UW Sociology Professor Theresa Rocha Beardall co-authored an article, Heightened Risk of Fatal Police Violence in and Around Reservations for American Indian/Alaska Native Peoples of the United States, which was recently published in the Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) Volume 123, No. 11.
The research and article are significant because one in 1,800 indigenous men in the United States will die from fatal police violence if current rates hold. Research has found that this risk is overwhelmingly concentrated in and around reservations, where structural disinvestment and unique policing models appear to put Indigenous people in harms way.
Further research shows that types of officers responsible for fatal police violence in these areas (mostly federal, state, and tribal) differ dramatically from those of responsible officers elsewhere (mostly municipal and county), as do the reasons police give for stops in and around reservations.
To learn more, follow this link to the PNSA article.
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