Lest we forget, I’m reposting the blog entry from October 24, 2016
At the annual meeting of the Association of Constitutional Lawyers held in Washington, D.C. last Tuesday, North Dakota was declared the worst state in the union by an overwhelming majority vote of 637 to 16. The minority votes were split equally between Mississippi and Alabama.
“We made this award,” association chairman Lewis Whimple announced this morning, “because North Dakota leads the nation in frack sand mining and in the abuse of native Americans.” Whimple was referring to the treatment of native water protectors by North Dakota State Police.
The award’s announcement ignited a flurry of outrage among North Dakota citizens gathered in Mandan, Bismarck and five other cities. Citizens burned copies of the Constitution along with photographs of Sitting Bull, Little Big Man, Black Kettle, Red Cloud and scores of other famous native leaders.
An effigy of Sitting Bull was burned in front of the state capitol building as scores of state police protected the demonstrators from the comments and outbursts of five tourists protesting the burning. Three of the five protestors were strip-searched and all were detained in police custody.
A spokesperson for the state justified the searches and arrests. “North Dakotans stand by the rule of law,” she said. “We believe unwaveringly in the right to free speech and the free expression of ideas. Those five protesters obviously did not.”
Meanwhile, following Tuesday’s announcement, the beatings, arrests, and strip searches of the water protectors have intensified.
Support for the North Dakota State Police is coming from all states. The Grand Wizard of the White Man’s Dixie Klan, Deever Bouers, announced he was leading a contingent of 36 Dixie Klan members to “keep the mongrel race in its place.” Bouers’ words have become a slogan for his followers who chant them at cross burnings, anniversaries and birthday parties.
“We will be there,” Bouers said, “with our robes, our handbooks, and our Bibles.”
Other defenders of the white race have begun arriving at Standing Rock. Skinheads and members of four other patriot parties, including the Friends of Jesus Christ and the White Resistance League, have set-up trailer encampments near Standing Rock.
President Crump reacted swiftly and predictably last night, saying, “This outrage being perpetrated by so-called native Americans—who in my estimation are no better than land grabbers—yes, land grabbers—is unacceptable. A hundred years ago we know what happened at Wounded Knee. They ended up in a big grave.”
Please contribute to the Standing Rock legal defense fund: https://fundrazr.com/campaigns/d19fAf
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