Common assists in getting Native American activist Leonard Peltier out of prison.
Common
has voiced his support for imprisoned Native American activist Leonard
Peltier, who is currently serving two life sentences for the
execution-style deaths of two FBI agents in 1975.
According to AP,
the Chicago, Illinois native will perform as part of the "Bring Leonard
Peltier Home Concert" at New York's Beacon Theatre tonight. The lineup
includes Harry Belafonte, Pete Seeger, Jackson Browne and more, and the
show is meant to bring awareness to Peltier's plea for clemency as he
says he was framed by the FBI.
For Common, he researched Peltier before agreeing to participate in
the show. "If I can really help a man be free from something he was
accused of and is innocent and wants to be with his family, I can't get
up there and say I can't do this because I may have a chance to get
more record sales, or this film company is not going to decide to use
me," he said.
