Bethany BergerJun 18, 2023
State trooper reaction to Sunny White’s killing of #MikaWestwolf exemplifies the crisis of Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women. 1/4 🧵 #MMIW #Racism #Police #NativeAmerican
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UPDATE: Inside the disturbing investigation of Mika Westwolf's death

In the early hours of March 31, Mika Westwolf, a 22-year-old Indigenous woman, was fatally struck by a Cadillac Escalade while walking on the shoulder of U.S. Highway 93 in Montana. The driver of the vehicle was Sunny White, according to a statement from the Montana Highway Patrol, which is investigating the incident. White left the scene, and Westwolf's body was discovered around 4 AM by tribal police. Two months later, the Montana Highway Patrol says the "crash is still under investigation," and White has not yet been charged in connection with Westwolf's death.

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2/4 Trooper suggested White might not be guilty of vehicular homicide if #Westwolf was intoxicated when White (also intoxicated) ran into her. But as attorneys told @juddlegum being an "intoxicated pedestrian" does not give "other intoxicated people the right to run over someone and kill them." Police often claim drinking excuses violence against #Indigenous women #MMIW #law
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Show threadBethany BergerJun 18, 2023
3/4 Trooper investigating #MikaWestwolf’s death also was not looking into a hate crime even though Sunny White, who ran her over, had children named “Aryan” and “Nation. "I can't look at it as that," Trooper Wayne Bieber said. "And I shouldn't look at it as that." #MMIW https://popular.info/p/update-inside-the-disturbing-investigation
UPDATE: Inside the disturbing investigation of Mika Westwolf's death

In the early hours of March 31, Mika Westwolf, a 22-year-old Indigenous woman, was fatally struck by a Cadillac Escalade while walking on the shoulder of U.S. Highway 93 in Montana. The driver of the vehicle was Sunny White, according to a statement from the Montana Highway Patrol, which is investigating the incident. White left the scene, and Westwolf's body was discovered around 4 AM by tribal police. Two months later, the Montana Highway Patrol says the "crash is still under investigation," and White has not yet been charged in connection with Westwolf's death.

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Show threadBethany BergerJun 18, 2023
4/4 In fact the only crime Sunny White was charged with the night she ran over #MikaWestwolf was child endangerment, because White’s children Aryan & Nation were in the car. (Even that charge was dropped a week later.) Guess driving drunk with white children is more serious than killing a Blackfeet woman. #MMIW #Racism https://popular.info/p/update-inside-the-disturbing-investigation
UPDATE: Inside the disturbing investigation of Mika Westwolf's death

In the early hours of March 31, Mika Westwolf, a 22-year-old Indigenous woman, was fatally struck by a Cadillac Escalade while walking on the shoulder of U.S. Highway 93 in Montana. The driver of the vehicle was Sunny White, according to a statement from the Montana Highway Patrol, which is investigating the incident. White left the scene, and Westwolf's body was discovered around 4 AM by tribal police. Two months later, the Montana Highway Patrol says the "crash is still under investigation," and White has not yet been charged in connection with Westwolf's death.

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Show threadSarah FackrellJun 18, 2023
@Bethanyrberger Infuriating all around