Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Raymond Yellow Thunder (1921–1972) was an Oglala Lakota, born in Kyle, South Dakota on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. He was killed in Gordon, Nebraska after being attacked while intoxicated. His death became notable as an example of a racial assault, as he was killed by four white men who had bragged earlier that evening about beating an Indian. The case provoked incorrect rumors that he was tortured and mutilated prior to his death, and members of the American Indian Movement went to Gordon in search of justice in the case. The prosecution of his killers aroused much controversy, as the two brothers convicted of manslaughter were given light sentences.. }
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- Raymond_Yellow_Thunder abstract "Raymond Yellow Thunder (1921–1972) was an Oglala Lakota, born in Kyle, South Dakota on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. He was killed in Gordon, Nebraska after being attacked while intoxicated. His death became notable as an example of a racial assault, as he was killed by four white men who had bragged earlier that evening about beating an Indian. The case provoked incorrect rumors that he was tortured and mutilated prior to his death, and members of the American Indian Movement went to Gordon in search of justice in the case. The prosecution of his killers aroused much controversy, as the two brothers convicted of manslaughter were given light sentences.".