'Shut Down Elbit' in Roanoke, Virginia

'Shut Down Elbit' in Roanoke, Virginia, by Appalachians Against Pipelines

Today, Elbit Systems, the Israeli defense contractor, was protested in Roanoke, Virginia on Friday. Human rights defenders around the world -- from the UK and Boston, Massachusetts, to Australia -- are demanding a shutdown of corporations manufacturing Elbit's drones, surveillance, and weapons used against Palestinians. On the Tohono O'odham Nation, Elbit built the 11 spy towers that now allow the crime-infested U.S. Border Patrol to stalk vulnerable O'odham at their homes on the Tohono O'odham Nation, on the Arizona border. -- Censored News

The Red Nation's Statement: Shooter's Gun Jammed, Planned to Shoot Others

The Red Nation Account of Thursday’s Shooting

Posted onOctober 1, 2023Author

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

CONTACT

editortherednation@gmail.com

WHAT

THE RED NATION RESPONDS TO RACIST ATTACK ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

WHERE/WHEN

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023 RIO ARRIBA COUNTY ANNEX BUILDING

WHO

CALLING ON ALL NATIONAL, STATE, TRIBAL, COUNTY, AND CITY OFFICIALS, AND MOVEMENT ALLIES, TO CONDEMN THIS RACIST ATTACK AND DEMAND THE PROTECTION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE 

WHY

An agitator opened fire on a prayerful celebration in Tewa Territory (Española, New Mexico) shortly after 12PM local time on Thursday, September 28. This was a premeditated act of violence. The agitator shot Jacob Johns (Hopi and Akimel O’odham) in the torso. Johns was protecting a peaceful group of community members assembled at the Rio Arriba County Annex Building, along with half a dozen community peacekeepers. The gunman was heard saying “let’s do this” to a small group of men immediately before opening fire. At the time of the shooting, community members were celebrating a postponement of the reinstallation of a Juan de Oñate statue that was previously removed from Alcalde, New Mexico on June 15, 2020. Rio Arriba County officials planned to reinstall the statue on Thursday morning in its new location in front of the county annex building, but postponed the reinstallation after community members and activists mounted pressure earlier in the week. News of the postponement came as a relief to organizers, who turned the planned peaceful protest into an impromptu peaceful celebration with speeches and a community feed. 

Arrest Warrant Reveals Details of Hate Crime at Onate Statue Prayerful Protest

Ryan Martinez with the weapon. Detail of photo by Albuquerque Journal.

Arrest Warrant Reveals Details of Hate Crime at Onate Statue Prayerful Protest

The Red Nation's statement: Shooter's gun jammed, planned to shoot others

https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2023/09/the-red-nation-shooters-gun-jammed.html

By Brenda Norrell
Censored News

ESPANOLA, New Mexico -- The arrest warrant for the man who shot Jacob Johns, Hopi and Akimel O'odham, reveals details of the attempted murder of the peacemaker at the prayerful protest of the rededication of the Juan de Onate statue.

The shooter aimed his gun at a second person before fleeing, driving in the wrong lane south toward Pojoajue Pueblo during the chase.

Earlier in the day the shooter made racist comments to the children at the shrine during his actions to disrupt the gathering.

Ryan Martinez shown wearing MAGA cap at gathering.
Witnesses said he was searching for security camercas
when this photo was taken at the event.

Ryan David Martinez, the shooter, was wearing a Make America Great Again, MAGA, red cap. After his arrest, Martinez laughed when shown a photo of him holding the gun that fired the shot.