Police killings of Native Americans must end

On March 27, Easter Sunday, a young Navajo mother, 27-year-old Loreal Tsingine, was shot five times by Winslow, Ariz., police officer Austin Shipley, allegedly for resisting arrest by brandishing a pair of scissors. Tsingine was petite — 5 feet tall and weighing less than 100 pounds. Officer Shipley, a white male, is 6 feet tall and weighs over 200 pounds.

On that fateful day, officers of the Winslow Police Department responded to a call from a Circle K store clerk that a young Native American woman had just shoplifted a case of beer. Two police cars pulled up to where Tsingine was walking, several blocks from the store. In attempting to make an arrest, a struggle ensued. Tsingine presented a pair of scissors, was shot five times and died at the scene. This happened in the late afternoon, at about 5:30 p.m.

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