Wagoner police sued by watchdog group for withholding public records

MuskogeeNow ^ | Monday, May 20, 2019, 9:37 AM | Leif M. Wright

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Warning: This story contains terms considered to be offensive.

A group called Transparency for Oklahomans has sued the City of Wagoner over the police department’s alleged refusal to release public documents regarding a wide range of subjects, including its failure to arrest one of its officers who was allegedly caught driving drunk.

The group is looking for call logs, Facebook browsing and posting history, email server searches, dash cam video, anti-racial profiling policy, emails between the Wagoner County District Attorney and officer Travis Ponds, the city’s arrest policy, the city’s policy on arresting intoxicated drivers and more.

The group also seeks records relating to arrests of minorities and a search of city servers for the terms “queer, faggot, nigger, homo, spic, wetback, beaner, Donald Trump, build that wall, Betty Shelby, SQ 788, illegal immigrant, HIV, AIDS, transgender and Jesus.”

The group also seeks an accounting of all money seized by the police department.

The police department has not responded to requests for comment.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

I..I..I..Just don't know what to say. Why would a civil rights group say all those words.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

What? No “allah” or “sandni99er”

[Liz]

A group called Transparency for Oklahomans has sued the City of Wagoner for the release of public documents regarding:
<><> group call logs,
<><> Facebook browsing and posting history,
<><> email server searches,
<><>dash cam video,
<><> anti-racial profiling policy,
<><> emails between the Wagoner County DAD and officer Travis Ponds,
<><> the city’s arrest policy,
<><> the city’s official policy on arresting intoxicated drivers,
<><> arrest records of minorities
<><> a search list of city servers for the terms “queer, faggot, nigger, homo, spic, wetback, beaner, Donald Trump, build that wall, Betty Shelby, SQ 788, illegal immigrant, HIV, AIDS, transgender and Jesus.”
<><> an accounting of all money seized by the police department.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Kind of tells you who is asking doesn’t it.

[excalibur21]

Their website looks rather basic and doesn’t say much about themselves.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

It’s just local yokel stuff funded on a shoestring.

Maybe George Soros could send them a few million to get going.

[righttackle44]

I have always been a supporter of the police.

I am disturbed by the large (huge) number of videos on YouTube showing aggressive mistreatment of old folks, Blacks, physically or psychologically disabled men and women, and others. I am disturbed at the number of accusations in posted news reports of cash and goods apparently stolen by police officers. I am really disturbed at the number of officers who have been caught mistreating prisoners and others, and are simply allowed to resume their careers after a paid suspension.

Why is this happening?

[48th SPS Crusader]

The police department has not responded to requests for comment.

Well the should!
I think, Piss Off! That should work!

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

You can bet your bottom dollar it’s an organized effort to take .005 percent of the police activities and magnify it to a perception of the norm.

[righttackle44]

You can bet your bottom dollar it’s an organized effort to take .005 percent of the police activities and magnify it to a perception of the norm.

Tell that to the people who have been beaten so bad they died. How about telling that to the families of those who have died? Go ahead. Keep telling yourself that. Don't watch the videos.

Twice in my life, police officers have saved my life. They didn't beat me to death because I was acting strangely and wouldn't cooperate. It's tough to be a diabetic. Some diabetics have died because a police officer wouldn't get them medical attention as soon as they needed it.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

How many people are arrested every day vs. how many people are beaten to death.

How many people are beaten to death vs how many police are ambushed.

I’d be willing to wager more police are killed on the job than people are beaten to death.

Your stats are hokum.

[sparklite2]

Whose name doesn’t belong on that list?

Oh, and “anti-racial profiling policy” is curious.
The policy doesn’t use racial profiling so it’s bad?
Or are ferals being profiled? I think it’s the latter,
and someone got caught in the woodpile with only one card
to play.

[Mr.Unique]

Is your husband a cop?

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Nobody has ever asked me that before.

[Mr.Unique]

What's the answer?

Seems that some emotion has taken away your ability to think clearly about issues related to cops.