[Magdalen] Urgent Prayers Needed

Wed Nov 23 17:07:17 UTC 2016

Indian lives have never mattered, in your country or in mine.  Still don't. What the real message is is "only white lives matter", and then only if they're *respectable* white lives.   Otherwise they're "white trash" -- disposable, as trash is, but still superior to those non-white "others".  It's in the interests of the upper-ups to keep their "inferiors"at war with each other.  Saves them the trouble.

But a massive lawsuit -- that might get their attention.

Molly

The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. -- Mark Twain

> On 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
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Sibyl Smirl
> I will take no bull from your house!  Psalms 50:9a
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