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Harris/Walz campaign staffers brutalized Diné at Navajo Nation capitol
By The Red Nation Podcast
Video https://www.therednation.org/the-red-nation-podcast-3/
NAVAJO NATION, Window Rock, Arizona -- Vice President candidate for the Democratic Party Tim Walz stopped in Window Rock, Arizona where snipers lined the monument and three Diné citizens were brutalized by his staffers during the Harris/Walz campaign stop; 10 days before the general election.
While standing in the crowd, a Diné woman was continuously harassed by authorities and attacked by a Walz staffer, while another Diné man was brutalized and arrested. Meanwhile, Buu Nygren, President of the Navajo Nation, was getting heckled about his missing Vice President and another woman chanting for Trump in the crowd. It was clear that campaign staffers weren’t clamping down on “disruptors”, rather, they were targeting Diné people—on their own homelands—policing anyone who supports Palestine.In this episode, Justine hosts Janene, Kiley, and Koi as they recount their violent removals from the event, and their analyses of Navajo Nation Police, the widespread acceptance of genocide in the Democratic Party, and the blatant disregard for tribal sovereignty during the U.S. presidential elections.
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| "They had Native snipers pointing their rifles at Indigenous Peoples," Koi said, describing how they were brutalized by Navajo police and Walz campaign staffers. Dragged from the event for no reason, Koi was pinned to the ground by three Navajo Nation cops. He was handcuffed and shackled and taken to a concrete slab jail cell, in Crownpoint, New Mexico, in the eastern Navajo Nation. He was charged with two counts and released before dawn. Describing the worldwide surge in attacks on Indigenous sovereignty, Koi points out that Evo Morales was attacked in an assassination attempt in Bolivia. Speaking of harmony, Koi said, "We have so much hope." Listen to his words. |
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| "It's important to speak out," and expose the horrendous crimes against humanity around the world and to support Palestine. Kiley said she interrupted Walz' speech and was attacked while holding a Palestine flag. She was taken to Navajo police, who took her personal information, and was released. Listen to her words. |
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| Janene stood in Solidarity with Palestine with O'odham in Gila River and the following day, on the Navajo Nation. As a mother, Janene speaks of the moral obligation not to support the killing of children anywhere. In Window Rock, she was stalked and harassed by Walz staffers, who told her, "You've been identified as a disruptor." A Walz staffer grabbed her Free Palestine sash belt, and began wrestling her for her sash belt, and twisted her wrist. Navajo police put her in an arrest hold injuring her arms. Navajo police separated her from her young daughter, and wouldn't let her look for her young child. She was injured and required medical treatment. Listen to her words. |
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| The Red Nation Host Justine reveals the violations of Navajo solidarity at the Walz event. Justine, who was present at the rally as media, said she never expected that they would be met with such violence. She said Walz staffers had no authority to harass and mistreat Dine' on their homeland. She said Navajo President Buu Nygren and his staff allowed this to happen. "They prioritized non-Native people," she said. "Our tribal sovereignty was put on the back burner." Justine describes the powerful inspiration of an O'odham woman shouting, "Free Palestine," as Biden spoke the day before in the Gila River Indian Community. Listen to her words. |
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