Leonard Peltier - Can One Man Be Such a Threat to America?
source: http://www.SpiritofPeltier.com
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America is known to be fearful of a man... a man whose image is so powerful that he is to be kept under control at all times. To accede to his demands would be to cause a loss of respect for the law. This man is not Osama bin Ladan. This man is American... Native American... this man is Leonard Peltier.
A shootout over a pair of stolen shoes - its as crazy as it sounds - left two FBI - yes it seems the FBI investigate stolen shoes in America! - resulted from a car chase into the Pine Ridge camp, and one Native American was killed also. No one was jailed for his murder.
The AIM (American Indian Movement) people escpaed in a story straight out of a movie, while encircled, they followed an eagle in an act of blind faith that led them to an underground waterway through which they escaped the cordon.
Peltier got arrested, tried and sentenced, and though it cannot be proved his bullets killed the officers, he got the blame.
The AIM were in the camp due to a power struggle within the tribe, and there are many stories and counter stories between both factions of deeds dome by the other side. For all that is said Peltier done prior to the shootout, he was never charged or tried with anything. He was tried and condemned in the wrong for something that he did not do. Every parole application has been refused - the latest in 2009, though he is a prisoner of good behaviour. He is in failing health.
http://www.SpiritofPeltier.com
A shootout over a pair of stolen shoes - its as crazy as it sounds - left two FBI - yes it seems the FBI investigate stolen shoes in America! - resulted from a car chase into the Pine Ridge camp, and one Native American was killed also. No one was jailed for his murder.
The AIM (American Indian Movement) people escpaed in a story straight out of a movie, while encircled, they followed an eagle in an act of blind faith that led them to an underground waterway through which they escaped the cordon.
Peltier got arrested, tried and sentenced, and though it cannot be proved his bullets killed the officers, he got the blame.
The AIM were in the camp due to a power struggle within the tribe, and there are many stories and counter stories between both factions of deeds dome by the other side. For all that is said Peltier done prior to the shootout, he was never charged or tried with anything. He was tried and condemned in the wrong for something that he did not do. Every parole application has been refused - the latest in 2009, though he is a prisoner of good behaviour. He is in failing health.
http://www.SpiritofPeltier.com
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