Tribe To Sue Beer Companies For Alcohol Problems
 

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Tribe To Sue Beer Companies For Alcohol Problems
Published: February 9, 2012, 11:56 AM


LINCOLN, NE - An American Indian tribe says it will sue some of the world's largest beer makers for knowingly contributing to alcohol-related problems on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

The Oglala Sioux Tribe of South Dakota announced Thursday it will demand $500 million from five international beer manufacturers for the cost of health care, social services and child rehabilitation caused by chronic alcoholism on the reservation.

The lawsuit also targets four off-site beer stores in Whiteclay, Nebraska, a town with a population of about a dozen people on the South Dakota border that sells nearly 5 million cans of beer annually.

The Connecticut-sized reservation has struggled with alcoholism and poverty for generations, despite an alcohol ban since 1832.

Pine Ridge legalized alcohol in 1970, but restored the ban two months later.









This thread isn't intended to be racist so get that shit outta here you ****ers. I just find it ridiculous that someone is willing to sue beer companies because they drink too much beer.

I'm suing the porn company.

So, Sioux sue.

Miguel cabrerra must have been traded to Cleveland.

Freaking Fighting Sioux

So why don't you whiny bastards just drink yourselves to death and get rid of everyone's problems?

I wonder if that tribe operates any casinos.

They stole the idea from The Rev.

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I think someone has been hitting the peace pipe in excess.

Damn I was going to post this. Thought it might have to be moved to DC. I hate the blame anybody you can sue mentality.

they'll spend it all on booze

Pine Ridge has major gang problems. They should probably try to come up with realistic solutions to problems instead of stupid lawsuits.

I'm going to sue the Oglala Sioux Tribe of South Dakota because their lawsuit makes me have racist thoughts.

I’m going to sue Eva Mendes for giving a stiffy and not following through to the happy ending.

I'm sure you'll have plenty of co-signers on that one.

Shit, now I'm going to have to sue Chiefs Planets because when I read Eva Mendes just now it moved.

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Tribe Sues Beer Distributors And Stores
By Kellee Azar
Published: February 10, 2012, 6:38 AM



The Oglala Sioux Tribe has filed a lawsuit against the small town of Whiteclay, Nebraska, which is just 300 feet away from the Pine Ridge Reservation.

It is illegal to consume or even possess alcohol on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. But, in Whiteclay, it's a whole other story.

So now, the Oglala Sioux Tribe is suing four beer stores in the Whiteclay area along with some big beer distributors such as Budweiser, Pabst, Coors, and Busch.

"They are helping them violate the law and this lawsuit is about holding them responsible,” Oglala Sioux Tribe's Attorney Tom White said.

And even though most of these beer companies tell you to drink responsibly, 85 percent of Oglala Sioux Native American families are affected by alcoholism.

"The cost to the Ogalala Sioux tribe and to us is staggering," White said.

Now, the Oglala Sioux Tribe is going after Whiteclay over how much beer stores there sell.

"You cannot sell 4.9 million, 12-ounce cans of beer and wash your hands like Pontius Pilate and say that we've got nothing to do with the fact that it’s being smuggled 250 feet away," White said.

The lawsuit filed Thursday asks the beer industry for $500 million to help repair damage done to the reservation.

The town of Whiteclay has fewer than a dozen residents yet it sells more than 13,000 cans of beer a day.




Another update.

Pffft...they've been trying to get those beer stores shut down for the last 20 years, it's just not going to happen. 13,000 cans of beer/day is pretty freaking staggering though.

"Helping them violate the law."

That's the kind of stuff I hate. You knowingly break the law, it's on you.

Just change the name of the town to Miller Time Nebraska

I usually hate to do math this early in the morning, but 13,000 cans of beer/day equals one 12 pack going out the door every minute of the 19hrs that liquor stores are allowed to be open in NE.

Alcoholic sues tribe for gambling problems.

:eek: And I thought I could put some beer away.

Our native brethren were fermenting everything they could get their hands on before the Europeans arrived. Take away their beer and they'll start cooking up squash liquor.

Personally, I feel like I should sue for a couple of peyote trips that didn't turn out quite the way I expected.

FAX

Yeah you can.

:LOL: Did you guys see the size of that chicken? /Dirty Steve

LMAO

My buddy says this all the time.

When faced with a lack of alcohol, many natives around here resort to huffing paint or filtering rubbing alcohol through loaves of bread.

Beer seems to be the safer route.:evil:

I drove through there once years ago because I wanted to see the Wounded Knee site. It's like somebody picked up an urban ghetto and scattered it across the prairie. And then sprinkled it with junked cars.

Damnit! Come on America, we can't let those dirty Brits beat us!

DOWN WITH ENGLAND!

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Most of them are so ugly I don't know how you can tell if they're drunk in the pictures.

Isn't Donger from the south side of London?

They never should have knowingly exposed you to peyote.

If they win, this could open the alcohol companies up to some major liability from Ireland.

Hell, I blame my Irish heritage for making me such a lush.
I’m going to sue them for sucking so bad my ancestors moved here leaving me stuck with shitty beer.

the level of fail is huge, a town with a population of 12 is selling 13k cans of beer a day? WTF?

Where are the tribal police? Tribal land is federally protected and local police have zero jurisdiction on tribal land so the tribes have their own law enforcement.

I do have a solution: tribes should just start growing weed--everywhere. Grow it, smoke it and do it all for free and if the feds have a problem with it tell the to **** off.

Gang area. Either the cops are in their back pocket or they are toast.

Every time I've been on the reservation.....I've never seen one tribal cop.

I go to Fort Thompson all the time fishing. The tribal cop sits in the same gas station parking lot all day talking to whoever is walking by. I've never actually seen him driving anywhere.

thinking about suing the indian casinos for taking all my money. $500 mil should cut it i think

$501 million. And spend it on beer.

Fine. Let them sue and win. Then sue them for the moving expenses we incurred a few years back.

So if a native american went into one of these liquor stores and was REFUSED service because they were a native american, would that be grounds for a successful discrimination claim?


Seems like yet another line of defense to assert, along with the obvious ones.

I need to open a store there ..

Maybe we should take their land and send them off to some place really remote.

And maybe they should be provided blankets to keep them warm on their journey.

LOL at the indians

I've noticed that the ones who live in states where gambling is legal tend to be rather cranky.

Not all that shocking. There is a town just south of here with 50 people, one bar and 2 liquor stores. It's the only town in Cass County that is wet, and adjacent Bowie County is totally dry. On Sundays, it's the only place in the entire MSA you can buy package beer.

This will never make it to court. Budweiser will agree to sign a treaty and wind up settling for some beads.

FAX

So you assume all Natives are named Budweiser?

They will end settling for free alcohol for life.

Not sure the Indian Tribes should be opening up this door. If they can sue the beer companies, can't all of the gamblers at their Indian Casinos turn around and sue them on similar grounds. This is just a stupid lawsuit, people need to take responsibility for their actions.

It seems weird to me that in 2012 we still have dry counties in this country.

Bob Dole does not disagree. Especially when Bob Dole can drive 3 blocks to Miller County, AR every day but Sunday and buy whatever he wants.

But it was on the. Ballot again 2 years ago and failed.
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You'd think they'd get even enough robbing through the casinos.

I just thought of something. I've never been to an Indian casino. They sell liquor in those, right?

FAX

Like Iraq or Afghanistan?

That's right. Just continue to ignore my questions.

And where is Mr. Dave Lane? I asked him a question about a month ago and nothing.

FAX

I need to find someone to sue because I'm a fat out of shape old guy not making the money I believe I am entitled to. Anyone have any suggestions?

Sara Lee for all the cheesecakes I've eaten?

Chipotle for the burritos?

My school teachers because they failed me?

My best friend because they were my enablers?

The local liquor store who sold me all the Heinekens I drank?

The place I bought the cigars?

Vaseline and Kleenex for all the times I whacked off?

Mirage Casino for letting me gamble?

I need a few bucks.... LOL