Official Misconduct in Indian Country
Official Misconduct in Indian Country
As late as November, 2003, the United States Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals acknowledged that Much of the government’s behavior at the Pine Ridge Reservation and in its prosecution of Mr. Peltier is to be condemned. The government withheld evidence. It intimidated witnesses. These facts are not disputed!
Human rights organizations worldwide have long called for hearings into the use of the criminal justice system by the FBI for political purposes.
Amnesty International has called for his immediate release on the grounds that Peltier does not have adequate recourse to justice.
In March 2004, the Peltier legal team submitted another formal request to the U.S. Congress for an investigation into the actions against Peltier and the American Indian Movement during the 1970s. This request calls on legislators to fully investigate the FBI's role in the violence on the Pine Ridge Indian reservation in South Dakota from 1973 to 1976, and the now documented official misconduct against members of AIM during that period.
In September 2005, a government report was released showing that the FBI continues to be in noncompliance with its own guidelines concerning its use of informants. More recently, counter Intelligence program abuses have been legitimized by the tweaking of the Patriot Act. Almost daily, we hear of more instances where personal liberties are ignored in favor of national security interests the catch-all phrase for which the guidelines are broad and indiscriminate opening the door for abuses far beyond what the people of America would accept or even condone in the land of the Free!
How you can Help?
Please sign an on-line petition asking Congress to investigate official misconduct in Indian Country.
http:www.petitionon line.com/balpsg01/petition.html
As late as November, 2003, the United States Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals acknowledged that Much of the government’s behavior at the Pine Ridge Reservation and in its prosecution of Mr. Peltier is to be condemned. The government withheld evidence. It intimidated witnesses. These facts are not disputed!
Human rights organizations worldwide have long called for hearings into the use of the criminal justice system by the FBI for political purposes.
Amnesty International has called for his immediate release on the grounds that Peltier does not have adequate recourse to justice.
In March 2004, the Peltier legal team submitted another formal request to the U.S. Congress for an investigation into the actions against Peltier and the American Indian Movement during the 1970s. This request calls on legislators to fully investigate the FBI's role in the violence on the Pine Ridge Indian reservation in South Dakota from 1973 to 1976, and the now documented official misconduct against members of AIM during that period.
In September 2005, a government report was released showing that the FBI continues to be in noncompliance with its own guidelines concerning its use of informants. More recently, counter Intelligence program abuses have been legitimized by the tweaking of the Patriot Act. Almost daily, we hear of more instances where personal liberties are ignored in favor of national security interests the catch-all phrase for which the guidelines are broad and indiscriminate opening the door for abuses far beyond what the people of America would accept or even condone in the land of the Free!
How you can Help?
Please sign an on-line petition asking Congress to investigate official misconduct in Indian Country.
http:www.petitionon line.com/balpsg01/petition.html
( See our website @ http://www.leonardpeltier.org/
See-Section- The Case)
If you prefer, write a letter asking Congress to investigate official
misconduct in Indian Country.
A sample letter follows.
Honorable Tom Davis, Chairman
Committee on Government Reform
U.S. House of Representatives
2157 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
(Insert date)
Dear Congressman Davis:
If you prefer, write a letter asking Congress to investigate official
misconduct in Indian Country.
A sample letter follows.
Honorable Tom Davis, Chairman
Committee on Government Reform
U.S. House of Representatives
2157 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
(Insert date)
Dear Congressman Davis:
For decades, claims of official misconduct have been levied against the FBI by U.S. citizens with no response from Congress. For example, for 30 years Congress has never fully investigated the reign of Terror on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in the South Dakota during the 1970s. It has failed to investigate the now documented FBI misconduct in the case of American Indian activist Leonard Peltier.
In the Peltier case, the FBI was shown to have: violated international law by using a false affidavit from an incompetent witness to obtain Mr. Peltier’s extradition from Canada; it withheld critical evidence; it fabricated other evidence; it intimidated witnesses; it hand picked the trail judge; it prejudiced the jury against the American Indian Movement, in general, and Mr. Peltier in particular. The FBI did all this to ensure that Leonard Peltier, an innocent man, would pay the collective price for the deaths of two FBI agents in 1975. It was an act of vengeance and a shameful perversion of our constitution.
Leonard Peltier has served 30 years in maximum security prisons. Is that not enough?
Congressman, Please conduct a full investigation into the FBI misconduct on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and the circumstances surrounding the case of Leonard Peltier and help secure his release.
This is a simple matter of justice!
In the Peltier case, the FBI was shown to have: violated international law by using a false affidavit from an incompetent witness to obtain Mr. Peltier’s extradition from Canada; it withheld critical evidence; it fabricated other evidence; it intimidated witnesses; it hand picked the trail judge; it prejudiced the jury against the American Indian Movement, in general, and Mr. Peltier in particular. The FBI did all this to ensure that Leonard Peltier, an innocent man, would pay the collective price for the deaths of two FBI agents in 1975. It was an act of vengeance and a shameful perversion of our constitution.
Leonard Peltier has served 30 years in maximum security prisons. Is that not enough?
Congressman, Please conduct a full investigation into the FBI misconduct on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and the circumstances surrounding the case of Leonard Peltier and help secure his release.
This is a simple matter of justice!
posted by Leonard @ 12:07 AM
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