http://twitchy.com/brettt/2025/02/19/senator-welcomes-home-man-who-executed-two-fbi-agents-but-had-sentence-commuted-by-biden-n2408613
Just two days before Christmas, Biden commuted the death sentences of 37 of 40 men on federal death row, including five child killers and several mass murderers. This, of course, was after he'd pardoned his convicted felon son, which he promised he would not do, and before he issued preemptive pardons to his family members on his last day in office. But no one is above the law.
Remember this the next time someone says you can't back the police and agree with President Donald Trump's sweeping pardon of the January 6 arrestees. Also on his last day in office, Biden commuted the sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who'd been arrested in 1975 for shooting two wounded FBI agents in the head, execution-style. Biden said that Peltier would transition to home confinement.
Peltier was released from federal prison Tuesday morning and was welcomed home by Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith, who had said it was a long time coming.
Senator Tina Smith (@SenTinaSmith) ~ Welcome home, Leonard. It’s been a long time coming.
indianz.com (@indianz) ~ “I am finally going home”: Leonard Peltier was released from federal prison in Florida on the morning of Tuesday, February 18, 2025.
“Today I am finally free! They may have imprisoned me but they never took my spirit!” Peltier said after spending nearly 50 years behind bars.
J (@ARaised_Eyebrow) ~ {Replying to @SenTinaSmith} Minnesota: Land O' Murderers
Dustin Grage (@GrageDustin) ~ {Replying to @SenTinaSmith} Leonard Peltier murdered two federal agents, Tina.
Tom in FL (@thomasa56) ~ {Replying to @SenTinaSmith} He murdered two FBI agents. Please resign and let someone responsible hold your office.
Mark Noonan (@Mark_E_Noonan) ~ {Replying to @SenTinaSmith} The men he killed didn’t get to go home.
Chester Drawers (@luckylager63) ~ {Replying to @SenTinaSmith} Murdered FBI agents Jack Coler and Ronald Williams.
Jaber (@Jaberdad81) ~ {Replying to @SenTinaSmith} Tina loves cop killers.
Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) ~ {Replying to @SenTinaSmith} This guy shot two wounded FBI agents in the head. But, he’s a communist, so Democrats like him.
Souls (@PSouls2) ~ {Replying to @SenTinaSmith} Just when you thought Democrats couldn't get any more out of touch, they celebrate a murderer of law enforcement.
Jeff Adams (@JeffAdams82) ~ {Replying to @SenTinaSmith} Have you ever said anything to the families of the people Leonard Peltier murdered? Anything?
PCBioCaptain (@PCBioCaptain) ~ {Replying to @SenTinaSmith} Dude murdered people and you complained about people getting pardoned for an unguided tour of the Capitol building?
Paul Wenzel (@Pwenzel9907) ~ {Replying to @SenTinaSmith} You are a disgusting human being and an embarrassment to MN. He murdered 2 FBI agents and should have died in prison.
Tá droch amanna anseo (@sean3377) ~ {Replying to @SenTinaSmith} He's a murderer who deserved the chair. His victims never got to come home to see their families ever again. What the hell is wrong with you?
Notice the tweet doesn't mention why Peltier was imprisoned. "They never took away my spirit," though. Smith just admires his positive attitude.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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