“The thrust [of the county courthouse] is to physically remove and destroy families
through the use of the criminal justice system. Every person they can put in jail;
every person whose voting rights they can revoke with a felony conviction;
every person they can cause to lose their job by putting them on probation;
every person they can cause to lose the ability to pay for basic necessities through
imposing ruinous court costs and probation is all part of the process. In the 1960s,
it was called Negro removal. In Bosnia, it was called ethnic cleansing. It could be
called genocide, the removal of the minority population for the purpose of
redevelopment of the land. That’s what’s happening in Benton Harbor and the
foremost leader of the resistance is Rev. Edward Pinkney.” -Atty. Hugh "Buck" Davis

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Board tries to convince Pokagons to share

FOUR WINDS CASINO
Members hope proposed bylaw changes will persuade tribe to release funds from new casino
By SCOTT AIKEN H-P Staff Writer
ST. JOSEPH — Members of a board formed to distribute money from the Four Winds Casino to local governments hope proposed bylaw revi­sions will remove an obstacle blocking the release of funds.

[Would that a "board" might form in St. Joseph to distribute some of the massive Whirlpool profits to local governments. It's not difficult to imagine which local gov. would like the Pokagons' "released" funds. Read full article at HeraldPalladium.com today, 4/15/08 - very difficult to find in archives....]
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Anonymous said...

Comparing revenue sharing from a casino permitted on American Indian land, to Whirlpool, is just plain dumb.

4/15/2008 7:28 PM

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