What Is Maslow's Hierarchy Of Needs?

In 1975 on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, there were ongoing tensions between two groups, GOONS and AIM (American Indian Movement), where GOONS were hired by a tribal chairman to get rid of AIM. GOONS were often helped by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) by giving them information about AIM and turning a blind eye to the large amount of crimes GOONS was committing. A family asked Leonard Peltier, an Aim leader, to protect them from targeted violence so a group of AIM followers settled at the family’s house. From here, two FBI agents followed a car to the house, shots were heard, and a shootout began, resulting in the death of those agents and a Native American. The Native Americans initial reaction of fear to unfamiliar cars driven by the two FBI agents was probably a conditioned response by the fact that GOONs could have previously surprise attacked and the Natives were unprepared. In addition, the Native Americans engaged in the shootout in order to secure their safety according to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and chose to …show more content…
As soon as these inaccuracies in evidence were discovered, Peltier should have been released and received compensation. The FBI should have been penalized for tampering with evidence so that they could win the case. Furthermore, when the inaccuracies were discovered, it was said that Peltier is still guilty for participating in the shoot-out even if he did not murder the two FBI agents. If he is guilty for this then why were the other forty Native Americans not tried in court for being at the shooting? Also, all the testimonies from those who placed Peltier at the shoot out were untruthful due to pressure from the FBI so Peltier could have not been at the shootout at all even if other AIM members were. Therefore, a two life term sentence Leonard Peltier is serving is a social