Posted on 12/15/2013 8:33:41 AM PST by gopno1
Levi Levering was the respected face of his family a century ago, when he earned an impressive reputation as an Omaha tribal leader and advocate.
His influence extended from Macy, Neb., to Washington, D.C., where he successfully lobbied Congress in 1920 to protect tribal members' rights to their land.
Now the face of the family is Levi's great-great-grandson: Nikko Jenkins.
Jenkins stands accused of a 10-day killing spree in Omaha last August that left four people dead.
And five other relatives — two of Nikko Jenkins' sisters, his mother, a cousin and an uncle — have also been charged in connection with the killings.
A World-Herald examination of the Levering history shows that 38 descendants of Levi Levering have been convicted of 633 crimes in Omaha since 1979.
Those cases have cost taxpayers at least $2.8 million in prison and jail costs, not counting the price tag of law enforcement, juvenile cases, prosecution, or public defense.
(Excerpt) Read more at omaha.com ...
Obviously a case of profiling.
What no casino to rob the round eyes!
Technically it is. The government has the “Bureau of Indian Affairs” where an old joke has a cartoon of a man crying at his desk in their offices, and someone talking to another guy asks “what’s wrong with him” and the other guy answers “His Indian Died”
They spend way more money ont the buracracy than can ever be helpful, and they have government-controlled them into buraecratic oblivion.
Indian Sovereign Nations should be economic powerhouses- protect in this country yet free from federal regulations (they ARE seperate countries, after all)
But just the opposite happend- they were destroyed by government good intentions
Thanks gopno1.
He isn’t just Indian ...
Yep, this is what lies at the end of the road of good intentions.
Like this one:
MAKOTI, N.D. — The Three Affiliated Tribes have broken ground for a $450 million oil refinery on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in northwestern North Dakota
The Thunder Butte Petroleum Services Refinery will be constructed in four phases over two years. A ceremonial groundbreaking was held Wednesday, after more than a decade of planning, according to The Forum and the Minot Daily News. Construction is expected to begin in August.
“We grew up poor. We were lucky if we had a pair of clean overalls,” Tribal Chairman Tex Hall said. “But our parents made sure we went to school and got educated. They did the best they could for us. They didn’t know we’d have this oil and gas resource, but now we do. It’s our responsibility to manage it, and we are.
“they were destroyed by government good intentions”
There were no good intentions on the government’s part. The Bureau of Indian Affairs accomplished exactly what it was intended for.
Nope. He ain’t. His mother looks like she might be.
Jenkin’s lawyer invokes the insanity defense claiming that Jenkins was hearing voices from an “Egyptian god”.
....bout time he met him in the afterlife
As well as the lawyer.
So many responses and yet no “Amish” references.
Just as the government planned. People were more knowing in those days and they understood how this would work out.
$2.8 million in direct legal cost to the taxpayer.
When do we say enough is enough and start doing something about it?
The first sentence belies the second.
Poverty, per se, is not the cause of criminality. Instead, it is criminality -- leading to and abetted by bad choices (e.g., substance abuse).
At the height of the Great Depression, when poverty abounded, the USA experienced the lowest crime rate in its history.
GEEEEEEZ! Did you look at the timeline?
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