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"Relatives Say Peltier Beaten Following Prison Transfer
And the Native American activist Leonard Peltier has reportedly been severely beaten shortly after his transfer to a new prison. According to Peltier’s defense committee, Peltier was attacked by other prisoners after he was put into general population. Peltier’s sister, Betty Peltier-Solano, says she believes the attack could have been encouraged by prison officials seeking to discredit Peltier as he comes up for parole. Peltier suffers from diabetes. After the attack, he was put into solitary confinement. February 6 will mark thirty-three years since Peltier’s arrest. He was convicted of killing two FBI agents during a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in 1975. Peltier has long maintained his innocence and is widely considered a political prisoner in the United States. He is currently being held at the Canaan Federal Prison in Pennsylvania."
Now I know why.
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I don't understand why the government can't give this one up. This is horrible.
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The government, and by extension, the agencies of it, think they can do whatever they like to Native Americans, like steal 147 million dollars of royalty money owed the Navajos, etc etc etc...
ReplyDeleteThe timing for this transfer and assault was so perfect, too. Hidden behind a mountain of woes, what is one more American Indian "perp" getting kicked around in prison going to net on the "public outcry" list? Next to nothing.
But Leonard Peltier is not a forgotten man. The plot to assassinate him was revealed to him by the man who was "bought" to kill him, and that man was later murdered.
This thing is has UGLY written all over it, from the inception.