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Date: Sun, 24 Aug 1997 02:13:16 +0200 (MET DST)
From: rolf.martens-AT-mailbox.swipnet.se (Rolf Martens)
Subject: M-G: SENECA PROTESTORS' CASE DISMISSED


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>         THE MAOIST INTERNATIONALIST MOVEMENT
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>     MIM Notes 144             AUGUST 15, 1997
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>SENECA PROTESTORS' CASE DISMISSED
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>byRC93
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>On July 29 a judge dismissed charges of trespassing, 
>unlawful assembly and resisting arrest against the Seneca 
>protesters who were attacked and brutalized by New York 
>State Troopers last May. All six defendants in this trial 
>were proclaimed innocent. Meanwhile thirteen others still 
>await their trial for disorderly conduct charges.(1)
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>The defense claimed violation of the Canandaigua Treaty of 
>1794 and the U.S. Constitution in their defense against 
>state troopers entering Onondaga Territory to arrest the 
>protesters. The use of an illegal affidavit to arrest the 
>defendants was also cited in the decision.(1)
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>The protesters were holding a vigil in response to New York 
>State's attempts to tax the sovereign nation. Before this 
>trial had occurred, state officials had offered to drop the 
>charges if the Senecas would sign a treaty resigning control 
>of their nation's economy. The Senecas refused and ended up 
>winning their case in court. This is a small victory for the 
>struggle. But the nation also turned around and filed 
>brutality charges against the police who had charged their 
>protest in full riot gear on May 18. News on this case is 
>unknown. However it is likely that true justice will not be 
>served in New York courts and the abusive cops will go free. 
>This would be just one of many actions the state has taken 
>against the Seneca Nation in the course of this tax 
>struggle. Therefore we cannot depend on it for justice, but 
>we must struggle against it to obtain justice for all.
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>NOTES:
>1. Times Union 30 July 1997, p.B-2.
>2. MIM Notes #141.
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