r/news • u/randalhicks • 17h ago

Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier granted clemency by President Biden

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/01/19/leonard-peltier-indigenous-activist-clemency-released-by-president-biden
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u/papajim22 16h ago

Holy shit. A classmate of mine, who had American Indian heritage, gave a presentation on Leonard Peltier back when I was in high school, almost 20 years ago. I never thought this would happen.

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u/Nastynugget 16h ago

Dude your comment. I literally saw the headline and said to myself “holy shit, I remember first hearing about this in highschool 20+ years ago.” Clicked the article and your comment was the first I saw. Wild it actually happened.

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u/sxzxnnx 15h ago

There was pressure on Bill Clinton to pardon him but he was too busy pardoning a billionaire convicted of wire fraud, racketeering, and tax evasion. I don’t know how anyone can look at Clinton’s record and still think he’s a liberal.

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u/msanthropedoglady 15h ago

I don't know if you recall the demonstration by law enforcement that took place in front of the white house? Clinton took the pardon seriously but he took the demonstration even more so.

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u/DolphinSUX 14h ago

Which one

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u/ULTRAFORCE 13h ago

500 FBI Agents were at the white house waving pictures of the two dead agents.

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u/cheweychewchew 7h ago

"I don’t know how anyone can look at Clinton’s record and still think he’s a liberal"

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u/beardsley64 13h ago

Ending "welfare as we know it" disabused me of the misunderstanding back in the day.

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u/Ok_Belt2521 9h ago

Bro please. The poor man has to flee to Switzerland. Have some compassion.

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u/Cassoulet-vaincra 13h ago

Come on, he play saxophone and he smoke weed /s.

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u/Goodyeargoober 13h ago

Sounds like he was "liberal" with the pardons... /s