And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Protestors to appear in court http://www.journalstar.com/stories/neb/sto3 BY FRED KNAPP Lincoln Journal Star Nine people arrested during a July 3 march on Whiteclay are to appear in Sheridan County Court today, but an American Indian leader said they will request a 30-day delay in the proceedings. Sheridan County Attorney Dennis King filed complaints against the nine Monday, charging each on two counts. One count, failure to comply with a lawful order, is a Class III misdemeanor punishable by up to three months in prison and a $500 fine. The other, obstructing justice or obstructing a police officer, is a Class I misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in prison and a $1,000 fine. Frank LaMere, a Winnebago Indian from South Sioux City who was among those arrested, questioned why authorities added the obstruction charges to the original citations for failure to comply. "All Sheridan County did today was to escalate the situation and to send a message to all who speak out and who want a better way that you will be prosecuted if you upset the status quo at Whiteclay." King said he would not comment on LaMere's statements. "We file our charges based upon facts and expect the law to apply," he said. The nine were arrested after breaking through a yellow plastic streamer marking a police line during a march from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation to Whiteclay to protest alcohol sales and the unsolved murders of two Lakota men. Those arrested were LaMere; American Indian Movement leader Russell Means, former Oglala Sioux Tribal President John Yellow Bird Steele, rally organizer Tom Poor Bear, Webster Poor Bear, Vaughn Lodge, Benedict Black Elk, Allen Sheppard and Gary Moore. "We were arrested for exercising our constitutional rights, for marching on a public street and for telling Nebraska that the murder and lawlessness must stop," LaMere said. "There was little difference between Montgomery, Ala., in the '60s and Whiteclay, Neb., in the '90s when we marched on July 3. The country and the world will see that when this illegal trial begins. I look forward to it." LaMere said he and the others would request a 30-day continuance in the case. Sheridan County Court Clerk Magistrate Julie Krotz said Monday afternoon that no request for a continuance had yet been made. All nine defendants could request a continuance shortly before today's scheduled 10 a.m. appearance, she said. The July 3 march occurred in the face of heavy law enforcement after a Whiteclay store was looted and burned at a similar march that drew an estimated 1,500 people the previous week. Peaceful marches with smaller numbers participating have been held every subsequent weekend. Reprinted under the Fair Use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ UPDATES: CAMP JUSTICE http://shell.webbernet.net/~ishgooda/oglala/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
