Authorities said there was no evidence of foul play in the death of 27-year-old actor Cole Brings Plenty—but acknowledged that they needed to build trust with Native communities.
communities, prompting police to announce Wednesday that there is no evidence of foul play and promise to “increase trust.”woods on April 5, nearly a week after he was last seen. No cause of death has been released. He had been declared both a missing person and a suspect in a domestic violence incident.1923In addition, police face criticism that they were quick to paint Brings Plenty as a criminal fugitive and not a person who might be in crisis or a victim.
“I learned through this series of events that our Police Department must work harder to increase trust with our Native American community members. Through meeting with Cole’s family members and members of our Native American community, I clearly see that we are not where we need to be in partnering with a community that is very important to Lawrence’s history and to its current culture.
The backdrop of the Brings Plenty investigation is the long history of missing and murdered indigenous people whose cases have gone unsolved and often unnoticed outside of Indian Country. The woman involved in the incident was not identified by police, but some of those grieving Brings Plenty have suggested she is to blame for his death.
“We don’t know—FOR A FACT—that Cole was behind the wheel or in his 2005 Ford Explorer when cameras caught it leaving Lawrence, KS, on U.S. 59.
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