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On April 16, 2020, Albuquerque police harassed, arrested, and cited Joleen Nez for littering. Ten months later, she died in jail.
Nez, a homeless, Indigenous woman was confronted by an Albuquerque Police Department officer when she failed to dispose of two items of litter. This officer, Preston Panana, ordered Nez to pick up an empty paper cup and bowl that was on the curb. Panana, after demanding multiple times that Nez who is an adult pick up the cup and bowl, decided to escalate his harassment to an arrest and a ticket. Nez received a citation for “improper trash disposal.”
Ten months ago, Joleen Nez was accused of the crime of improper trash disposal in a southeast Albuquerque neighborhood. The petty charge ultimately cost Nez her life.
Nez, an unhoused Native American woman, was cited, released and issued a criminal summons for the petty misdemeanor of littering on public property by officer Preston Panana of the Albuquerque Police Department on April 16, 2020. The original complaint filed by Panana said that Nez was issued a civil citation for kicking over a cup and bowl at the intersection of Texas Street and&