On this day, November 19, in 1929

Myles Yutaka Fukunaga, a young man of Japanese decent, was hung in Oahu Prison for murdering the 10-year-old son of a wealthy White businessman. At the time Myles Fukunaga was only 19 years old and working 80 hours a week to support his family. After being evicted for late rent, Fukunaga made a desperate attempt at a $10,000 ransom by kidnapping the son of the Hawaiian Trust Company's vice president; this was the same company to whom the rent was owed. The anti-Japanese sentiment in Hawaii was exemplified during the rushed trial in which Fukunaga's court-appointed attorney called no witnesses and left out many useful points of evidence. After this abduction of a member of Hawaii's White elite, the police took action against Hawaii's entire Japanese community, further criminalizing them.