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Vern Traversie a blind and elderly Native America who alleges he was branded with
“KKK,” is finally receiving official attention after two months of
campaigning and petitions.Native Americans see the case as one example of many of the hate crimes
directed against them which go unrecorded and unrecognized..

Traversie was unable to attend the Rapid City march but said in a statement,


I am scarred for life, but I seek
justice. I don’t want any other Native American to be treated like I was
by the medical professionals who I trusted to take care of me when I
was vulnerable.
I am thankful that so many Native
Americans and other people from all over the world have reached out to
me to say that they support me. I am humbled by their compassion. I ask
that all who say my name and fight for me do so in a good way, and in
peace.


Added: Jun-15-2012 Occurred On: Jun-15-2012
By: Baysangur
In:
Regional News
Tags: vern, traversie, rapid, city, lacota, native, indian, hate, crime, kkk, medical, profession
Location: United States (load item map)
Marked as: approved
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  • Now if he was black, all they would need is for them to say something without showing any brand and it would be all over the news..

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  • This is a debunked crock of shit. Never happened.

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    • @onepercent I was just going to call bullshit. It's so obvious. The KKK is so non-existent. They've got a few clowns who exist only to go on Jerry Springer.

      Most American Indians don't share this guy's racist activist perspective.

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    • @ST0N3PONY I always have wondered how hard it would be to be considered a racist if you're blind and part of being a racist is to visually identify with the various colors of skin which is pretty hard to do if you're....BLIND.

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  • WHEEAAHHHZZZ OWL SHAAAPPUUNNN????

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  • where is the brand?

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  • A few things bother me about this:

    He had open heart surgery and the drainage tubes were put in the holes to help keep him alive
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    First big problem; is there are four K’s, wouldn’t that be the KKKK? And we probably could find a fifth if we looked real hard, and that would make it KKKKK.

    The old man, who is blind, was told the letters were KKK, he had no idea before someone else decided the surgery marks were somehow racially motivated.

    The surgery was FREE and SAVED his life, but no one More..

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    • @Kmanbay Your listening comprehension is terrible.

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    • @mikecurse
      Why is that??

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    • @Kmanbay
      I am not sure how the Indigenous "Native American" Indians can be racist or ethnocentric when in fact their Land, continent, and Islands (that is: The "Americas" as referred and popularized by European "white" invaders and their brethren) is their ancestral genetic & cultural Home Land. If anything, European "whites" who continue to impose their foreign derived religion, culture, language, etc, and perpetual occupation since 1492 are the raci More..

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    • @rejectcomplacency
      What does that have to do with the alleged racism of someone claiming the KKKKK was cut into the man's abdomen.

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    • @rejectcomplacency Playing the worlds smallest violin for the indians.

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  • Poor old guy.

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  • get in line redman.

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  • Just like the girl who got O carved in her face by angry black people, what a crock of shiit

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  • I've read the comments here. Many don't believe this is possible and you're entitled to your opinion but I'll give you some additional information regarding the location of where this happened. Rapid City, SD is home to one of the largest neo-nazi groups, if not the largest, in the United States. South Dakota itself is known as a breeding ground for skin heads. I'm from the area and am white and have a bit more knowledge to these facts that most of you I'm sure. Therefore, the story the man is t More..

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  • I'm calling bullschit!

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  • theyll have the last lauph motherfuckers... rain dance bitches

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  • I get so tired of these people who will do anything to get their 15 minutes of fame. I'm betting he did it to himself.

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  • Look for Democrats.
    They founded and populate the KKK, to keep blacks down.

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  • All I can say to this guy is, DO NOT TRUST WHITE PEOPLE THEY ARE EVIL.

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