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EDITORIAL
P-4 THE OKLAHOMA EAGLE ■ THURSDAY OCTOBER 26.2017
White House Chief of
EDITORIALS
A Tale Of Two
See LIES/VIDEO TAPE, P.5
what he advised the President
COMMENTARY
OKC School
Board Removes
Confederate
all, in a system where justice
See BAIL REFORM, P. 5
Leaders Names
OPINION
Actually, Isaacs was not
and another 206 oral ques- ciation demanding that Pruitt
White Nationalist
Sue Ohio State
everything from entitlement
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tention of the press
The question is, did the
the bondsman 10%, which
would be $2,000. But of
course, most working peo-
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members can easily pay bail
and walk out of jail. Mean-
while, defendants who don't
gton Post and legitimizing
Whitehouse's attack.
Hopefully, the OBA will
fend Trump's insensitive
statement to the widow ol
fallen soldier La Davis John-
about the incoming Trump
Administration His meas-
ured opinion: "We am in dan-
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reminder to Oklahomans that
we let a private political group
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A liberal U.S senator in
vestigates a
Trump administration. The
storyline is uninteresting, ex-
cept that the target is Environ-
mental Protection Agency
is not backing down on
measure and indicator of
whether someone is a flight
risk or a threat to their commu-
nity The court would review
that mother's information, and
if the woman poses little risk,
bail sit in jail That doesn't
make us safer.
Then there's the fact that she could go home until her
money bail disproportion-
ately affects low-income com-
takes political positions. Jonathan Small serves as
What kind of positions? president of the Oklahoma
Just last December, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, for
more information, please visit
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which she doesn't have. So which are only there because
her family goes across the
street to the bail bondsman,
who says they'll put up
Administration, but about.
Scott Pruitt's nomination to be
Administrator of the ERA
group to go after a member of Isaacs, of course, is entitled to
no won-
der a group of liberals believe
the Oklahoma Bar Association
will do their dirty work The
OBA is even publicly com
record of taking far-left politi- menting to the far-left Huffin-
cal stances.
In Oklahoma, old state
laws give the bar association
real power. Il gets to license do the right thing and not be
lawyers and to manage part of used
the process of lawyer disci-
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Africa when she received a
zen would receive similar consideration Kepler it could be
argued should have been convicted of first degree murder
Word is trom a juror is that there was no appetite for convict-
ing a white policeman of murdering a young black man dat-
ing his daughter. First degree manslaughter was easier to
digest That is where we re at and while some measure of jus-
tice has been meted out its clear Tulsa has a way to go before
claiming progress in justice for all.
congresswoman said Didn t
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on foreign oil, even though oil ton's presidential campaign
is used to generate about a
whopping one percent of our
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works like this
For example, let's say a
mother is accused <
shoplifting at a department
store and is arrested A
‘ » say it at all,” Trump told re-
first Io say the president had porters during a meeting on
tax reform in the Cabinet not reading a prepared speech
Room. “She knows it. And she from a teleprompter.
t The single phrase "He
r what she said.” Asked if knew what he was getting
pcupl? of color. He has de- there was a recording of the into" was just the tip of the
Bar Association President
Garvin Isaacs was inter-
legedly said, "He knew what concerned.
he signed up for... but when
it happens, it hurts anyway,"
upset Mrs. Johnson and she gize for his transgressions. He
- ’ ’ i on his de-
mal and has called Congress-
woman
liar. Trump tweeted: “Democ-
rat Congresswoman totally the possibilities were because1
we were at war and when he comments were motivated by
died he was surrounded by the president who didn't have
not afford to post bail Black
There are many injustices log in our courts, can take consequences that brings? defendants are more likely
in our nation's criminal justice weeks, months, or possibly This shouldn t be like a Mo- than similarly-situated white
s mciii uui vircvi uiv ivmvoi r—- — r—- -- nopoly game. defendants to be detained be-
wonder if a black deputy convicted of shooting a white citi- I bces occurs before the ac- her job, her home, or cus- As a career prosecutor, fore trial and less likely to be*
’ 14 if miild hp even convicted of a tody of her children if I'm especially concerned able to post bail. In fact, Black
crime. It's the application of they're left unsupervised, that our broken money bail men pay 35% higher bail
~ * * 1 ’ * i can also threaten amounts than white men.
have a criminal record that public safety In one study,
her husband had acted honor- the insensitive statement and
ably in making the decision to Chief of Staff, Kelly didn't
accept a dangerous position as think her reasoning through
a soldier Mr. Kelly clarified before becoming "appalled"
the context of that statement at her actions
While 1 recognize the un-
intended error of the presi-
dent, I do not ignore the
added comments by John
Kelly He went well out of his
way to demonize C ongress-
woman Wilson. Surely his
Let Them Speak
Richard Spencer loves chaos and anger from everyone
He wants angry followers of his hateful message, he wants
angry protesters of his hateful message, he wants the police
angry and stressed, and he wants the media to be angry and
self-righteous So, when Ohio State University (OSU) refused
to rent space to them for his white nationalist message they
were so angry they sued the education institution All that
works for them.
OSU was certainly right to be concerned because the last
few times Spencer got together a woman was murdered with
a car by one of his followers and a group of his followers fired
a weapon at protesters And the additional security needed at
the Florida speech cost an additional $600,000. But, free
speech is not cheap It was paid for by brave men and women
who believed our freedoms were worth dying for.
You don't want to hear another man speak? Any reason
will do But the restriction of speech is too high a price to pay.
The same law that tells them to shut up can be used to tell
everyone asking for peace and tolerance to shut up
This country now more I—----------
speech not less
nation's electricity.
Sen. Whitehouse claims
Pruitt did not answer enough
questions during his confir-
mation process. This is absurd
member of the because Pruitt answered mom
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"We make America better when we aid our people."
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EDWARD L. GOODWIN, Il (1935-2014), Co-Publisher
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OCPA: OBA And Far Left Attack On Scott Pruitt
versity, a Tucson-based radical view ed by The New Yorker
environmental group that
seems to exist primarily to file
lawsuits Kristen van de
Biezenbos and company have
now filed an ethics complaint danger Our kids are in dan-
than 1,000 written questions with the Oklahoma Bar Asso- ger "
and another 206 oral ques- nation demanding that Pruitt j
bons during his heanng For be disbarred or otherwise talking just about the Trump
w com]
(EPA) Administrator Scott ministrator nominee faced just
Pruitt and the senator's strat-
egy involves filing a com-
plaint with the Oklahoma Bar bon heanng In fact,
Associabon (OBA). Add in an
Oklahoma higher education
employee and you've got one
intriguing story.
The Senator is Rhode Is-
land's Sheldon Whitehouse,
Bail Reform: Criminal Justice, And Economic Justice
possessions to get that for the same offense — some-
money She can sit in jail one who can pay gets out,
until her court date —
Manslaughters
On the same dav last week Tulsa showed us the day A
day when one man was convicted of first degree manslaugh-
ter and another walked out of prison after spending less than
half of his 2nd degree manslaughter sentence. Both men con-
victed of killing unarmed black men and both with law en-
forcement backgrounds. A former Tulsa Policemen Shannon
Kepler was convicted after his forth trial and Robert Bates
and former Tulsa County Reserve Sheriff Deputy showed
where Tulsa is at in terms of policemen who kill black men
On one level, there are two convictions and it could be
argued there mav have been a time when the two shootings
might have never went to trial. The Thin Blue Line as prac-
ticed by law enforcement served as an invisible veil of steely
protection from evil by a unified force of policemen pledged
to protect civilized societv But. that same Blue Line did not
allow for one of their own to suffer from prosecution in doing
their job no matter how they did it.
More and more pressure has come to bear to make sure I g KlNIlIl 0.
those sworn to protect society were also subject to the same ug-gag
Eagle Guest Contributor ' The Sentinel
be smarter
Instead of keeping some-
one in jail because they don't
have money, we would run
them through what's called a
personalized risk assessment
pav to get out. Many are there have a lot of money. Their system, which is a much better
for nonviolent offenses. None
$20,000 if the family gives of them have yet been con-
victed of a crime.
This is not only an issue pose a risk but cannot afford
of criminal justice. It's also
pie don't have that kind of about economic justice. After
money sitting around So all, in a system where jusbee
this woman has three is supposed to be blind, is it
choices: she can sell or pawn not a serious injustice that
Voting unanimously the Oklahoma City School Board
voted to remove the names of Confederate leaders with little
opposihon Voting 7-0 the names of Stonewall Jackson, I gy Q£pj| PresidMt
Robert E Lee and Isaac Stand Watie elementary schools will Jomthlll SlMlI
no longer bear their names They are pretty courageous down Eag|e 6um1 Contr|butor
in the city.
The Civil War has left a scar on America and its conbnu-
ing effect on race relabons is undeniable. As symbols they are
reminders of a painful and dark time in this nabon when an
entire race of people were enslaved The military leaders who
fought to continue the evil practice of human enslavement
should not be celebrated and certainly not at a school But, in
the spirit of education and tolerance, the school reached out
to the community to get feedback before voting That is a lot
more than those stolen from Africa received in the way of
consideration
Changing the names of schools will not heal the wounds
of the civil war, but, it's one more step toward putting the
war behind us and not in front of us.
get that for the same offense — some- munities and communibes of
one who can pay gets out, color. Nine out of ten defen-
but someone who can't pay dants who are detained can-
which, because of the back- sits behind bars with all the
There are many injustices log in our courts, can take consequences that brings?
possibly This shouldn't be like a Mo-
system. But one of the greatest years — and potentially lose
‘ , or cus-
tody of her children if
're left unsupervised.
loney bail system, and it Or she can plead guilty and system
* ’ ’ *l * - L’—’-----That's not fair. That does-
would make it hard to find nearly half the defendants n't keep us safe. And we must
of work in the future. considered "high-risk" or
More than 450,(XX) Amen- dangerous were released,
cans currently sit in |ail while simply because they could
judge sets bail at $20,000, they await trial — many of afford bail. Most of the
transnational criminal or-
thev don t have the money to ganizations I've dealt with
brought the matter to the at- fabricated what I said to the
wife of a soldier who died in
action (and I have proof),” the best men on this Earth, his the decency to recognize his
president* call the grieving Sad’” ”1 didn’t say w hat that friends,” Mr. Kelly said this is
widow to console her or to
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* name
lying and bluffing about of Sgt. Johnson, he never
'; name nor
family and Congresswoman to a young football player as is not backing down on what that of Sgt. La David Johnson
Frederica Wilson were wait- a son-of-a-bitch. He has en- she heard the president say.
ing to receive the body of her couraged violence against
in the line of duty in Niger rallies. He has categorized coached Donald Trump
___ black communities as ex- i , ’ *
call from President Donald tremely dangerous places to told him to express to her that justified in calling attention to
Trump. In the course of the live. Congresswoman Wilson
president's condolences he al- had good reason to become
Additionally, Trump ha-
bitually never admits to being
This remark apparently wrong and refuses to apolo- as well. He continued, He
upset Mrs Johnson and she gize for his transgressions He was doing exactly what he
began to weep The phone's has doubled down on his de- wantixi to do when he was
speaker was on and the re- mal and has called Congress- killed He knew what he was
marks were heard by every- woman Wilson an outright getting into by joining that
one in the vehicle liar Trump tweeted: "Democ- one percent He knew what
Congresswoman Wilson
only 69 more at her confirma-
, no nomi-
nee for this position has ever
faced anything like the vol-
ume of questions that Pruitt
was asked — and answered
— earlier this year
Despite all this, White-
whose liberal record is solid house claims Pruitt was eva-
and whose relationship with sive," that he was
the truth is shaky The Politi- "stonewalling and that some
Fact website notes him mak of the answers were insuffi-
ing false statements about ciently dear
everything from entitlement The Oklahoma higher ed- pline It also gets a guaranteed
reforms to budget policy and ucation employee in this tale t
' " i van get to be an Oklahoma appel- have government power
de Biezenbos of the University late judge. This is a lot of our peril
r were also subject to the same
laws That includes murder in this case, we have two white
law enforcers convicted of shooting unarmed black men
Progress? One could sav yes, one could also say we are not at
equal justice yet
Bates only served 37 percent of his sentence One might
environmental regulation
He once defended crony
Solyndra, association with Whitehouse
ipanson, the last EPA Ad- punished.
t Why would these liberals
133 written questions and look to a private state lawyers'
the President's cabinet? Two his opinion, but it's
reasons: the Oklahoma Bar
Association is a private group
that possesses government
power, and it has a track
is law professor Kristen
> a lot of
capitalism for companies like of Oklahoma, who has a past power for a private group that
now-bankrupt f z
claiming it would end reliance and donated to Hillary Clin-
Joining her is a group called
the Center for Biological Di-
OPINION
Tramp. Wilson, Kely, Lies/ Video Tape
By WlltM1 BMltk antagonize her? I'll be the say it at all," Trump told re- to say. Mistake! Trump s
Eaglt Guilt Contributor first to say the president had porters during a meeting on mouth goes astray when he is
good intentions. However,
White House Chief ot Donald Trump has verbal-
Staff John Kelly appeared be- ized and demonstrated that now is not saying it. I did not
fore a group of reporters to de- he is extremely insensitive to say i■
• / ■ •’ * 1 **---------recording of the into" was just the tip of th<
inonized Black Lives Matter call, Press Secretary Sanders iceberg. The president could
and advocates them being said: "No." As usual Trump is have at least called the
son Myeshia Johnson accom categorized as a Terrorist or- lying and bluffing about of Sgt. Johnson,
oanied by members of her ganization. He has referred proof. Note: Frederica Wilson called the widow's
His reference was "Your Guy."
Given Trump's stated and
husband who had been killed people of color at his political Staff John Kelly says that he implied attitude towards peo-
“ * ’ 1 ’ > on pie of color, Congresswoman
what to say to the widow and Fredrica Wilson's actions were
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