Elaine Miles was walking to a bus stop in Redmond to go to Target, she said, when four men wearing masks and vests with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement label stepped out of two black SUVs with no front plates and pressed her for her ID.

Miles, an Indigenous actor best known for her roles in “Northern Exposure,” “Smoke Signals,” “Wyvern” and “The Last of Us,” handed them her tribal ID from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon.

Federal government agencies recognize tribal ID as a valid form of identification, and Miles has used it to travel back and forth to Canada and Mexico without any issues.

Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”

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[–] 155 points 11 months ago (15 children)

The worst part of this is that she has enough clout to be heard. How many people is this happening to that we don't hear about? America is being ran by nazis.

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  • [–] 23 points 11 months ago (13 children)

    Dog, I'm white with a small crack on my ID and cops STILL go crazy. The thing that pisses me off, is when they TRY to break your ID and act like they're testing it.

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  • [+] -24 points 11 months ago* (12 children)

    You had 4 masked cops come out of an unmarked car and call you a liar?

    when four men wearing masks and vests with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement label stepped out of two black SUVs with no front plates and pressed her for her ID.

    Then try to seize your phone?

    When she pointed to an enrollment office phone number printed on the back of the card and asked them to call to verify, the agents refused. Miles then attempted to call herself, at which point the agents reportedly tried to seize her phone. Shortly after, a fifth agent called from one of the SUVs, and the group drove away.

    Then ICE rep calls you a liar again?

    “On November 3, ICE was conducting targeted immigration enforcement traffic stops and encountered Elaine Miles while investigating a vehicle registered to an illegal alien. She was never arrested. Any claim that ICE questioned her tribal ID are FALSE. ICE agents are trained to recognize tribal IDs and accept them as proof of status," Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told Newsweek.

    https://www.newsweek.com/northern-exposure-actress-elaine-miles-detained-by-ice-told-id-is-fake-11124694

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  • [–] 16 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

    No? I had a cop question my ID. I'm mostly angry with aggressive cops. I want to be on the same side.

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    It looks like it could be taken 2 different ways. I apologize if you were empathizing with her.

    The reason I went so strongly is because of the amount of people who are so shitty to Native Americans. In a suburb of Seattle, the cops were doing a wellness check and then shot and killed a pregnant woman in front of her kid. They were covering each others asses left and right. Who tf knows what really happened.

    In Vancouver BC, there are many, many missing First People. Canada isn't immune either. I had no idea how bad it is until we moved here.

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/harrison-poorman-osoup-three-years-1.7504952

    https://www.rawstory.com/amp/pregnant-washington-woman-shot-and-killed-by-deputies-during-wellness-check-on-tribal-land-2649205285

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago* (2 children)

    Dog, no. I agree! I can see how our comments could be easily misread. I think we're in the same book. If it makes you feel any better, go through my comments. It happens.

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  • [–] 24 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

    Nowhere in the comment you're replying to did it say or imply anything along the lines of "the same thing happened to me."

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  • [+] -21 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    True. But what this person and her family went through should not be normalized or belittled. You seem like a good guy, so I bet you understand why I had to type that out.

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  • [–] 33 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    I rather took the comment as clearly saying 'if they do it to my privileged demographic, how much worse will it be for the people they visually target?'

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    What idiots are downvoting this? Four members of ICE, a group lying nazi shiatheads, accused the woman they detained of lying to them, despite the fact that she had the necessary idenfication.

    Then, after she pointed out that her detention could be cleared up with a single phone call, they refused to do it and tried to steal her phone when she tried to call.

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