Former spokesman Maj. Shannon Clark and Deputy Billy McKelvey testified before the grand jury examining allegations of wrongdoing by Sheriff Stanley Glanz and current or former employees. The grand jury has heard testimony from at least 10 witnesses during five days of proceedings in Tulsa County District Court.
Host RJ Young chats with The Frontier editor in chief, Ziva Branstetter, and Tulsa Voice columnist Barry Friedman about buzz-worthy news of the week, including more scandal at the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office, the REI dustup and Ted Cruz comes to town.
Plans for the Davenport Urban Lofts now call for 28 units — including many that will be 1,200 square-feet and sell for less than $450,000. Retail space has been added to the ground floor, but some still worry the upscale development will lead to a culture clash in the Brady District.
After six volumes, you feel almost like a member of his family, peopled as it was with revolutionaries and slaves, philosophers and generals, heroes and rogues. An American family.
Ted Cruz’s ideas were plentiful. “Rip to shreds” the nuclear deal with Iran, move the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, end the IRS and DOJ persecution of christians, implement a flat tax, and repeal all “illegal executive actions.”
Deputy Evan Foster is among at least eight Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office employees who have been called to testify before the grand jury, which began hearing testimony last week.
When I began at The Frontier in late May, I honestly did not know what to expect: It was less than 30 days after they had announced the company’s launch. When I told my peers where I was working this summer they would reply: “The what?” Or: “With who?”
“Lawyers will almost always point to training so they can get into the city or county’s deep pockets,” says William Lewinski, a controversial expert witness in police shootings. “They’re not interested in human performance errors.”
