Darrelle Butler

Race:Native American
Era:1970s
State:South Dakota
Support
American Indian Movement
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Biography

American Indian Movement member ('Dino') tried with Robert Robideau for the deaths of two FBI agents in the June 1975 Pine Ridge shootout; The Black Panther Vol. 15 no.11 (1976). Both were acquitted in 1976 after the jury accepted a self-defense argument. [Source: The Black Panther (Black Panther Party newspaper), v15 no.11; digitized at marxists.org — https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/black-panther/index.htm]

Case

U.S. District Court, Cedar Rapids
Charges: Murder of two FBI agents
Sentence: AIM member ('Dino') tried with Robert Robideau for the June 26, 1975 Pine Ridge shootout deaths of two FBI agents; jury accepted a self-defense argument and acquitted both in July 1976.
Convicted: No — acquitted
Institution State: Iowa

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