Chair Grijalva speaks with imprisoned indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, sends updated clemency request to President Biden

 

 

Chair Grijalva speaks with imprisoned indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, sends updated clemency request to President Biden
From US Natural Resources Committee, Char-Koosta News Mar 4, 2022
“Like far too many of his Indigenous brothers and sisters, Mr. Peltier’s history has ben fabricated, rewritten, and erased at the hands of the U.S. government,” Chair Grijalva said. “In this case, it is not too late to take a stand against that injustice and move towards making it right. The Biden administration must take this opportunity to correct the record and free Leonard Peltier.”
http://www.charkoosta.com/news/chair-grijalva-speaks-with-imprisoned-indigenous-activist-leonard-peltier-sends-updated-clemency-request-to-president/article_a926b6fe-9bff-11ec-ae81-5bfeae55a297.html

Justice for Leonard Peltier
WORDS BY RUTH H. HOPKINS, 2.22.2022
“Leonard did not receive a fair trial,” she said. “The fact that Leonard is still behind bars speaks volumes to many of us who have or had incarcerated loved ones. Native Americans have not yet been included in any promise of federal justice reform, this needs to change.” Ruth and others held a Rise Up for Peltier Rally in Fargo, North Dakota, on February 7, 2022, in solidarity with other rallies held regionally, nationally, and globally demanding Leonard Peltier’s release.  Jean Roach participated in another rally held that same day in Rapid City, South Dakota.
https://atmos.earth/justice-for-leonard-peltier/

WFNB
News > Kite Line > March 4, 2022: Freedom for Leonard Peltier
We return to the topic of long-term prisoner Leonard Peltier. Leonard Peltier is an American Indian organizer who has been imprisoned for 46 years.  Now 77, he is suffering from a variety of illnesses exacerbated by his long imprisonment, including diabetes, partial blindness, and an aortic aneurysm.  He recently was infected with COVID.  A member of the American Indian Movement, Peltier participated in the communal defense of the Pine Ridge reservation in 1975, which had been overrun with police and FBI agents, along with government-backed paramilitaries.  He participated in a shootout that led to the deaths of two FBI agents and another Native militant, but denies firing on the feds.  He was found in Canada in 1976 and extradited based on false testimony.  Today, he is the focus of a renewed effort to secure his release, with nine members of congress signing onto a letter requesting clemency.  The question of whether Peltier will die in prison currently hangs in the balance so we are sharing this overview piece from the International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee.
https://wfhb.org/news/march-4-2022-freedom-for-leonard-peltier/

San Francisco Declares February 24th a Day of Solidarity with Leonard Peltier
Levi Rickert, Native News Online, 2/24/2022
The San Francisco City and County Board of Supervisors has declared February 24, 2022 as a Day of Solidarity with Leonard Peltier through a resolution passed unanimously at its regularly scheduled meeting on Feb. 15, 2022.
https://www.nativenewsonline.net/currents/san-francisco-declares-feb-24th-a-day-of-solidarity-with-leonard-peltier

This Day in History: Feb. 27, 1973 – American Indian Movement Takes Over Wounded Knee
Native News Online Staff, 2/27/2022
https://nativenewsonline.net/sovereignty/this-day-in-history-feb-27-1973-american-indian-movement-takes-over-wounded-knee

for the first time, New York Times reports on the cause:
Supporters Seek Clemency for Native American Activist Convicted in Killings
Mike Walker, New York Times, 2/24/2022
Leonard Peltier, sentenced to two life terms 45 years ago in the shooting of two F.B.I. agents, is now 77 and in poor health.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/26/us/politics/leonard-peltier-clemency-native-american.html

Why Wouldn’t Biden Grant Clemency to Leonard Peltier?
by Gustavo A Maranges and Bill Hackwell Dissident Voice, Feb 2, 2022
https://dissidentvoice.org/2022/02/why-wouldnt-biden-grant-clemency-to-leonard-peltier/

It’s time to free Leonard Peltier, America’s longest serving political Prisoner
KCRW, Scheer Intelligence, by Robert Scheer Dec. 03, 2021
Now, as Peltier struggles with his health at the age of 77, there is mounting pressure for President Biden to offer the Native American activist the presidential pardon so many of his predecessors--including Bill Clinton--have failed to give him. This week Sen. Patrick Leahy became the most senior U.S. government official to call for Peltier’s release, joining hundreds of thousands of people, including Pope Francis, Coretta Scott King, and Willie Nelson, who have expressed their support for Peltier.  Even James Reynolds, the U.S. attorney who helped put Peltier in prison in the 1970s, appealed in a letter to Biden to send Peltier home.“I write today from a position rare for a former prosecutor: to beseech you to commute the sentence of a man who I helped put behind bars,” he wrote. “With time, and the benefit of hindsight, I have realized that the prosecution and continued incarceration of Mr. Peltier was and is unjust. We were not able to prove that Mr. Peltier personally committed any offense on the Pine Ridge Reservation.”
https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/scheer-intelligence/its-time-to-free-leonard-peltier-americas-longest-serving-political-prisoner

Leonard Peltier is one of America’s longest-serving Political Prisoners, and Biden may be his last hope
San Fransisco Bay View
repost:  https://sfbayview.com/2021/12/leonard-peltier-is-americas-longest-serving-political-prisoner-and-biden-may-be-his-last-hope/

David Amram Supports Leonard Peltier Freedom Campaign
Dec 20, 2021
Silent Bear
https://youtu.be/ceM12bFQOxo


Opinion > Columns
Jonathan P. Baird: It’s time to release Leonard Peltier
By JONATHAN P. BAIRD
For the Monitor
Published: 12/20/2021 6:00:21 AM
https://www.concordmonitor.com/Jonathan-P-Baird-It-is-time-to-release-Leonard-Peltier-44028190

Leonard Peltier: The US’ Longest-Serving Political Prisoner
Dec 18, 2021
Going Underground on RT
https://youtu.be/6XdbViiZb4g


Free Peltier
Rutland Herald, Dec. 15, 2021, by Duane Natvig
https://www.rutlandherald.com/opinion/letters/free-peltier/article_b18719d8-4028-5766-a72e-59016321aaea.html

Graham Nash Pleads for Freedom for Leonard Peltier
Silent Bear, Dec 13, 2021
https://youtu.be/H1iojgGiFk0


Tom Morello Supports Leonard Peltier Freedom Campaign
Silent Bear, Dec 6, 2021
https://youtu.be/wIW1TxclGc0


Traditional Way of Life (feat. Tom Morello & Leonard Peltier)
DJ Free Leonard, Jan 10, 2021
https://youtu.be/_BOTWp7qEQQ

Leonard Peltier "I Will" Clemency Campaign - Part 3 - The Last Internationale
Douglas Busby, 6/24/2015
https://youtu.be/enb1aivC-Sw

High Times Greats: Leonard Peltier
Activist Leonard Peltier has been serving time for a crime many people believe he did not commit.
by High Times, Sept 11, 2020
https://hightimes.com/culture/high-times-greats-leonard-peltier/

yahoo news carries the story

'Pure Torture': Leonard Peltier Details Appalling Prison COVID Care
Jennifer Bendery, HuffPost, Feb 23, 2022
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/pure-torture-leonard-peltier-details-224320050.html