was going back to jail. The Judge is an idiot for letting someone with a record fly to Cali for a concert on top of that.
Good job! Alamance u stuck by your words.no matter what people will always get criticize u for trying.
Alama! My bad..
I think the judge made a courageous call, tempering justice with mercy and probably good sense. We’ll see. He gave the young man a once in a lifetime opportunity to see that there are other ways to live his life. Since he and most other individuals in the criminal justice system will be released at some point into their communities, it was a call that could have a positive impact. It’s now up to Mr. Alama to justify the judge’s confidence in him.
Totally agree with your post. I think turning himself in after the warrant went out for his arrest helped the judge with making the decision that he did.
Agree.
Preach!