Re: Trudell/Robideau/Aquash

zola976@aol.com
Thu, 8 Dec 1994 22:43:52 -0500


In response to your recent posting:
INSERTED POSTING
>Hi.
>A colleague at KUNM sez John Trudel spoke in ABQ at a local bookstore a
>weekend or so ago, and this development occurred: Bob Robideau
>(one of the two men acquited in the Pine Ridge "Incident at Oglala")
>stood up and, according to my informant, said he (Robideau) holds Trudel
>personally responsible for the death of Annie Mae Aquash. Something to
>do with Trudel hiring an investigator who allegedly ended up being the hit
>man.

>But I wasn't there. Is there anyone on this list who was, who can
>describe what happened and what was said?

>I do get worn out with AIM members' seemingly endless preoccupation with
>pointing fingers at each other -- much, it seems, to the detriment of
>Getting On With Business. But this is pretty heady stuff; especially in
>light of the recent reopening of the Aquash case.

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Have you found anyone else to confirm this incident? Did your colleague at
KUNM actually see this happen or did he/she hear it from someone else and
whom?

In relaying this message/information across the internet regarding an
unsubstantiated rumor BEFORE even having it confirmed, is infact exactly what
you get 'worn out' with and does interfere with 'Getting on with Business.'
Would it not have been better to put out a general inquiry asking if anyone
was at the Trudell booksigning in ABQ and what was said? In effect you have
perpetuated a rumor which is very, very dangerous for everyone mentioned and
also a cause for libel. Until it is confirmed - it is a rumor, and should
not be posted as a tid bit of news for enquiring minds.

I will look for other postings regarding yours and the validity of this
claim. From my own personal knowledege of whom you refer to (John), there is
absolutely no truth to the rumor that John is remotely resposible for the
death of one of his dear friends, Anna Mae.

What bothers me about this is the way in which it was done ... there is no
regard for possible future implications and its effect on the people whom are
referred to; that it could be dangerous, and libel, and therefore must enact
accountability/responsibility from all sources first.

LeeAnn LaBar