Open Letter to Wyoming Senators and Congresswoman
Mariah Kaze
degree certificate in American Indian Studies along with a BA in
Anthropology. At that time, I became aware of the case of Leonard
Peltier, a Native American who was tried for an convicted of murder of
two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge Reservation in 1974.
Mr. Peltier has maintained his innocence. I believe him as do many
thousands of people throughout the world - a jury that will not be
silenced. Recently, Mr. Peltier has been transferred to a maximum
security prison in Canaan, PA,where he was assaulted by other inmates
and has been injured. He has apparently been denied medical
treatment, regular meals and contact with his family, even though he
has been a model prisoner. Many of us are greatly concerned for his
well-being and safety but calls to the prison yield no information. I
want to know why.
He is eligible for parole in 2009 and I am given to understand that
there is an active and organized movement coming from the FBI to keep
Mr. Peltier from being paroled. This is a misuse of power by publicly
funded government personnel. If these allegations are true, and I do
not doubt that they are, a gross miscarriage of justice has been and
is being perpetrated not just on Mr. Peltier but on the entire
population of the United States.
This must be investigated and the results reported truthfully through
the media to the public. To that end, I ask that the public officials
of Wyoming lead the inquiry into the conduct of the FBI both now and
in the past regarding Leonard Peltier. I request that you demand of
the Department of Corrections that Mr. Peltier be given medical
treatment, proper quarters and his medically necessary diet
IMMEDIATELY.
If the FBI or any of it's present or former employees is publicly
campaigning to keep Mr. Peltier from being released from prison, I
request that an immediate cease and desist order be issued by the
Chief Justice or the United States.
Please read more at:
http://freepeltiernow.blogspot.com/search/label/Call%20to%20Action
and
http://www.whoisleonardpeltier.info/
"Former FBI agent M. Wesley Swearingen, in support of parole for
Leonard Peltier, once stated: “I was an FBI agent in Los Angeles when
Leonard Peltier was convicted, and I know from FBI documents that I
read and from statements made by fellow FBI agents, that Peltier was
wrongfully convicted of murdering two FBI agents just because the
agents investigating the case wanted someone to pay for killing the
two FBI agents. I know, for a fact, that the FBI is also covering up
its culpability in the death of the two FBI agents.” (This is the same
agent who exposed the FBI misconduct in the case of Geronimo Pratt
whose conviction was eventually overturned.)
Even author Steve Hendricks, a (FBI Special Agent) Trimbach compatriot
and no friend of Leonard Peltier, recently stated: “Peltier has been
imprisoned these 32 years for killing two FBI agents, an act he may or
may not have done. What is certain is that he and his people returned
the FBI's fire only after years of savage provocation, that his trial
was one of the grossest railroadings in the history of American
courts, and that our government's guilt far outstripped anything he
stood accused of. The man has done time enough.”"
Please, act now to address this issue and see that this man is treated
with dignity and respect and that his rights to humane treatment and
care are not withheld from him.
Thank you.