Sat Jan 24 2009 (Updated 01/25/09)
Leornard Peltier Brutally Beaten After Transfer to Penitentiary in Pennsylvania
American Indian leader and political prisoner Leornard Peltier was brutally beaten on January 20th, just after he was transferred to the Canaan Federal Penitentiary in Pennsylvania. On January 23rd, the American Indian community and their supporters came out in the rain in San Francisco to protest the attack on Leonard Peltier. Family members of Leonard feel the assault was orchestrated by the FBI to prejudice his next parole hearing. Today's demonstration began at the new federal building and then marched to the Phillp Burton Federal Building. Tony Gonzalez, Director of AIM West, led a delegation inside to house leader Nancy Pelosi's office to demand a congressional hearing into the attack on Leonard and the policies of all federal prisons.
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