Supporters of Native American activist Leonard Peltier will rally for his release on June 26, the anniversary of the shootout between the FBI and the American Indian Movement which unjustly landed him in prison for the last 47 years of his life. Peltier is a prominent and tragic example of the U.S. government's war on Indigenous people, and his trial has been named as one of the most corrupt in American history by Amnesty International and other civil rights and legal groups. Even the top prosecutor against Peltier called for his release in a letter to former President Barack Obama in 2017, saying, "It's time to call it quits."
Supporters of Native American activist Leonard Peltier will rally for his release on June 26, the anniversary of the shootout between the FBI and the American Indian Movement which unjustly landed him in prison for the last 47 years of his life. Peltier is a prominent and tragic example of the U.S. government's war on Indigenous people, and his trial has been named as one of the most corrupt in American history by Amnesty International and other civil rights and legal groups. Even the top prosecutor against Peltier called for his release in a letter to former President Barack Obama in 2017, saying, "It's time to call it quits."