By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
Native America activist Leonard Peltier was convicted of murdering two FBI agents in 1977.
But that hasn’t stopped a controversial statue of Peltier from being installed on the campus of American University, FOX5 reports.
Many Native American activists believe Peltier was wrongly convicted and sentenced to two life terms. The Leonard Peltier Statue Project is raising awareness about the case.
But FBI officials aren’t happy about propping up Peltier as if he were a hero.
“When I see this, I’m outraged because I know to the extent that anybody could possibly know that this man received a fair trial, is guilty in the crime he was charged with, and is serving a sentence that is proportionate to the crime he committed,” said Steve Pomerantz, former assistant director for the FBI. “He’s still alive. Those two agents are dead. He is a grandfather. They will never be grandfathers. He committed this crime and he killed those agents in cold blood.”
