stupid really hurts sometimes

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AvjMd-u79E&feature=related

two indians too much firewater
shots fired

[zxcvbob]

Looks like it had a happy ending, nobody killed, but shouldn't he have radioed for a tribal cop (very early in this encounter) to back him up?  

Why was he on a reservation?  Did he try to pull them over on the highway and they fled to Indian land?

I'm curious, do the local sheriff's offices and the Indian tribes have some kind of a... "understanding" or "agreement" for enforcement across each others borders? (can't call it a treaty w/o getting the feds involved)

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

not sure  he was cleared they went to house of many doors.

i think they thought getting to tribal lands was a free pass

[MillCreek]

Several years ago in this area, the Snohomish County Sheriff issued deputy commissions to the members of our local Tulalip Tribes police department, making it clear that the Tribal police had jurisdiction over everyone on the reservation, tribal members or not.  So Tribal police can arrest anyone on the reservation. There are no more free passes just because you happen to cross the tribal boundary.  Before that, if you were not a tribal member and committed a crime on the reservation, the Tribal police could detain you for a short period of time but had to call the Sheriff or state patrol to actually arrest you.

After reading this thread, I wonder if this approach is uncommon. 

[41magsnub]

At the closest Rez to me, there is no love lost between the county sheriff and the tribal police.  If a non-member is busted for something on the rez the tribal cops still have to hold them and call the sheriff dept who take their sweet time getting there.

[Jamie B]

They received exactly what they deserved.
I tire of Indians blaming the rest of society for their woes.
While they were treated unfairly many years ago, their current plight is their own fault.

[Hawkmoon]

Navajo tribal police are also deputy sheriffs in all the NM and AZ counties in which portions of the reservation fall.

[roo_ster]

The amerind version of, "Hold my beer, watch this..."

I can only imagine, given his slurred speech, his state of inebriation/BAC and how sloppy his driving was.

[CNYCacher]

What happens at 2:23?  The cop appears to extend his left arm towards the white-shirted attacker in a single-handed shooting stance, after pulling something from the left-side of his belt.  It appears from earlier in the video that the cop is right-handed and he certainly seems to have his gun on the right side.  Also, I don't think deadly force was justified at that point, and whatever it was just seems to enrage the white-shirted attacker.  Taser maybe?  I've heard that some of them deploy serial-numbered confetti, which might explain the visible cloud.