Soon after Kevin Brown joined the Nez Perce Tribal Police Department in April 2018, he saw “huge red flags” in the way justice was being meted out on the sprawling reservation in central Idaho, he said.
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Kevin Brown, photographed during his time as a Nez Perce patrol officer, said he saw “huge red flags” in the way justice was being meted out on the tribe’s reservation in central Idaho.
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The Nez Perce Tribal Executive Committee office on Saturday, Feb. 22, in Lapwai, Idaho.
SHANNA MADISON, Missoulian
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Channa Henry, one of Bessie Blackeagle’s closest friends, pictured at her home on Friday, Feb. 21, on the Nez Perce Reservation. Henry is a former member of the Nez Perce Tribal Police.
SHANNA MADISON, Missoulian
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Flags fly outside the Nez Perce Tribal Executive Committee office on Saturday, Feb. 22, in Lapwai, Idaho.
SHANNA MADISON, Missoulian
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Marcus Horton and Channa Henry sit with their children on Friday, Feb. 21, on the Nez Perce Reservation in Idaho.
SHANNA MADISON, Missoulian
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Marcus Horton lifts up his child on Friday, Feb. 21, on the Nez Perce Reservation.
SHANNA MADISON, Missoulian
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Bessie Blackeagle rests at a graveyard atop a hill on the Nez Perce Reservation on Saturday, Feb. 22.
SHANNA MADISON, Missoulian
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