Din Shot in the Eye at Standing Rock Denied Justice: A Federal Court will Hear the Case
ST PAUL, Minnesota -- Marcus Mitchell, Dine'/Navajo, was shot in the eye and blinded in his left eye, while peacefully protesting the pipeline at Backwater Bridge in Standing Rock in January of 2017. For more than eight years, justice has been denied Mitchell because of the ruling of a North Dakota court.
Now the case of police officers excessive force is going before the federal Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in St Paul, Minnesota. Oral arguments will be heard on Dec. 18, 2025.
Sophia Wilansky, whose arm was blown apart when she was struck with an explosive on Backwater Bridge on Nov. 21, 2016, will also have her case heard before the same federal appeals court in December.
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