[Magdalen] Urgent Prayers Needed

[Jay Weigel]

Black lives don't matter up there either. Or Mexican ones. It is very, very
racist there.

On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 11:04 AM, Sibyl Smirl <polycarpa3 at ckt.net> wrote:

> Those cops and whatevers are in big trouble now!  They got themselves a
> white girl from New York, whose daddy's a lawyer!  (I'm guessing she's
> white, by her Slavic name)  And worse, they didn't kill her-- she and her
> maimed arm (or lack of arm, if that's how it turns out) will be visible in
> court, along with the evidence that not everything that they were shooting
> was what they said they were shooting.  In the Dakotas, Black lives might
> matter, but Indian lives don't.  At All.
>
>
> On 11/22/16 6:53 PM, Molly Wolf wrote:
>
>> I'm not generally in favour of litigation, but I hope this one's a real
>> ball-buster.  By whose authority are these enforcers present, and on what
>> warrant?
>>
>> In other news, U.S. veterans are apparently on their way to reinforce the
>> Water Protectors. Should be interesting.
>>
>> Molly
>>
>> The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no
>> other way. -- Mark Twain
>>
>> On Nov 22, 2016, at 7:32 PM, Eleanor Braun <eleanor.braun at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Oh, I hope there is a humongous lawsuit.  Hopefully they will include not
>>> only the sheriff's department but also the pipeline and other companies,
>>> and maybe even their investors (Trump) as defendants.
>>>
>>> Eleanor
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 4:56 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Just FYI, I've learned that Sophia's father is an attorney and there is
>>>> likely to be a HUGE lawsuit in the future, but that's not the concern at
>>>> the present.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 3:57 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Prayers for Sophia and everyone involved in this terrible situation.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ginga
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 3:07 PM, Marion Thompson <
>>>>> marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Prayers continue here, as they have for some weeks now.  I'm glad that
>>>>>> _finally_ there is somewhat increased coverage in the media.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Marion, a pilgrim   ... today my sail I lift ....
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 11/22/2016 2:41 PM, Jay Weigel wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> As many of you may have heard, the police have been attacking unarmed
>>>>>>> water
>>>>>>> protectors at the Standing Rock Camp with water cannons, concussion
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> bombs,
>>>>>
>>>>>> and rubber bullets. This kind of violence is uncalled for IMNSHO. One
>>>>>>> unarmed person, Sophia Wilansky, was hit in the arm by a concussion
>>>>>>> grenade
>>>>>>> which exploded. She is in critical condition in a Bismarck hospital
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> and
>>>>
>>>>> very likely to lose her arm. Prayers are needed for her and for all
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> the
>>>>
>>>>> other protesters who are being attacked. Here is the press release
>>>>>>> concerning Ms. Wilansky:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Prepared by Standing Rock Medic & Healer Council at the Standing Rock
>>>>>>> Dakota Access Pipeline Resistance Camps
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On November 21st as a direct result of the violent police response at
>>>>>>> Standing Rock towards unarmed people opposing the Dakota Access
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Pipeline,
>>>>>
>>>>>> a
>>>>>>> 21 year old woman from New York City, Sophia Wilansky, was severely
>>>>>>> injured
>>>>>>> when a concussion grenade thrown by police hit her left arm and
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> exploded.
>>>>>
>>>>>> Sophia was heading to bring water to the unarmed people who were being
>>>>>>> attacked for several hours by Morton County Sheriff forces. The
>>>>>>> Morton
>>>>>>> County Sheriff’s Department has stated that she was injured by a
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> purported
>>>>>
>>>>>> propane explosion that the Sheriff’s Department claimed the unarmed
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> people
>>>>>
>>>>>> created. These statements are refuted by Sophia’s testimony, by
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> several
>>>>
>>>>> eye-witnesses who watched police intentionally throw concussion
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> grenades
>>>>
>>>>> at
>>>>>>> unarmed people, by the lack of charring of flesh at the wound site
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> by
>>>>>
>>>>>> the grenade pieces that have been removed from her arm in surgery and
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> will
>>>>>
>>>>>> be saved for legal proceedings.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sophia was safely taken out of North Dakota for emergent surgery and
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> is
>>>>
>>>>> currently in stable condition. Below is her statement as conveyed by
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> her
>>>>
>>>>> father, lawyer Wayne Wilansky.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> “At around 4:30am after the police hit the bridge with water cannons
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> and
>>>>
>>>>> rubber bullets and pepper spray they lobbed a number of concussion
>>>>>>> grenades
>>>>>>> which are not supposed to be thrown at people directly at protesters
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> or
>>>>
>>>>> protectors as they want to be called. A grenade exploded right as it
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> hit
>>>>
>>>>> Sophia in the left forearm taking most of the undersurface of her left
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> arm
>>>>>
>>>>>> with it. Both her radial and ulnar artery were completely destroyed.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Her
>>>>
>>>>> radius was shattered and a large piece of it is missing. Her medial
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> nerve
>>>>>
>>>>>> is missing a large section as well.  All of the muscle and soft tissue
>>>>>>> between her elbow and wrist were blown away. The police did not do
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> this
>>>>
>>>>> by
>>>>>
>>>>>> accident - it was an intentional act of throwing it directly at her.
>>>>>>> Additionally police were shooting people in face and groin intending
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> to
>>>>
>>>>> do
>>>>>
>>>>>> the most possible damage. Sophia will have surgery again tomorrow as
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> bit
>>>>
>>>>> by
>>>>>>> bit they try to rebuild a somewhat functioning arm and hand. The
>>>>>>> first
>>>>>>> surgery took a vein from her leg which they have implanted in her arm
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> to
>>>>
>>>>> take the place of the missing arteries. She will need multiple
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> surgeries
>>>>
>>>>> to
>>>>>>> try to gain some functional use of the arm and hand. She will be,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> every
>>>>
>>>>> day
>>>>>>> for the foreseeable future, fearful of losing her arm and hand. There
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> are
>>>>>
>>>>>> no words to describe the pain of watching my daughter cry and say she
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> was
>>>>>
>>>>>> sorry for the pain she caused me and my wife. I died a thousand deaths
>>>>>>> today and will continue to do so for quite some time. I am left
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> without
>>>>
>>>>> the
>>>>>>> right words to describe the anguish of watching her look at her now
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> alien
>>>>>
>>>>>> arm and hand.”
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> A fund set up by friends and verified to help with Sophia’s recovery
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> is
>>>>
>>>>> set
>>>>>>> up here:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://www.gofundme.com/30aezxs
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The Standing Rock Medic Healer Council deplores the ongoing use of
>>>>>>> violence
>>>>>>> by the state of North Dakota to address the concerns of the thousands
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> of
>>>>
>>>>> people peacefully assembled at Standing Rock to insist on the right to
>>>>>>> clean healthy drinking water.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Water is Life, Mni Wiconi
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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> Sibyl Smirl
> I will take no bull from your house!  Psalms 50:9a
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