When Braven Glenn, a 17-year-old boy, was killed in a automobile wreck, the early particulars made little sense to his mom, Blossom Previous Bull. Officers informed her police chased Glenn for rushing, and he ended up in a head-on collision with a prepare.
It took days for Previous Bull to study that the officer who chased her son labored for a brand new tribal police drive patrolling the southeast Montana reservation: the Crow Nation Tribal Police Division. She went to its headquarters in a former Subway sandwich store searching for solutions. It was empty. The home windows had been coated up.
The police division had simply vanished, with none rationalization. This week’s episode of Reveal, in partnership with Mom Jones reporter Samantha Michaels, focuses on the years-long search to search out solutions.
After you hearken to the episode, additionally take a look at filmmaker Mark Helenowski’s beautiful movie on the seek for accountability, and the way the US federal authorities has routinely filed tribes
You possibly can hearken to extra episodes of Reveal at PRX.