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 >X-swipnet-delivery-id: 199708232310 >X-Authentication-Warning: izzy5.izzy.net: UUmim set sender to mim.org!owner-mim-news using -f >>Received: (from majordom-AT-localhost) by mim.org (8.7.6/mim) id SAA07725 for mim-news-list; Sat, 23 Aug 1997 18:51:32 -0400 >From: Maoist Internationalist Movement <mim-AT-mim.org> >Subject: SENECA PROTESTORS' CASE DISMISSED >To: mim-news-AT-mim.org >Date: Sat, 23 Aug 1997 18:51:24 -0400 (EDT) >Sender: owner-mim-news-AT-mim.org >Precedence: bulk > >I N T E R N E T ' S M A O I S T BI-M O N T H L Y > >= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > XX XX XXX XX XX X X XXX XXX XXX XXX > X X X X X X X XX X X X X X X > X V X X X V X X X X X X X XX XXX > X X X X X X XX X X X X X > X X XXX X X X V XXX X XXX XXX > >= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > THE MAOIST INTERNATIONALIST MOVEMENT > > MIM Notes 144 AUGUST 15, 1997 > > >SENECA PROTESTORS' CASE DISMISSED > >byRC93 > >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) > >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) > >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. > >NOTES: >1. Times Union 30 July 1997, p.B-2. >2. MIM Notes #141. > >MIM Notes is not copyrighted. Please credit MIM >when redistributing or referring to this material. >Subscriptions are $20 for 24 issues, U.S. mail >or e-mail. Send cash, stamps or check made out to >"MIM Distributors." > >Write: MIM Distributors, PO Box 3576, Ann Arbor MI >48106-3576. E-mail: mim-AT-mim.org. >http://www.etext.org/Politics/MIM > > >-- >## ## ### ## ## MAOIST INTERNATIONALIST MOVEMENT ># # # # # # # P.O. BOX 3576 ANN ARBOR MI 48106 ># # # # # --------- mim-AT-mim.org ---------- ># # ### # # www.etext.org/Politics/MIM > >----------------------------------------------------------------------- >This message was sent via the mim-news-AT-mim.org mailing list. >To unsubscribe, send e-mail to majordomo-AT-mim.org with body text of: >unsubscribe mim-news >To reach the list manager, send mail to owner-mim-news-AT-mim.org > > > --- from list marxism-general-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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