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Tory Brecht's avatar

Interesting debate, as I can make cogent arguments for each side.

At the end of the day, as someone who studied the Wounded Knee standoff when I was a student at the University of Iowa, I consider Peltier to be more like a POW than a common criminal.

I view the Wounded Knee occupation as the last gasp of the resistance of native americans to the federal government rounding them up, putting them on reservations and the deaths of hundreds of thousands.

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Tim Grover's avatar

Don't forget the boarding schools.

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Chuck Offenburger's avatar

This is an exceptionally good reporting job on a startling new development in a murder case that shocked & horrified the nation nearly 50 years ago. Thank you, Pat Kinney.

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Josiah Wearin's avatar

Should the President even have these extraordinary powers of pardon and commutation and clemency? Just another example of how USA never really threw off monarchy….

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Tim Grover's avatar

Wonder what Hultman thinks of Trumps J6 pardons??? Pbly ok w that.

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Dave Busiek's avatar

Agree with Chuck. Good interview with Hultman. Even-handed treatment of the facts in a tragic case. No winners anywhere.

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