The death of Allison Lussier, a 47-year-old Indigenous woman from Minneapolis, has intensified community frustration with the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) and broader systemic failures. Lussier, who suffered years of domestic violence, died in February 2024 from a subdural hematoma — a buildup of blood between the brain and skull caused by head trauma — according to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner. Her death has been classified as “undetermined.”

Relatives and advocates have pointed to the inaction of MPD despite Lussier’s repeated 911 calls reporting violent assaults by her on-again, off-again boyfriend, identified in police reports as the suspected perpetrator. Family and friends allege that Lussier’s death is the result of years of systemic neglect and a failure to protect vulnerable residents, particularly Indigenous women.

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