Nez Perce reservation residents allege tribal police misconduct
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Nez Perce reservation residents discuss the murder of Bessie Blackeagle and potential tribal police misconduct. Video by: Shanna Madison, Missoulian
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Some on the Nez Perce Reservation, including former law-enforcement employees, believe investigators’ failures to listen to the women who reported Travis Ellenwood’s alleged abuse allowed his violence to become deadly.
Several women, including a former tribal cop, said Nez Perce police didn't respond effectively to multiple reports of violence against a man who went on to murder his girlfriend.
Some on the Nez Perce Reservation, including former law-enforcement employees, believe inves…
