Free Leonard PeltierFor nearly 50 years, Native activist Leonard Peltier has been wrongly imprisoned for the deaths of two FBI agents. There is a LOT of evidence to suggest that not only had the FBI been harassing members of the American Indian Movement prior to the shootout, but that Peltier was convicted due to anti-Native prejudice rather than any evidence. The only way Leonard Peltier can get his freedom restored is through public pressure on President Biden. Can you help our friends at Native Organizers Alliance urge President Biden to free Leonard Peltier? We now know that the FBI coerced witnesses and threatened their families to get false statements, all of which the witnesses later recanted. The FBI also withheld key evidence showing that the bullets that killed the FBI officers did not come from Peltier's gun. And during the trial, one of the jurors even admitted to prejudice against Peltier for being Native. Leonard Peltier is now a nearly-80-year old man. Nearly two-thirds of his life has been spent behind bars for a crime he did not commit. President Biden must act to allow Peltier to spend his remaining days with his family on his ancestral homelands. Stand with Native Organizers Alliance now: Release Leonard Peltier! Thanks, Mike Phelan Progress America |
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