The Supreme Court is weighing whether to allow city officials in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to issue speeding tickets to American Indian tribal members in a dispute over a $150 traffic fine — but the issue could affect the enforcement of other city ordinances in a territory where about a million people live.
ruled 5-4 that Oklahoma lacked jurisdiction to prosecute an American Indian man for sex crimes against a child located on Indian territory.Critics, though, have said the ruling has sent shock waves through the state, creating chaos for law enforcement.
Part of the issue is that under the McGirt ruling, an estimated 1.6 million more people are now seen as living on Indian territory. The ruling created a conflict over which law enforcement agencies — state, federal or tribal — have jurisdiction over certain crimes.
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