Here is the latest news involving the raid of The Friendly Market in Norman A CIVIL FORFEITURE IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA [divider] Latest News News OK: Norman police raid pipe shop, seize items, owner says The Norman Transcript: Friendly Market restocks and remains open, despite police raid News Channel 4: “They took...
TULIA TEXAS: A STORY OF INJUSTICE, AND MASS INCARCERATION PART TWO-RIGHT HERE IN RIVER CITY July 23, 1999, would turn out to be a day that would haunt the town of Tulia, Texas, and cast it into a statewide and even national spotlight. Overnight the word had...
THE MOTHER OF THANKSGIVING Most know that President Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863. However, did you know that the credit for this American holiday goes to a widow by the name of Sarah Josepha Hale? Ms. Hale was a self educated school...
TULIA TEXAS: A STORY OF INJUSTICE, AND MASS INCARCERATION PART ONE-IT HAPPENED IN A SMALL TOWN Note to the reader: What happened in Tulia is an expose’ of sorts. It’s a story of the fallacy of the “War on Drugs”, militarization of our police forces, propaganda, fear,...
OKLAHOMA JIM CROW, AND THE TEACHER: Changing Law and Minds Over Lunch Oklahoma isn't a Southern State in the traditional sense. It was nearly four decades after the Civil War had ended in 1865, when Oklahoma gained statehood in 1907. Blacks enjoyed many freedoms in the Indian...
TOMATO: FRUIT OR VEGGIE? Did you know the Supreme Court of the United States of America once considered this question: Is the tomato a fruit or a vegetable? Nix v. Hedden 149 U.S. 104 (1893). The Tariff Act of March 3, 1883 required a tax to be...
Oklahoma has such a rich and beautiful history, and Southeastern Oklahoma is not an exception. The following is an excerpt taken from The National magazine article entitled "The Story of Oklahoma", by Joe Mitchell Chapple. Published in April of 1908, it appears to be the...
COWBOY BOB AND BLACK MAGIC: The Story of the Dynamic Death Squad Duo (PART II OF II) CURTIS EDWARD McCARTY On December 10, 1982, 18 year-old Pamela Kaye Willis was found murdered in an Oklahoma City home. The daughter of an Oklahoma City police officer, was found nude, stabbed,...
COWBOY BOB AND BLACK MAGIC: The Story of the Dynamic Death Squad Duo (PART I OF II) Recently I learned of the death of former Oklahoma City forensic chemist Joyce Gilchrist. After much reflection I have decided to write about Ms. Gilchrist and former Oklahoma County District Attorney...
PTL: “PRAISE THE LORD” OR “PASS THE LOOT”? THE TRIAL OF TELEVANGELIST JIM BAKKER I was born and raised in Springfield, Missouri. It's a growing city now, but when I was young it was a relatively close knit town nestled quietly at the step of the Ozarks....