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Leonard Peltier And Eddie Hatcher Term Paper

During the same time period, upon learning about the evidence that Hatcher had in his possession "Sheriff Stone and State Bureau of Investigation Agents met and decided they would "have Eddie Hatcher before the week was out." (Federal Trial Transcript Witness Testimony) DISCUSSION

These two cases are, at first glance, quite different from one another however; upon a closer look the similarities are shockingly obvious. In each instance, both that of Peltier and Hatcher, the American justice system has failed to protect the rights of each individual and that failure is based upon the individual's minority status. Clearly this is a travesty of justice that one would think would have been resolved in the U.S. system of justice however, unfortunately for the Native Americans that reside in the United States this type of injustice is a factor in the daily life of the individual who is a minority. Each of these men, both Peltier and Hatcher are actually heroes who made their stand for the minority individuals, such as those at Ruby Ridge experiencing violent assault and the minorities for whom Hatcher hoped to assist in identifying and collecting information as to the actual wrongdoers in the cocaine trafficking business in Robeson County. In each of these cases the 'system' stepped squarely upon the minority individual[s] in a careless disregard for basic human rights, justice and the very principles that the United States is founded upon.

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION certain aura clouds the United States justice system, and that cloud is composed of something that is inherently loathsome as the 'system' is manipulated by those in power rendering verdicts that forever change the lives of individuals such as Hatcher and Peltier wreaking a great injustice upon individuals, tribes and minorities throughout the United States. In cognitive...

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Justice, freedom, equality...all of these words can be said to be relative to ones' ethnicity or race at this time in the United States and however sadly, this has always been true and it is certain that Native American history has many stories to support this statement.
Bibliography

Burrows, John (1994) FWDP: Eddie Hatcher - Native American Political Prisoner August 20, 1994 Online available at http://www.native-net.org/archive/nl/9408/0136.html.

The Case of Leonard Peltier (2006) Native American Political Prisoner Online available at http://www.freepeltier.org/quick_facts_peltier.htm.

Matthiessen, Peter (1991) Who Really Killed the FBI Men? Akwesasne Notes, Summer, 1991, Vol.23 Online available at: http://www.kstrom.net/isk/stories/fbikill.html.

Mr. X, Leonard Peltier, and the FBI (2006) Online available at http://www.dickshovel.com/Mr.X.html

Matthiessen, Peter (1995) Book Review: In the Spirit of Crazy Horse Online available at http://www.kstrom.net/isk/stories/crazhors.html.

Leonard Peltier and Eddie Hatcher

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Burrows, John (1994) FWDP: Eddie Hatcher - Native American Political Prisoner August 20, 1994 Online available at http://www.native-net.org/archive/nl/9408/0136.html.

The Case of Leonard Peltier (2006) Native American Political Prisoner Online available at http://www.freepeltier.org/quick_facts_peltier.htm.

Matthiessen, Peter (1991) Who Really Killed the FBI Men? Akwesasne Notes, Summer, 1991, Vol.23 Online available at: http://www.kstrom.net/isk/stories/fbikill.html.

Mr. X, Leonard Peltier, and the FBI (2006) Online available at http://www.dickshovel.com/Mr.X.html
Matthiessen, Peter (1995) Book Review: In the Spirit of Crazy Horse Online available at http://www.kstrom.net/isk/stories/crazhors.html.
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