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1/ This is Annie Reed.
She doesn’t wear a uniform, but everybody in her north Alaskan town recognizes her.
In an emergency, nobody calls 911. They contact Reed directly.
She is often the only cop in Kiana. Registered sex offenders outnumber her 7-to-1. propub.li/2LXemme
She doesn’t wear a uniform, but everybody in her north Alaskan town recognizes her.
In an emergency, nobody calls 911. They contact Reed directly.
She is often the only cop in Kiana. Registered sex offenders outnumber her 7-to-1. propub.li/2LXemme
2/ In spring, 2018, Reed’s radio crackled to life.
A local sex offender, Edmond Morris, pried open a window, tore the clothes from a village elder’s daughter, gripped her throat, and raped her, according to charges against him in state court, which he denies.
A local sex offender, Edmond Morris, pried open a window, tore the clothes from a village elder’s daughter, gripped her throat, and raped her, according to charges against him in state court, which he denies.
3/ In remote western Alaska, sex crime rates are double the statewide average. That statewide average is nearly triple the U.S. average.
Why?
A two-tiered justice system leaves mostly native and remote Alaskan villages unprotected. propub.li/2LXemme
Why?
A two-tiered justice system leaves mostly native and remote Alaskan villages unprotected. propub.li/2LXemme
