I was googling "Warm Springs", and came across the lenghthy report by the fellow that had his family detained. I BELIEVE IT TO BE TRUE.
Yesterday, my husband was driving through warm springs to get back to work in Portland, Oregon.
There were law enforcement coming up from behind his vehicle. So with the rest of the drivers, he pulled over.
Much to his surprise the Warm Springs Police surrounded his truck, with guns pulled and told him to get out of the vehicle. He did. They told him to walk backwards, he tried to look behind him because of the traffic and the officer said, "Look at me or we WILL shoot you."
He then kept walking backwards with his hands locked behind his neck, he was then told to lay on the dirt, and they handcuffed him. Searched the truck, let him lay there with threats of ten days in jail, and there was nothing anybody could do about it. My husband still did not know WHY they were doing this..
Turn out that someone said a truck like my husbands was reported by a tribal member to have hit and run, and had a weapon. It was not true. And it was not my husband.
The Warm Springs officer was shaking so bad, we just knew that he was going to accidently shot my husband. After an hour of this. A State Trooper came (luckily it was ten miles outside of the res), and SAVED my husband from this terrible injustice.
He was released from the handcuffs, dirty, sore, and embarrassed. Not fun with a gun sticking in the back of your neck, and the cop shaking like he had a medical problem... Or something.
We are going to press charges. And find an attorney that will take on Warm Springs Indian Reservation.
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