The St. Petersburg Times makes an interesting argument against ceding state jurisdiction over Miccosukee tribal lands.
The paper argues that Native women and children will not receive adequate protection because "local policing agencies would be barred from responding to calls for help on reservation land."
The paper concedes that while the tribe has its own police force, "any state control to maintain standards of policing would be relinquished if the law is changed. And the FBI is no substitute."
Even though Florida is one of the few states with criminal and civil jurisdiction on tribal lands, the paper argues for the status quo. "The power to uphold the law in this state is not one to be relinquished so lightly," the paper says.
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