The 10 cases reviewed by The Frontier add up to one in three inmate deaths in the last decade that experts and medical records state might have been prevented with better care.
Attorneys for the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office asserted the video actually failed to capture Williams moving around, eating and drinking despite his apparent paralysis.
He was a Navy vet who did 30 years in prison for murdering his girlfriend. He paid his debt to society and was released. Then he died alone.
The request to disqualify U.S. District Judge John Dowdell occurred just hours before a pre-trial hearing began Thursday. The motion argued Dowdell should be disqualified because the judge was a partner in a law firm that litigated a case against Tulsa County almost a decade ago.
The Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office has perhaps one final hurdle to clear before outfitting patrol deputies with body camera equipment.
As a dual-citizen of the United States and Brazil, Danielle Carlotti knows what it’s like to live as a foreigner in a different country.
Tulsa mayor G.T. Bynum and Police Chief Chuck Jordan said on Thursday they do not feel the order will impact the way officers here interact with immigrants.
They are just two of the estimated 75,000-or-so undocumented immigrants in Oklahoma. As President Donald Trump takes office, they spoke to The Frontier about their lives and how they feel about the new Commander-in-chief.
