Native American group plans to file federal lawsuit against Cleveland Indians over Chief Wahoo logo

newsnet5.com ^ | 06/27/2014 | Paul Kiska

[massmike]

CLEVELAND - The red block letter C for Cleveland seems to be replacing Chief Wahoo outside Progressive Field. But not everyone sees it that way.

Robert Roche is the director of the American Indian Education Center and one of the plaintiffs planing to file a federal lawsuit in late July against the Cleveland Indians.

The group says the team's name and the Chief Wahoo logo are racist.

The group wants a lot of money to help Native Americans with education, job training and housing.

"We're going to be asking for $9 billion and we're basing it on a hundred years of disparity, racism, exploitation and profiteering," Roche said.

[cripplecreek]

Yup. Guess who loses their copywrite next.

[PAR35]

Someone needs to tell their lawyer about Rule 11.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Here we go. Let the shake-downs begin!!

[kiryandil]

Taht’s Raciss.

[detective]

The Chiefs, Braves and Blackhawks are next.

[a fool in paradise]

New corporate tie-in opportunity, Chief Yahooooooooo!

[molson209]

but these Indians are not Indians ,the idiots that landed thought they were in India

[demshateGod]

We’re under attack, and we’re not fighting. There are enough angry men in this country that we could put a stop to this tomorrow.

[IronJack]

In order to win a defamation action, the plaintiff must establish that he was indeed defamed and that the objectionable symbol (in this case) was the proximate cause of the injury.

So tell me how Chief Wahoo defames anyone? Where is the injury? Being offended is not the same as having one’s standing or reputation diminished. If anything, Chief Wahoo elevates the reputation of Indians by equating them to noble fighters and staunch champions.

Cleveland should charge the Indians for the advertising.

[kiryandil]

Yup. Guess who loses their copywrite next.

The Cleveland Injuns better pay of The King's Men, but pronto, Tonto.

Wait'll PETA gets involved in the act, cc.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

I wonder if the Washington families will file suit against Washington, DC?

[massmike]

[morphing libertarian]

no problemo, since it’s Cleveland no one will see it

[IronJack]

Another component of a successful defamation settlement is that the judgment will make a material contribution to remediating the injury. How is giving a bunch of drunken rez-dwellers truckloads of money going to erase this imaginary “damage?”

This case should be summarily dismissed.

[luvbach1]

Indians were unconcerned since forever until the leftist PC police stirred things up.

[luvbach1]

Usage, to a great degree, makes language. They’re Indians all right. American Indians.

[a fool in paradise]

Next thing you know, native Americans are gonna sue the makers of those Aztec Mummy movies.

[a fool in paradise]

Native Americans are the ones who are exempt from laws about deliberately killing eagles, right?

All cultures are equal. Some are more equal than others...

[Gay State Conservative]

Will we next see Hanoi Jane sued for millions for having done the Tomahawk Chop so many times?