And now:Sonja Keohane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Rarely, if ever, have I heard of the many unsolved murders /
deaths of Lakota people on Pine Ridge being referred to as "hate crimes".
It is also rare, imo, that the deaths / murders on Pine Ridge are commented
on by the national media.
But when the victim is white...
<http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/local/state/south_dakota/story.html?s=v/rs
/19990825/sd/index_1.html#1>
Three Held for "Hate Crime" - (RAPID CITY) -- Three Native Americans will
be arraigned this
afternoon for what's being described as a "hate crime" directed against a
white victim. The Bennett
County sheriff says 21-year-old Brad Young was beaten and dragged early
Saturday morning after a
night of drinking on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Young remains in critical
condition at a Rapid City
hospital. His mother says he's having kidney trouble and lost both ears in
the attack. The F-B-I is
investigating. Two 18-year-old men and a juvenile male have been arrested
in connection with the
assault.
