Victim: Mah-hi-vist Goodblanket

Perpetrator

Victim

What happened:

Mah-hi-vist (Red Bird) Goodblanket, 18, a member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes, was Tasered twice and shot seven times with one of those shots being to the back of his head, in his Clinton, Oklahoma, home by police on Dec. 21, 2013. His mother had called the police to request help keeping her son safe during a mental health episode. After officers arrived, never assessing the situation, entered the home and killed Mah-hi-vist!
Mah-hi-vist had been diagnosed with a mental health disability as a youth.

 


Outcome:

The family continues to seek justice for Mah-hi-vist and realize that what happened to him in 2013, has continued to happen at record numbers across the Country.

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Date:

2013-12-21

Location:

Clinton, Oklahoma


Mah-hi-vist (Red Bird) Goodblanket, was an 18 year old indigenous/ Native American male.