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Algernon Moncrieff

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3. You are very welcome!

Reply to LisaLynne (Reply #2)

Fri Sep 5, 2014, 10:15 PM

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Leonard Peltier's birthday is on 12 September. Send cards and letters [View all] Algernon Moncrieff Sep 2014 OP

K&R, because it matters. nt Mnemosyne Sep 2014 #1

Thank you for posting this! nt LisaLynne Sep 2014 #2

You are very welcome! Algernon Moncrieff Sep 2014 #3

I usually AnalystInParadise Sep 2014 #4

Well, the evidence that Peltier murdered anybody is weak Algernon Moncrieff Sep 2014 #5

^^This^^^n/t Gormy Cuss Sep 2014 #8

I read extensively on the Peltier AnalystInParadise Sep 2014 #9

Even if you take as a given that he committed the murder, you still have to put it in context Algernon Moncrieff Sep 2014 #11

Like George Zimmerman put it into context? AnalystInParadise Sep 2014 #15

It hunts better than your non-sequitur comparison of this case to the murder of Trayvon Martin Algernon Moncrieff Sep 2014 #17

Trayvon was murdered AnalystInParadise Sep 2014 #18

That dog? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #27

Ahhh AnalystInParadise Sep 2014 #34

North Dakota is pretty damned racist, just like northern Michigan. catbyte Sep 2014 #20

So how did his co-defendants get acquittals, then? nt msanthrope Sep 2014 #22

Apples & oranges, dear. They were tried in an Iowa Federal court, not. similar to catbyte Sep 2014 #24

Peltier had the option of the Iowa jury. Too bad he fled....it lead to the uncovering msanthrope Sep 2014 #26

Or fear. Pine Ridge at that time was a powder keg. I expected to get shot every time catbyte Sep 2014 #29

Afraid? He never struck me as such. nt msanthrope Sep 2014 #35

Not surprising. catbyte Sep 2014 #37

They didn't seem to have a problem with AnalystInParadise Sep 2014 #33

I am not sure that he actually did. LoisB Sep 2014 #7

Agreed. sub.theory Sep 2014 #10

Oh. Murder upsets you, does it? Algernon Moncrieff Sep 2014 #12

This clears Peltier how? sub.theory Sep 2014 #13

Well, you wrote that you can't see "how this murderer has been made some sort of martyr" Algernon Moncrieff Sep 2014 #16

+1000 catbyte Sep 2014 #21

I disagree sub.theory Sep 2014 #28

And what do you think of the fed sniper who blew Peltier's friend's head off? catbyte Sep 2014 #38

Thank you. LoisB Sep 2014 #6

K&R! burrowowl Sep 2014 #14

Whether he actually killed anyone or not - I really can't answer that question - it's pretty clear nomorenomore08 Sep 2014 #19

His two co-defendants were acquitted. Perhaps he should have shown msanthrope Sep 2014 #23

Has a Hillary avatar, yet Bill hosed Uncle Leonard and didn't pardon him after leading us to believe NightWatcher Sep 2014 #25

Why no presents or money? mokawanis Sep 2014 #30

I'm basically repeating what was stated on one of the websites Algernon Moncrieff Sep 2014 #32

Thanks for the response n/t mokawanis Sep 2014 #36

Recommended. H2O Man Sep 2014 #31