As mourners approached the corner of Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard and 56th Street North en route to Terence Crutcher’s funeral Saturday night, a sea of parked cars surrounded all sides of the intersection and a group held signs reading “we love you.”
Mana Tahaie with YWCA Tulsa talks with The Frontier about their National Voter Registration drive.
The recurring theme among north Tulsa residents Monday was that police have an impression of the people who live there, and it’s not a good one.
On this week’s Listen Frontier, we discuss our updates to the “Buying Rank” investigation from earlier in the year, as well as Ziva’s coverage of the recent earthquakes, and Victoria Bartlett’s quirky downtown video wall proposal.
The report by the city’s compensation and policy administration manager states the city cannot punish officers involved in the practice unless an ethics complaint is filed against a specific officer. The Civil Service Commission wants TPD to investigate to determine which officers have paid for promotions.
An Investigation in March by The Frontier and NewsOn6 found that for several decades, some Tulsa police officers have paid superiors thousands of dollars to retire early so the officer can fill their jobs before the department’s annual promotion list expires.
Park Board Chairwoman Teresa Burkett told Bartlett that the board would vote on the project once the first lady can show that she has raised the $950,000 needed to fund the project. Bartlett is expected to have that information by the board’s next meeting in October.
The park is set to be completed in late 2017. While you’re waiting, take a look at our collection of videos and stories about the much-anticipated park