Tribe To Sue Beer Companies For Alcohol Problems

[Sofa King]

http://www.keloland.com/NewsDetail6162.cfm?id=127503

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.

[Sofa King]

Originally Posted by Radar Chief

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.

[listopencil]

Originally Posted by Radar Chief

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

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

[Sofa King]

http://www.keloland.com/NewsDetail61...res/?Id=127556

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.

[Bugeater]

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.

[blaise]

"Helping them violate the law."

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

[LiveSteam]

Just change the name of the town to Miller Time Nebraska

[Bugeater]

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.

[Mr. Flopnuts]

Alcoholic sues tribe for gambling problems.

[Radar Chief]

Originally Posted by Bugeater

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.

And I thought I could put some beer away.

[FAX]

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

[loochy]

Originally Posted by Sofa King

"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.

Yeah you can.

[Radar Chief]

Originally Posted by FAX

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

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

[Sofa King]

Originally Posted by Radar Chief

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

My buddy says this all the time.

[rockymtnchief]

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.

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by Sofa King

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

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.