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I think downtown Rapid City should be a car-free zone like they have in Europe. Parking has always sucked here - there is this diagonal parking on the streets that doesn't jive well when everyone has a pickup the size of a battleship. I constantly feel like I'm going to hit a parked vehicle.
#RapidCity #SouthDakota

So, my friend #BrendaNorrell of #CensoredNews tried an experiment... To see what #DeepSeek had to say about #StandingRock and other stuff (versus #ChatGPT). Ironic that the country that squashed and censored #TianmenSquare would be more "truthful" about similar actions here in the #US.

Rival Chinese and U.S. Companies Respond to Controversial Questions from #IndianCountry

by Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Updated February 1, 2025

"We asked the rival Chinese-owned and U.S.-backed search platforms a series of controversial questions from Indian country, on torture in #ResidentialSchools, critical injuries of #WaterProtectors at Standing Rock, bordertown #racism in #RapidCity, and federal lawsuits filed against #DebHaaland while she was Interior Secretary.

"We asked if the #RioPuerco wash, flowing by #Navajo communities, was contaminated by the #ChurchRock #uranium spill. We also asked who were the Lakota Red Warriors.

"Chinese-owned DeepSeek gave a more detailed description of the critical injuries that water protectors suffered at Standing Rock. China's DeepSeek included #TigerSwan in its response. Neither platform gave information on numerous federal lawsuits in the aftermath of the #resistance to the #DakotaAccessPipeline, or the upcoming trial in North Dakota District Court, #EnergyTransfer v #Greenpeace and #RedWarriorSociety."

Read more:
bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/01
#USPol #StandWithStandingRock #ReaderSupportedNews #SilencingDissent #Censorship #AICensorship

bsnorrell.blogspot.comRival Chinese and U.S. Companies Respond to Controversial Questions from Indian CountryCensored News is a service to grassroots Indigenous Peoples engaged in resistance and upholding human rights.

#LakotasForPalestine Attacked in #HateCrime in #RapidCity

#Lakota Statement, via #CensoredNews, July 24, 2024

RAPID CITY, South Dakota – "On Saturday, July 20th, we traveled to Mni Luzahan to support the International #Indigenous Youth Council for a peaceful rally for #Palestine.

"The rally was co-sponsored by ally group #SD4Pal. Within 5 minutes of our arrival, this worker began heckling us from the lawn of City Hall, where she was working.

"Wearing a neon t-shirt with a USIC logo, she carried a large power spray paint gun and wielded another large metal tool that she was carelessly swinging around near our youth and elders. My comrade Boyd Andrew Catt began filming her, as did I.

"She continued to spew slurs at our youth and elders. Andy and I followed her to document anything that she might do to our group. She turned around and began indiscriminately spraying paint in Andy's face!

"Our youth were just walking on the sidewalk nearby and were scared that they were going to be sprayed next with the chemicals.

"The aggressor played victim for the cops of course.

"Although my comrade was covered in orange spray paint, the cop said he didn't see it happen so what could he do?!
He then informed me that I could make a citizen's arrest, to which I did.

"#SaraStarkowski was cuffed and arrested. Her initial charges are Destruction of Private Property and Disorderly Conduct (Class II misdemeanor). The goal is to elevate this charge to ASSAULT!

"Starkowski was on the clock when chose to incite violence on our #IndigenousYouth and #IndigenousElders that day. She is employed by #USIC, an Indiana-based utility line locating company who prides itself on 'safety as a core value'.

"We hope that her employer USIC, Rapid City Mayor #JasonSalamun and Pennington County Prosecutor's office will take swift action on this type of malicious behavior against innocent citizens that are exercising their right to free assembly.

"This small inconvenience is the least we can suffer for all of the suffering happening in Palestine."

bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/07

bsnorrell.blogspot.comLakotas for Palestine Attacked in Hate Crime in Rapid CityCensored News is a service to grassroots Indigenous Peoples engaged in resistance and upholding human rights.

In #RapidCity, #SouthDakota, it takes a wage of $52,000 just to afford an average rent. State lawmakers approved federal and state grant money which will help. But a Works Progress Administration could guarantee work for all who want it, identify areas in need of more housing, and create projects to make it happen. listen.sdpb.org/business-econo

SDPB · Rapid City Council advances $15m housing grant applicationsBy C.J. Keene

There's a fire in the #BlackHills. I don't know exactly where it is or how bad it is, but it looked like it was in the direction of HWY 44. It seems like those of us who live in forest fire prone areas should have a system that tells us when there is a forest fire, how big it is, and what direction it is heading. Waiting for nightly local news might be too late for someone in the path of a fire. #SouthDakota #RapidCity