Quote from: TDoS on Dec 12, 2024, 08:50 AMQuote from: K-Dog on Dec 10, 2024, 10:01 PMLeonard Peltier Denied Parole After Nearly 50 Years In PrisonJust to be clear, as my history memory isn't near as good as my technical one, what political crime was Leonard convicted of? Or is this another case of...interesting....political claims that upon examination don't always look to be as political as claimed?
Shit happens. A country that claims not to have political prisoners is the worst place for a political prisoner to be. And you can put that in your Funk & Wagnalls.
For example, no one has yet explained why American communists can get million dollars homes and luxury autos for everyone in the family while past examples of communist countries get gruel, block housing, and public transporation?
I find the ever changing definitions and outcomes of relative concepts like politics to be just so...tricky.
Leonard Peltier is a Native American activist and a member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) who was convicted of two counts of first degree murder in the deaths of two Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents in a June 26, 1975, shooting on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. He was sentenced to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment and has been imprisoned since 1976. Peltier became eligible for parole in 1993.
Herbie Waters reads a message from political prisoner and elder Leonard Peltier marking 2024 National Day of Mourning. Eight days ago.
There is no proof Leonard was the shooter that day.