Cynthia Pryor was convicted of "trespassing" on public, state land, in northern Marquette County, Michigan. Pryor was unable to argue why she refused to leave the site, as the prosecutor was able to exclude questions on the validity of Rio Tinto's surface use lease for its proposed Eagle Mine.
This land is tribal. Michigan is at fault and should face civil damages and tort. There is supreme law in the land as there is law existent prior to the European invasion. In the treaties it states that the law of the land prior to the Europeans will be honored.
SAVAGEKEYCONSULTING 1 year ago
The Marquette County Prosecutor's office has become nothing more than an arm of Rio Tinto. This obvious set of circumstances needs to be remembered come election time. When the judge doesn't buy the "they had to arrest her because of the danger (too close to the bulldozer strategy) element, the prosecutor demonstrates who he's really working for here and admits it doesn't matter...
AdmiralLobeam 1 year ago