But tensions have escalated between city officials and the Occupiers, who have been camped in downtown’s Kerr Park since Oct. 10. Last week, after an alcohol-related disturbance, the city declined to accept the fee for a permit to protest in the park. The following day at an Oklahoma City Council meeting, council members and Mayor […]
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Deceased ‘Poet’ remembered by Occupy OKC
On Oct. 31, 18-year-old Louis Cameron Rodriguez, called “The Poet,” was found dead in his tent at the downtown protest at Kerr Park. His cause of death has yet to be determined. One man who had befriended Rodriguez in his last few days paid for Rodriguez’s mother to fly in from Clarksville, Tenn., for the […]
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Deceased ‘Poet’ remembered by Occupy OKC
On Oct. 31, 18-year-old Louis Cameron Rodriguez, called “The Poet,” was found dead in his tent at the downtown protest at Kerr Park. His cause of death has yet to be determined. One man who had befriended Rodriguez in his last few days paid for Rodriguez’s mother to fly in from Clarksville, Tenn., for the […]
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Deceased ‘Poet’ remembered by Occupy OKC
On Oct. 31, 18-year-old Louis Cameron Rodriguez, called “The Poet,” was found dead in his tent at the downtown protest at Kerr Park. His cause of death has yet to be determined. One man who had befriended Rodriguez in his last few days paid for Rodriguez’s mother to fly in from Clarksville, Tenn., for the […]
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‘Act of violence’
Organizers held a press conference and roundtable discussion at the state Capitol in conjunction with “World Day Against the Death Penalty.” The group’s members include the American Civil Liberties Union, Catholic Charities and the Oklahoma Conference of Churches. “We wanted the public to know that there is a group of people who care deeply about […]
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The Death of Andy Kaufman
In his effort to prove or disprove the rumor that the outré comedian faked his own death in 1984, director Christopher Maloney’s aim is true, but hampered by budgetary restraints. A great deal of Kaufman’s act hinged on pulling the wool over his audience’s eyes, so it’s no unreasonable for people to assume — as […]