2 Native Hawaiian men found guilty of hate crime in 2014 beating of White man

A jury on Thursday found two Native Hawaiian men guilty of a hate crime for the 2014 beating of a White man who was fixing up a house he purchased in their remote Maui neighborhood.

U.S. District Judge J. Michael Seabright ordered Kaulana Alo-Kaonohi and Levi Aki Jr. detained pending sentencing scheduled for March 2, and marshals moved to handcuff the two men after the verdict was announced in the afternoon.

Family members and supporters wept in the courtroom and called out to the men: "I love you," and "Be good." "God bless you daddy," said Alo-Kaonohi's son Kahue, 3.