Oglala Sioux Tribe condemns Ann Coulter's remarks, calls for federal investigation
The Oglala Sioux Tribe has condemned political commentator Ann Coulter’s recent statement, “We didn’t kill enough Indians.” In a press release issued July 22, Oglala Sioux Tribal President Frank Star Comes Out called the remarks “a dangerous expression of white supremacy that emboldens extremism and domestic terrorism.” He urged federal and state officials, media organizations and public figures to denounce Coulter’s words and called on the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Department of Justice and the Civil Rights Division to investigate whether her statement violates federal hate crime or incitement laws. “Free speech is not a shield for hate speech,” Star Comes Out said. “There is a legal and moral difference between controversial opinion and inciting genocide.”
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