Executive Editor of @readfrontier. @TulsaPressClub board member. @FCTulsa supporter. 918 propagandist. I was me/but now he’s gone.
Apr 3, 2023 • 28 tweets • 6 min read
Haven't done this in too long - here's a thread of every Oklahoma sheriff who wears a cowboy hat in their official 2023 sheriff photo.
Starting with Tony Head, Atoka County
Reuben Parker Jr., Beaver County
May 27, 2022 • 15 tweets • 3 min read
People are again rightfully noting how often law enforcement in Texas and Uvalde have changed their story about the timeline. Easily disprovable lies that fall apart under even moderate scrutiny. Here's the thing, that is par for the course
I'm not in Uvalde so I can't speak for them, but I can tell you myself of numerous times this has happened here. Remember the Eric Harris shooting in 2015 by the sheriff's office in Tulsa? I could talk about this for hours.
Jan 15, 2022 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
There are three stories going around right now about @GovStitt's Pardon and Parole Board appointment (Dr. Edward Konieczny, and the 2016 letter asking the Oklahoma Legislature to abolish the death penalty that bears his name.
The letter carries the name of 18 Oklahoma faith Leaders and was released by the Oklahoma Conference of Churches in 2016. Konieczny's name is one of the 18.
The Pardon&Parole Board just voted 3-2 to recommend clemency for Bigler Stouffer, a man they all agree is guilty, who they believe is lying about innocence, and who they do not believe is repentant, because at least 4 of the members have concerns about how OK conducts executions.
As far as the board is concerned, the upcoming clemency hearings are no longer about guilt or innocence, but whether it's morally acceptable to execute people using Oklahoma's protocol.
Nov 17, 2021 • 16 tweets • 2 min read
Im watching the clemency hearing of Bigler Stouffer. Right now they're discussing, paraphrasing here, the morality of executing people using Oklahoma's current lethal injection protocol.
Both Larry Morris and Scott Williams are questioning whether it's even right to execute people given how John Grant's execution went and given that there is a federal trial about the protocol and its constitutionality scheduled for Feb
Nov 17, 2021 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
I spoke with Julius Jones' attorney Amanda Bass last week about everything that's going on with Jones' case in the final days.
She said she spoke to Gov. Stitt last week, and said it was "nice to be able to talk with him about all the evidence they put before the PPB."
She also said it was "very helpful" to answer some of Gov. Stitt's questions about the case. "I will say we did have a robust substantive conversation about his case .... we're grateful he's looking at everything."
Jul 13, 2021 • 16 tweets • 2 min read
I’m at the Tulsa McGirt forum with @cliftonhowze. My first question - who thought this was a good idea? They aporebtky didn’t speak to any tribes about being here and the majority of the speakers are white.
The vast majority of people in attendance are dissenters. After Tulsa DA Steve Kunzweiler finished speaking someone in the crowd yelled “next white person!” to cheers.
Jul 11, 2021 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
Game crying out for a goal and Rashford and Sancho are still on ice. Make it make sense
Right on cue lol
May 12, 2020 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
I was thinking today of how weird a job journalism is - how that no matter what, every journalist has experiences that don't happen to people in other jobs. It made me think of the time I was held at gunpoint by TPD officers simply because of how stupid I am.
I was working at the @tulsaworld as a night cops reporter. I was determined to do a good job. When I interviewed there, I was much older than the typical night cops (entry level) reporter because I'd gotten a late start in journalism.
