Warrior: Leonard Peltier - Pr. Biden, Pardon This Man - (1991 - Doc.)
Channel: Jaguar Bird
Date: 2020-12-27

This is the documentary: "Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier” (1991). There are also videos in this channel for more Indigenous-based films & documentaries.. and over 630 videos (..and counting) for many North & South-American Tribes & First Nations Elders , Chiefs, Leaders, Historical Events & Peoples.  *Pres. Biden, Please Pardon This 'Innocent' Man. A group of former BIA personnel and Dicky Wilson set this man up.*

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Leonard Peltier (born September 12th 1944) is an American activist and "wrongly convicted", as a murderer. An activist for Native American civil rights and an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Chippewa, he joined the American Indian Movement in 1972. Since 1977, he has been imprisoned for the murder in 1975 of two FBI agents at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. His people include Lakota and Dakota ancestors.

In a controversial 1977 trial, he was sentenced to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment for first-degree murder of two Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents in a June 26, 1975, shooting on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. In his 1999 memoir Prison Writings: My Life Is My Sun Dance, Peltier admitted to participating in the shootout but said he did not kill the FBI agents. Peltier's indictment, trial, and conviction have been controversial. Human rights watchdogs, such as Amnesty International, and political figures including Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa, and the 14th Dalai Lama, have campaigned for clemency for Peltier in recent decades.

In a February 27, 2006, decision, U.S. District Judge William Skretny ruled that the FBI did not have to release five of 812 documents relating to Peltier and held at their Buffalo field office. He ruled that the particular documents were exempted on the grounds of "national security and FBI agent/ informant protection". In his opinion, Judge Skretny wrote, "Plaintiff has not established the existence of bad faith or provided any evidence contradicting (the FBI's) claim that the release of these documents would endanger national security or would impair this country's relationship with a foreign government." In response, Michael Kuzma, a member of Peltier's defense team, said, "We're appealing. It's incredible that it took him 254 days to render a decision." Kuzma further said, "The pages we were most intrigued about revolved around a teletype from Buffalo ... a three-page document that seems to indicate that a confidential source was being advised by the FBI not to engage in conduct that would compromise attorney-client privilege." Peltier's supporters have tried to obtain more than 100,000 pages of documents from FBI field offices, claiming that the files should have been turned over at the time of his trial or following a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed soon after.

On January 13, 2009, Leonard Peltier was beaten by inmates at the United States Penitentiary, Canaan, where he had been transferred from USP Lewisburg. He was sent back to Lewisburg, where he remained until the fall of 2011, when he was transferred to a federal penitentiary in Florida. As of 2016, Leonard Peltier is housed at Coleman Federal Correctional Complex in Coleman, Florida.

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Many Thanks & Much Respect To: (Elder Leonard Peltier..; (..and to all of his relations)..; Suzy Baer..; LYM PRODUCTIONS INC.. and to all the other brothers and sisters who have contributed to this video, in any other way.

Chi Miigwetch!.. Many Blessings & Thanks..!

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