Millions Pray for Mercy & Justice for Leonard Peltier~^~Become
part of the history of your own times-- demand an end to thisdecades-long
injustice!Hello, this is Harvey Arden, on behalf of Leonard Peltier. Please
checkout www.freepeltier.org for the latest on the upcoming July 1, 2002,interim
hearing on Leonard Peltier by the US Parole Commission. LetCommission Chairman
Edward R. Reilly, Jr. know your feelings!Please read the following and then send
a personal letter ASAP on behalfof immediate parole for Leonard Peltier to:
Edward R. Reilly, Jr. ChairmanParole Commission5550 Friendship Boulevard, Suite
420Chevy Chase, MD 20815And be sure to pass this message on to ALL of your
friends!Here's a letter regarding Leonard just sent to Chairman Reilly by a
survivor of the "Reign of Terror":Dear Mr. Reilly:I am writing to ask
for the release of Leonard Peltier through parole.Mr. Peltier has served 26
years in prison. His case is filled withirregularities which have gone
unanswered for years.I was a teacher on the Pine Ridge Reservation from 1971 to
1976. Afterthe siege of Wounded Knee, from 1973 to 1976 the FBI used the Pine
RidgeReservation as a training ground for SWAT team tactics.Hundreds of FBI
agents were brought to the reservation for realistictraining in operations
directed against the American Indian Movement. Avigilante GOON squadwas allowed
to operate with impunity. A wave of violence and terrorengulfed the reservation.
Traditional people on the reservation felt that they had been abandonedby the
United States Government.Beatings and killings conducted by police and
vigilantes were frequentlytreated lightly or went unpunished. Sandra Woundefoot,
my fifteen yearold student, was tortured, raped and murdered by a Federal
Officer(Documentation available on request) He was allowed to plead guilty to a
charge of manslaughter!As a non-Native American teacher and Vietnam Veteran who
witnessed theseevents years ago, I am angered and ashamed at the disparity of
justice.The Federal Bureau of Investigation bears major responsibility for the
tragedy that took place on the Pine Ridge Reservation on that sad dayyears ago.I
ask that justice be given to this man, that healing and closure may begiven to
those who lived through these events. I ask that Mr. Peltier begiven parole.
Sincerely,Paul K. BergUntil Freedom Is Won!The New Peltier Justice CampaignFor
sample letters and/or more info, be sure tocheck out:www.freepeltier.orgor call
785-842-5774Leonard Peltier Defense CommitteePO Box 583Lawrence, KS 66044
IMPORTANT! Please send a SIGNED copy of your letter to above address! http://www.geocities.com/rainforest/vines/9656 there is a petition on this site please sign it.
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