Police brutality against Native Americans team is not available is less effective. ¼ of people killed by police from January to June in the 2016 were experiencing a mental health crisis. Native Americans made up half of those deaths. The low population of Native Americans in the United States may contribute to a lack of media attention for cases of police brutality against them. Native Americans have an especially low urban presence, as 1/5 of the population lives on reservations in the Midwest. Media presence on reservations is low which results in instances of police brutality against Native Americans going unrecorded. Native Americans are also
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