(AP) — A white man the mayor has tapped to fill a vacancy on the Honolulu Police Commission says he doesn’t believe racial discrimination exists in Hawaiʻi. Larry Ignas made the comments at a City Council meeting Wednesday. The 77-year-old founded the private security firm Star Protection Agency and later ran United Security Alarms. Before coming to Hawaii, he was a police officer in East Chicago, Indiana. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports Mayor Rick Blangiardi attended the meeting but did not testify on behalf of Ignas. Blangiardi declined to answer questions from the newspaper, including whether he shares Ignas’ beliefs on racial discrimination.

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