A federal grand jury subpoena issued to Water Protector Steve Martinez was withdrawn yesterday, without warning or explanation. Mr. Martinez had been summoned to appear on Wednesday March 1, as a witness before a grand jury in Bismarck, ND. The putative subject of the investigation is the November 20 incident on Backwater Bridge, and in particular, the injury to Sophia Wilansky, who nearly lost her arm from being struck at close range by a law enforcement projectile.he said, “I will in no way condone or cooperate with this attempt to repress the movement here at Standing Rock.”
Read the WPLC’s full press release at their website: https://waterprotectorlegal.org/federal-subpoena-dropped-grand-jury-resister-steve-martinez/
