Blog 2:Leonard Peltier

in the case of Leonard Peltier, on the indian reservation in Wounded Knee South Dakota two officers where shot and killed. The FBI officers were chasing a van that had escaped from a place where a pair of shoes where stolen. The officers chased the suspect Leonard Peltier onto the reservation where the shots began to fire, between a two officers and others. No one knows how the shots started bit it al ended up bad. Two people were killed but the was said to be a third person that was but no one new. Evidence shows that there were many bullets fires back and fourth and that the officers might of fired first. The problem with the Evidence was it was hard to find out how it started. Peltier was accused of killing the officers but it was shown that the natives fired first because they were scared, because of al of the things that were happening on the reservation, and did not know who the people where driving up in cars at a fast speed with no uniform on. After the murder Peltier escaped to Canada. The arguments did not commit the murder. Gun bullets casings were found next to one of the officers bodies. The shell case that was found matched up to Peljavascript:void(0)tier"s gun he shot them with. and also marks on the gun where shown and damaged marks on the gun were to. the bullets ended up not belonging to him and did not match the gun when they tested it.