Analysis Of Incident At Oglala

Documentary analysis: Incident at Oglala
Incident at Oglala (1992), a documentary by Michael Apted, which is about Leonard Peltier, a Native American activist, who was convicted of murdering two FBI agents during a 1975 conflict on the Pine Ridge indian Reservation. In this documentary, Apted provided an argument, which is Peltier's conviction sparked great controversy by introduced interviewed different backgrounds key players in the incident. This argument is a compelling, because is filled with amount evidences of Peltier' case arrest were under an anxiety, fear historical background between Native Americans on the reservation and the government, also included the reasonable doubts about the legal proceedings fairness.

At the beginning of the documentary, Apted described the incident by interviewing some Native Americans, who are the witness in the incident. Also a former assistant FBI regional head of South Dakota, Norman Zigross. The incident started with two FBI agents drove a car for capturing a suspect then the shootout was happened in Native American family neighborhood. At that time, the residents were in fear, children were screaming. And the FBI

First, Myrtle Poor Bear, who is the major witness against Peltier, claimed she has witnessed the murders and that time she had been a girlfriend of Peltier in her affidavit. However, later She said "I didn't know what Leonard looked like until I met him in the courtroom." Second, through investigation by the FBI, the FBI agents killed by AR -15, but there is no clear evidence shows that gun belong to Peltier. Third, regarding the radio recorded two FBI agents were pursuing a red pickup truck. However, Peltier was driving a red-white wagon through the incident. It is hard to explained that Peltier is the key man in the incident instead of the red pickup truck