Leonard Peltier moved to Florida prison

[douglas9]

According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Leonard Peltier has been moved from Oklahoma City to the U.S. Penitentiary at Coleman, Florida.
The United States Penitentiary I in Coleman is a high security facility located in central Florida approximately 50 miles northwest of Orlando, 60 miles northeast of Tampa, and 35 miles south of Ocala.

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This is nearly 2,000 miles from Leonard's Nation, the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, in North Dakota! Tell the Federal Bureau of Prisons that the only acceptable transfer is one to a medium security facility in close proximity to (within a 500-mile radius of) his family and Nation. Ideally, Leonard should be moved to the medium security facility at Oxford, Wisconsin.

[SpiralHawk]

1. They did the same shit to Geronimo

High security for a sick old Indian? Total horseshit.

[douglas9]

2. Link to Original Post

http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2011/09/leonard-peltier-moved-to-florida-prison.html

[dana_b]

4. thanks

this is crap. Why are they messing with this man who is no threat and may not be around for very much longer?

[MahayanaLotus]

3. The only place

Leonard should be moved is back home. He is NOT a criminal.

[glinda]

6. There are some in the Indian community that would disagree though.

[Freddie Stubbs]

5. People who murder FBI agents don't deserve to live close to their family

[sudopod]

7. I have a hard time imagining that you actually believe the things you say nt

[Freddie Stubbs]

8. I believe that he has been convicted by a jury of his peers

I also believe that three Democratic Presidents (Carter, Clinton, and Obama) have declined to pardon him.

[Duende azul]

9. Three Democratic cowards.

[Freddie Stubbs]

15. Or perhaps three Democrats who have not seen convincing evidence of Mr. Peltier's innocence

[msanthrope]

16. I'm still waiting, too. nt

[msanthrope]

13. Anna Mae Aquash got to end her life in a ditch.....nt

[Freddie Stubbs]

14. Her murderers are in prison too, where they belong

[RebelOne]

10. Every May there is an Indian Pow Wow here in North Georgia.

And there is always a petition to free Leonard Peltier. I usually go every year and never fail to sign the petition. I do not think he is guilty,

[Odin2005]

11. Free Leonard Peltier!

[msanthrope]

12. He can't be in a medium security prison--he was attacked in prison.

He needs to be in a federal high-security prison with a segregation unit.

I don't think he will survive another beating like the last one he got.