Tribe Fights Racial Profiling on the Rez

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (CN) - San Bernardino County sheriff's officers racially profile Chemehuevi Indians on their own reservation, issuing them traffic citations they have no jurisdiction to give, the tribe claims in Federal Court.

The Chemehuevi Indian Tribe sued San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon, District Attorney Michael Ramos, County Counsel Jean-Rene Basle, and other officials on July 30. They ask the court to order the sheriff and his officers to stop "racially profiling, arresting and issuing citations for violations of the California Motor Vehicle Code to members of the tribe while driving vehicles on fee and trust land within the boundaries of the Chemehuevi Indian Reservation."

They also want the District Attorney's Office and county attorneys ordered to stop "prosecuting the Indians or any members of the tribe for said violations."

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