Tribe sues brewers, stores over liquor problems
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this reminds me of people suing mcdonalds over having fatty food
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46329414/ns ... zQqX1wS0n0
LINCOLN, Nebraska — An American Indian tribe sued some of the world's largest beer makers Thursday, claiming they knowingly contributed to devastating alcohol-related problems on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
The Oglala Sioux Tribe of South Dakota said it is demanding $500 million in damages for the cost of health care, social services and child rehabilitation caused by chronic alcoholism on the reservation, where alcohol is banned.
The lawsuit names Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, SAB Miller, Molson Coors Brewing Company, MIllerCoors LLC and Pabst Brewing Company as defendants.
The lawsuit says one in four children born on the reservation suffer from fetal alcohol syndrome or fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. The average life expectancy is estimated between 45 and 52 years, the shortest in North America except for Haiti, according to the lawsuit. The average American life expectancy is 77.5 years.
The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court of Nebraska also targets four offsite beer stores in Whiteclay, a Nebraska town that despite having only about a dozen residents sold nearly 5 million cans of beer/size] in 2010. Most of its customers come from the reservation on the town's border.
Leaders of the tribe blame the Whiteclay businesses for bootlegging on the reservation.
The lawsuit alleges that the beer makers supplied the stores with "volumes of beer far in excess of an amount that could be sold in compliance with the laws of the state of Nebraska" and the tribe.
A spokeswoman for Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide said she was not yet aware of the lawsuit Thursday afternoon. Representatives for the four beer stores declined comment or were unavailable.
The reservation has struggled with alcoholism and poverty for generations, despite an alcohol ban in place since 1832. Pine Ridge legalized alcohol in 1970 but restored the ban two months later, and an attempt to allow it in 2004 died after a public outcry.
Pine Ridge encompasses some of the nation's poorest counties. U.S. census statistics place Shannon County, South Dakota, as the third-poorest, with a median household income of $27,300 and nearly half of the population meeting federal poverty standards.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46329414/ns ... zQqX1wS0n0
LINCOLN, Nebraska — An American Indian tribe sued some of the world's largest beer makers Thursday, claiming they knowingly contributed to devastating alcohol-related problems on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
The Oglala Sioux Tribe of South Dakota said it is demanding $500 million in damages for the cost of health care, social services and child rehabilitation caused by chronic alcoholism on the reservation, where alcohol is banned.
The lawsuit names Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, SAB Miller, Molson Coors Brewing Company, MIllerCoors LLC and Pabst Brewing Company as defendants.
The lawsuit says one in four children born on the reservation suffer from fetal alcohol syndrome or fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. The average life expectancy is estimated between 45 and 52 years, the shortest in North America except for Haiti, according to the lawsuit. The average American life expectancy is 77.5 years.
The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court of Nebraska also targets four offsite beer stores in Whiteclay, a Nebraska town that despite having only about a dozen residents sold nearly 5 million cans of beer/size] in 2010. Most of its customers come from the reservation on the town's border.
Leaders of the tribe blame the Whiteclay businesses for bootlegging on the reservation.
The lawsuit alleges that the beer makers supplied the stores with "volumes of beer far in excess of an amount that could be sold in compliance with the laws of the state of Nebraska" and the tribe.
A spokeswoman for Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide said she was not yet aware of the lawsuit Thursday afternoon. Representatives for the four beer stores declined comment or were unavailable.
The reservation has struggled with alcoholism and poverty for generations, despite an alcohol ban in place since 1832. Pine Ridge legalized alcohol in 1970 but restored the ban two months later, and an attempt to allow it in 2004 died after a public outcry.
Pine Ridge encompasses some of the nation's poorest counties. U.S. census statistics place Shannon County, South Dakota, as the third-poorest, with a median household income of $27,300 and nearly half of the population meeting federal poverty standards.
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Also when I clicked this I figured there was a good chance it would be the Choctaw Tribe around here...they'll be next
They say every sin is deadly but I believe they may be wrong...I'm guilty of all seven and I don't feel too bad at all
i dunno but the point is it is illegal to have alcohol on that reservation, which is considered sovereign nation in the eyes of the government.
so, let's say i am from belgium, where the age limit for beer is 16 and liquor 18, would you all be cool with me coming over here and buying any 16 year old that asks cases of beer? any 18 year old that asks all the liquor they want? or would you want me to respect your laws?
those stores know they are selling them something that is enabling them to violate the law, do they or the manufacturers (which the article says is even violating US laws) have any responsibility in this?
what if a reservation legalized meth and heroin, you'd be cool with kids going there and buying it then bringing it home?
what are you but my reflection? who am i to judge or strike you down?
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Like I said in my example, what about gambling addicts who gamble away their money at Indian casinos? There are states that do not allow gambling, but the reservations are allowed to have casinos. So what if someone with a gambling addiction drives to the reservation to gamble where it's legal? Does the state then have the right to sue the tribe?
Which is pretty much how prohibition played out and the war on drugs is playing out.
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That would seem logical right? I couldn't imagine the lawsuit the OP posted about could really hold water in a court case.
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Yup. It's not like the alcohol companies went to the reservation held a gun to peoples head and drink or else. Lawsuits like this are why courts are so tied with bullshit. The judge should laugh this out of court.
and now...both stadiums are gone. :(
i miss old cleveland municipal....