Ivanka Trump's appearance in Minnesota — pledging to bring justice for Native American families afflicted by higher rates of violence, homicide and human trafficking — drew a rebuke from lawmakers and protesters, who accused her of a 'cheap media stunt.'
At Monday's opening, Bernhardt said the goal for the task force offices will be to help crack the more than 1,400 cold cases that remain open across the country. He said the need to assist Native American and Alaska Native families whose loved ones have been killed or remain missing is an example of why police departments must not be defunded, as activists have called for in recent weeks, and law enforcement should remain"robust.
It wasn't immediately clear how the task force offices will be staffed and the extent of the involvement of local tribal jurisdictions., which maps cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women in a database, said the task force offices won't be effective if Native American families don't feel heard and can't trust the people staffing them.
"We take the time to build those relationships," said Lucchesi, who said her college thesis tackling the issue of genocide was related to her experience as a survivor of human trafficking and sexual violence.she co-authored, in 2016, there were 5,712 reports of missing Indigenous women and girls based on National Crime Information Center data; some cases were likely repeated. The same year, the Justice Department's missing persons database logged only 116 cases.
"We were able to get more information by looking at the cases and finding holes in the investigation," Lucchesi said."It can't just be the FBI and law enforcement, because they don't always have the trust of the families." So far, Operation Lady Justice has been"disappointing," she said. A listening session in June held virtually because of the coronavirus pandemic was marred by technical difficulties, and speakers were cut off because they were given only three minutes to talk.
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