Pageant offers Anchorage’s Pacific Islanders a place to heal after police shooting

As excitement and anticipation grew for the first-ever Miss Alaska Pacific Island pageant this month, Anchorage’s Polynesian community was hit with tragedy: a 16-year-old Samoan girl was fatally shot by police on Aug. 13. The death of Easter Leafa is still under investigation. Police say she walked toward officers…

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