Authorities dropped disorderly conduct charges against a member of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa who was cited for drumming inside the Wisconsin state capitol building last month. Sam Morris was told to pay a $263 fine. But he played his drum as a prayer, not as a protest against a controversial mining bill that tribes oppose, his attorney said. Morris plans to file a federal civil rights lawsuit against the state capitol police, the attorney said. Get the Story:
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