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International - Event Notice Thursday January 01 1970 Freedom For Leonard Peltier
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event notice
Wednesday September 28, 2005 16:46 by Geri Timmons
Fasting For Peltier Freedom for Leonard Peltier!
October 12th is Indigenous Peoples Day!
Since 1992 people have been fasting and acting locallyduring the October 1-12
period of time, calling for freedom
for Leonard Peltier and for an end to the celebration of October 12th as
"Columbus Day."
We invite you to join us in fasting for these 12 days,or for whatever time
period you can do, or through your
taking action in other ways during this time.
Leonard Peltier is a political prisoner, as established by
Amnesty International, and has been unjustly incarcerated for nearly 3 decades.
Peltier was convicted of murdering two FBI agents, even though those agents were
leading a military attack against the Oglala people, mostly unarmed women and
children. Leonard and other warriors stood up to defend them. Furthermore, the
prosecution has since admitted in open court (Oct. 15, 1985)that the government
did not have proof of who killed their agents. The courts have also admitted
(10th Circuit Court
of Appeals) that "the prosecution of Mr. Peltier is to be condemned; they
withheld evidence and coerced testimony.These facts are undisputed".
Leonard Peltier is an advocate of peaceful resolution of all issues and has been
instrumental in getting people from different tribes with a history of animosity
to come
together in peace. He has piloted the Leonard Peltier Health Care Reform Package
whose intent is to fundamentally alter health care delivery on reservations
throughout the
US. Peltier has established a
scholarship at NYU for Native Students seeking law degrees,has implemented job
creation/job training programs and is the sponsoring father of two children in
ChildReach.
Peltier has sponsored clothing, emergency food and toy drives and distributes to
Head Start, halfway houses and women's centers. Peltier serves on the board of
the
Rosenberg Fund for Children and donates his artwork to
several human rights and social welfare organizations,
including the Leonard Peltier Charitable Foundation. He has
been widely recognized for his efforts and has won several human rights awards,
including the North Star- Frederick Douglas Award; Humanist of the Year Award
and most recently,
is a nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize.
We must continue the struggle for Leonard's freedom andfor justice for the
Indigenous Peoples of the Americas.
Leonard is a symbol of much that is both terrible and hopeful about our world
today. He is an innocent man
suffering in prison for close to three decades because of willful racism and
unjust oppression. He is a strong man
suffering in prison for his people and for the truth,refusing to give up,
leading by example. As he said in a
letter from prison two years ago, "Although prison life
becomes more and more difficult with age, my spirit remains unbroken, and I
still dream of rejoining my people in
freedom and continuing our work for human right andjustice."
We must honor, respect and support such leaders. By supporting them we remain
true to the best within ourselves.
We urge you to join us.
Ted Glick and Esperanza Martell, for the
People's Fast for Justice, futurehopeTG@aol.com,
P.O. Box 1132, Bloomfield, N.J. 07003, 212-927-9065,
973-338-5398
Name____________________________Address_________________
City________________________State_____Zip______________
Telephone(s)__________________________________Fax_______
Email__________________________________
__I will fast with you for 12 days from October 1-12.
__I will fast on the following days:____________________
__I will organize or join local events on Indigenous Peoples
Day weekend. (For information on possible local contacts in
your area contact the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee,
info@leonardpeltier.org/ 915 - 533-6655
__Please put me on your People's Fast for Justice email
list.
__Enclosed is my donation of $_______.
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Jump To Comment: 1 2less information about his outstanding poetry and artwork ...and some more ininfo. about the dead government workers..
Leonard has their blood on his hands and thats why hes in prison..
he is a murderer
the following is from the link freepeltier.org
sorry but i wasnt arsed type it again myself.
Leonard Peltier is an imprisoned Native American considered by Amnesty International, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, National Congress of American Indians, the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Rev. Jesse Jackson, amongst many others, to be a political prisoner who should be immediately released.Leonard Peltier was convicted for the deaths of two FBI agents who died during a 1975 shoot-out on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Mr. Peltier has been in prison for 27 years.
The Wounded Knee occupation of 1973 marked the beginning of a three-year period of heightened political violence on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The tribal chairman hired vigilantes, self titled as "GOONS," to rid the reservation of American Indian Movement (AIM) activity and sentiment. More than 60 traditional tribal members and AIM members were murdered and scores more were assaulted. Evidence indicated GOON responsibility in the majority of crimes but despite a large FBI presence, nothing was done to stop the violence. The FBI supplied the GOONS with intelligence on AIM members and looked away as GOONS committed crimes. One former GOON member reported that the FBI supplied him with armor piercing ammunition.
Leonard Peltier was a talented AIM organizer in the Northwest and was asked by traditional people at Pine Ridge, South Dakota to go to Pine Ridge to support and protect the people being targeted for violence. Mr. Peltier and a small group of young AIM members set up camp on a ranch owned by the traditional Jumping Bull family.
On June 26, 1975 two FBI agents in unmarked cars followed a pickup onto the Jumping Bull ranch. The families immediately became alarmed and feared an attack. Shots were heard and a shoot-out erupted. More than 150 agents, GOON's, and law enforcement surrounded the ranch.
When the shoot-out ended the two FBI agents and one Native American lay dead. The agents were injured in the shoot-out and were then shot at close range. The Native American, Joseph Stuntz, was shot in the head by a sniper bullet. Mr. Stuntz's death has never been investigated.
According to FBI documents, more than 40 Native Americans participated in the gunfight, but only AIM members Bob Robideau, Darrell Butler, and Leonard Peltier were brought to trial.
Mr. Robideau and Mr. Butler were arrested first and went to trial. A federal jury in Iowa acquitted them on grounds of self-defense, finding that their participation in the shoot-out was justified given the climate of fear that existed. Further, they could not be tied to the close range shootings.
Leonard Peltier was arrested in Canada. The U.S. presented the Canadian court with affidavits signed by Myrtle Poor Bear who said she was Mr. Peltier's girlfriend and she saw him shoot the agents. In fact Ms. Poor Bear had never met Mr. Peltier and was not present during the shoot-out. Soon after, Ms. Poor Bear recanted her statements and said the FBI terrorized her and coerced her into signing the affidavits.
Mr. Peltier was returned to the U.S. where his case was mysteriously transferred from the judge who tried his co-defendants to a more conservative federal judge in North Dakota. Key witnesses like Myrtle Poor Bear were not allowed to testify and unlike the Robideau/Butler trial in Iowa, evidence regarding violence on Pine Ridge was severely restricted.
An FBI agent who had previously testified that the agents followed a pickup truck onto the scene, a vehicle that could not be tied to Mr. Peltier, changed his account, stating that the agents had followed a red and white van onto the scene, a vehicle which Mr. Peltier drove on occasion.
Three teenaged Native witnesses testified against Mr. Peltier, all admitting later that the FBI terrorized them and forced them to testify. Still, not one witness identified Mr. Peltier as the shooter.
The U.S. Attorney prosecuting the case emphatically stated that they had given the defense all FBI documents. To the contrary, more than 18,000 had been withheld in their entirety.
An FBI ballistics expert testified that a casing found near the agents' bodies matched the gun tied to Mr. Peltier. However, a ballistic test proving that the casing did not come from the gun tied to Mr. Peltier was intentionally concealed.
The jury, unaware of the aforementioned facts, sentenced Mr. Peltier to two consecutive life terms.
Following the discovery of new evidence obtained through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, Mr. Peltier demanded a new trial. The Eighth Circuit ruled, "There is a possibility that the jury would have acquitted Leonard Peltier had the records and data improperly withheld from the defense been available to him in order to better exploit and reinforce the inconsistencies casting strong doubts upon the government's case." Yet, the court denied Mr. Peltier a new trial.
During oral arguments, the U.S. Prosecutor conceded that the government does not know who shot the agents, stating that Mr. Peltier is equally guilty whether he shot the agents at point blank range, or participated in the shoot-out from a distance. Mr. Peltier's co-defendants participated in the shoot-out from a distance, but were acquitted.
Judge Heaney, who authored the decision denying a new trial, has since voiced firm support for Mr. Peltier's release, stating that the FBI used improper tactics to convict Mr. Peltier, the FBI was equally responsible for the shoot-out, and that Mr. Peltier's release would promote healing with Native Americans.
Mr. Peltier has served 27 years in prison and is long overdue for parole. He has received several human rights awards for his good deeds from behind bars which include annual gift drives for the children of Pine Ridge, fund raisers for battered women's shelters and donations of his paintings to Native American recovery programs. However, the parole commission will not release him unless he admits to a crime he did not commit.
Recently, Mr. Peltier's attorneys filed a new round of Freedom of Information Act requests with FBI Headquarters and various FBI field offices in an attempt to secure the release of additional documents concerning Mr. Peltier. Although the FBI has engaged in a number of dilatory tactics in order to avoid the processing of these requests, 30,000 additional FOIA documents were released in June 2002. Previously, according to the FBI, more than 6,000 full documents remain undisclosed. The 30,000 documents released in 2002 reveal the FBI's prior estimate to be a significant undercount of actual documents still withheld. Currently, FOIA requests submitted to 30 FBI field offices around the country are pending. Similar FOIA requests have been submitted to the CIA. More dilatory responses following the recent requests have resulted in FOIA Complaints filed by Peltier's attorneys against the FBI, CIA and the Executive Office of United States Attorneys.
The FBI has disseminated false and inflammatory statements to members of the U.S. Congress, the Department of Justice, the White House, and the public, thus denying Mr. Peltier his right to fair clemency and parole reviews and Congressional oversight. Despite repeated calls for Congressional hearings by the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, Amnesty International, and individual members of Congress, no Congressional committee has yet had the courage to provide a forum by which to air the truth and bring closure to this case.
Mr. Peltier suffers from diabetes, high blood pressure, and a heart condition. Time for justice is short.