Posted on 02/09/2012 12:23:56 PM PST by Osage Orange
Oglala Sioux Tribe sues Whiteclay stores, beer makers, distributors
LINCOLN, Neb. -- The Oglala Sioux Tribe of South Dakota is suing the owners of four beer stores in Whiteclay, plus the beer distributors and manufacturers serving those stores.
The tribe's lawsuit, filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court of Nebraska, lists more than a dozen defendants, including beer manufacturers Anheuser-Busch and Miller Brewing Co. The 10-page lawsuit alleges the beer distributors and manufacturers knowingly provided alcohol to the four beer stores, which, in turn, sold alcohol to residents of South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, where alcohol is banned.
It alleges the defendants violated the tribe's alcohol ban as well as Nebraska law by providing alcohol to the reservation's residents, knowing those residents would transport the alcohol into the reservation and resell much of that beer to other reservation residents.
The lawsuit also alleges the owners of the four beer stores sold alcohol to intoxicated people and accepted sex, pornographic photos and food assistance vouchers in exchange for beer.
"Alcohol is a devastating drug to the Lakota people," the lawsuit states. "The vast majority of beer consumed in the town of Pine Ridge and the (reservation) is sold in Whiteclay establishments."
Tribal representatives and members of Nebraskans for Peace, which has long urged shutting down the beer stores in Whiteclay, planned to hold a 1 p.m. news conference Thursday in the Capitol Rotunda to discuss the lawsuit.
The lawsuit alleges the four beer stores sold nearly 5 million cans of beer in 2010, up from 4.3 million cans in 2004. The tribe is seeking monetary compensation "for all damages it has suffered in the past and is reasonably likely to suffer in the future caused by the actions of the defendants and as established at trial."
"The (tribe) does not have the resources to properly address families which have been torn apart by alcohol," the lawsuit states.
The lawsuit cites numerous statistics regarding the impact of the sale of alcohol at Whiteclay on reservation residents, including: one in four children being born with either fetal alcohol syndrome or fetal alcohol spectrum disorder; an average reservation life expectancy of between 45 and 52 years; and a teen suicide rate that is 150 percent higher than the American average.
"The devastating and horrible effects of alcohol on the (Oglala Sioux Tribe) and the Lakota people cannot be overstated," the lawsuit states.
Oh, cry me a “F”ing bucket! Adults doing business with other adults isn’t a crime. Hay, Chief “What’s-Your-Name”, arrest the “tribal members who broke “tribal law” and shut you “pie hole”!!
I don’t get it. Is the government involved here? Was a government fiat issued, compelling native Americans to purchase beer and drink it irresponsiby? Were these stores on the reservation. Someone’s in heap-big trouble!
I was working on my house and smashed the living be-geebers out of my thumb. I think I should sue Stanley Tools, they made the hammer ... and Home Depot sold it to me.
Here's an idea. Take responsibility for your own actions.
Never mind ...
HA!!
Except when it is ... see the War On Drugs.
We are talking about Native American Indians; they are the Holy Grail of 'Victim-hood'. Nothing is ever their fault, no matter what the circumstances; it's always someone else's fault.
Single motherhood? Illteracy? High School drop-outs? Alcoholism? Domestic Abuse? Unemployment? Drug abuse? Laziness? Criminal activities? Rate of conviction and jail populations? Don't ever blame the Native American Indians - or you'll be called a racist. Been there, done that, got the T-shirt.
It's typically the White-man's fault.
That would make too much sense.......
Five million cans of beer between four stores or 1.25 million per store. That’s a lot of beer! How much is the average retail price of a can of beer?
Ha!!
For a moment there I thought you were talking about mooslimes.
Interesting. They apparently want the stores to refuse to sell a legal product to customers who happen to be Indian.
Isn't there a law or two against such racial discrimination?
I love it.
Popcorn time.
Injuns can't handle firewater.
Come on that is only about a 150 cases a day.
“It’s typically the White-man’s fault.”
Who else is giving them all the welfare they want in order to buy 5 million beers a year?
It’s Whitey McCracker-Honkey!
Reminds me of that scene from the movie, “The Hebrew Hammer.”
Mohammed Ali Paula Abdul Rahim: Who brings in the dope?
Members of the Kwanzaa Liberation Front: The white man!
Mohammed Ali Paula Abdul Rahim: Who brings in the guns?
Members of the Kwanzaa Liberation Front: The white man!
Mohammed Ali Paula Abdul Rahim: Who brought in that disco?
Members of the Kwanzaa Liberation Front: The white man!
Mohammed Ali Paula Abdul Rahim: Who brings in that naaaasty-aaaazz Jheri curl?
Members of the Kwanzaa Liberation Front: The white man!
Mohammed Ali Paula Abdul Rahim: And who tries to put they
m-f’in foot up Kwanzaas azz?
Members of the Kwanzaa Liberation Front: The white man!
Mohammed Ali Paula Abdul Rahim: Thats right!
Mohammed Ali Paula Abdul Rahim: [Much later] And who brought in Britney Spears?
Members of the Kwanzaa Liberation Front: The white man!
“Come on that is only about a 150 cases a day.”
Per Indian??????
Oy!
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