Land Where Local Officers Make Traffic Stops Not Indian Property, Judge Says

Mealey's (September 6, 2017, 2:34 PM EDT) -- RIVERSIDE, Calif. — A small section of California land where a Native American tribe says the local police are illegally ticketing and targeting Indian drivers is neither part of a reservation nor within the definition of Indian country, a federal judge held Sept. 5 in awarding two officers summary judgment on the tribe’s claims (Chemehuevi Indian Tribe, et al. v. John McMahon, et al., No. 5:15-cv-1538, C.D. Calif., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 143446)....