Disability rights and justice advocates want reform in police training and practices following an officer-involved shooting of a deaf man.
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Chicken-Fried News: Mall brawl
Shoppers at Penn Square Mall were recently evacuated when a fight broke out in the food court.
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Jingling for Jesus
Credit: Brad Gregg Consider the saga of Vickey Sue Beyersdorfer, who in late June was distracting the congregation of Edmond’s Victory Church with her incessant tambourine playing during services. When Beyersdorfer refused to stop making her joyful noise to the Lord, an off-duty Oklahoma County sheriff deputy laid down the law, Old Testament style. The […]
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Stunning discrepancy
Amnesty issued a Feb. 15 news release to bring attention to the national death toll from Tasers hitting the 500 mark. It indicated OKCPD as being responsible for seven deaths by Taser over the last decade. However, OKCPD Capt. Dexter Nelson said that since 2003 there have been six recorded deaths that occurred after a […]