Justice for Raymond Mattia Protest at Tohono O'odham Nation Police Department

Now at the Tohono O'odham Nation Police Department: Justice for Raymond Mattia

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, December 15, 2023

SELLS, Arizona -- Protesting for justice, family and friends of Raymond Mattia, Tohono O'odham, are at the Tohono O'odham Nation police department. Raymond was murdered in a hail of gunfire by Tohono O'odham Nation Police and U.S. Border Patrol agents in front of his home in Ali Jegk, on the Tohono O'odham Nation.

"Good support, honking horns and many people slowing down to give support," said Ofelia Rivas, Tohono O'odham.

The Arizona Attorney has refused to press charges against the officers and details of who fired the shots that killed Raymond have not been made public.

Raymond told Censored News, during a series of interviews on the border, that he had videotaped U.S. Border Patrol agents running drugs and escorting the cartels through his community. After he submitted the evidence, the video disappeared.

The Killing of Raymond Mattia by Border Patrol Protested in Sells, Arizona

José Ignacio Castañeda Perez
Arizona Republic

SELLS, ARIZONA — The family of Raymond Mattia gathered in Sells on Friday to demand accountability from the Tohono O’odham Nation Police Department after Mattia was shot and killed by Border Patrol agents in May.

Mattia’s family and a handful of attendees held a peaceful protest outside of the Tohono O’odham Nation Police Department nearly seven months after Mattia was killed steps away from his front door. Attendees shouted, “Justice for Ray,” every time a police truck drove in front of the crowd and turned into or out of the station.

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https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/border-issues/2023/12/15/killing-of-raymond-mattia-by-border-patrol-protested-in-sells-arizona/71881957007/

Yahoo News

Federal prosecutors announced that they weren’t going to file charges against the agents who killed Mattia in October. U.S. Department of Justice employees met with the family in Sells to discuss their decision but refused to provide substantive details about what happened that night. Read article:

https://news.yahoo.com/family-protests-border-patrol-killing-023100726.html

'Race, Liberation and Palestine' Rutgers Refuses to Shut Down Event after Congressman's Demand

'Race, Liberation and Palestine' Rutgers Refuses to Shut Down Event after Congressman's Demand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRQXuQwYmO8

'Race, Liberation and Palestine' Rutgers Refuses to Shut Down Event after Congressman's Demand

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Dec. 8, 2023

Update Dec. 13, 2023
Rutgers University has suspended Students for Justice in Palestine, after the Biden administration announced a civil rights investigation. The U.S. Office of Civil Rights has now published a list of schools 'under investigation.'

Students for Justice in Palestine at Rutgers responded and said it was censorship aimed at silencing voices for Palestine. "This attempt to conflate protected speech with violence is dangerous," said the student group Wednesday. "The administration’s letter contributes to the perception of Arab and Palestinian students on campus as terrorist threats, a racist and unacceptable caricature. These allegations lodged against our group, with no due process, are attempts to silence Palestinian voices." Read the statement here.

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey -- The threats, pressure from a U.S. Congressman, and 12,000 e-mails, didn't shut down the event, "Race, Liberation and Palestine," at Rutgers University.

Nick Estes, Lakota, Lower Brule in South Dakota, said the U.S. had more than 400 federal institutions dedicated to removing Native children from their families, all across the United States, and in Alaska and the Pacific.

Look at the headstones at Carlisle Barracks, where there are more than 200 headstones, Estes said.

Justice for Raymond Mattia: Peaceful Protest on Tohono O'odham Nation, Dec. 15, 2023

Justice for Raymond Mattia: Peaceful Protest on Tohono O'odham Nation, Dec. 15, 2023

Peaceful Protest: Justice for Raymond Mattia. Sells, Arizona, Tohono O'odham Nation. Friday, Dec. 15, 2023, 3 pm. Raymond Mattia was murdered in front of his home in Ali Jegk, on the Tohono O'odham Nation, in a hail of bullets fired by Tohono O'odham Police and U.S. Border Patrol agents.

White House Summit --'Clean Green Energy is on the Backs of the Underserved' -- Timbisha Shoshone and Wampanoag

White House Tribal Nations Summit --'Clean Green Energy on the Backs of the Underserved' -- Timbisha Shoshone and Wampanoag

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Dec. 6, 2023

At the White House Tribal Nations Summit today, a panel praised themselves on the great job they are doing in the Biden administration. However, Jimmy-John Thompson representing the Timbisha Shoshone Tribe in Death Valley pointed out during questions that "green energy" actually means that the land in Nevada is being targeted by foreign mining corporations pursuing lithium mining and nuclear projects, and the tribes are not benefitting.

Cheryl Andrews-Maltais, Chairwoman of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head Aquinnah, in Massachusetts, questioned what is being done to protect the sacred from the detrimental effects of wind energy, including the submerged archaeological resources.

Battle of Lithium Mining at Paiute Massacre Site Links Struggles Against Greenwashing Around the World

"Our songs are still out there on the land," said Dean Barlese, Pyramid Lake Paiute, before offering a traditional prayer during the press conference on Tuesday.

Battle of Lithium Mining at Paiute Massacre Site Links Struggles Against Greenwashing Around the World

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Dec. 5, 2023

Translation into French by Christine Prat 

https://chrisp.lautre.net/wpblog/?p=8277

The struggle to protect Peehee Mu'huh, Thacker Pass, from lithium mine links the global struggles of uncontacted Indonesians battling nickel mining, child slaves in Congo's cobalt mines, and the peoples' battles against lithium mining in Serbia and Argentina. They are all battling the greenwashing of the false solution of electric vehicles for climate change.

The desecration of the sacred Paiute Massacre site by Lithium Americas of Canada is proceeding because federal laws do not protect massacre sites. Further, a man camp of lithium miners threatens the rural communities of Fort McDermitt Paiute Shoshone Nation, and the town of Winnemucca with crime, specifically sex trafficking.

Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Reno-Sparks Indian Colony Chairman Arlan Melendez called for a new mobilization of peaceful protests that will bring awareness to the public about the ongoing desecration to the sacred place and the damage to the environment. He called for support from South Dakota and elsewhere to bring this desecration to the forefront.

Reno-Sparks Indian Colony: The Battle to Protect Peehee Mu’huh: Press Conference Dec. 5, 2023

Reno-Sparks Chairman Arlan Melendez said sacred places must be protected and there must be new measures created to protect sacred places including Peehee Mu'huh. Melendez said they want to mobilize Indigenous Peoples, including those in South Dakota, for peaceful protests and to educate the public about outdated mining laws. Speakers pointed out that the United States government failed to adequately consult Native Nations before issuing a permit for lithium mining on Thacker Pass. The dangers for the local community will increase with a workers' man camp. Joining Chairman Melendez are Michon Eben, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer for RSIC; and Will Falk, one of the attorneys who has represented the tribe in the Thacker Pass court cases.

Update article at Censored News:
Thacker Pass lithium struggle links to global struggle
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2023/12/battle-of-lithium-mining-at-paiute.html

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