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Part 4 of 4
Day 4
Closing statements, and it went to Jury for deliberations at about 1:00 PM.
Everyone was still in shock that Defense Attorney Rensch called exactly one
witness — FBI SA David Price — late Thursday afternoon to counter the
Prosecution's 23 witnesses, and that he had asked his one-and -only witness,
Agent Price, a few questions lasting no more than 10 minutes, establishing
that yes, indeed, the FBI developed undercover informants, but not Anna Mae.
Questions remain as to why he did not call other witnesses, such as Bruce
Ellison, Thelma Rios, Theda Clark, Richard Marshall, Russell Means, David
Hill, Madonna Gilbert, Ted and Lorelei Means — all the people who other
witnesses said they saw with Anna Mae at the WKLDOC House and other places
around town. And why didn't he subpoena Dennis Banks to refute Kamook's
damning testimony?
This morning at 10:00 AM, they both summarized emotionally, each seeming to
appeal to the jury for "pro-Indian" sentiment.
Four days... I thought, "this is it?"
And tonight, 7 hours later, Arlo Looking Cloud was pronounced "Guilty."
Russell Means ran out to the TV cameras and proclaimed it a "racist"
verdict.
Rapid City feels very tense tonight, not the least because of the irony that
tomorrow morning, February 7, William Janklow must report to the Sioux Falls
jail to begin serving his 100 days for manslaughter. Not the least because
today is the day Leonard Peltier was captured in Canada in 1976 and is
serving well past 10,000 days.