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🗓️ 31 July 2023
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Native community members respond to the report issued by the US Department of Justice on racist policing against Black and Native people in Minneapolis. We discuss the long history of policing the Native community, the formation of the American Indian Movement, and community responses to racist policing.
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0:00.0 | And the I'm going to So yeah, this is the podcast. Welcome to the show. Both of you have been integral |
0:36.7 | and doing community outreach in terms of police accountability. We all know that |
0:42.3 | the Department of Justice led, I think it was a six month, nine month long investigation of the Minneapolis Police Department. |
0:51.0 | And part of the findings that they came up with deal |
0:55.2 | specifically with police violence against Native communities and Native |
0:59.2 | people and specifically targeting Native youth. |
1:04.3 | So I guess before we get started, |
1:07.2 | I'd just like to throw it over to you guys for introductions. |
1:10.6 | And then maybe we can talk about your initial reactions to the DOJ investigation. |
1:15.3 | So we'll start with you, Rachel. |
1:18.4 | My name is Rachel Dion Thunder. |
1:22.1 | Live here in South Minneapolis. Rachel Dion thunder. |
1:22.6 | Live here in South Minneapolis with the American Indian Movement, |
1:26.6 | Indigenous Protectors Movement, which is a 501c3 |
1:29.8 | that we're starting here in Minneapolis. |
1:32.8 | Sit on the Unity Community Mediation Team, |
1:35.6 | which has a lot to do with police accountability, |
1:37.8 | with MPD. |
1:40.4 | And just happy to be here. |
1:43.0 | Her buddy, Nick. |
1:45.0 | Congratulations on recently getting married too, by the way. |
1:48.0 | Thank you. |
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