Taylor Heger
Dr. Vasquez
CJ-120
04/03/22
CJ-120 Module 5-2 Assignment
Views
The culture I have chosen to delve into is that of Native Americans. I would have to conclude
that Indigenous Americans have little faith in the justice system, and a negative point of view
towards law enforcement officers. The reasoning behind this stems from an ongoing detrimental
relationship among tribal jurisdictions and outside law enforcement agencies, resulting in the
underreporting of crimes by the Native American community.
“Advocates have long complained about the lack of comprehensive state and federal data on
missing and murdered Native Americans, which is often linked to incidents of sexual violence
and human trafficking.” (Ortiz, 2020)
“Researchers said they examined 105 cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women and
girls from the region and found that 62% of cases were never included in any official missing
persons database; 74% of cases have no public documentation related to manner of death,
whether charges were filed or a suspect or person of interest was found; and 56% of cases don’t
mention or make public the victim’s tribal affiliation.” (Ortiz, 2020)
Misunderstandings
An example of a misunderstanding between Native Americans and police officers is within the
tragic end of Jonathan Tubby. Tubby was pulled over in 2018 for a traffic stop. Once officers
learned Mr. Tubby had a warrant, he was arrested and taken to Brown County Jail. While
attempting to get Jonathan out of the car, officers shot out the rear window and used pepper
spray. Once outside of the vehicle, Tubby was hit with a beanbag that knocked him to the
ground. “He jumped up and he ran. The video that we have ends as soon as Jonathan jumped out
of the back of the car; everything went black because there is no video after that. We did hear the
canine and then we heard the shots. Green Bay Police Officer Erik O’Brien fired eight shots
from his gun, and five of them hit Tubby- O’Brien was not charged. No weapon was found on
