Post by Okwes on Jan 29, 2008 17:50:59 GMT -5
Tribal Police Brutality Lawsuit Argued
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SIOUX FALLS (AP) - A judge has been asked to dismiss a police brutality
lawsuit filed by a 70-year-old American Indian man on grounds it belongs
in tribal, not federal, court.
Frank Sioux Bob of Pine Ridge said in the civil complaint that on July
21, 2005, he was at home with his grandchildren when officers entered
the house and indicated they were responding to a call about a gun.
There was no weapon in the house, no one in the place had made such a
report and the officers entered without a warrant or consent and roughed
him up, the lawsuit states.
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The officers were employed by the Oglala Sioux Tribe's Public Safety
Commission but the defendant in the case is the United States
government.
In March 2006, Sioux Bob filed a claim for a $350,000 settlement with
the Bureau of Indian Affairs but no action has been taken, so he took
the case to court to seek damages.
U.S. Attorney Marty Jackley argued in court documents that the case
should be dismissed because tribal officers are not authorized to
enforce federal law so the case is in the wrong jurisdiction.
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SIOUX FALLS (AP) - A judge has been asked to dismiss a police brutality
lawsuit filed by a 70-year-old American Indian man on grounds it belongs
in tribal, not federal, court.
Frank Sioux Bob of Pine Ridge said in the civil complaint that on July
21, 2005, he was at home with his grandchildren when officers entered
the house and indicated they were responding to a call about a gun.
There was no weapon in the house, no one in the place had made such a
report and the officers entered without a warrant or consent and roughed
him up, the lawsuit states.
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The officers were employed by the Oglala Sioux Tribe's Public Safety
Commission but the defendant in the case is the United States
government.
In March 2006, Sioux Bob filed a claim for a $350,000 settlement with
the Bureau of Indian Affairs but no action has been taken, so he took
the case to court to seek damages.
U.S. Attorney Marty Jackley argued in court documents that the case
should be dismissed because tribal officers are not authorized to
enforce federal law so the case is in the wrong jurisdiction.