1.26.00 Pine Ridge Protester Shot// --Varying Accounts of Incident No Other Violence --Add'l Radar Anomalies! A man who was serving as a security guard for the group "Grass Roots" which has been occupying the Pine Ridge reservation tribal headquarters was shot in the leg in the early morning hours today. Tribal police claim the incident had nothing to do with the Grass Roots protest against corruption in the tribal council, a version of reality at odds with accounts from Grass Roots members regarding the shooting. Grass Roots members say the security guard was accosted and misidentified by a carload of young men outside a nearby store, and then shot. The assailants sped away. The incident has not to led to any further violence of any kind and the protest/occupation remains peaceful. Yet ANOTHER anomalous formation has shown up on doppler radar images from the Pine Ridge area, making a total of EIGHT such anomalies now. Kent Steadman has the latest image at CyberspaceOrbit -- 1/26/00 3:15 PM EST http://members.aol.com/phikent/orbit/1-26PR.GIF These thumbnail images are all linked to the full-size radar loop at -- http://members.aol.com/phikent/orbit/orbit.html NewsHawk® Inc. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- http://www.kotatv.com/localnews/story.asp?ID=3829 Pine Ridge Shooting 12:33:41 PM Jack Siebold A shooting on Pine Ridge early this morning, just down the block from where "Grass Roots" has occupied the tribal government building. But police say the only connection is that the victim was off-duty security for the protesters. Oglala Sioux Tribe police investigators say Rydell Eagle Hawk, who is part of the Grass Roots security detail, was shot in the leg about a block or two from the building. Investigators believe the shooting was alcohol-related, possibly following an argument. Police say Eagle Hawk had just left a drinking party at a mobile home park about two blocks from the tribal building. He was headed back to the building when he was shot. The Grass Roots account of the shooting differs from investigators. They say Eagle Hawk was near a store, a block from the occupied building, when a car of young men pulled up ... asked if he was someone else, then shot him in the leg. Until this morning's shooting, there has been no violence linked in any way to the 11-day takeover. The Grass Roots protesters occupied the tribal building in an effort to get the council to fire treasurer Chuck Jacobs ... and for the federal government to audit the tribe's finances. While the shooting didn't happen at the occupied site, rumors quickly filled internet sites ... and dozens of e-mails were sent to media with those rumors. But both sides ... police and Grass Roots ... say the occupation is still peaceful. "Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them." James Baldwin </XMP>
1.26.00 Pine Ridge Protester Shot// --Varying Accounts of Incident No Other Violence --Add'l Radar Anomalies! A man who was serving as a security guard for the group "Grass Roots" which has been occupying the Pine Ridge reservation tribal headquarters was shot in the leg in the early morning hours today. Tribal police claim the incident had nothing to do with the Grass Roots protest against corruption in the tribal council, a version of reality at odds with accounts from Grass Roots members regarding the shooting. Grass Roots members say the security guard was accosted and misidentified by a carload of young men outside a nearby store, and then shot. The assailants sped away. The incident has not to led to any further violence of any kind and the protest/occupation remains peaceful. Yet ANOTHER anomalous formation has shown up on doppler radar images from the Pine Ridge area, making a total of EIGHT such anomalies now. Kent Steadman has the latest image at CyberspaceOrbit -- 1/26/00 3:15 PM EST http://members.aol.com/phikent/orbit/1-26PR.GIF These thumbnail images are all linked to the full-size radar loop at -- http://members.aol.com/phikent/orbit/orbit.html NewsHawk® Inc. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- http://www.kotatv.com/localnews/story.asp?ID=3829 Pine Ridge Shooting 12:33:41 PM Jack Siebold A shooting on Pine Ridge early this morning, just down the block from where "Grass Roots" has occupied the tribal government building. But police say the only connection is that the victim was off-duty security for the protesters. Oglala Sioux Tribe police investigators say Rydell Eagle Hawk, who is part of the Grass Roots security detail, was shot in the leg about a block or two from the building. Investigators believe the shooting was alcohol-related, possibly following an argument. Police say Eagle Hawk had just left a drinking party at a mobile home park about two blocks from the tribal building. He was headed back to the building when he was shot. The Grass Roots account of the shooting differs from investigators. They say Eagle Hawk was near a store, a block from the occupied building, when a car of young men pulled up ... asked if he was someone else, then shot him in the leg. Until this morning's shooting, there has been no violence linked in any way to the 11-day takeover. The Grass Roots protesters occupied the tribal building in an effort to get the council to fire treasurer Chuck Jacobs ... and for the federal government to audit the tribe's finances. While the shooting didn't happen at the occupied site, rumors quickly filled internet sites ... and dozens of e-mails were sent to media with those rumors. But both sides ... police and Grass Roots ... say the occupation is still peaceful. "Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them." James Baldwin
