{"id":63240,"date":"2026-01-28T05:10:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T05:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ndncollective.org\/?p=63240"},"modified":"2026-01-30T18:13:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T18:13:53","slug":"breaking-hung-jury-in-nick-tilsens-case-results-in-mistrial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ndncollective.org\/breaking-hung-jury-in-nick-tilsens-case-results-in-mistrial\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Hung Jury in Nick Tilsen\u2019s Case Results in Mistrial","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9be42f161bf2219fce2ca16da2cbc540\">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 28, 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Rapid City, SD \u2013<\/strong> After three days of hearings, a mistrial was declared after the jury could not come to a unanimous decision in the case where the state of South Dakota had pressed charges against Nick Tilsen, Founder &amp; CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/ndncollective.org\/\">NDN Collective<\/a>. The state now has 45 days to notify the judge of their intention to retry the case.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nick continues to be under indictment, facing charges for aggravated and simple assault on a law enforcement officer and obstruction of a law enforcement officer, and is facing up to 26 years in prison.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m grateful for everyone who stood with me through the latest iteration of this lengthy legal battle \u2013 the support of my family, lawyers, spiritual leaders, medicine people, and community means everything to me,\u201d <strong>said Nick Tilsen, founder and CEO of NDN Collective. <\/strong>\u201cThe fight is not over.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>\u201cNick\u2019s community continues to stand behind him,\u201d <strong>said Gaby Strong, NDN Collective\u2019s Vice-President.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong><strong>\u00daLTIMA HORA: Jurado dividido en el caso de Nick Tilsen deriva en nulidad del juicio<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Rapid City, Dakota del Sur.\u2013<\/strong> Tras tres d\u00edas de audiencias, se declar\u00f3 la nulidad del juicio debido a que el jurado no pudo llegar a un veredicto un\u00e1nime en el caso en el que el estado de Dakota del Sur hab\u00eda presentado cargos contra Nick Tilsen, fundador y director ejecutivo de NDN Collective. El estado cuenta ahora cuarenta y cinco d\u00edas para notificar al juez su intenci\u00f3n de volver a llevar el caso a juicio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nick contin\u00faa bajo proceso judicial, enfrentando cargos por agresi\u00f3n agravada y simple contra un agente del orden, as\u00ed como obstrucci\u00f3n a la labor policial, y podr\u00eda enfrentar una condena de hasta 26 a\u00f1os de prisi\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEstoy agradecido con todas las personas que estuvieron conmigo en esta etapa m\u00e1s reciente de esta larga batalla legal: el apoyo de mi familia, mis abogados, l\u00edderes espirituales, personas de medicina y mi comunidad lo es todo para m\u00ed\u201d, <strong>dijo Nick Tilsen, fundador y director ejecutivo de NDN Collective.<\/strong> \u201cLa lucha no ha terminado\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLa comunidad de Nick contin\u00faa respald\u00e1ndolo\u201d, <strong>se\u00f1al\u00f3 Gaby Strong, vicepresidenta de NDN Collective.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>###<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ndncollective.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>NDN Collective<\/em><\/a><em> is an Indigenous-led organization dedicated to building Indigenous power. 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