Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Response to "Lawless Lands" Video
After watching this video the thing that surprised me the most was the FBI arrested the wrong person after Alex Apachito was stabbed by his cousin Leonard Apachito and he remained a free man unfortunately resulting in the death of Arthur Schobey. When the FBI realized they had the wrong person they let that person go and never went to arrest Leonard Apachito. Finally, he was arrested and was sentenced for six years in jail for the stabbing of Arthur Schobey. He was never tried for the slashing of his cousin. There are so many cases that have gone untouched by legal authorities. Crimes that happen on Indian Reservation can not be investigated by state police and have no authority to prosecute. Marlene Walker, Arthur Schobey’s mother said Native people are not receiving justice and too many go on waiting for years for a day in court.
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I missed the video but ya I've heard the reservations are like this, the reservation cops have favorites and a lot of corruption goes on. I remember hearing a story of a shootout involving FBI agents over AIM supporters on the reservation. The FBI agents ended up dieing and then arrested this guy Leonard Peltier. He claims hes innocent and is still in jail today. i dont know why its such a big issue becuase 2 FBI agents were killed but its gotta be currupt.
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