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In this Aug. 2, 2017, file photo released by the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources shows a convoy led by a half dozen police vehicles including four semi-trucks pulling wide-load trailers with telescope component on drive their way to Haleakala National Park, in Maui, Hawaii. Police say officers acted appropriately when six people were arrested while trying to block an equipment convoy from reaching a mountain where a solar telescope is being built. Some protesters who tried to block the convoy earlier this week say officers used excessive force. Police responded to the allegations Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, saying officials have reviewed reports and video of the arrests. (Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources via AP, File)

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This Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, photo released by the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources shows a convoy led by a half dozen police vehicles en route to Haleakala National Park, in Maui, Hawaii. Several arrests were made when protesters tried to block the equipment convoy for a solar telescope being built on a Hawaii mountain held sacred by some Native Hawaiians. (Hawaii DLNR via AP)

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This Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, photo provided by the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) shows protestors blocking the intersection of Kula Highway and Old Haleakala Highway in Maui, Hawaii. Protestors connected themselves with PVC piping to form a human chain across the road to try to block an equipment convoy for the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope being built at the summit of Haleakala, a Hawaii mountain held sacred by Native Hawaiians. Several people were arrested. (Hawaii DLNR via AP)

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This Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, photo provided by the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) shows protestors blocking the intersection of Kula Highway and Old Haleakala Highway in Maui, Hawaii. Protestors connected themselves with PVC piping to form a human chain across the road to try to block an equipment convoy for the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope being built at the summit of Haleakala, a Hawaii mountain held sacred by Native Hawaiians. Several people were arrested. (Hawaii DLNR via AP)

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This Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, photo provided by the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) shows protestors blocking the intersection of Kula Highway and Old Haleakala Highway in Maui, Hawaii. Protestors connected themselves with PVC piping to form a human chain across the road to try to block an equipment convoy for the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope being built at the summit of Haleakala, a Hawaii mountain held sacred by Native Hawaiians. Several people were arrested. (Hawaii DLNR via AP)

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FILE- This Dec. 29, 2015, photo provided by the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources shows an albatross that had been killed on its nest with an egg at Kaena Point Natural Area Reserve on the westernmost point of Oahu in Hawaii. Christian Gutierrez, a New York University student who pleaded no contest to killing the type of seabirds at the Hawaii nature reserve is being sentenced, Thursday, July 6, 2017. The maximum sentence for animal cruelty is a year in prison. (Marigold Zoll/Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources via AP, File)

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This Dec. 29, 2015 photo provided by the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources show the severed leg of an albatross at Kaena Point Natural Area Reserve on the westernmost point of Oahu in Hawaii. Christian Gutierrez, a 19-year-old college student accused of killing the seabirds, pleaded not guilty to animal cruelty and other charges in a Honolulu courtroom Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016. (Marigold Zoll/Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources via AP)

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This Dec. 29, 2015, photo provided by the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources shows an albatross that had been killed on its nest with an egg at Kaena Point Natural Area Reserve on the westernmost point of Oahu in Hawaii. Christian Gutierrez, a 19-year-old college student accused of killing the seabirds, pleaded not guilty to animal cruelty and other charges in a Honolulu courtroom Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016. (Marigold Zoll/Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources via AP)