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  • Fatal shooting pits tribe against police

    04/21/2006 9:35:10 AM PDT · by Al Gator · 24 replies · 736+ views
    Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | Posted on Fri, Apr. 21, 2006 | Wayne Parry
    Fatal shooting pits tribe against police The Ramapoughs call it murder. Authorities say it was justified. By Wayne Parry Associated Press MAHWAH, N.J. - The gathering started, as it does each spring, with members of the Ramapough Lenape Indian tribe meeting for a cookout and a day in the Bergen County woods, celebrating the warming weather and the beauty of the earth. The April 1 outing ended with one of the tribe members mortally wounded, shot three times by a state park police officer who had told them that they were not allowed to ride their all-terrain vehicles in the...