Cigarettes seized between New York Indian reservations

[Skabewis]

By Carolyn Thompson
Buffalo, New York (AP)

A Seneca Nation businessman who is challenging new federal restrictions on mail-order cigarette sales called the seizure of a delivery truck containing thousands of cartons of his cigarettes “clear retaliation” for his lawsuit.

The cigarettes were seized by the state Monday, the day before lawyers for Aaron Pierce and 140 members of the Seneca Free Trade Association were due in U.S. District Court in Buffalo to continue their challenge of the Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act.

At least one state tax agent pulled over the truck owned by Pierce’s AJ’s Wholesale LLC of Irving as it was making deliveries between Seneca reservations in western New York.

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[Strugganona]

I live here-where it's all happening-& it made me wonder about the whole "Tax" issue....I went up to Wikwemikong pow wow a few weeks ago, and I had noticed signs posted along the road that made mention of the Canadian Government taxing First Nations. Then 1 of the MC's mentioned it....so is this a "universal" move? Governments around the globe are making a move to tax Native people?

And the PACT Act was signed by the President. Is that a reflection of him buckling to pressure to get $....

[Strugganona]

And things like this HAS to make us all stop and ask what's next. This is a bold step...obviously written into articles as "a test" to see what we(as Native people) are going to respond with.