(7 Jun 2025)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
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Whittier, Alaska - 13/16 May 2025
1. Wide and medium of one-way tunnel leading to Whittier
2. Wide of building where most of Whittier's population lives
3. Wide of ship coming into bay
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Whittier, Alaska - 13 May 2025
4. Pese and his family walking in Whittier
5. Pese and family by shore
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Pese, American Samoan in Alaska:
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"Alaska was where most of my siblings were and most of our my mom has a store here in Whittier. I figured maybe I should come over here and yeah this is where I found my calling as a first responder. That's where I started to set roots."
7. Pese walking in pedestrian tunnel
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Anchorage, Alaska - 30 May 2025
8. Exterior of court house
9. Screen grab of charging documents against Tupe Smith
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10. ANIMATION showing on map American Samoa then zooming to Whittier, Alaska
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Whittier, Alaska - 13 May 2025
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11. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Pese, American Samoan in Alaska:
"And it felt like a raid to us because there were more than 20-plus state troopers that came in and 12 unmarked state trooper vehicles. And they came for every single American Samoan family that lived in Whittier and came knocking at our doors."
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Whittier, Alaska - 13/16 May 2025
12. Wide of building where most of Whittier's population lives
13. Tupe Smith walking
14. Tight of Whittier school logo
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Tupe Smith, American Samoan in Alaska:
"I was like, why not? We have most of our kids going to this and I would love to represent them as well."
16. Medium exterior of Whittier school
17. Pese and family walking
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Okemos, Michigan - 14 May 2025
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Neil Weare, Tupe Smith's attorney:
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"It's the burden of Alaska to prove that these individuals are not citizens in order to meet their burden of proof. We don't believe they will be able to do that in large part or in complete part due to the text and command of the 14th Amendment, which says if you're born in the United States, quote, in the United States and, quote, subject to the jurisdiction thereof, you have a constitutional right to citizenship."
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Whittier, Alaska - 16 May 2025
19. Exterior of store with 14th Amendment sign
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ARCHIVE: Portland, Oregon - 29 October 2024
20. Aerial photo of Portland, Oregon
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ARCHIVE: Portland, Oregon - 21 September 2024
21. STILL of person dropping off ballot
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ARCHIVE: Portland, Oregon - 8 December 2020
22. Aerial photo of Portland, Oregon
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Okemos, Michigan - 14 May 2025
23. SOUNDBITE (English) Neil Weare, Tupe Smith's attorney:
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"Confusing situation of American Samoans voting is low-hanging fruit that, you know, some prosecutors, I guess, have decided to pursue, even as folks in Oregon... [truncated]
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