At around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday morning, after a half century behind bars, Leonard Peltier walked out of a Florida prison and into a gray Chevrolet headed to Leesburg International Airport. Creative Loafing Tampa Bay photographer Dave Decker said the 81-year-old Indigenous activist boarded a private plane just before noon. His departure from Coleman Correctional Institution, […]
Leonard Peltier
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Joe Biden grants clemency for Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who is imprisoned an hour north of Tampa
There was never any evidence that Peltier killed FBI agents.
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On anniversary of FBI shootout, Tampa Indigenous group will rally for Leonard Peltier’s release
On June 26, FIA will call for clemency for Peltier, a prominent example of the U.S. government’s war on Native people.
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Tampa rally calls for release of Leonard Peltier after he caught COVID-19 in prison
Peltier is an Indigenous activist wrongfully imprisoned and incarcerated in Coleman Correctional Institution about an hour north of Tampa.