Leonard Peltier

Chuck0 chuck at tao.ca
Mon Dec 18 14:17:12 PST 2000


Adam Pressler wrote:
>
> --- Justin Schwartz <jkschw at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > almost any I can imagine arising), but this strikes
> > me as an odd approach.
> > If his claim is right, he's innocent and was framed.
> > If so, should he not be
> > freed, whatever his views? I mean, he's not asking
>
> Fair enough criticism. I should have been more
> specific. I think he did kill the agent. I see
> peltier's case come up a lot on leftie groups. I
> think he is romanticized because his cause was armed
> struggle against an oppressive regime. And so my
> initial reaction was framed against this position.

I hope you look into his case. I think it is pretty clear cut one for his innocence, unlike other cases that the Left work on, such as Mumia Abu-Jamal's.

Chuck0



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