It’s time for justice: Why #LeonardPeltier must be granted clemency
by Donald ‘C-Note’ Hooker, December 11, 2024
"Leonard Peltier’s story is one of profound injustice. Born in 1944 on the #TurtleMountainChippewa Reservation in North Dakota, Peltier grew up amid systemic neglect, poverty and the long shadow of federal policies designed to undermine Native sovereignty. By the 1970s, he had become a leading figure in the American Indian Movement (AIM), which fought to address the systemic injustices faced by Indigenous communities. This activism, however, placed him directly in the crosshairs of government surveillance and repression.
"On June 26, 1975, a shootout on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota left two FBI agents, Ronald Williams and Jack Coler, dead. The incident occurred against the backdrop of extreme violence and federal overreach on the reservation. Peltier, along with Robert Robideau and Darrelle Butler, was charged with the agents’ deaths. While Robideau and Butler were acquitted on grounds of self-defense, Peltier fled to Canada, where he was later extradited under false pretenses based on coerced testimony.
"Peltier’s trial in 1977 was marred by prosecutorial misconduct, including the suppression of key ballistics evidence that could have exonerated him. Testimony from Myrtle Poor Bear, a witness who later admitted she had been coerced by the FBI, was used to secure his extradition and conviction. Despite these glaring issues, Peltier was sentenced to two consecutive life terms. His imprisonment has since been widely condemned by #HumanRights organizations, including #AmnestyInternational, as well as legal experts and former law enforcement officials.
"Crucially, neither the judicial nor legislative branches sentenced Leonard Peltier to death or life without parole. Yet, through repeated parole denials, he has effectively been condemned to die in prison. This abuse of the parole system undermines the fundamental principles of justice and due process, particularly when significant flaws in his trial have been acknowledged by figures like Judge Gerald Heaney, who presided over Peltier’s appeal.
"Leonard Peltier’s continued imprisonment is not just about one man – it is a reflection of a justice system that fails to protect marginalized communities from systemic abuses. His case is a glaring example of how unchecked power and political motivations can devastate lives and perpetuate injustice."
https://sfbayview.com/2024/12/its-time-for-justice-why-leonard-peltier-must-be-granted-clemency/
#FreeLeonardPeltier #ClemencyForLeonardPeltier #AmnestyForLeonardPeltier #AIM #USPol #FBI #ACAB #USJusticeSystem #Clemency #PresidentBiden #FalseTestimony #AmericanIndianMovement #PineRidge #MyrtlePoorBear #FBICoercement #AnnaMaeAquash
Key witness in Mar-a-Lago documents case retracts false testimony after switching lawyers
#MSNBC #MarALagoDocumentsCase #KeyWitness #FalseTestimony #SwitchingLawyers #RetractsTestimony #Politics #News
Former FBI General Counsel Andrew Weissmann joins Nicolle Wallace to react to the breaking news that Special Counsel Jack Smith's office revealed that an employee at Mar-a-Lago, known in the indictment as Trump Employee 4, got new representation and retracted false testimony.
"Immediately after receiving new counsel, #TrumpEmployee4 retracted his prior #FalseTestimony & provided information that implicated #Nauta, #DeOliveira, & #Trump in efforts to delete security camera footage, as set forth in the superseding #indictment," the filing from the #SpecialCounsel says.
#JackSmith #DOJ #WitnessTampering #IndependentCounsel #ClassifiedDocuments #law #legal
https://abcnews.go.com/US/recent-obstruction-charges-trump-cooperation-mar-lago-worker/story?id=102431568
"No, I will not perjure myself to incriminate #JulianAssange… okay maybe I will, but you gotta let me continue to sexually #abuseChildren. Do we have a deal, USA?"
The #USA whistles while handing over script of #falseTestimony. "Learn it, word for word, or those #children? Ka-BOOM"
#freeAssangeNow #jailTheWarCriminals #trueCrime #darkSatire #satire #parody #iceland #uk #australia #youWontSeeThisOnTelevision #newMedia #pedophilia #maniac #protest
Remember over month ago when their case against #Assange blew up in their face…
… when the #pedophile who was allowed to continue his #pedophilia unfettered allegedly because he allowed his #falseTestimony to the #FBI to be used against Assange…
… when he finally admitted that he perjured himself.
Remember when the #MurdochPress, #ABCNews, #SevenNetwork, #TheGuardian reported on that?
No?
CORPORATE MEDIA, NEVER AGAIN!
#corporateMediaNeverAgain #corporateMediaSwitchOff #fightCorporateMedia
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