Dear Supporters:
Within just a few short
weeks the popular and professional young Agent would have reached his 28th
birthday. In the meantime, he and his partner, Jack Coler, were carrying out
their lawful duties searching for a fugitive on the Pine Ridge Indian
Reservation in South Dakota.
In separate vehicles they
followed who they believed to be Jimmy Eagle onto a dirt road off Highway 18. The
occupants of that vehicle, and those in a nearby American Indian Movement (AIM)
camp along White Clay Creek, instigated an unprovoked attack. We know this with
absolute certainty because the eyewitness, Special Agent Ron Williams, was on
the radio describing exactly what was about to happen. And it did. AIM cowards
led by Leonard Peltier, attacked, severely wounded and then brutally murdered
both Agents. Peltier, of course, was later convicted of first-degree murder and
aiding and abetting and is still serving two consecutive life sentences.
As, many believe, I feel
certain Ron is looking down and watching over us and knows that on January 18,
2017 President Obama denied Peltier’s clemency petition. This was a clear
recognition that the pardon attorney, the Attorney General and the President
concurred with Peltier’s conviction and many appeals that had established his
guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
Peltier, over the past years has reinforced that guilt to beyond all doubt. (Thank you President
Obama*)
Parole is off the table
until 2024.**
Until January 20, 2021
clemency is also off the table, or four years hence if President Trump is
reelected. Either way, the clock is ticking.
Peltier has repeatedly
denigrated the memory and sacrifice of Jack and Ron with falsehoods, fabricated
scenarios and public admissions of guilt.
On this day, and every day,
Ron is in our thoughts and prayers and neither he nor Jack will ever be
forgotten.
“In the Spirit of Coler and
Williams”
Ed Woods
P.S. The Federal Civil suit filed by Peltier, and
Peltier deception:
1) On July 25, 2017, the federal civil
suit brought against Ed Woods and Larry Langberg was dismissed, with prejudice,
and includes payment of attorney’s fees and court costs. Although integral to
the Washington State’s Anti-Slapp statute, the Judge provided his reasoning for
not also including the $10,000 fines.
Within the entire Peltier saga there
are only several significant dates:
June 26, 1975 (Peltier murdered Jack Coler and Ron
Williams); June 2, 1977 (Peltier sentenced to two consecutive life sentences);
January 18, 2017 (President Obama denies Peltier’s clemency petition), and July
25, 2017 (Peltier loses his battle to silence those who exercise their right to
free speech by presenting the truth behind the Peltier myth.)
As of July 30th no mention of the
federal civil suit or the dismissal could be found on Peltier’s updated
whoisleonardpeltier.info website.
2) Peltier deception:
Peltier’s website has been refreshed,
and frankly is well presented, however, still contains the same tired old
misinformation and fabrications as previous ones. There is an interesting piece
of deception though. In the section of Resources and under Upcoming Events it
lists the June 26th Oglala Commemoration, an annual event. It displays
a quite impressive photo of hundreds, perhaps thousands of apparent supporters.
The red banner is partially and deliberately obscured certainly giving the
impression that this very large gathering is in support of Peltier. It’s
deceiving and it isn’t. The photo is actually from recent demonstrations
regarding the Dakota Access Pipeline. Wonder if Peltier obtained approval to
use this photo on his website and whether there is any copyright infringement.
A review of perhaps a thousand photos on the Internet of the Dakota
demonstrations could not identify one Peltier sign. This is just another
example of Peltier spin and disinformation. What Peltier should have done was
to properly source the origin of the photo…but that would have been too honest.
https://www.whoisleonardpeltier.info/home/events/
