And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Permission has been given to distribute the following: It was a long, hot day in White Clay. The marchers included President Harold Salway, BIA Superintendent Robert Ecoffey, former Tribal President John Steele, and the Wounded Knee Aim Chapter was well represented. Former President John Steele was among the nine arrested after breaking through the line. All were returned to White Clay and transported back to Pine Ridge by Tribal Police following negotiations for their release by Dennis Banks, President Salway, and BIA Superintendent Robert Ecoffey. The marchers walked back to Pine Ridge after obtaining a promise from Captain Parker of the Nebraska State Patrol to return the nine arrestees. After the negotiation Dennis Banks talked to the Tribal Police and commended them for staying calm in the face of confrontation and helping to keep the situation from becoming violent. Dennis said people in the march were angry and looking for a fight but the Tribal Officers maintained composure and professionalism and as a result, no one got hurt in the confrontation. Tribal Officers held the line and avoided altercations between the marchers and Nebraska State Patrol. The Nebraska riot squads included several escalating lines of defense. The last one was comprised of snipers on the rooftops of the buildings in White Clay. Nebraska is one of the few states that have what is called a " Jail Break", or "Fleeing Felon", law. The law provides law enforcement or detention officers with the option of shooting fleeing felons. That gives Nebraska law enforcement more latitude in the use of deadly force. Neither we nor South Dakota law enforcement are authorized to use deadly force for that purpose. Given the use of violence that resulted in property damage last week, Nebraska obviously felt justified in positioning snipers on rooftops to defend property in White Clay.
